Ms. Kiser
United States History 1865-Present
Please make sure you have accepted my invitation to my Google Classroom!
SOLpass (games to review all content) (choose middle school, choose history FROM 1865, choose BMMS from the drop down box, password is solpass)
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...
RECONSTRUCTION UNIT: August
Google Classroom assignment - create Glog for Reconstruction - my example
WESTERN FRONTIER UNIT: August - September
Google Classroom assignment (Google Draw)( Nat Amer Time Line)
INDUSTRIALIZATION UNIT: September - October
Magazine Profile - assignment in Google Classroom -
Quizizz Review for Growth of Industry Test - https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/59d2d7136c91331100ac0509
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
Actively Learn Assignment: Starting a New Life in America
Quizlet for Immigration Vocab - https://quizlet.com/233126767/immigration-vocab-flash-cards/
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
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)
Actively Learn Assignment: Life in a Gilded Age Slum / Mansions
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/
VETERANS DAY: Veterans Day webquest- Nov. 11
Veterans Day Posters - Nov. 11
Red Fridays - Nov. 11
PROGRESSIVES & SPANISH AMERICAN WAR UNIT: November - December
USII Authentic Assessment: Reconstruction to Modern America - December (students will create trading cards)
Student Growth Assessment (mid-year test) - December
WWI UNIT: December - January
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) -
ROARING 20's UNIT: January - February
GREAT DEPRESSION UNIT: February
WWII UNIT: March - April 2019
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 -
Quizizz "WWII Review" - use as comprehensive review of the chapter -
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/58e3f68f578787c01e4cbbbe
COLD WAR UNIT: April
4th Nine Weeks Project (WWII Commemorative Plate)
CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT: May
Civil Rights Inspiration Activity -
Civil Rights Notebook TOC
Student Growth Assessment (post-test) - May