Appomattox Courthouse

WEEKLY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

U.S. History -- Fourth Quarter -- Riordan

March 2004

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

22

1. headlines

2. begin notes on early industrialization

Homework:

read "Early Industry and Inventions" pp. 341-345 and do journal entry

23

1.      headlines

2. finish notes on early industrialization

Homework:

read handout on Monroe doctrine and answer questions

 

24

1.      Read "Plantations and Slavery Spread" pp. 348-353

 

Homework:

1.      finish parts 1,2,3 on p. 353 as needed

 

25

Read "Nationalism and Sectionalism" pp.354-359

 

Homework:

1. finish parts 1,2,3 on p. 359 as needed

 

26

Parent Teacher conferences

April 2004

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

3/29

In class:

  1. headlines

  2. analyze Jacksonian cartoons

  3. read "Politics of the People" pp. 369-373

Homework:

1. none

3/30

ERBs

In class:

  1. headlines

  2. read "Jackson's Policy toward Native Americans" pp. 374-378

Homework:

  1. none

3/31

ERBs

In class:

1. video: Andrew Jackson 

2. read "Old Hickory" handout & do two-column notes

 

Homework:

none

1

ERBs

In class:

  1. headlines

  2. go over study guide – Monroe to Jackson

  3. Read "Conflicts over States' Rights" pp. 379-383

Homework:

Begin study guide

2

ERBs

In class:

   1. headlines

  1. Draw a Jacksonian cartoon

  2. review for test

 

5

In class:

  1. headlines

  2. Prepare Powerpoint on Industrial Revolution

Homework:

None

6

In class:

  1. Prepare Powerpoint on Industrial Revolution

Homework:

None

7

In class:

1. Prepare Powerpoint on Industrial Revolution

 

Homework:

None

8

In class:

1. Prepare Powerpoint on Industrial Revolution

 

Homework:

None

9

Good Friday

12

Easter Monday

13

In class:

 

  1. headlines

  2. read “The War with Mexico” pp. 406-411

Homework:

Finish questions on p. 411

 

14

In class:

 

  1. headlines

  2. examine primary documents on slavery

 

Homework:

Reading on slavery and questions

15

In class:

 

  1. headlines

  2. read "Abolition and Women's Rights" pp. 440-447

  3. watch excerpt from Amistad

Homework:

study for test

 

16

In class:

TEST: Monroe Through Jackson

 

Homework:

1. none

 

19

In class:

1. Game: "Causes of the Civil War"

 

20

In class:

1. Game: "Causes of the Civil War"

Homework:

1. none

21

In class:

1. Game: "Causes of the Civil War"

 

Homework:

1. study for quiz

22

In class:

  1. Quiz – Causes of the Civil War

  2. Read "Crisis Deepens" pp. 462-465, write journal

 

23

Battle of Flowers

 

26

1. Begin CIVIL WAR SIMULATION w/video

2. enlist

4. go over rules and guidelines in student guide

 

27

In class:

  1. begin presentation – Battle of Bull Run

  2. start work on group flags

 

Homework:

1. read student guide & write first identity journals - home and field

28

1. Work on group flags

2. Read 1861 dispatches and answer questions 

Homework:

1.finish dispatches and questions as necessary

 

29

In class:

1. Work on group flags

2. Read remaining 1861 dispatches and answer questions 

Homework:

1.be prepared for quiz

 

30

In class:

1. quiz on 1861

2. Last day to finish group flags

Homework:

1. none

 

May 2004

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

3

In class:

1. reveille

2. destiny dice

3. battle jeopardy 1861 

Homework:

1. journal & study dispatches 1862

4

In class:

1. reveille

2. destiny dice

3. quiz on dispatches

4. background on drilling

5. combat cards

Homework:

1. bring a "rifle" for drill practice

5

In class:

1. reveille outside

2. drill practice

3. combat cards inside

Homework:

1. finish dispatches

6

In class:

  1. Battle jeopardy 1862

Homework:

Dispatches for 1863

7

 Civil War Simulation – 1863

Homework – daily journal, plus assignments as given by team

 

 

10

 Civil War Simulation – 1863

Homework – daily journal, plus assignments as given by team

 

 

11

Civil War Simulation – 1863

Homework – daily journal, plus assignments as given by team

 

 

12

Civil War Simulation – 1864

Homework – daily journal, plus assignments as given by team

 

13

Civil War Simulation – 1864

Homework – daily journal, plus assignments as given by team

 

14

Civil War Simulation – 1864

Homework – daily journal, plus assignments as given by team

 

17

Civil War Simulation -- 1865

 

18

Civil War Simulation -- 1865

19

End 4th Quarter

Simulation ends

20

Study for Final Exam

21

Study for Final Exam

24

Study for Final Exam

 

25

Exams

26

Exams

27

Exams

28

MS Honors 8:45 A.M.

 

 


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