Today in History: Ghost ship, Mary Celeste, is discovered. - (1872)

 

Quote: "I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghost." - Stephen King 

 

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Work on Essays

3) Make-up work due Friday

4) Review for finals

Today in History: Admiral Byrd flies over the South Pole. - (1929)

 

Quote: "Set your goals high and don't stop till you get there." - Bo Jackson 

 

1) Continue group work

2) Began work on Capitalism/Socialism essay

3) Pass out work

4) Journals due Monday, December 3rd

5) Late work due Friday, December 7th

6) Homework: Work on Journals

          Notes

          Biographies

          Vocabularies

 

Journal Requirements:

     Agendas - 15 October to 30 November (29)

     Notes - Chapter 1.3-2.4 (10 pages)

     Biographies - Six weeks = 6 biographies (10 sentences each)

     Vocabulary - U.S. History p. 41-89 and p. 178-219

     Returned work   

Today in History: First automobile race in the United States - (1895)

 

Quote: " A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success." - Joyce Brothers 

 

1) Continue group work

2) New handout #5 and Documents 1-4

3) Pass out work

4) Journals due Monday, December 3rd

5) Late work due Friday, December 7th

6) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Pope Urban calls for First Crusade - (1095)

 

Quote: "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy 

 

Today in History: Thanksgiving becomes an official holiday. - (1941)

 

Quote: "Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment." - Napoleon Bonaparte 

 

1) Group work - Document analysis

2) Collect and Review p. 205 quest. 1-5

3) Journals due next Monday

4) Late work due Dec. 7th 

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Kennedy increases aid to South Vietnam - (1961)

 

Quote: "Hindsight is always twenty-twenty." - Billy Wilder 

 

1) Collect p. 198 quest. 1-5

2) Finish p. 205 quest. 1-5 - due Mon. Nov. 26th

3) Homework: Read p. 208-217 (3 pages per day) - Work on Journals (Notes, Vocabulary and Biographies)

4) Journal due Monday December 3rd

5) Late work due on Friday, December 7th. 

Today in History: Brazil's last emperor, Pedro II, deposed. - (1889)

 

Quote: "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney 

 

1) Finish p. 198 questions 1-5

2) Collect Work

3) In class - Read p. 199-205 (Round Robin)

4) Ans. quest. 1-5 p. 205 - Complete sentences

5) Homework: Finish p. 205 work.  Work on Journals: Vocabulary and Notes.  

Today in History:  Moby Dick is published - (1851)

 

Quote: "Call me Ishmal." - Herman Melville 

 

1) Turn in late work - handouts

2) Continue working on quest. 1-5 p. 198 - due tomorrow

3) Review vocabulary on board (red) Round robin definitions

4) Homework: Work on journals

Today in History: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - (1942)

 

Quote: "Give me a fast ship, for I intend to go in harm's way." - John Paul Jones 

 

1) Work on late work handouts - Review and collect

2) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 198 - work on in class and tomorrow

3) Review Vocabulary 4.2

4) Work on Journals

Today in History: Kristallnacht - (1938)

 

Quote: "The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed." - Stephen Ambrose 

 

1) Late work

2) Make up tests

3) Finish Handouts - Collect and Review

4) Homework: Read p. 190-198 - Work on Journals (Notes, Vocabulary and Biographies)

Today in History: Munich Beer Hall Putsch - (1923)

 

Quote: "All tyranny need to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Edmund Burke 

 

1) Collect late work

2) Make-up tests

3) Review quest. 1&2 p. 163 and 1-3 p. 171.  Collect work (per. 6)

4) Handout - Industrial Revolution - Due tomorrow

5) Homework: Journal - Notes and Vocabulary

Today in History: Tacoma bridge collapse - (1940)

 

Quote: "Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break and fall." - Henry Petroski  

 

1) Collect late work

2) Make up tests

3) Review quest. 1-2 p. 163 and 1-3 p. 171 - Collect work

4) Spread on Nationalism and new ideas

5) Homework: Read p. 185-189 - Work on notes and vocabulary for Journals

Today in History: Lincoln fires General McClellan - (1852)

 

Quote: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet." - Abraham Lincoln   

 

1) Collect late work.

