American History II
Course Materials
Unit 1: Settling the West
Day 4: 1/25
Map Quiz Challenges of the West Guided Notes Day 5: 1/28 Ted Talk What is a Thesis? Free Write Rubric Bell Ringer #4 Day 6: 1/29 Textbook Scavanger Hunt: Farmers and Populism Bell Ringer #5 |
Day 7: 1/30
Farmers and Populism P.P. Oregon Trail Simulation Bell Ringer #6 Unit 1 Study Guide Day 8: 1/31 Review Day! Buffalo Soldiers PP Study Guide Kahoot Additional Study Resources Day 9: 2/1 |
Unit 1.2: The Gilded Age
Day 1: 2/4
Technological and Industrial Growth P.P. The Men who Built America Video Video Questions Bell Ringer #1 Day 2: 2/5 Rise of Big Businesses P.P. Guided Notes Your Own Invention Activity Bell Ringer #2 Day 3: 2/6 Finish Rise of Big Businesses P.P. Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Bell Ringer #3 |
Day 4: 2/7
Organized Labor Movements P.P. Labor Strikes Chart Activity 7 Ways Unions Have Changed Your Life Reading Bell Ringer #4 (in powerpoint) Vocab Quiz Help Vocab Quiz Terms Day 5: 2/8 Vocab Quiz Today! Immigration P.P. Guided Notes |
Day 6: 2/11
Ellis Island Video SIT Video Guide Urbanization Image P.P. Textbook Scavenger Hunt (Urbanization) Bell Ringer #6 Day 7: 2/12 Review Day! Unit 1.2 Study Guide Bell Ringer #7 Day 8: 2/13 Unit 1.2 Test: Gilded Age America's Time Video Video Questions |
Unit 2: Progressivism
Day 1: 2/14
America's Time Video Unit 2 Vocabulary Bell Ringer #1 Day 2: 2/15 Current Event Assignment Bell Ringer #2 Day 3: 2/18 NO SCHOOL |
Day 4: 2/19
Progressive Intro P.P. Muckraker Activity Bell Ringer #3 Day 5: 2/20 ACT Day 6: 2/21 Groups for Reform P.P. Finish Muckraker Activity Bell Ringer #4 |
Day 7: 2/22
Progressive Presidents Guided Notes Bell Ringer #5 Day 8: 2/25 Progressive Presidents pt. 2 Study Tool: Progressive Jeopardy Bell Ringer #6 Study Guide Day 9: 2/26 Unit 2 Test: Progressivism |
Unit 3: Imperialism & WWI
Day 1: 2/27
Roots of Imperialism P.P. Guided Notes Unit 3 Vocab Bell Ringer #1 Day 2: 2/28 Imperialism Motives Activity Bell Ringer #2 Day 3: 3/1 Spanish American War P.P. U.S.S. Main Video Video Guide Bell Ringer #3 Day 4: 3/4 U.S. and East Asia P.P. Bell Ringer #4 |
Day 5: 3/5
White Man's Burden Bell Ringer #5 Day 6: 3/6 Image Analysis P.P. Image Analysis Activity Bell Ringer #6 Day 7: 3/7 Latin America P.P. Bell Ringer #7 Day 8: 3/8 Video: The Century: Shell Shock (44 min) Video Guide Questions Day 9: 3/11 Spanish-American War Recap Kahoot review |
Day 9: 3/12
U.S. Entrance Into WWI P.P. Unit 3 Vocab Quiz Day 9: 3/13 WWI Video Project Bell Ringer #8 Day 9: 3/14 Finish Video Presentations WWI Homefront P.P. Study Guide Bell Ringer #9 Day 9: 3/15 Wilson, War, & Peace P.P. Unit 3 Study Guide Review Day! Day 10: 3/18 Unit 3 Test: Imperialism & WWI |
Unit 4: Roaring 20's & Great Depression
Day 5: 3/25
Al Capone Documentary SIT Video Guide New Mass Culture P.P. Guided Notes Day 6: 3/26 Finish New Mass Culture P.P. Mini Lesson Project Bell Ringer #4 Day 7: 3/27 Work Day: Mini Project Day 8: 3/28 Vocab Quiz!! Presentations! Mini Lesson Grading Rubric Major Causes of the Great Depression Hardships & Suffering During G.D. Hoover Struggles with the G.D. |
