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    Coach Kavanagh's U.S. History Class 2024-2025

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    Welcome!

    My email - akavanagh@avhsd.org

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    The World Wars

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    • Wednesday November 6th -

      1. The Century: Shell Shock
      2. Video Questions
      3. Introduce World War I Newspaper Project
    • The Century: Shell Shock URL

    • Thursday November 7th -

      1. Mythbusters - Trench Torpedoes
      2. Work on Newspapers
    • World War I Newspaper Group Project URL

    • Friday November 8th -

      1. Assign Veterans' Day Extra Credit
      2. Work on Newspapers

    • Monday November 11th - No School - Veterans Day

      1. Veterans' Day Extra Credit due tomorrow

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

      1. Veterans' Day Extra Credit due
      2. Doughboy Boot Camp
      3. HW - Read Chapter 10 Lesson 1 pages 378-384
      4. HW - Chapter 10 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow
      5. HW - World War I Newspaper due Sunday by midnight
    • Dough Boy Boot Camp URL

    • Wednesday November 13th -

      1. Chapter 10 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 10 Lesson 1 - The Origins of World War II
      3. Quickwrite #1 - FDR's Quote
      4. Guided Notes
      5. HW - World War I Newspaper due Sunday by midnight
    • Chapter 10 Lesson 1 - The Origins of World War II URL

    • Thursday November 14th -

      1. Watch clip of Dunkirk
      2. Listen to clip of Winston Churchill's "We Will Fight" Speech
      3. What If? 
      4. HW - World War I Newspaper due Sunday by midnight

    • Friday November 15th - 

      1. Chapter 10 Lesson 2 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 10 Lesson 2 - From Neutrality to War
      3. Guided Notes
      4. Quickwrite #2 - FDR's A Day Will Live in Infamy Speech
      5. HW - World War I Newspaper due Sunday by midnight
    • Chapter 10 Lesson 2 - From Neutrality to War URL

    • Monday November 18th -

      1. The Century: Over the Edge
      2. Video Questions
      3. HW - Read Chapter 10 Lesson 2 pages 385-391
      4. HW - Chapter 10 Lesson 2 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • The Century: Over the Edge URL

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

      1. Pearl Harbor Viewpoints Activity
    • Pearl Harbor Viewpoints Activity URL

    • Wednesday November 20th -

      1. Pearl Harbor
      2. HW - Read Chapter 10 Lesson 3 pages 392-399
      3. HW - Chapter 10 Lesson 3 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • The World Wars 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.

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    The Jazz Age, Depression and the New Deal

    • Wednesday October 2nd -

      1. Collect Chapter 4/5 Note Packet
      2. Chapter 7 Lesson 4 SmartBook due
      3. Mass Culture New Information Activity (counts as your Chapter 7 Lesson 4 notes)
      4. HW - Read Chapter 7 Lesson 3 pages 296-301
      5. HW - Chapter 7 Lesson 3 SmartBook
    • Chapter 7 Lesson 4 - A New Mass Culture URL

    • Thursday October 3rd -

      1. Chapter 7 Lesson 3 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 7 Lesson 3 - A Clash of Values
      3. Quickwrite #1 - Rich and Crazy
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Ken Burns: Prohibition - The Time is Now
    • Chapter 7 Lesson 3 - A Clash of Cultures URL

    • Friday October 4th -

      1. 10 Days: The Scopes Trial
      2. Video Questions

    • Monday October 7th - 

      1. The Century: Boom and Bust
      2. Video Questions
      3. Take home graded work by the end of the period Friday - End of the 1st Quarter
    • The Century: Boom to Bust URL

    • Tuesday October 8th ("flex day") -

      1. Prohibition Primary Source Document Analysis
      2. HW - Read Chapter 7 Lesson 5 pages 310-315
      3. HW - Chapter 7 Lesson 5 SmartBook due Thursday (no class tomorrow)
    • Prohibition Primary Source Document Analysis URL

