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Honors U. S. History

2nd Semester 2015 -2016 School Year
B Frame Syllabus

No Class "B" Days

Mr. Marchand
Welcome to Honors US History for the 2015 - 2016 year. This syllabus will provide two tools for students (and parents). First, it will be a daily guide to the sequence of class, readings, and assignments.  Second, at the end of the semester it will provide a guide to studying for the exam. It will be updated weekly. If the sequence doesn't look correct to you or is out of date, your browser may be loading a stored page rather than the current page. Check the date at the bottom of the page to make sure you're up to date.
Course Objectives - Aligned with National Council on the Social Studies standards

1. Define and apply vocabulary
2. Develop a plan for research
3. Work in groups to develop common goals
4. Develop writing skills
5. Develop and implement study plans
6. Process and respond to various assessment tools

Third Quarter Objectives: At the end of this quarter, the students should be able to:

Chapter 12

 16. Summarize President Lincoln’s Reconstruction policies         IId
17. Identify differences in Lincoln’s and President Johnson’s plans         IIa
18. Explain the Congressional Reconstruction policy           IIa
19. Summarize the economic problems in the South          VIIf
20. Identify differences among Republicans in the South             IIa
21. Describe efforts of former slaves to improve their lives            IIf                   
22. Analyze changes in the southern economy                  VIc
23. Summarize violent actions by opponents of Reconstruction           IIb
24. Identify the reasons for the collapse of Congressional Reconstruction           Vd
25. Explain the achievements and failures of Reconstruction         IIc

Chapter 13


26. Contrast the cultures of Native Americans and white settlers who moved west         IIa
27. Identify restrictions imposed by the government on Native Americans and describe the consequences           IXb
28. Define the government’s policy of assimilation         IIIh
29. Describe continuing conflicts between Native Americans and settlers           IId
30. Trace the development of the cattle industry             VIIa
31. Describe the myth and reality of the cowboy and explain the end of the open range            IXb
32. Explain the rapid settlement of the west due to homesteading         IIb
33. Describe how early settlers survived on the plains and transformed them into profitable farm land      VIf
34. Identify the problems faced by farmers and describe their efforts to solve them      IIc
35. Explain the rise and fall of the Populist Party              Ia 


Chapter 14

36.  Explain how the abundance of natural resources, new recovery and refining methods, and new uses for resources led to intensive industrialization    VIIIc
37. Identify inventions that changed the way people lived and worked    IIb
38. Identify the role of railroads in unifying the country    IIIk
39. List positive and negative effects of railroads on the nation's economy    IIIc
40. Summarize reasons for, and outcomes of, the demand for railroad reform      IIc
41. Identify management and businessn strategies that contributed to the success of business tycoons such as Andrew Carnegie      VIIc
42. Explain Social Darwinism and its effects on society         IIa
43. Summarize the emergence and growth of unions         VIId
44. Explain the violent reactions of industry and government to union strikes            VIId

Chapter 15

45. Identify immigrant's countries of origin          IVb
46. Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations         Id
47. Examine the causes and effects of the nativists anti immigrant sentiments               IIf
48.  Describe the movement of immigrants to cities and the opportunities they found there            IIIg           
49. Explain how cities dealt with housing, transportation, sanitation and safety issues            IVh
50. Describe some of the organizations and people who offered help to urban immigrants            VIIj
51. Explain the role of political machines and political bosses            Vb
52. Analyze how some politician's greed and fraud cost  the government millions of dollars            VIc
53. Describe the measures taken by presidents Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur to reform the spoils system        IIf 
54. Explain the positiona taken by presidents Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley on the tariff issue         IIb

Chapter 16

55. Describe the impact of technological advances on turn of the 20th century urban planning            Vc
56. Summarize turn of the century communication innovations               VIIIa
57. Analyze the expansion of public education at the turn of the century         Xa
58. Describe  the growth of higher education            Xi
59. Trace the historical underpinnings of legalized segregation and the African American struggle against racism in the United States            Xc
60. Summarize turn of the century race relations in all regions of the United States            Id
61. Identify tactics for discrimination against minorities in the west            IIf         
62. Give examples of turn of the century leisure activities and popular sports            Ia
63. Analyze the development of a "mass culture" in the United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's            Vb
64. Describe innovations in marketing and advertising during this period               VIIc

Chapter 17

65. Explain the four goals of progressivism    Vb
66. Summarize progressive efforts to clean up government             VIh
67. Identify progressive efforts to reform state government, protect minorities, and reform elections            Xa
68.  Describe the growing presence of women in the workforce at the turn of the 20th century         VIa  
69. Identify leaders of the women's suffrage movement            IIe
70. Explain how women got the vote            IVa
71. Describe the events of Teddy Roosevelt's presidency            IIf
72. Explain how Roosevelt used presidential power to regulate business            Xi
73. Identify laws to protect public health and the environment         Xa
74. Summarize Roosevelt's stand on civil rights         Xe
75. Summarize events of the Taft presidency         IIc
76. Explain the division in the Republican party in reference to the 1912 election            VIf
77. Describe the election of 1912