2) Make-up tests.

3) Film - Biography: Napoleon Bonaparte - Take notes

4) Homework: Finish reading p. 164-171. - Take notes. 

Today in History: Spruce Goose Flies - (1947)

 

Quote: "The Hercules was a monumental undertaking." - Howard Hughes 

 

1) Collect late work

2) Make up tests on Monday

3) Film

4) Homework: Finish reading p. 164-171 and Work on Journals

          a) Notes

          b) Vocabulary

          C) Weekly Biography

Today in History: John Adams moves into the White House - (1800)

 

Quote: "Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction and division of society." - John Adams 

 

1) Chapter 1.1-1.7 Test

2) Review and collect tests

3) Collect p. 154 and handouts

4) Homework: Read p. 164-171.  Work on journals.  

          a) Notes

          b) Vocabulary

Today in History: Orson Wells scares America - (1938)

 

Quote: "A film is never really good unless the camera in an eye in the head of a poet." - Orson Wells 

 

1) Collect Late Work p. 154 quest. 1-5

2) Finish Handout Lesson 6-7

3) Chapter Test on Thursday

4) French Revolution turns Radical

5) Homework: Study for Test

Today in History: John Glenn returns to space - (1998)

 

Quote: "Lift-off and the clock is operating." - John Glenn 

 

1) Collect p. 154 Quest. #1-5

2) Work on Handout Lesson 6 and 7

3) Chapter test on Thursday - Revolution and Enlightenment

4) Homework: Review and Study for test

Today in History: Gunfight at the OK Corral - (1881)

 

Quote: "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." - Wyatt Earp  

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Review and collect quest. 1-5 p. 154.

3) Answer Quest. #4 p. 154 - Due Monday

4) Review and discuss: Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 

5) Read p. 157-163 - Notes

6) Homework: Journal work - Vocabulary and Biography #2 and finish reading

Today in History: United Nations is created - (1945)

 

Quote: "Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both." - Eleanor Roosevelt 

 

1) Collect Journal

2) Collect Handouts p. 17-19

3) Review reading to p. 150 - Discuss vocabulary

4) Start reading p. 150-154 - Take notes

5) Homework: Finish Reading

 

Today in History: Battle of Leyte Gulf - (1944)

 

Quote: "My God!  They're shooting at us in technicolor." - Unknown American Sailor  

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Collect handouts 17-19.  Review

3) Start of French Revolution

4) Homework: Read p. 149-150 - Take notes

Today in History: Americans win at Yorktown. - (1781)

 

Quote: "Guard against the impostors of pretend patriotism." - George Washington  

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Finish work on Handout 17-19

3) Review and collect work

4) Read p. 144-145 with video - Take notes

5) Homework: Journals

          a) Vocabulary

          b) Biography #1

Today in History: U.S. takes possession of Puerto Rico - (1898)

 

Quote: "A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot." - William Randolph Hearst 

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Review reading p. 138-145

3) Handout p. 17-19.  Work on in class

4) Homework: Finish reading p. 138-145 - Take notes

Today in History: Earthquake shakes San Francisco. - (1989)

 

Quote: "You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." - Jeannette Rankin 

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Finish p. 125-127 work.  Collect and review in class

3) Homework: Read p. 138-145 - Take notes

Today in History: The Long March begins. - (1934)

 

Quote: "Learn from the masses, then teach them." - Mao Zedong 

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Collect p. 125-127 - Review and Correct work

3) Homework - Finish reading p. 50-51 - Take notes

Today in History: CSS Hunley sinks during tests. - (1863)

 

