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

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    Welcome!

    My email - akavanagh@avhsd.org

  • Progressivism and Imperialism

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    • 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
    • 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 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.