Fourth Quarter Objectives: At the end of this quarter, the students should be able to:

Chapter 18

78. Explain the economic and cultural factors that fueled the growth of American imperialism            Ib 
79. Describe how the United States acquired Alaska            VIh         
80. Analyze the reasons for the American takeover of Hawaii             VIh
81. Contrast American opinion regarding the Cuban revolt against Spain            IIa
82. Describe the events that escalated the conflict between the US and Spain            Vd
83. Trace the events of the Spanish American War and its results         IIb
84. Describe US involvement in Puerto Rico and Cuba            IIb
85. Identify causes and effects of the Phillipine-American War            IIa
86. Explain the Open Door policy in China            IIe
87. Summarize American views of imperialism         IIc
88. Explain how TR's foreign policy promoted American power around the world             IXb
89. Explain how Woodrow Wilson's missionary diplomacy ensured American dominance in Latin America          Xc

Chapter 19

90. Identify the long term causes and the immediate circumstances that led to  World War I           IIb
91. Describe the first two years of the war and the role of the US         IIc
92. Summarize the public opinion of Americans of the war            Ib
93.  Explain why the US entered the war            IXb
94.  Describe American mobilization for the war            IXf
95. Summarize American battlefield successes         IIb
96. Identify the new weapons and new treatments for medical conditions            VIIIa
97. Describe the end of the war      Ib
98. Explain how business and government worked together during the war         Xa
99. Describe the ways civil liberties were compromised during the war      Xh
100. Summarize the changes in the lives of women and African Americans        Ia         
101.  Review Wilson's Fourteen Points         IIa
102. Describe the Treaty of Versailles and world reaction to the treaty      Ia
103. Explain the consequences of the war          Ib

Chapter 20

104. Summarize American reaction to communism         IIa
105. Define the quota system and analyze its effects         IIc
106. Describe the relationship between management and labor after the war         Xc
107. Contrast Harding's policy of "normalcy" with progressive era reforms            Vd
108. Describe the scandals that affected the Harding administration         IIc
109. Summarize the impact of the automobile and other consumer goods on American life   Ib
110. Explain how prosperity affected the different groups of American society            Ia
111. Explain why some historians call the prosperity superficial          IIc

Chapter 21

112. Explain how urbanization created a new way of life that often clashed with the values of traditional society         Ib
113. Describe the controversy  over teh role of science and religion in American education and society in the 1920's            Ve
114. Explain how fads embodied the changing values and attitudes of young women in the 1920's          IVe
115. Analyze the changing role of women in the 1930's         IIc
116. Describe the popular culture of the 1920's            Vb
117. Explain why the decade has been termed the "Roaring Twenties"         IIa
118. Identify the causes and effects of African American migration to the north in the 1920's          IId
119. Describe the artistic activity of African Americans  and why the period was labelled the Harlem renaissance         IIc

Chapter 22

120.  Summarize the growing problems threatened the economy of the 1920's            Vd
121. Describe the causes of the stock market crash               IIb
122. Explain how the  Great Depression affected the world         Ia
123. Describe how people struggled to survive in the 1920's         IIc
124. Explain how President Hoover originally reacted to the Depression            IId             
125. Summarize the actions President Hoover took to help the economy and the American people         VIc
126. Describe the Bonus Army episode         Xc

Chapter 23

127. Summarize the initial steps Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance         VIc
128. Describe the concepts behind the first New Deal programs         Xa
129. Identify critics of FDR's programs         Vd
130.  Describe the purpose of the second New Deal            IIc
131. Summarize New Deal programs for farmers               VIIa
132. Identify the second New Deal programs aimed at assisting young people and farmers         Xi
133, Summarize labor and economic reforms carried out under the second New Deal         Xc
134. Analyze the effects of the New Deal on rural and urban women            IVg
135. Describe FDR's attitude toward African Americans         Ia
136. Identify the groups that formed the New Deal coalition               IVh
137. Describe the entertainment markets formed by movies and radio      VIIIa
138. Identify the major artists and writers of the 1930's               Ic
139. Summarize the opinions about the effectiveness of the New Deal         IIc
140. Describe the legacies of the New Deal             IIf

Chapter 24

141. Identify the types of government that took power in Russia, Italy, Japan and Germany in the 1940's            IXe
142. Describe the return of isolationism in the 1930's            Xf
143. Explain Hitler's reasons for expansion and the response of Britain and France            IIb
144. Describe the strategy of blitzkrieg developed by Germany at the beginning of the war              IIb
145. Summarize the first battles of World War II            IIc
146.  Explain Germany's persecution of Jews in the 1930's and the consequences                Ic
147.  Describe the effects of the Holocaust on survivors                Ie
148. Describe the American response to the war in the 1930's              Xf
149. Explain how the US assisted Britain without getting involved in the war            IIb
150. Summarize the events that led to the US declaring war on Japan and Germany            Xe

Chapter 25

151. 