    • Wednesday October 9th ("flex day") - TESTING DAY - NO CLASS

      1. Testing Day

    • Thursday October 9th ("flex day") -

      1. Chapter 7 Lesson 5 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 7 Lesson 5 - African American Culture and Politics
      3. Quickwrite #2 - Reaction to Jazz and Poetry
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Ken Burns: Jazz - Episode 3 Our Language
      6. HW - Read Chapter 7 Lesson 1 pages 284-289
      7. HW - Chapter 7 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      8. Take home graded work by the end of the period tomorrow - End of the 1st Quarter
    • Chapter 7 Lesson 5 - African American Culture and Politics URL

    • Friday October 11th - END OF THE 1ST QUARTER

      1. Chapter 7 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 7 Lesson 1 - The Politics of the 1920s
      3. Guided Notes
      4. Inquiry Journal - A Letter to Senator La Follette
      5. Take home graded work by the end of the period - End of the 1st Quarter
    • Chapter 7 Lesson 1 - The Politics of the 1920s URL

    • Monday October 14th - 

      1. Chapter 7 Lesson 2 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 7 Lesson 2 - A Growing Economy
      3. Guided Notes
      4. 1920s Advertising
    • Chapter 7 Lesson 2 - A Growing Economy URL

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

      1. Chapter 7 One Pager
      2. HW - Read Chapter 8 Lesson 1 pages 322-328
      3. HW - Chapter 8 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • Chapter 7 One Pager URL

    • Wednesday October 16th -

      1. Chapter 8 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 8 Lesson 1 - The Causes of the Great Depression
      3. Quickwrite #3 - Dad Loses His Job
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Work on and collect Chapter 7 One Pager
    • Chapter 8 Lesson 1 - Causes of the Great Depression URL

    • Thursday October 17th - 

      1. The Century: Stormy Weather
      2. Video Questions
      3. HW - Read Chapter 8 Lesson 2 pages 329-333
      4. HW - Chapter 8 Lesson 2 SmartBook due Monday
    • The Century: Stormy Weather URL

    • Friday October 18th -

      1. Chapter 8 Lesson 2 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 8 Lesson 2 - Digital Escape Room - Will count as your Chapter 8 Lesson 2 Notes
      3. HW - Read Chapter 8 Lesson 3 pages 336-341
      4. HW - Chapter 8 Lesson 3 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • Chapter 8 Lesson 2 - Crash and Depression Digital Escape Room URL

    • Monday October 21st -

      1. Chapter 8 Lesson 3 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 8 Lesson 3 - Hoover's Response to the Great Depression
      3. Quickwrite #4 - An Empty Riddle/Watching Guns
      4. Guided Notes
      5. HW - Read Chapter 9 Lesson 1 pages 348-357
      6. HW - Chapter 9 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • Chapter 8 Lesson 3 - Hoover's Response to the Depression URL

    • Tuesday October 22nd ("flex day") - 

      1. Alphabet Soup Activity
      2. HW - Read Chapter 9 Lesson 1 pages 348-357
      3. HW - Chapter 9 Lesson 1 SmartBook due Thursday (no school tomorrow)
    • Alphabet Soup Activity URL

    • Wednesday October 23rd - NO SCHOOL - STUDENT FREE DAY

      1. HW - Read Chapter 9 Lesson 1 pages 348-357
      2. HW - Chapter 9 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow

    • Thursday October 24th - 

      1. Chapter 9 Lesson 1 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 9 Lesson 1 - The First New Deal
      3. Quickwrite #5 - Alphabet Soup
      4. Guided Notes
      5. The Presidents: FDR
    • Chapter 9 Lesson 1 - The First New Deal URL

    • Friday October 25th -

      1. Work on:
      2. Chapter 7,8,9 Review Sheet - Test next Thursday
      3. Chapter 7,8,9 SmartBooks due next Sunday by midnight
      4. Chapter 7,8,9 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Notes due Monday November 6th
      5. HW - Read Chapter 9 Lesson 2 pages 360-365
      6. HW - Chapter 9 Lesson 2 SmartBook due Monday

