Kiser, Scarlett / US History

    Ms. Kiser

United States History 1865-Present

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Syllabus

History Pacing Guide

US History SOL's

SOL Curriculum Framework by Unit (complete list of essential knowledge your child must know)

History Summary

SOLpass (games to review all content) (choose middle school, choose history FROM 1865, choose BMMS from the drop down box, password is solpass)

My Portaportal (guest access is skiser)

Below is the Notebook Table of Contents (TOC) for each unit. It is a list of all assignments, both class and homework, that students are responsible for.



Glossary - resource to use to define vocab for each chapter

Glossary 2 - additional definitions not found in the first glossary

Youtube Videos: Mr. Betts' Classroom parodies

"Reconstruction" https://youtu.be/EKliSbde4Fs

"Transcontinental Railroad" https://youtu.be/44Xusv2gdGY

"Robber Barons" https://youtu.be/kc-zU9WHVO0

"The New Immigrants:  https://youtu.be/0HpuW37tcPQ

"Spanish American War" https://youtu.be/zjv-SS8FXNE

"The Progessive Era" https://youtu.be/ddce6KWpcGg

"Progressive Era Review" https://youtu.be/AILsnLAz6gc

"Theodore Roosevelt"  https://youtu.be/N4hV1OBeC4g

"Boss Tweed"   https://youtu.be/BKRkEKi0Qw0

"Women's Suffrage" https://youtu.be/HnzQDVE8R6Y

"The Suffragists"   https://youtu.be/gKVqEOL8ois

"Monroe Doctrine" https://youtu.be/9KYRepV9IQU

"Gilded Age Ultimate Review"   https://youtu.be/ISNYstqOET8

"Causes of WWI" https://youtu.be/_nbHYDSPrWI

"WWI" https://youtu.be/ir3CeRR1NAY

"Stock Market Crash of 1929" https://youtu.be/0rKPHKmNJrc

"Great Depression"  https://youtu.be/HupNDQwLN08

"New Deal" https://youtu.be/hsw4B1PWZLQ

"Who's the Hottest Leader of WWII?" https://youtu.be/B_PifbNOMew

"Appeasement" https://youtu.be/l1Zymw3BpEU

"World War Two" https://youtu.be/7QB4BAI0n2U

"Why did the Japanese Bomb Pearl Harvor" https://youtu.be/HlF_TQeccRw

"Cold War and Berlin Wall" https://youtu.be/lIQbxHPEPTM

"Space Race"   https://youtu.be/H_pomAWW284

"John F. Kennedy" https://youtu.be/31fNQbzyCN8

"Plessy vs Ferguson" https://youtu.be/NwNrnYJE36k

"Martin Luther KIng Jr"   https://youtu.be/jeWBq4T5qy0

"Brown vs Board of Education"   https://youtu.be/2sJeMtyY9co

"America's Foreign Policy Review 1945 - Present" https://youtu.be/ojnTpqOx2I0



USII Authentic Assessment: Geography - August

Students will complete guided notes sheet, 2 maps and a set of questions using the resources below...

Regions PPT

Cities PPT

Map of Western Half of US

Map of Eastern Half of US

Hints to learn your states

Practice with state identification - drag & drop

Regions Match

Regions Match 2

Regions Match 3

Regions Match 4

Cities Match

http://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Matt/find_the_states

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/us-state-games/all-states/map-the-50-states-2.html

Tour the States (Video)

RECONSTRUCTION UNIT: August

What road are you on? (anticipatory activity)

Grand Conversation

Grand Conversation Reading Resource

Men of Honor wkst and info

Reconstruction PPT

Reconstruction PPT notes

Life for African Amer during Reconstruction PPT

Reconstruction Explore and Review

Explore & Review Reading Resource (same article used for Grand Conversation)

Chain of Events

Google Classroom assignment - create Glog for Reconstruction - my example

Reconstruction Review Sheet

Quizizz for Reconstruction Test - https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/59a06109a85c6f11000f0949

Reconstruction (chap.17) notebook TOC

WESTERN FRONTIER UNIT:  August - September

Ch 18 Vocab

Guided Read and Reteach 18-1

Ch 18 sect 1 Reading Resource - (use with G Read wkst 18-1)

Mining and RR PPT

Mining handout and Comic strip directions

Comic strip template (10 slides on front - smaller version)

Comic strip template 2 (10 slides on front & back - bigger version)

Video notes TransRR

Dawning of a New Era / Trans RR cartoon

Transcontinental Railroad PPT

Cowboys and Ranchers PPT

Name that Brand

Cattle Drive Activity

Western Town Settlement/ Map

Use with Western Settlement Map assignment: Cattle Kingdom Map   and Railroads Map

and US pol map 1   and      US pol map 2

Sarah the Sodbuster PPT

Farmers & Homestead Act / Home Sweet Home - (in G. Classroom)