Chapter 26

160.

Chapter  27

170.

Chapter 28

180. 
 

Schedule - Week One

1/18 - No school, MLK Birthday

1/19 - A Day;  Ch. 12 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Time line, prior knowledge
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 12 Sec. 1
Activity - Plans for Reconstruction
Homework - Ch. 12 Sec. 1

1/20 - B Day; No class

1/21 - C Day; Ch. 12 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 12 Sec. 2
Activity - Reconstruction culture
Homework - Ch. 12 Sec. 2

1/22 - Snow Day!
Week Two

1/25 to 1/29 - Snow Days!

Week Three

2/1 - C Day; Ch. 12 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 12 Sec. 3
Activity - Ku Klux Clan, Scandals, Panic of 1873, Compromise of 1876
History Day Projects Due!!!
Homework - Ch. 12 Sec. 3

2/2 - D Day; Prepare for Unit 3 Test
Activity - Prepare for Unit test
Activity - Makeup homework

2/3 - E Day; Unit 3 Test

2/4 - F Day; Ch. 13 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 13 Sec. 1
Possible topics for research Papers 
Homework - Ch. 13 Sec. 2

2/5- G Day; Ch. 13 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 13 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 13 Sec. 2
Week Four

2/8 - A Day; Ch. 13 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ discussion - Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 13 Sec. 3

2/9 - B day; No class

2/10 - C Day; Ch. 13 Assessment
Activity - Ch. 13 Quiz
Activity - Complete workbooks

2/11 - D Day; Ch. 14 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, timeline
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 14 Sec. 1
Activity - Inventions
Homework  - Ch. 14 Sec. 1

2/12 - E Day; Ch. 14 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 14 Sec. 2
Activity - Scandals and court cases
Homework - Ch. 14 Sec. 2
Week Five

2/15 - President's Day, No school

2/16 - F Day; Snow Day!

2/17 - G Day; Ch. 14 Sec. 3 pt. 1
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 14 Sec. 3 pt. 1
Homework - Ch. 14 Sec. 3

2/18 - A Day; Mr. Marchand with Model UN at JHUMUNC
Activity - Complete all assignments

2/19 - B Day; No class
Week Six
2/22 - C Day; Ch. 14 Assessment 
Activity -  Ch. 14 Assessment

2/23; D Day; Ch. 15 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, timeline
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 15 Sec. 
Homework - Ch. 15 Sec. 1

2/24 - E Day; Ch. 15 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 14 Sec. 2
Activity - Scandals and court cases
Homework - Ch. 14 Sec. 2

2/25 - F Day; Ch. 15 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 15 Sec. 3
Activity - Labor Unions
Homework - Ch. 14 Sec. 3

2/26 - G Day; Ch. 15 Assessment 
Activity -  Ch. 15 Assessment
Week Seven

2/29 - No Class, Teacher In Service

3/1 - A Day; Ch. 16 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, timeline
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 15 Sec. 
Homework - Ch. 16 Sec. 1

3/2 - B Day; No class

3/3 - C Day; Ch. 16 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 15 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 15 Sec. 2

3/4 - D Day; Ch. 16 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 16 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 16 Sec. 3
Week Eight

3/7 - E Day; Ch. 16 Sec. 4
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 16 Sec. 4
Activity - Eubie Blake/ Gregory Hines video
Homework - Ch. 16 Sec. 4

3/8 - F Day; Review for Test
Activtiy - Review for Unit 4 test

3/9 - G Day; Review for Test
Activtiy - Review for Unit 4 test

3/10 - A Day; Unit 4 Test
Activity - Unit 4 Test

3/11 - B Day; No class, Mr. Marchand going to Richmond for Governor's School Model UN Conference
Week Nine
3/14 - C Day; Ch 17 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, time line
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 17 Sec. 1
Activity - Local government
Homework - Ch. 17 Sec. 1

3/15 - D Day; Ch. 17 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 17 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 17 Sec. 2

3/16 - E Day; Ch. 17 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 17 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 17 Sec. 3

3/17 - F Day; Ch. 17 Sec. 4
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 17 Sec. 4
Homework - Ch. 17 Sec. 4

3/18 - G Day;  Ch. 17 Sec. 5
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 17 Sec. 5
Homework - Ch. 17 Sec. 5

Week Ten
3/21 - A Day; Ch. 17 Assessment
Activity - Ch. 17 Assessment
Activity - Complete workbook
Assignment - Journal, Second Semester #2