Quote: "When you think positive, good things happen." - Matt Kemp 

 

1) Journal collection delayed until Tuesday

2) Work on Journals in Class today

3) Work on p. 125 & 127 in Class - due tomorrow

4) Start New Journal for 2nd half of semester

5) Homework: Read p. 132-135 - Take notes

 

Today in History: Columbus arrives in the New World. - (1492)

 

Quote: "Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier." - Christopher Columbus 

 

1) Journals due Monday

2) Period 6 - Pass back work

3) Finish quest. 1-5 p. 125 and quest. 3&4 p. 127.  Collect Monday

4) Read p. 132-135.  Take notes

5) Period 6 - Poster Work

6) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Soviet MS-10 rocket fails but astronauts land safely. - (2018)

 

Quote: "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." - Murphy's Law 

 

1) Journals due Monday.

2) Period 6 - Pass back work.

3) Finish quest. 1-5 p. 125 and quest. 3-4 p. 127 - due Tomorrow.

4) Read p. 132-135. (Take notes).

5) Power Point - The Enlightenment

6) Homework - Work on Journals.

Today in History: U.S. Naval Academy is founded. - (1845)

 

Quote: "Our work is the presentation of our capabilities." - Edward Gibbon  

 

1) Journals due Monday

2) Pass back work

3) The Enlightenment - PP.

4) Finish reading p. 128-131.

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Hoover Dam begins operations. - (1936)

 

Quote: If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle 

 

1) Journals due Monday

2) Pass back work

3) The Enlightenment - PP

4) Read p. 128-131 (Take Notes)

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Great Chicago fire starts. - (1871)

 

Quote: "It always seems impossible until it is done." - Nelson Mandela 

 

1) Review Reading p. 126-127.  (per. 6 Mr. Roddy)

2) Add questions 3&4 p. 127 to work from p. 125.

3) Journals due October 15th.

4) Homework: Read p. 128-129.  (Notes)  The Enlightenment 

Today in History: Tecumseh is defeated - (1812)

 

Quote: "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." - Campaign Slogan (1840 election) 

 

1) Late Work - Handout questions 1-15: Collect

2) Continue review of reading p. 118-123

3) Answer questions 1-5 p. 125

4) Homework: Read p. 126-127. Take notes. Work on Biography #8

5) Journals due October 15th.

Today in History: Charles Darwin returns to England. - (1836)

 

Quote: "I intend to live forever or die trying." - Groucho Marx 

 

1) Pass back work from Period 6

2) Read p. 106-108.  Take notes.

3) Handouts p. 3-4.  Do 6-15.  Add quest. 6-15 to previous work.

4) Journals due October 15th.

5) Homework: Read p. 118. 

 

 

1) Pass back period 6 work.

2) Review reading p. 103-106. Take notes.

3) Handout. Work on in class.

4) Review vocabulary.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.  

6) Journals due on Monday, October 15th.

Today in History: Flu pandemic hits Philadelphia. - (1918)

 

Quote: "A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss  

 

1) Pass back work.

2) Review and discuss reading p. 100-104.  Take notes.

3) Review vocabulary.

4) Make-up tests.

5) Homework: Work on Journals (vocabulary and biography #7). 

            Read p. 104-105.  Take notes.

Today in History: Muse-Argonne Offensive begins. - (1918)

 

Quote: "Only I can change my life.  No one can do it for me." - Carol Burnett 

 

1) Test pm [/ 72-78 Thursday. (tomorrow)  Bring Books

2) Copy lesson summaries 1-6 and 10-11 p.90.  Put in notes

            Also copy key stages chart p. 91.

3) Homework: Study for test.  Bring Books tomorrow.