Western Territories Become States - use the US pol maps 1 & 2

Living on the Great Plains PowerPoint

Inventing and Adapting

Google Classroom assignment (Google Draw)( Nat Amer Time Line)

Native Americans PPT

Guided Read 18-3

Ch 18 sect 3 Reading Resource (use with G Read wkst 18-3)

Taking a Walk in Native Americans' Moccasins (with reading resource)

Ch 18 Test Review PowerPoint

Quizizz for Western Frontier Test Review - https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/57d9b34df37d59a862d415f3

Western Frontier (chap. 18) notebook TOC

INDUSTRIALIZATION UNIT:  September - October

Evolution of an Industry

Railroad Barons PowerPoint

D.C. Notes Ch 19 Sect 1

G Reading & Reteach 19-1 (use above PPT and notes)

Inventions PPT

G Read/Reteach 19-2

Ch 19 Sect 2 Reading Resource (Inventions) (use with G Read /Reteach wkst 19-2)

Bell article

Bell questions

Magical Years of Invention (use the above link for ch 19 sect 2 Reading Resource)

Mechanization PPT

Assembly Line PPT

Captains of Industry PowerPoint

Reteach 19-3 venn diagram (Rockefeller/Carnegie)

Rockefeller and Carnegie venn diagram (filled in)

Ch 19 Sect 3 Reading Resource (Big Business) (use with quest. p. 571)

Magazine Profile - assignment in Google Classroom -

Vocab Act 19 / Chap 19 Study Guide- Rev Key Terms (use to study vocab for quiz)

Quizlet: Ch 19 Vocab Quiz Review   http://quizlet.com/98404623/industrialization-vocab-flash-cards/  (use flashcards to study and then play Match or Gravity Game)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire website

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire webquest

Unions Web and Rise of American Labor Movement

Homestead Strike

Eulogy for Samuel Gompers

Take Home Rev Act 19 and IA Industry Test Study Guide

Quizizz Review for Growth of Industry Test - https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/59d2d7136c91331100ac0509

Growth of Industry (chap. 19) notebook TOC

Benchmark 1 Review

Benchmark 1 Review pictures (These PowerPoints review the topics of western frontier and industrialization that we have covered thus far)

IMMIGRATION UNIT:  October - November

Immigration Pre-test

Actively Learn Assignment: Starting a New Life in America

Push/Pull Factors Notes

Chap 20 Vocab

Quizlet for Immigration Vocab - https://quizlet.com/233126767/immigration-vocab-flash-cards/

Waves of Immigration PowerPoint

Waves of Immigration Notes

Video Questions: Immigration - Triumph of Hope

America Was the Dream - 3 Way Venn Diagram

Immigrant Identity/ Bundle of Memories

Island of Hope, Island of Tears notes (official Ellis Island video)

Frayer Model for Assimilation - (assignment posted in G Classroom)

Reactions to Immigrants - (assignment posted in G Classroom)

Ancestry Flag - research your family's immigration story and then write about and/or draw/decorate your flag

G Read and Reteach 20-1

Take Home Immigration Quiz

Statue of Liberty webquest (handout) -

Statue of Liberty webquest (website) -

https://youtu.be/xPisqwf0F0M Youtube video - Inspector Gadget's Field Trip: New York City - The Big Apple (Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; skyscrapers; United Nations; Central Park; subway; Stock Exchange; Federal Reserve)

https://youtu.be/XGFizX-LMz8   Youtube video - Inspector Gadget's Field Trip: New York City - The New Land (Guggenheim Museum; Brooklyn Bridge; Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island)

Ch 20 Sect 2 Reading Resource

Growth of Cities PowerPoint

Urbanization PowerPoint

Frayer Model for Urbanization  (assignment posted in G Classroom)

Tenements PowerPoint

Culture of 1900 PowerPoint

Actively Learn Assignment: Life in a Gilded Age Slum / Mansions

diamante poem format 2

Tenements Diamante Poem template

Ellis Island Experience - Immigration Simulation Nov. 2nd, 2017 (dress up as an immigrant and bring your bundle)



Quizlet "Immigration Vocab" to review for urbanization test - https://quizlet.com/233126767/immigration-vocab-flash-cards/

Quizlet "Industrialization & Cities" to review for urbanization test - https://quizlet.com/233375534/industrialization-cities-flash-cards/

Immigration & Urban Life (chap. 20) notebook TOC

VETERANS DAY: Veterans Day webquest- Nov. 11

Video (eMediaVA)

