Topic outline

  • Coach Kavanagh's U.S. History Class 2023-2024

    Collapse all Expand all

    Welcome!

    Tuskegee Airmen - Definition, Facts & Names

    My email - akavanagh@avhsd.org

  • Progressivism and Imperialism

    Highlighted

    Image result for women's suffrageUSS Maine (1889) - Wikipedia

    • Monday September 4th - NO SCHOOL - LABOR Day

    • Tuesday September 5th ("flex day") -

      1. The Men Who Built America - A New War Begins
      2. Video Questions
      3. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 1 pages 208-212
      4. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow

    • Wednesday September 6th (minimum day - Back to School Night) -

      1. Go over Unit Note Packets/SmartBooks
      2. Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Part 1
      3. Quickwrite #1 - Kids at Work
      4. Guided Lecture Notes
      5. Work on Chapter 5 Lesson 1 SmartBook
    • URL icon
      Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Part 1 - The Roots of Progressivism URL
    • URL icon
      Back to School Night Presentation URL

    • Thursday September 7th -

      1. Seneca Fall Convention
      2. Women's Rights to Women's Suffrage - Read, annotate and answer questions
      3. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 1 pages 212-218
      4. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • File icon
      Womens Rights to Womens Suffrage Reading and Reading Qs File

    • Friday September 8th - 

      1. Chapter 5 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Part II - Women's Rights to Women's Suffrage
      3. Quickwrite #2 - Give Women the Vote
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Crash Course #16 and Questions
    • URL icon
      Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Part II - Women's Rights to Women's Suffrage URL

    • Monday September 11th -

      1. Ken Burns: Prohibition - Episode 1: A Nation of Drunkards
      2. Video Questions

    • Tuesday September 12th ("flex day") - 

      1.  The 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
      2. Exit Ticket

    • URL icon
      Meet the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments URL

    • Wednesday September 13th - 

      1. Read The Jungle
      2. Work on Chapter 5 Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 SmartBooks
      3. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 2 pages 224-231
      4. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 2 SmartBook due tomorrow

    • Thursday September 14th -

      1. Chapter 5 Lesson 2 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 5 Lesson 2 - TR's Square Deal
      3. Quickwrite #3 - TRs Biography
      4. Guided Notes
      5. TR's Environmentalism
    • URL icon
      Chapter 5 Lesson 2 - Roosevelt and Taft URL

    • Friday September 15th -

      1. Teddy Roosevelts Legacy
      2. The Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt and Taft
      3. TR's Legacy Reading - Read, annotate and answer the questions
      4. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 3 pages 232-239
      5. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 3 SmartBook due Monday
    • URL icon
      Teddy Roosevelt's Legacy URL

    • Monday September 18th -

      1. Chapter 5 Lesson SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 5 Lesson 3 - The Wilson Years
      3. Quickwrite #4 - Perspectives
      4. Guided Notes
      5. The Presidents: Wilson
    • URL icon
      Chapter 5 Lesson 3 - The Wilson Years URL

    • Tuesday September 19th ("flex day") -

      1. Civil Rights in the Progressive Era - Primary Source Activity
    • URL icon
      Civil Rights in the Progressive Era - Primary Source Activity URL

    • Wednesday September 20th -

      1. 10 Days: Murder at the Fair - The Assassination of William McKinley
      2. Video Questions
      3. HW - Read Chapter 4 Lesson 1 pages 178-182
      4. HW - Chapter 4 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow 

    • Thursday September 21st -

      1. Chapter 4 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 4 Lesson 1 - The Imperialist Vision
      3. Quickwrite #5 - Imperialism
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Inquiry Journal

    • URL icon
      Chapter 4 Lesson 1 - The Imperialist Vision URL

    • Friday September 22nd -

      1. How We Got Here/The Last Word
      2. Read and discuss the story - Becoming a World Power
      3. Spanish-American War Timeline
      4. HW - Read Chapter 4 Lesson 2 pages 183-189
      5. HW - Chapter 4 Lesson 2 SmartBook due Monday
    • URL icon
      The Last Word - How Did We Get Here? URL
    • Forum icon
      Progressivism and the Development of Industrial America Discussion Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my U.S. History classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to history please.

