Weekly Objectives:
*Examine the events surrounding the assassination of JFK
*Evaluate the success of Johnson's Great Society

Activities:
M- Ch 24 Notes & Discussion; Ch 24 Guided Reading WS
T- ACT Testing; 24-3 Guided Reading & Quiz WS; JFK & LBJ Crossword Puzzle
W-JFK & LBJ Crossword Puzzle
Th- Ch 24 Test; CH 25 Vocab
F- PROM

Homework:
*Read Ch 24
*Review Notes & Classwork daily
*Complete any assignments not finished in class

Weekly Objectives:
*Summarize Kennedy's economic policies
*Explain why Congress often did not support Kennedy's proposals

Activities:
M- CH 24 Notes; Ch 24 Vocabulary
T- Ch 24 Notes and discussion; CH 24 Guided Reading WSs
W- Kennedy's Inaugural Address Activity
Th- Kennedy's Successes and Setbacks Chart Activity
F- Ch 24 Notes & Discussion; Timeline Activity

Homework:
*Read Ch 24
*Review Notes and classwork daily
*Complete any assignments not finished in class

Weekly Objectives:
* Describe the impact of World War II on the lives of American citizens
-including wartime economic measures,population shifts, growth in the middle class, growth of industrialization, advancements in science and technology, increased wealth in the African-American community, racial and ethnic tensions, the G. I. Bill of Rights of 1944, and desegregation of the military

Activities:
M- "Bridge of Spies"
T- Ch 22 Test; Ch 23 Vocabulary
W- Ch 23 Notes; Ch 23 Vocabulary 
Th- Ch 23 Notes & Discussion; Photo analysis
F- Ch 23 Notes & Discussion; Photo analysis
Homework:
*Read Ch 23
*Review Notes & classwork daily
*Finish any work not completed in class

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.9, 11.10
* Examine the tactics used to defeat the Axis powers in WWII.
* Describe the changing home front, including racial and ethnic tensions, and changing roles for women.

Activities:
M- CH 20 Notes & Discussion
T- Museum Activity - Heroes of WWII
W- Museum Activity - Heroes of WWII
Th- Ch 21 Notes & Discussion
F- Ch 21 Notes & Discussion

Homework: 
*Finish any assignments not completed in class
*Read Ch 20 & 21
*Review notes & classwork daily

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.9, 11.10
* Examine the tactics used to defeat the Axis powers in WWII.
* Describe the changing home front, including racial and ethnic tensions, and changing roles for women.

Activities:
M- Timeline - Events leading to WWII
T- WWII Notes & Discussion; Ch 20 Review WS
W- Notes & Discussion; Ch 20 Review WS
Th- Video Clip - Pearl Harbor attack; Notes & Discussion
F- Notes & discussion; Ch 21 Review WS

Homework: 
*Finish any assignments not completed in class
*Read Ch 20 & 21
*Review notes & classwork daily

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.7, 11.8
*Review causes of the rise of fascist/communist/militarist dictatorships in the world during the Great Depression.
*Explain the isolationist debate as it evolved from the 1920s to Pearl Harbor
*Describe the changing home front, including wartime economic measures, population shifts, racial and ethnic tensions, industrialization, science, and technology

Activities:
M- WWII Notes & discussion; Chart - Emerging Dictatorships; Finish CH 20 & 21 Vocabulary
T- Primary Source Reading - Mein Kampf; Ch 20 Review WS
W- WWII Notes & discussion
Th- video - Pearl Harbor
F- video - Pearl Harbor

Homework:
*Finish any assignments nor completed in class
*Read Ch 20
*Review notes & classwork daily

Weekly objectives: AL COS 11.7, 11.8
*Examine New Deal legislation
*Evaluate the effectiveness of New Deal legislation

Activities:
M- Notes & Discussion; Ch 19 Guided Reading WS
T- Notes & Discussion; Ch 19 Guided Reading WS
W- Group work- New Deal Agencies; Political cartoon
Th- Review for Test; America: The Story of US - Bust 
F- Test - Depression & New Deal (Ch 18 & 19)
Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review notes & classwork daily
*Read Ch 19

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.7, 11.8
*Describe the characteristics of the 1920s stock market.
*Identify the causes of the Great Depression.
*Describe how the Great Depression affected American families.
* Evaluate Hoover's attempts to revive the economy.

