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  • Coach Kavanagh's U.S. History Class 2025-2026

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    Welcome!

    My email - akavanagh@avhsd.org

  • Progressivism and Imperialism

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    • Friday August 29th -

      1. Assign and work on Country Mouse/City Mouse
      2. Due by the end of the period Tuesday (No School Monday)
    • Country Mouse/City Mouse URL

    • Monday September 1st - NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

    • Tuesday September 2nd ("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 3rd (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 4th -

      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 5th - 

      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 8th -

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

    • Tuesday September 9th ("flex day") - 

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

    • Wednesday September 10th - 

      1. Crash Course #27 
      2. The 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments
      3. Exit Ticket
      4. HW - Read Chapter 5 Lesson 2 pages 224-231
      5. HW - Chapter 5 Lesson 2 SmartBook due tomorrow
    • Meet the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments URL

    • Thursday September 11th -

      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 12th -

      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
    • 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, Map Skills and the Civil War

     

    • Monday August 11th - 

      1. Introductions
      2. Tent Name Cards

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

      1. 4th Annual Royal Day
      • 1st Period - Expectations
      • 2nd Period - Respectful
      • 3rd Period - Unstoppable
      • 4th Period - Leaders
      • 5th Period - Engaged

    • Wednesday August 13th -

      1. Discuss and Review Syllabus - Returned syllabus due Monday
      2. Handout and work on U.S. Map - Label and color each state and capital
      3. Map Due Friday
      4. Map Test Friday
    • Coach Kavanagh's Syllabus URL
    • Blank U.S. Map File

    • Thursday August 14th -

      1. Go over SmartBooks and work on Chapter 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook
      2. Work on US States Map - Due tomorrow, test tomorrow
    • How to do the SmartBook Directions URL

    • Friday August 15th -

      1. Work on:
        • US States Map - Map due by the end of the period; Take Map Test
        • Chapter 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook
    • Map Test Directions URL

    • Monday August 18th -

      1. Settle the seating chart
      2. Enroll in Moodle
      3. Annotation Guided Notes and Practice
      4. HW - Period 2 Lesson 1 SmartBook due Sunday by midnight
    • How to Enroll in Moodle URL
    • Annotation Guided Notes and Practice URL

    • Tuesday August 19th -

      1. Finish and collect Annotation Part 1
      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

    • Wednesday August 20th -

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

    • Thursday August 21st - 

      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

    • Friday August 22nd -

      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 25th -

      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 26th ("flex day") -

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

    • Wednesday August 27th -

      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 28th -

      1. The Lincoln Assassination
      2. Ken Burns: The Civil War: The Better Nature of Our Angels - Assassination
      3. Work and finish Civil War Battles Map
    • 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.