US History
Objectives:
- Analyze the impact of the War with Mexico on westward expansion and its relationship to the US economy.
- Analyze historical sources to understand the political relationship with the expansion into Mexico.
- Identify terms, dates and events significant to the War and its effects.
- Analyze the developments of the Civil War through research of primary and secondary sources.
- Identify the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas, the “Pottawatomie Massacre” and John Brown.
- Judge the issue of popular sovereignty provided by Stephen Douglas which led to the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act as well as the violence which erupted in Kansas as a result of its passing.
Bell Ringer:
Access Unit 5 Folder and Open Collaborative Folder
Activities:
- Complete choice assign due 11/8:
- To score a 2: #6 Ch 10 Sec 1-2 VOC and #7 Ch 10 Sec 1-2 VOC Quiz
- To score a 3:Mexico and Compromise Discussion AND GR: The Union in Peril
- To score a 4: Civil War Report Flipgrid
- Check in with individual students
20th Century World
Objectives:
- Identify and compare the origins, methods and goals of the Viet Minh, Viet Cong and ARVN forces in Vietnam’s battle for independence.
- Evaluate the overall possibilities of each military organization’s possible success.
Bell Ringer:
Review What’s Up Doc? Questions
Activities:
- Intro Viet Minh, Viet Cong and ARVN Discussion
- Complete Discussion by end of class!
- Finish Reading by Monday Lowe and Vadney in Schoology