Activities:
M- Notes & Discussion; Ch 18 & 19 Content and Academic Vocabulary
T- Notes & Discussion- Great Depression; Photo Analysis
W- Photo Analysis; Stats of the Great Depression
Th- Write a "News Story" - Paragraph about Life During the Great Depression
F- FDR Biography

Homework:
*Finish any assignments not completed in class.
*Read CH 18
*Review notes and classwork daily

Activities:

M- CH 16 Notes; 
T- Ch 16 Notes; Analyze political cartoons
W- Ch 16 Notes; WWI video
TH-Review for Ch 16 Test

F- Ch 16 Test

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 16

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.4
*Identify major events of World War I
*Explain how the mobilization of the United States for World War I affected the population of the United States
*Describe economic, political, and social changes on the home front during World War I
*Explain controversies over the Treaty of Versailles (1919), Fourteen Points, and the League of Nations
*Compare short- and long-term effects of changing boundaries in pre- and post-World War I Europe on European nations

Activities:

T- Ch 16 Guided Reading 
W- CH 16 Notes; World War I Puzzle
TH- Ch 16 Notes 
F- Ch 16 Test

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 16

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.3, 11.4
*Describe the causes and impact of the intervention by the United States in World War I.
*Identify major events of World War 
*Explain how the mobilization of the United States for World War I affected the population of the United States
*Describe economic, political, and social changes on the home front during World War I
*Explain controversies over the Treaty of Versailles (1919), Fourteen Points, and the League of Nations
*Compare short- and long-term effects of changing boundaries in pre- and post-World War I Europe on European nations

Activities:
M- Test: Ch 14/15; Ch 16/17 Terms
T- Election Day - No School
W- Ch 16 Notes & Discussion; Map Activity
Th- Ch 16 Notes & Discussion; Map Activity
F- World War I video

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 16

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.3
-Identify Alabama's significant contributions to the United States between Reconstruction and World War I, including those of William Gorgas, Joe Wheeler, and John Tyler Morgan
-Describe social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism. (-(women's suffrage, political reform, contributions of third parties)
- Explain the Populist Movement as a forerunner of Progressivism
- Identify the impact of the muckrakers on public opinion during the Progressive Movement
- Analyze political and social motives that shaped the 1901 Constitution of Alabama to determine their long-term effect on politics and economics in Alabama
- Explain Supreme Court decisions affecting the Progressive Movement
- Determine the influence of the Niagara Movement, Booker T. Washington, William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, and Carter G. Woodson on the Progressive Era
- Compare the presidential leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in obtaining the passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, conservation, and Wilson's foreign relations

Activities:
M- Ch 15 Notes & Discussion; Ch 15-1 Guided Reading
T- Ch 15-1 Quiz; Ch 15 Notes
W- CH 15 Notes & Discussion; Ch 15-2 Guided Reading
TH- Ch 15-2 Quiz; Ch 15 Notes & Discussion
F- Progressive  Movement Chart

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily (Test Monday)
*Read Ch 15

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.3
-Identify Alabama's significant contributions to the United States between Reconstruction and World War I, including those of William Gorgas, Joe Wheeler, and John Tyler Morgan
-Describe social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism. (-(women's suffrage, political reform, contributions of third parties)
- Explain the Populist Movement as a forerunner of Progressivism
- Identify the impact of the muckrakers on public opinion during the Progressive Movement
- Analyze political and social motives that shaped the 1901 Constitution of Alabama to determine their long-term effect on politics and economics in Alabama
- Explain Supreme Court decisions affecting the Progressive Movement
- Determine the influence of the Niagara Movement, Booker T. Washington, William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, and Carter G. Woodson on the Progressive Era
- Compare the presidential leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in obtaining the passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, conservation, and Wilson's foreign relations

Activities:
M- Ch 14 Notes & Discussion
T- Ch 14 Notes & Discussion; Ch 15 Worksheets
W- CH 15 Notes & Discussion; Ch 15 Worksheets
TH- Ch 15 Notes & Discussion; Presidential Comparisons Chart
F- Presidential Comparisons Chart

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 15

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.3
- Explain the impact of American imperialism, including the geographic changes due to the Open Door Policy and the Roosevelt Corollary, on the foreign policy of the United States between Reconstruction and World War I.
-Describe causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, including yellow journalism, economic interest of the United States in Cuba, sinking of the Maine; Treaty of Paris (1898), insurgency in the Philippines
-Identify Alabama's significant contributions to the United States between Reconstruction and World War I, including those of William Gorgas, Joe Wheeler, and John Tyler Morgan