Today in History: Central High School in Littlerock, Arkansas is integrated. - (1957)

 

Quote: "Separate is not always equal." - Corrine Brown 

 

1) Test on p. 72-88 Thursday or Friday

2) Practice test p. 92.  Answer quest. 1-10.  Review and discuss

3) Homework:  Review reading for test.  Work on Vocabulary

Today in History: Last Train to Clarksville becomes a "hit" for The Monkees - (1966)

 

Quote: "The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career." - Davey Jones 

 

1) Collect late Venn diagrams.

2) Video - Columbian Exchange CC#23.

3) Chapter Test Thursday or Friday.

4) Homework: Work on Journals.  Study p. 72-88

Today in History: Benedict Arnold commits treason. - (1780)

 

Quote: "To begin, begin." - William Wordsworth 

 

1) Read p. 86-87.  Take notes.

2) Work on Venn Diagram. - List negative effects of trade in center.

3) Review and collect work

4) Homework: a) Work on Journals  b) Do Biography #6 and vocabulary.

Today in History: Hurricane Maria slams into Puerto Rico - (2017)

 

Quote:  "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." - Mark Twain 

 

1) Review and collect p. 79 quest. 1-4

2) Review and discuss reading p. 78-83 (take notes)

3) Review vocabulary

4) Homework: Reading p. 84-86.  Take notes.  Work on Journals.

Today in History: Last day of the Battle of Antietam - (1862)

 

Quote: "I don't like that man.  I must get to know him better." - Abraham Lincoln  

 

1) Video - Renaissance Crash Course #22

2) Review and Collect p. 79 quest. 1-4

3) Read text p. 80-83.  Take notes

4) Homework: Finish reading and work on vocabulary for Journal

Today in History: Constitutional Convention adjourns having completed new Constitution. - (1767)

 

Quote: "The Constitution is the guide that I shall never abandon." - George Washington 

 

1) Pass back work Per. 4 & 6

2) Middle Ages - Renaissance and Reformation

3) Finish reading p. 72-79

4) Answer quest. 1-4 p. 79 of text.

5) Homework: Journals (Vocabulary and Biographies)

Today in History: President McKinley dies from gunshot wounds. - (1901)

 

Quote: "Believe that you can and you're halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt 

 

1) Pass back work

2) Continue reading p. 72-79.  Take notes.

3) Homework  a) Vocabulary p. 72

                       b) Do biography #5  

Today in History: Francis Scott Key writes the Star-Spangled Banner. - (1814)

 

Quote: "To know history is to know yourself." - Anon. 

 

1) Pass Back Work

2) Test - Chapter 0.1-0.6 - Open Book

3) Review and collect Test.

4) Read p. 72-79.  Take notes

5) Homework: Work on Journals and Vocabulary on p. 72

Today in History: Terrorists destroy the WTC in NY. - (2001)

 

Quote: "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

 

1) Pass back work

2) Review and collect p. 39 work

3) Test Thursday Section 0.1-0.6

4) Crash Course - Rome

5) Review Vocabulary

6) Homework: Work on Journals and study for Test

Today in History: First submarine attack. - (1776)

 

Quote: "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Eleanor Roosevelt 

 

1) Review and collect p. 32 questions 1-5

2) Review and discuss Vocabulary Chapter 0.6

3) Continue reading p. 33-39 (take notes)

4) Homework: 

          a) Finish reading

          b) Answer questions 1-5 p. 39

          c) Work on Journals (Biography #4 and vocabulary)

Today in History: Magellan's last ship circumnavigates the globe. - (1522)

 

Quote: "The end of labor is to gain leisure." - Aristotle 

 

1) Crash Course - Greece vs Persia

2) Review and collect p. 32 quest. 1-5

3) Begin reading p. 33-39 (take notes)

4) Homework: Finish reading and work on Journal

 

Today in History:  Sam Houston elected President of Texas.  (1836)

 

Quote: "A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people, or improve the system they live under." - Sam Houston 

 

1) Finish reading p. 28-32.  

