U.S. History Sem 1 Literacy Advantage Unit 1: The Need to …€¦ · · 2011-08-09U.S. History...
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U.S. History Sem 1 Literacy Advantage
Unit 1: The Need to Read
Lesson 1.1: Reading and Vocabulary
Activity 1.1.1: Study - Active Reading
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn skills and strategies that will help you be an active reader in this and other
courses.
Duration: 45 min
Activity 1.1.2: Quiz - Active Reading
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 1.1.3: Study - Building a Vocabulary
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn how to use words to express a variety of ideas and study a few helpful
vocabulary words and tips.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.1.4: Quiz - Building a Vocabulary
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.2: Getting Started in the Course
Activity 1.2.1: Study - Reading Strategies in the Course
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn how the eight reading strategies will be useful in this course.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.2.2: Quiz - Reading Strategies in the Course
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.3: The Need to Read Wrap-Up
Activity 1.3.1: Review - The Need to Read
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.3.2: Test (CST) - The Need to Read
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Activity 1.3.3: Test (TST) - The Need to Read
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.4: Diagnostic
Activity 1.4.1: Diag - The Need to Read
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 2: First Contacts
Lesson 2.1: Europeans in the New World
Activity 2.1.1: Study - The First Americans
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn how to study history and use your new skills to learn more about the first
Americans.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.1.2: Quiz - The First Americans
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.1.3: Discuss - Introduce Yourself
(Documents: Discussion)
Introduce yourself to the other students in your class.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Activity 2.1.4: Study - New Spain
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out why many Europeans wanted to find claim and settle new lands.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.1.5: Quiz - New Spain
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.1.6: Read - Columbus and Champlain
(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials, Reading Materials)
Learn about primary and secondary sources and use your new skills to understand
the writings of Christopher Columbus and Samuel de Champlain.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.1.7: Quiz - Columbus and Champlain
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.1.8: Checkup - Europeans in the New World
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 2.2: First Connections
Activity 2.2.1: Study - Settling North America
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Locate and describe early European communities in North America.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.2.2: Quiz - Settling North America
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.2.3: Study - Cooperation and Conflict: The Columbian Exchange
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Discover the positive and negative results of continued contact between European
settlers and Native Americans.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.2.4: Quiz - Cooperation and Conflict: The Columbian Exchange
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.2.5: Study - Life at Jamestown
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn more about the challenges early European settlers faced.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.2.6: Quiz - Life at Jamestown
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.2.7: Checkup - First Connections
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 2.3: The Atlantic World
Activity 2.3.1: Study - Trade Routes
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the economic and cultural ties that developed between North America
Africa and the Caribbean.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.3.2: Quiz - Trade Routes
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.3.3: Practice - Exploring Maps and Charts
(Documents: Practice Assignment)
Read maps charts and other primary sources and explain what you learned from
them.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Activity 2.3.4: Study - The Slave Trade
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the role of slave labor from Africa in the development of the colonies.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.3.5: Quiz - The Slave Trade
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.3.6: Study - The Effects of War
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the conflicts that developed in Europe during the colonial period and
how they affected the North American colonies.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.3.7: Quiz - The Effects of War
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.3.8: Checkup - The Atlantic World
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 2.4: Free and Forced Labor in the Colonies
Activity 2.4.1: Study - Making a Living
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Discover what life was like for North American settlers.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.4.2: Quiz - Making a Living
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.4.3: Journal - Gender and Labor
(Documents: Journal)
Compare the relationship between gender and labor in the 1800s with gender roles
today.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Activity 2.4.4: Study - Indentured Servitude
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the system of indentured servitude.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.4.5: Quiz - Indentured Servitude
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.4.6: Study - Slavery
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about why landowners came to use slaves instead of indentured servants.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.4.7: Quiz - Slavery
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.4.8: Checkup - Free and Unfree Labor in the
Colonies
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 2.5: First Contacts Wrap-Up
Activity 2.5.1: Review - First Contacts
(Documents: Review)
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.5.2: Test (CST) - First Contacts
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.5.3: Test (TST) - First Contacts
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 2.6: Diagnostic
Activity 2.6.1: Diag - First Contacts
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 3: Becoming American
Lesson 3.1: European Colonies in North America
Activity 3.1.1: Study - Northern Colonies
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the northern colonies of Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island
and Connecticut.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.2: Quiz - Northern Colonies
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.1.3: Practice - Improving an Essay
(Documents: Practice Assignment)