3/22 - B Day: No class

3/23 - Walk for Hope!
4/2 - 4/12 - Spring Break!
Week One

4/4 - C Day; Ch. 18 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, time line
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 18 Sec. 1
Assignment - Journal, Second Semester #2
Homework - Ch. 18 Sec. 1

4/5 - D Day; Ch. 18 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 18 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 18 Sec. 2

4/6 - E Day; Ch. 18 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 18 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 18 Sec. 3 

4/7 - F Day; Ch. 18 Sec. 4
Warm Up - Review homework
Lecture/ discussion - Ch. 18 Sec. 4
Journal #2 Due
Homework - Ch. 18 Sec. 4

4/8- G Day; Ch. 18 Quiz
Activity - Ch. 18 quiz
END OF THIRD QUARTER
BEGINNING OF FOURTH QUARTER
Week One

4/11 - A Day; Ch. 19 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, time line
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 19 Sec. 1

 4/12 - B Day; No class

4/13 - C Day; Ch. 19 Sec. 1, 2
Warm Up - Review homework
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 19 Sec. 1, 2

4/14 - D Day; No class, special assembly schedule

4/15 - E Day; Ch. 19 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Review Homework
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 Sec. 2
Activity - 14 Points\
Assign Journal #3, due 4/25
Homework - Ch. 19 Sec. 2
Week Two

4/18 - F Day;  Ch. 19 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Review Homework
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 19 Sec. 3

4/19 - G Day; Ch. 19 Sec. 4
Warm Up - Review Homework
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 Sec. 4
Activity - 14 Points
Return files
Homework - Ch. 19 Sec. 4

4/20 - A Day; Prepare for Unit 5 test
Activity - Prepare for Unit 5 test
Activity - Complete workbook assignments
Homework - Prepare for Unit test

4/21 - B Day; No class

4/22 - Year Day!
Week Three

4/25 - C Day; Unit 5 Test
Activity - Unit 5 test

4/26 - D Day; Ch. 20 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, time line
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 20 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 20 Sec. 1

4/27 - E Day; Ch. 20 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 20 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 20 Sec. 2

4/28- F Day; Ch. 20 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 20 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 20 Sec. 3

 4/29 - School Closed! Prom

Week Four

5/2 - G Day; Mr. Marchand out

5/3 - A Day; Einstein!!!

5/4 - B Day; No class

5/5 - C Day; Ch. 20 Quiz
Activity - Ch. 20 quiz

5/6 - B Day; Ch. 21 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Time line, Prior knowledge
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 21 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 21 Sec. 1





Saturday, 5/7  - History Day State Championships!
Week Five

5/9 - E Day; 5/5 - Ch. 21 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 21 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 21 Sec. 2

5/10  - F Day; Ch. 21 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 21 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 21 Sec. 3 

5/11 - G Day; Ch. 21 Sec. 4
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 21 Sec. 4
Homework - Ch. 21 Sec. 4

5/12 - A Day; Ch. 21 Quiz
Activity - Ch. 21 Quiz

5/13 - B Day; No class

Week Six

5/16 - C Day; Ch. 22 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge, Time line
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 22 Sec. 1
Homework - Ch. 22 Sec. 1

5/17 - D Day; Ch. 22 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 22 Sec. 2
Homework - Ch. 22 Sec. 2

5/18 - E Day; Ch. 22 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 22 Sec. 3
Homework - Ch. 22 Sec. 3

5/19 - F Day; Ch. 22 Quiz
Activity - Ch. 22 Quiz

5/20 - G Day; Ch. 23 Sec. 1
Warm Up - Prior knowledge
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 23 Sec 1
Homework - Ch. 23 Sec. 1
Week Seven

5/23 - A Day;  Ch. 23 Sec. 2
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 23 Sec 2
Exam Essay Posted
Homework - Ch. 23 Sec. 2

5/24 - B Day; No class

5/25 - C Day; Ch. 23 Sec. 3
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 23 Sec 3
Homework - Ch. 23 Sec. 3

5/26 - D Day; Ch. 23 Sec. 4
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 23 Sec 4
Homework - Ch. 23 Sec. 4

5/27; School Closed, Graduation
Week Eight
5/30 - Memorial Day

5/31 - E day; Ch. 23 Sec. 5
Warm Up - Socrative
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 23 Sec 5
Homework - Ch. 23 Sec. 5

6/1- F Day; Chapter 23 assessment
Activity - Chapter 23 Quiz
Activity - Check workbooks

6/2 - G Day; Exam essays

6/3 - A Day; Exam Review
Week Eleven - Exams

6/6 - 3rd and 4th frames 

6/7 - 5th and 6th frames

6/8 - 7th and Diagonal frames

6/9 -  1st and 2nd frames
2nd frame exam

6/10 - Grades due, Happy Summer!!! 
Last Updated 5/7/2016