Day 9: 4/1
New Deal P.P. Bell ringer #5 Day 10: 4/2 Finish New Deal Bell Ringer #6 Day 11: 4/3 Effects of the New Deal P.P. Study Guide Alphabet Soup Quizlet Jeopardy Bell Ringer #7 Day 12: 4/4 Unit 4 Test: Roaring 20's, Great Depression, New Deal |
Unit 5: The Second World War
Day 1: 4/5
Century: Over the Edge Video Video Guide Questions Day 2: 4/8 Review Questions Unit 5.1 Vocab Crossword (Due 4/12) Dictators & War P.P. Day 3: 4/9 The Century: Over the Edge Video Video Questions (this is worth a quiz grade) America Makes Steps Towards War P.P. Bell Ringer #1 |
Day 4: 4/10
The Holocaust P.P. Bell Ringer #2 Day 5: 4/11 4 Phases of the Holocaust Gallery Walk Unit 5.1 Study Guide: Causes of WWII & The Holocaust Review: Kahoot! Bell Ringer #3 Day 6: 4/12 Unit 5.1 Test: Causes of WWII & the Holocaust Day 7: 4/23 America Enters WWII P.P. Guided Notes Unit 5.2 Vocab Crossword (Due 4/30) Bell Ringer #4 |
Day 8: 4/24
American Homefront Webquest Supreme Court Cases Bell Ringer #5 Day 9: 4/25 European v. Pacific Theatre P.P. VE Day and VJ Day P.P. Timeline Activity Bell Ringer #6 Day 10: 4/26 Timeline Review Atomic Bomb Debate Activity Day 11: 4/29 Effects of WWII P.P. Debate on the Atomic Bomb Activity Jeopardy Unit 5.2 Study Guide Bell Ringer #7 Day 12: 4/30 Unit 5.2 Test: Battlefronts & Aftermath of WWII |
Unit 6: The Cold War & Korean War
Day 3: 5/6
Escalating Cold War P.P. Guided Notes Unit 6.2 Vocab (Due Thurs. 5/9) Start: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Bell Ringer #3 Day 4: 5/7 Cold War at Home P.P. Guided Notes Invasion of the Body Snatchers Bell Ringer #4 |
Day 5: 5/8
Review!! Finish: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Unit 6 Study Guide Day 6: 5/9 Unit 6 Test: The Cold War &Korean War Life in the 50's P.P. Guided Notes |
Unit 7: Civil Rights & The Vietnam War
Day 1: 5/10
Post Unit 6 Survey Unit 7 Vocabulary Watch The Century: Happy Days Day 2: 5/13 JFK's Presidency P.P. Guided Notes Finish: The Century Happy Days Bell Ringer #1 Day 3: 5/14 LBJ & the Great Society P.P. Guided Notes Supreme Court Cases Activity Bell Ringer #2 |
Day 4:5/15
Challenges to Segregation P.P. Guided Notes Bell Ringer #3 Day 5: 5/16 Finish: Challenges to Segregation P.P. Bell Ringer #4 Day 6: 5/17 Changes in Civil Rights P.P. Understanding Civil Rights Activity Class Google Slide Bell Ringer #5 Day 7: 5/20 Vocab Quiz Finish: Understanding Civil Rights Activity Presentations |
Day 8: 5/21
Conflict in Vietnam P.P. Guided Notes Intro to Vietnam Video Bell Ringer #6 Day 9: 5/22 Vietnam at Home Notes End of The Vietnam P.P. Timeline Activity Bell Ringer #7 Day 10: 5/23 Anti-Vietnam P.P. Song Activity Study Guide Bell Ringer #8 Day 11: 5/24 Unit & Test: Civil Rights & The Vietnam War |
Unit 8: Contemporary Events
Day 1: 5/27
MEMORIAL DAY!!!! Day 2: 5/28 Finish Semla |
Day 5: 5/31
Unit 8 Project Presentations Day 6: 6/3 Final Review!! Jeopardy: Units 1-4 NCFE Released Test Day 7: 6/4 Final Review!! Jeopardy: Units 5-7 Visual Learning Experience |