  • Study Skills, Geography, and the Civil War

     

    • Monday August 14th - 

      1. Introductions
      2. Tent Name Cards

    • Tuesday August 15th ("flex day") - 

      1. 2nd Annual Royal Day

      1st Period - Expectations

      2nd Period - Respectful

      3rd Period - Unstoppable

      4th Period - Leaders

      5th Period - Engaged

    • Wednesday August 16th -

      1. Discuss and Review Syllabus - Returned syllabus due Monday
      2. Handout and work on U.S. Map - Label and color each state and capital; Due Friday; Test Friday

    • URL icon
      Coach Kavanagh's Syllabus URL
    • File icon
      Blank U.S. Map File

    • Thursday August 17th -

      1. Go over SmartBooks and work on Chapter 2 Lesson 2 SmartBook
      2. Work on US States Map - Due tomorrow, test tomorrow

    • URL icon
      US History Skills Scavenger Hunt - SmartBook directions URL

    • Friday August 18th -

      1. Enroll in Moodle
      2. Work on:
      3. US States Map - Map due by the end of the period; Send a screenshot of your score 90% or better
      4. Chapter 2 Lesson 2 SmartBook

    • URL icon
      Map Test Website URL
    • URL icon
      How to Enroll in Moodle URL

    • Monday August 21st -

      1. No School - Hurriquake
      2. HW - Period 2 Lesson 2 SmartBook due Wednesday by midnight

    • Tuesday August 22nd - 

      1. Returned syllabus due
      2. The Civil War - Predictions and Realities 
      3. HW - Chapter 2 Lesson 2 SmartBook - due tomorrow by midnight

    • URL icon
      The Civil War - Predications and Realities URL

    • Wednesday August 23rd -

      1. Settle the seating chart
      2. Annotation Guided Notes and Practice
      3. HW - Period 2 Lesson 2 SmartBook due tonight by midnight

    • URL icon
      Annotation Guided Notes and Practice URL

    • Thursday August 24th -

      1. 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America: Antietam
      2. 1 page of video notes

    • Friday August 25th -

      1. Geography and History: Vicksburg and Gettysburg
      2. Share with me when you are done
      3. Period 2 Lesson 2 SmartBook due tomorrow by midnight
    • URL icon
      Geography and History - Vicksburg and Gettysburg URL

    • Monday August 28th -

      1. Read and annotate "The Emancipation Proclamation" or "The Gettysburg Address" and then share your information with a partner about your source
      2. The Presidents: Lincoln
    • URL icon
      The Emancipation Proclamation URL
    • URL icon
      The Gettysburg Address URL

    • Tuesday August 29th ("flex day") -

      1. Meet the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
    • URL icon
      Meet the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments URL

    • Wednesday August 30th -

      1. Review the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
      2. Civil War Battles Map
      3. Due by the end of the period
      4. Period 2 Lesson 2 due by midnight
      5. Refer to the syllabus for directions on how to makeup the SmartBook once it closes online
    • URL icon
      Major Battles of the Civil War URL

    • Thursday August 31st -

      1. The Lincoln Assassination
      2. Ken Burns: The Civil War: The Better Nature of Our Angels - Assassination
      3. Assign and work on Country Mouse/City Mouse
      4. Due by the end of the period tomorrow
    • URL icon
      Country Mouse/City Mouse URL

    • Friday September 1st -

      1. Work on "Country Mouse/City Mouse"
      2. Due by the end of the period

    • Forum icon
      Introduction, Skills, and Civil War Unit Discussion Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my U.S. History classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to history please.

    • Tuesday November 1st ("flex day") - 

      1. Mythbusters: Trench Torpedo 
      2. Doughboy Boot Camp
      3. Answers to the quiz go in your notes