    • Monday October 28th -

      1. Chapter 9 Lesson 2 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 9 Lesson 2 - The Second New Deal
      3. Guided Notes
      4. Crash Course #34 
      5. Chapter 7,8,9 Review Sheet - Test Thursday
      6. Chapter 7,8,9 SmartBooks due Sunday by midnight
      7. Chapter 7,8,9 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Notes due Monday November 6th
    • Chapter 9 Lesson 2 - The Second New Deal URL

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

      1. Chapter 9 Lesson 3 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 9 Lesson 3 - The New Deal Coalition
      3. Quickwrite #6 - Who's on First?
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Chapter 7,8,9 Review Sheet - Test tomorrow
      6. Chapter 7,8,9 SmartBooks due Sunday by midnight
      7. Chapter 7,8,9 Note due Tuesday November 4th
    • Chapter 9 Lesson 3 - The New Deal Coalition URL

    • Wednesday October 30th -

      1. Take Chapter 7,8,9 Test
      2. Chapter 7,8,9 SmartBooks due Sunday by midnight
      3. Chapter 7,8,9 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Notes due Tuesday November 5th
    • Chapter 7, 8 and 9 Test Quiz

    • Thursday October 31st -

      1. A Haunted History of Halloween
      2. Chapter 7,8,9 SmartBooks due Sunday by midnight
      3. Chapter 7,8,9 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Notes due Tuesday November 5th

    • Friday November 1st - 

      1. Start Cinderella Man
      2. Video Questions
      3. Chapter 7,8,9 SmartBooks due Sunday by midnight
      4. Chapter 7,8,9 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Notes due Monday

    • Monday November 4th - 

      1. Continue Cinderella Man

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

      1. Collect Chapter 7,8,9 Note Packet
      2. Finish Cinderella Man
      3. Collect video questions
    • The 1920s, Crash and Depression 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.

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    Progressivism and Imperialism

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

    • Monday September 2nd - NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

    • Tuesday September 3rd ("flex day") -

      1. Work on and finish 'County Mouse/City Mouse'
      2. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 1 pages 208-212
      3. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 1 SmartBook due tomorrow

    • Wednesday September 4th (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
    • Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Part 1 - The Roots of Progressivism URL
    • Back to School Night Presentation URL

    • Thursday September 5th -

      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
    • Womens Rights to Womens Suffrage Reading and Reading Qs File

    • Friday September 6th - 

      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
    • Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Part II - Women's Rights to Women's Suffrage URL

    • Monday September 9th -

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

    • Tuesday September 10th ("flex day") - 

      1. Read The Jungle
      2. Work on Chapter 5 Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 SmartBooks

    • Wednesday September 11th - 

      1.  The 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
      2. Exit Ticket
      3. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 2 pages 224-231
      4. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 2 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • Meet the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments URL

    • Thursday September 12th -

      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
    • Chapter 5 Lesson 2 - Roosevelt and Taft URL

    • Friday September 13th -

      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
    • Teddy Roosevelt's Legacy URL

    • Monday September 16th -

      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
    • Chapter 5 Lesson 3 - The Wilson Years URL

    • Tuesday September 17th ("flex day") -

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

    • Wednesday September 18th -

      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 19th -

      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
    • Chapter 4 Lesson 1 - The Imperialist Vision URL

    • Friday September 20th -

      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
    • The Last Word - How Did We Get Here? URL

    • Monday September 23rd -

      1. Chapter 4 Lesson 2 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 4 Lesson 2 - The Spanish American War
      3. 3 Minute History
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Work on and collect - The Last Word/How We Got Here?
    • Chapter 4 Lesson 2 - The Spanish American War URL

    • Tuesday September 24th ("flex day") -

      1. The Panama Canal - How the Panama Canal was built and how it works
      2. Work on and collect the chart
      3. HW - Read Chapter 4 Lesson 3 pages 194-201
      4. HW - Chapter 4 Lesson 3 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • The Panama Canal Worksheet Reading File

    • Wednesday September 25th - 

      1. Chapter 4 Lesson 3 SmartBook due
      2. Chapter 4 Lesson 3 - New American Diplomacy
      3. Quickwrite #5
      4. Guided Notes
      5. Chapter 4/5 SmartBooks due Monday by midnight
      6. Handout and disucss Chapter 4/5 Review Sheet - Test Tuesday
      7. Share and discuss Chapter 4/5 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Due next Wednesday
    • Chapter 4 Lesson 3 - New American Diplomacy URL