Improve a draft of an essay.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.1.4: Study - Mid-Atlantic Colonies
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the Mid-Atlantic colonies of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and
Delaware.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.5: Quiz - Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.1.6: Study - Chesapeake Colonies
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the Chesapeake colonies of Maryland and Virginia.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.7: Quiz - Chesapeake Colonies
Duration: 15 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.1.8: Study - Southern Colonies
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the southern colonies of North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.9: Quiz - Southern Colonies
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.1.10: Checkup - European Colonies in North America
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 3.2: British North America
Activity 3.2.1: Study - Turning on the Light
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Compare the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. Examine how
these ideas affected colonial life.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.2.2: Quiz - Turning on the Light
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.2.3: Study - Trouble in the Colonies
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the events that led to trouble between the British king and North
American colonies.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.2.4: Quiz - Trouble in the Colonies
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.2.5: Study - Troubles Lead to War
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn how trouble between the British king and his North American subjects
resulted in war.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.2.6: Quiz - Troubles Lead to War
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.2.7: Checkup - British North America
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 3.3: The Revolutionary War
Activity 3.3.1: Study - Taking Sides
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Compare the ideas of those who were for the war with the British to those who
were against it.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 3.3.2: Quiz - Taking Sides
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.3.3: Discuss - Becoming American?
(Documents: Discussion)
Discuss what it meant to be American at the time of the Revolution and what it
means to you today.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.3.4: Read - The Declaration of Independence
(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials)
Read the Declaration of Independence and learn more about why the Patriots
wanted to end British rule.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.3.5: Quiz - The Declaration of Independence
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.3.6: Study - The War's Conclusion and Consequences
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine what helped the Americans win the Revolutionary War.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.3.7: Quiz - The War's Conclusion and Consequences
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.3.8: Checkup - The Revolutionary War
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 3.4: Examining the Constitution
Activity 3.4.1: Journal - Your Bill of Rights
(Documents: Journal)
Prepare to learn about the Constitution by identifying rights that are important to
your daily life.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.4.2: Study - Life after the Revolution
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the challenges the nation faced in the decades following the
Revolutionary War.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.4.3: Quiz - Life after the Revolution
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.4.4: Study - Making the Constitution
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the Constitution and what makes it special.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 3.4.5: Quiz - Making the Constitution
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.4.6: Study - Making the Constitution Work
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the agreements that were made during the writing of the Constitution.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.4.7: Quiz - Making the Constitution Work
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.4.8: Journal - A Second Look at the Bill of Rights
(Documents: Journal)
Identify three issues that helped start the American Revolution. Compare the rights
people cared about in the 1780s to the rights that you found most important to
your daily life.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.4.9: Checkup - Examining the Constitution
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 3.5: Becoming American Wrap-Up
Activity 3.5.1: Review - Becoming American
(Documents: Review)
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.5.2: Test (CST) - Becoming American
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.5.3: Test (TST) - Becoming American
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 3.6: Diagnostic
Activity 3.6.1: Diag - Becoming America
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 4: America in the Age of Jackson
Lesson 4.1: Liberty Power and Party Politics
Activity 4.1.1: Study - The Virginia Presidents
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the Virginia-born presidents who led the country during its first years.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 4.1.2: Quiz - The Virginia Presidents
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.1.3: Study - From Regional to Party Politics
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at the conflicts that gave rise to the first American political parties.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 4.1.4: Quiz - From Regional to Party Politics
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.1.5: Study - Voting and Gender
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine early American ideas of what it meant to be a man. Examine how these
ideas affected voting laws of the 1800s.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.1.6: Quiz - Voting and Gender
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.1.7: Checkup - Liberty Power and Party Politics
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 4.2: The First Industrial Revolution
Activity 4.2.1: Study - The Nation's Early Growth
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the reasons for and the results of expansion during Jefferson's presidency.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.2.2: Quiz - The Nation's Early Growth
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.2.3: Study - Transportation Revolution
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out how advances in transportation allowed many Americans to move to the
West.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 4.2.4: Quiz - Transportation Revolution
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.2.5: Study - Economics and Party Politics