Activities:
M- Ch 14 Notes & Discussion; 
T- Ch 14 Vocabulary WS; Ch 14 Guided Reading Worksheets
W- Ch 14 Notes & Discussion

TH - Ch 14 Notes & Discussion; Political Cartoon
F - Create Political Cartoons
Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 14

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 12, Ch 13

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.2
-discuss the ways in which the railroads spurred industrial growth 
-analyze how the railroads were financed and how they grew.
-describe industrial working conditions in the US in the late 1800s.
-list the barriers to labor union growth
-analyze the circumstances surrounding the great wave of immigration after the Civil War
-evaluate how nativism affected immigration policies
-explain the technological developments that made the growth of cities possible

Activities:
M- Ch 12 Notes; Ch 12 WS
T-Ch 12 Notes; Ch 12 WS
W- Ch 13 Notes; Chart- Obstacles Facing Immigrants
TH- Maps: Immigrant settlement patterns; Timeline Activity: Sports and Recreation
F- CH 13 Notes; Guided Reading WS

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 12, Ch 13

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.1
Students will:
- trace the growth of the mining industry in the West.
- describe the ways that new technology changed open-range ranching.
- explain why and how people began settling the Plains.
- trace the growth of commercial farming on the Plains.

Activities:
M- Map - Opening the West; Key Terms & IDs WS
T- Ch 11 Notes; Chart - Wars with Native Americans
W- CH 11 Notes; Timeline
TH- Video - American Frontier

F- CH 11 Test

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 11

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 11.1
Students will:
- review for Reconstruction Test.
- trace the growth of the mining industry in the West.
- describe the ways that new technology changed open-range ranching.
- explain why and how people began settling the Plains.
- trace the growth of commercial farming on the Plains.

Activities:
T- Ch 11 Notes - Miners and Ranchers; Gold Rush Worksheet
W- Gold Rush, Cattle Drives, Cowboy Life Worksheets
TH - Ch 11 Notes;Map - Opening the West
F- CH 11 Notes; Key Terms & IDs Worksheet

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily
*Read Ch 11

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 10.16
Students will:
-compare and contrast the several plans for Reconstruction
-identify the major contributions of the Freedmen's Bureau
- discuss Republican rule in the South during Reconstruction.
- describe how African Americans worked to improve their lives.
- discuss problems and scandals of Grant's administration.
-describe the end of Reconstruction

Activities:
M- CH 10 Notes & Discussion; Ch 10 Quiz WS
T- Ch 10 Notes & Discussion; Ch 10 WS; Reconstruction Map Activity
W- Ch 10 Notes & Discussion; Ch 10 WS; Reconstruction Map Activity; Ch 10 Guided Reading WS
TH- Civil War Amendments WS;Ch 10 Guided Reading WS

F-Ch 10 Test; Ch 11 & 12 Vocabulary

Homework:
*Complete any assignments not completed in class
*Review Notes daily to study for CH 10 Test
*Read Ch 10

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 10.14, 10.15
-describe the early years of the Civil War
-examine strategies and war aims of North and South during the Civil War
-chart and map major battles of the civil War
-identify major leaders and personalities and describe their contributions during the Civil War
-identify the turning point of the Civil War
-compare and contrast the experiences of Union and Confederate soldiers
-define "total war" and examine its impact on ending the Civil War

Activities:

M- Ch 8 Notes; Chart - Causes of Civil War
T - Ch 8 Notes; Complete Chart; Events Leading to Civil War WS
W- Geography Quiz; Events Leading to Civil War WS; Map - U.S. in the Civil War
TH Ch 9 Notes; Complete Chart, Worksheet and map for battles discussed
F- Ch 9 Notes; Complete Chart, Worksheet and map for battles discussed

Homework:
*Read Ch 8 & 9
*Review notes daily to study for Civil War Test (Tuesday 8/21)
*Finish any assignments not completed in class

Week 1

Weekly Objectives: AL COS 10.14, 10.15
- become familiar with classroom procedures and policies
- review essay format and skills
- review causes of the civil war

Activities:
M- Classroom policies and procedures
T- Essay Sample Writing
W- U.S. History Pre-Test
TH- Ch 8 Review; Chart - Causes of Civil War
F- Ch 8 Review; Map - U.S. Civil War

Homework: 
Read Ch 8
Finish any assignments not completed in class.