AMERICAN STUDIES Unit 1 2016- 2017 Terpstra/Monson
Monday, Sept. 5 / Tuesday, Sept. 6(wall closed) / Wednesday, Sept. 7
(wall closed) / Thursday, Sept. 8
(wall closed) / Friday, Sept. 9
(wall closed)
No school: Labor Day / H: Intro. to class: Important persons card / H: Cards due
How To Read Primary Sources
Read Ch. 1, Sec. 5 and take notes / H: Columbus Letter, read in class, compare viewpoints: ½ page analysis / H: Outline instruction.
Columbian Exchange discussion
Video—Jamestown and Plymouth
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No school: Labor Day / E. Course Syllabus/Skeletal Outline/General rules/Seating Chart / E. Myth Presentation /Sem Lit Terms/MLA Expectations/ Intro to Grammar / E. Characteristics of Myths/Grammar: Parts of Speech / E. Grammar: Complements
Monday, Sept. 12
(wall open!) / Tuesday, Sept. 13 / Wednesday, Sept. 14 / Thursday, Sept. 15 / Friday, Sept. 16
H: Reading and Analyzing maps / H: The Puritans—Selfless or Selfish? / H: Analyzing Passenger Lists / H: The Southern Colonies
Primary Source—An early Abolitionist Speaks Out against slavery
Maryland Slave Act / H: Ch. 2 outline rough draft due—peer review
E. Grammar: Clauses and Phrases / E. Story of Times Outline Due/Grammar: Clauses and Phrases/Deadline for Myth Signup / E. FQP sample/ Native American myths due p. 22-27/ 5 minute grammar each day until test / E. Take Home Grammar Test Due/ / E. Alexie’s “Indian Education”* Analysis Due
Monday, Sept. 19 / Tuesday, Sept. 20 / Wednesday, Sept. 21
Late Start / Thursday, Sept. 22 / Friday, Sept. 23
H: Ch. 2 Quiz
Video--Rebels / H: Lecture—Colonial Life and Society / Video—Crash Course—The Natives and English / H: Lecture—Colonial Life and Society (cont.) / H: Ch. 3 outline rough draft due—peer review
--British colonial identity
Puritan Ideals/Bradstreet Poetry*/“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” p.96-101 / Introduction Outline to The Crucible Due/Read Act I / E. The Crucible: Read Act II In Class / The Crucible: Read Act III
Monday, Sept 26 / Tuesday, Sept. 27 / Wednesday, Sept. 28 / Thursday, Sept. 29 / Friday, Sept. 30
No Homework night/ HC pepfest
H: Ch. 3 Quiz
Lecture—The French and Indian War / H: The Great Awakening / H. Unit One Essay Test / H: The Stamp Act / Ch. 4 Outline due—peer review
Lecture—Causes of the American Revolution
E. Watch Act IV The Crucible Cause: Effect/Salem Witch Trials: Why?/Writing an Essay test / E. Salem and Colonialism Review / E. Unit One Multiple Choice and Essay Test/Grammar Test / John Smith “Reading Between the Lines”* Voice/Lit Analysis of Text / E. 5S Strategy
Close Reading analysis
H: Ch. 4 outline due Tuesday, October 5 E: *Handout Bold Lettering: Due Dates