Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

Research, Research, Research!

We have space reserved in the Library today for doing more research on topics.

• Honors: Please submit the assignment on Google Classroom
• Regular Here is a digital version for you to use.

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: Transcendentalist Quotes
• Compare: the Elections of 1824 and 1828
• Analyze: the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
• Film Questions
• Tomorrow: Library/Technology to research our Independent Writing Projects

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

• Review: the Hudson River Valley Painting (each group will quick share)
• Introduce: Transcendentalism
• Read: Excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

• Quick Write/Brainstorm: What is an American quality?
• Analyzing Art
• Video: Hudson River School at the New York Historical Society
• Evaluate: Hudson River School (Links to the paintings are on pages 6 and 7)
• Write: 4 paragraph analysis of one of the paintings

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's agenda:

• Review: Independent Writing Steps 1 and 2 (Topic Choice and Sources)
• What's next? Research/Notes due this Friday
• President James Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings?
• Analyze: 1824 Election Results
• View: Presidential elections of 1824/1828

Unit 4-Forging the New Nation

Today's Agenda:

Complete: the Unit 4 Summative Assessment
Intro: Unit 5: Nationalism and Economic Growth

Unit 4-The New Nation

Today's Agenda:

• Continue: The Research Paper Process (Topic Choice and Sources due Wednesday)
• View: The War of 1812
• Pageant Chapter 12 Questions
• American Pageant Chapter 12

Unit 4-The New Nation

Today's Agenda:

We have technology scheduled today to work on the first 2 Steps of our Independent Writing Assignment. The Week #1 assignment is on Google Classroom.

1. Topic Choice

2. Sources

Unit 4-Forging the New Nation

Today's Agenda:

Honors:

• Finish the Lewis and Clark video and questions
• Complete the map of Westward Expansion
• Intro. the Independent Writing Assignment

Regular:

• Discuss President James Madison and the War of 1812

Unit 4-The New Nation

Today's Agenda:

Honors: Complete the Independent Reading Summary

• Analyze: the Election of 1800
• President Thomas Jefferson (3)
• Examine: Monticello.org
• View: Lewis and Clark: The Great Journey West

Map Activity: The Louisiana Purchase (Anthem pg.217)

Unit 4-The New Nation

Today's Agenda:

• View: the Presidents Documentary
• Electoral Map: 1796 Presidential election and 1800 Election
• Discuss: the Presidency of John Adams(2)
• HBO miniseries on John Adams Episode 6 details his presidency

Unit 4-Forging the New Republic

Today's agenda:

• Recap: The 2018 Midterm Election (The New York Times)
• Analyze: Hamilton versus Jefferson (using the musical Hamilton)
• Here is a 10 min. discussion of Hamilton and the Musical
• Complete: Unit 3 Summative test corrections

Unit 4-The New Republic

Today's Agenda:

Opening Question: How do we evaluate leaders? What qualities or characteristics do we look for in our leaders?

• Discuss: President Washington
• Evaluate: George Washington's Mount Vernon website
• Google Doc: Assignment for the Evaluation

Reminder: The 2018 Midterm Election is tomorrow! Look at the sample ballot and polling locations.

Unit 3 Summative Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• Complete: the Summative Assessment
• Intro: Unit 4-Forging the New Nation
• Independent Reading Week 8 (We are done!)

The Constitution

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss: the Other Constitutional Amendments (What did your learn?)
• Time permitting: The Federalists versus the Anti-federalists (Regular started this on Tuesday)
• Unit 3 Review: Summative assessment is tomorrow (Friday)