2) In class - Answer questions 1-5 p. 32.  Work as group

3) Continue to work with vocabulary

4) Homework - Finish questions and work on Journal

Today in History: Western Roman Empire falls. - (476 AD)

 

Quote: "A liar is never believed even when he tells the truth." - Aesop 

 

1) Finish Handouts - Collect work

2) Finish reading p. 28-32.  Take notes

3) Review vocabulary (Greece)

4) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Thurgood Marshall becomes first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court. - (1967)

 

Quote: "Sometimes History takes things into its own hands." - Thurgood Marshall 

 

1) Collect late work p. 23-27.

2) Power Point - Ancient Greece.

3) Handout - Due NLT Tuesday

4) Homework: Work on Journals

               a) Vocabulary

               b) Biography #3

Today in History: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast. - (2005)

 

Quote: "The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing." - Marcus Aurelius  

 

1) Review and collect p. 23-27.

2) Review and discuss reading p. 24-27.  Work with vocabulary.

3) Homework: Continue reading p. 28-32.  Take notes. Work on Journal.

Today in History: Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce. - (1996)

 

Quote: "I am not very good at being a performing monkey." - Prince Charles 

 

1) Finish questions 1-5 p. 23.

2) Review reading p. 24-27 and vocabulary.

3) Add questions 1&2 p. 27 to work.

4) Homework: Read p. 28-32.  Take notes.

Today in History: Krakatoa explodes. - (1883)

 

Quote: "We need a free press. We must have it.  It's vital." - John McCain  

 

1) Collect late work p. 9 and 15.

2) Answer questions 1-5 p. 23.  Work on in class in groups.

3) Video - Crash Course #7

4) Review vocabulary.

5) Homework: Read p. 24-27.  Take notes.

Today in History: Mt. Vesuvius erupts destroying Pompeii. - (76 AD)

 

Quote: "During our darkest moments, we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle 

 

1) Continue reading p. 16-23.  Take notes.

2) Work on the vocabulary on board. (in red)

3) Late work p. 9&15.  Due Monday

4) Homework - Journals (Vocabulary and Biography #2)

Today in History: Hitler/Stalin Non-Aggression Pact signed. - (1939)

 

Quote: "Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill 

 

1) Review and collect questions p. 9 & 15. - Discuss.

2) Video - Ancient Egypt - Crash Course #4

3) Begin reading p. 16-23.  Take notes.

4) Homework - Finish reading and taking notes.  Work on the vocabulary

Today in History: Redcoats land on Long Island. - (1776)

 

Quote: "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." - George Washington 

 

1) Read p. 12-15 in class

2) Answer quest. 1-5 on p. 9 & 15.  (10 questions total)

3) Review and discuss work

4) Collect questions.

5) Homework - Work on vocabulary on p. 6 & 10

Today in History: Hawaii becomes the 50th state. - (1959)

 

"Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do.  The place just grows on you." - James MacArthur 

 

1) Pick-up books

2) Review and Examine new book

3) Homework: Reading - TBD

4) Continue work on vocabulary and biographies.

Today in History: First balloon flight across the Atlantic. - (1978)

 

Quote: "Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Adams

 

1) Continue writing 10 laws for your country.

2) Present laws to class - discuss.

3) Collect papers with students' names.

4) Video - Mesopotamia (CC #3)

5) Homework: Continue work on Journal

          A) Vocabulary

          B) Biography (10 sentence)

 

Today in History: Gold discovered in the Yukon. - (1896)

 

Quote: "A cauliflower is just a cabbage with a college education." - Mark Twain

 

1) Shared reading - Finish p. 120-124

2) Discuss civilizations

3) Hammurabi - Group work - Writing Laws

4) Review and discuss

5) Homework: Work on Journals 

Today in History: Woodstock music festival starts. - (1969)

 

Quote: "Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration." - Richie Havens

 

1) Seating charts.

2) Journals

3) Class rules.

4) Review books

5) Homework: Read page 120-124 - Take notes.

6) Bring in textbooks.