Veterans Day Posters - Nov. 11

Red Fridays - Nov. 11

PROGRESSIVES & SPANISH AMERICAN WAR UNIT: November - December

Muckraking questions & Reading Resource (page 613)

Meat Inspection Act PowerPoint

Pure Food and Drug Act PowerPoint

Boss Tweed PowerPoint

Political Machines/Bosses Associations

Washington/DuBois venn diagram

"I Am" poem template for Susan B. Anthony

Fight for the 19th Amendment

Women's Rts Reading Resource

3rd Six Weeks Project (Reformers - group project)

Reformers PowerPoint

Teddy Roosevelt outline and political cartoons

Teddy Roosevelt Overview

Teddy Roosevelt Comic Life

Conservation PowerPoint

Imperialism PowerPoint

"I Know" poem template (Spanish American War)

Ch 21 Test Study Guide

Progressive Reforms (chap. 21) notebook TOC

USII Authentic Assessment: Reconstruction to Modern America - December (students will create trading cards)

Student Growth Assessment (mid-year test) - December

WWI UNIT: December - January

Imperialism PowerPoint

MANIA PPT (causes of WWI)

MANIA sheet

Ch 23 Vocab

WWI Map

Technology and Trenches PPT

Life in the Trenches

Trench warfare game: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/trenchwarfare.shtml

Vocab Building & Act & Puzzle

Quizlet: Ch 23 Vocab Quiz Review https://quizlet.com/66893447/wwi-vocab-flash-cards/

Propaganda Posters Webquest

WWI Propaganda PPT

Propaganda & pol cartoon

Reteaching 23-5

Palace of Versailles PPT

WWI Puzzle & Pandy Power review paragraghs

Ch 23 Test Study Guide

WWI Review PPT

WWI (chap. 23) notebook TOC

Benchmark 2 Review (This PowerPoint reviews the topics of immigration, Progressives, Spanish American War and WWI that are covered on this benchmark test.)

Benchmark 2 Review Ques Foundation Assessment (mid-term) -

3rd nine weeks Project- (WWI: poster OR Google Slides presentation) - due January

ROARING 20's UNIT: January - February

KWL Chart and 1920's Web

1920's slang paragraph -  http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm (use this 1920's slang glossary but a few more words you will need....hepcat=jazz fan; licorice stick=clarinet; canary=female singer)

Ch 24 Vocab

Quizlet for 1920's Vocab - https://quizlet.com/259902633/1920s-vocab-flash-cards/?new

Reteaching 24-1

Video questions & cartoon

1920's Famous Person Pyramid

Flapper Talk program - Feb.1st, 2nd and 5th

Personalities of the 1920's Inspiration program

Black Migration After WWI  (article, map and questions - G. Classroom)

Great Migration North (HW - use the above link's map to help you with this map)

Great Migration PPT

Geog & Hist Act.23

1920's & 1930's Review wkst

1920s (chap. 24) notebook TOC

GREAT DEPRESSION UNIT: February

Ch 25 BINGO Card and Vocab

Causes of the Great Depression PowerPoint

G Dep Three 3's in a Row

Life During the Great Depression PPT

Effects of Depression on Americans reading resource (Actively Learn in Classroom)

New Deal Goals & Features Notes

New Deal chart & other reading resource

Alphabet Soup & New Deal "Quiz"

New Deal Checking Facts & Cause/Effect (Google Draw in Classroom)

Great Depression (chap. 25) notebook TOC

WWII UNIT: March - April 2019

Causes of WWII PowerPoint and Start of WWII PPT

Ch 26 Vocab

Quizlet WWII Vocab set - https://quizlet.com/133472864/world-world-ii-vocab-flash-cards

Historical Head (Hitler)

Historical Head (Hitler) assignment - use Hitler reading resource & Dictators PowerPoint & another Dictators PPT

Quizizz "Leaders of WWII" - use to study for "WWII up through Pearl Harbor" quiz -

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5a98cc3c045147001adc2d3f

WWII Battles Webquest

Quizlet WWII Important People set -

https://quizlet.com/133472050/world-war-ii-important-people-flash-cards/

Quizizz "WWII Review" - use as comprehensive review of the chapter -

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/58e3f68f578787c01e4cbbbe

WWII (chap.26) notebook TOC

WWII Follow-up PPT

COLD WAR UNIT: April

Cold War PowerPoint

Late Twentieth Century (Google slides in Classroom)

Cold War (chap. 27,28,30) notebook TOC

4th Nine Weeks Project (WWII Commemorative Plate)

CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT:  May

Civil Rights Inspiration Activity -

Civil Rights Benchmark Review PowerPoint -

Civil Rights Notebook TOC

Student Growth Assessment (post-test) - May