    • Thursday September 26th -

      1. US Imperialism: Bully or Leader?
      2. Chapter 4/5 SmartBooks due Monday by midnight
      3. Handout and discuss Chapter 4/5 Review Sheet - Test Tuesday
      4. Share and discuss Chapter 4/5 Note Packet Cover Sheet - Due Wednesday
    • US Imperialism: Bully or Leader? URL
    • US History Re-Test Procedures URL

    • Friday September 27th (Home Coming Assembly Schedule) -

      1. Work on:
      2. Chapter 4/5 SmartBooks - due Monday by midnight
      3. Chapter 4/5 Review Sheet - Test Tuesday
      4. Chapter 4/5 Notes - due Wednesday

    • Monday September 30th -

      1. Work on:
      2. Chapter 4/5 SmartBooks - Due tonight by midnight
      3. Chapter 4/5 Review Sheet - Test tomorrow
      4. Chapter 4/5 Note Packet - Due Wednesday
    • Practice Chapter 4 and 5 Test_Example of Questions Quiz

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

      1. Take Chapter 4/5 Test 
      2. Chapter 4/5 Note Packet due tomorrow
      3. HW - Read Chapter 7 Lesson 4 pages 302-307
      4. HW - Chapter 7 Lesson 4 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • Chapter 4 and 5 Test Quiz
    • 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.

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    Study Skills, Geography, and the Civil War

     

    • Monday August 12th - 

      1. Introductions
      2. Tent Name Cards

    • Tuesday August 13th ("flex day") - 

      1. 2nd Annual Royal Day

      1st Period - Expectations

      2nd Period - Respectful

      3rd Period - Unstoppable

      4th Period - Leaders

      5th Period - Engaged

    • Wednesday August 14th -

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

    • Thursday August 15th -

      1. Go over SmartBooks and work on Chapter 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook
      2. Work on US States Map - Due tomorrow, test tomorrow
    • US History Skills Scavenger Hunt - SmartBook directions URL

    • Friday August 16th -

      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
    • Map Test Website URL

    • Monday August 19th -

      1. Returned syllabus due tonight by midnight 
      2. US State map test due tonight by midnight
      3. Settle the seating chart
      4. Enroll in Moodle
      5. Annotation Guided Notes and Practice
      6. HW - Period 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook due Sunday by midnight
    • How to Enroll in Moodle URL
    • Annotation Guided Notes and Practice URL

    • Tuesday August 20th - ("flex day")

      1. Finish and collect Annotation Part 1
      2. Frederick Douglass Excerpt and Questions - Annotation part 2
      3. HW - Period 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook due Sunday by midnight
    • Frederick Douglass Excerpt and Questions URL

    • Wednesday August 21st -

      1. Finish and collect Annotation Part 2 - "Frederick Douglass" excerpt
      2. The Civil War - Predictions and Realities 
      3. HW - Period 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook due Sunday by midnight
    • The Civil War - Predications and Realities URL

    • Thursday August 22nd -

      1. 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America: Antietam
      2. Video Questions
      3. HW - Period 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook due Sunday by midnight

    • Friday August 23rd -

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

    • Monday August 26th -

      1. Chapter 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook was due Sunday by midnight
      2. Refer to the syllabus for directions on how to makeup the SmartBook once it closes online
      3. Read and annotate "The Emancipation Proclamation" or "The Gettysburg Address" and then share your information with a partner about your source
      4. The Presidents: Lincoln
      5. Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
    • The Emancipation Proclamation URL
    • The Gettysburg Address URL

    • Tuesday August 27th ("flex day") -

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

    • Wednesday August 28th -

      1. Review the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
      2. Civil War Battles Map
      3. Due by the end of the period
    • Major Battles of the Civil War URL

    • Thursday August 29th -

      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
    • Country Mouse/City Mouse URL

    • Friday August 30th -

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