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Compare the economic policies of the Democrats and the Whigs.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.2.6: Quiz - Economics and Party Politics
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.2.7: Practice - Democrats and Whigs
(Documents: Practice Assignment)
Use a graphic organizer to compare the Democratic Party with the Whig Party.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.2.8: Checkup - The First Industrial Revolution
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 4.3: Forced and Voluntary Movement
Activity 4.3.1: Study - Slavery in the South
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out how slavery shaped the Southern economy and culture and affected
African American families.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.3.2: Quiz - Slavery in the South
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.3.3: Study - Role Play: Trail of Tears
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the effects of the nation's growth on Native Americans through a role-
play activity.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.3.4: Journal - Your Experiences on the Trail
(Documents: Journal)
Describe what you experienced during the role-play activity about the Trail of
Tears.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.3.5: Quiz - Trail of Tears
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.3.6: Study - New European Arrivals
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Discover why many Europeans came to the United States in the mid-1800s.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 4.3.7: Quiz - New European Arrivals
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.3.8: Checkup - Forced and Voluntary Movement
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 4.4: Building New Communities
Activity 4.4.1: Study - City Culture
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out what life was like in a 19th-century American city.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.4.2: Quiz - City Culture
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.4.3: Discuss - Then and Now: Women at Work
(Documents: Discussion)
Discuss the gender roles of 19th-century workers and compare them with the
gender roles of workers today.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.4.4: Study - Second Great Awakening
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out why mid-19th-century Americans took a new interest in religion. Learn
how the Second Great Awakening affected American society.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.4.5: Quiz - Second Great Awakening
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.4.6: Read - Beecher and Grimké
(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials)
Read letters from Catherine Beecher and Angelina Grimke
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.4.7: Quiz - Beecher and Grimké
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.4.8: Checkup - Building New Communities
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 4.5: America in the Age of Jackson Wrap-
Up
Activity 4.5.1: Review - America in the Age of Jackson
(Documents: Review)
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.5.2: Test (CST) - America in the Age of Jackson
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.5.3: Test (TST) - America in the Age of Jackson
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 4.6: Diagnostic
Activity 4.6.1: Diag - America in the Age of Jackson
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 5: North-South Conflict
Lesson 5.1: Growth and Conflict
Activity 5.1.1: Study - Manifest Destiny
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Discover why many Americans supported national growth.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.1.2: Quiz - Manifest Destiny
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.1.3: Study - Hispanic Americans
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine how the United States gained control of land from Mexico and how it
affected the people who already lived there.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.1.4: Quiz - Hispanic Americans
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.1.5: Study - Consequences of Compromise
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn how the nation's growth led to arguments about the growth of slavery.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.1.6: Quiz - Consequences of Compromise
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.1.7: Checkup - Conflict amid Expansion
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 5.2: Early Antislavery
Activity 5.2.1: Study - African Americans Fight Slavery
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Discover how African Americans worked to escape or end slavery.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 5.2.2: Quiz - African Americans Fight Slavery
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.2.3: Read - Views For and Against Slavery
(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials, Reading Materials)
Use primary sources to evaluate arguments for and against slavery.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.2.4: Quiz - Views For and Against Slavery
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.2.5: Practice - Slave Rebellions
(Documents: Practice Assignment)
Use primary sources to learn about the effect of Nat Turner’s rebellion.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Activity 5.2.6: Study - Northerners Fight Slavery
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about Northerners' efforts to end slavery.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.2.7: Quiz - Northerners Fight Slavery
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.2.8: Checkup - Early Antislavery
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 5.3: The Union in Crisis
Activity 5.3.1: Study - Northern and Southern Cultures
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Compare the economic political and cultural characteristics of the Northern and
Southern states.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.3.2: Quiz - Northern and Southern Cultures
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.3.3: Study - Crisis in Context
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the issues that led to conflict between the North and the South.
Duration: 40 min
Activity 5.3.4: Quiz - Crisis in Context
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.3.5: Discuss - Fighting Violence with Violence
(Documents: Discussion)
Discuss the strategies of John Brown and others who used violence to try to end
slavery.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Activity 5.3.6: Study - Liberty and Power
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the political conflict that led Southern states to consider leaving the
Union.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.3.7: Quiz - Liberty and Power
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.3.8: Checkup - The Union in Crisis
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 5.4: The Civil War
Activity 5.4.1: Study - The War Begins
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the events that resulted in war between the North and the South.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.4.2: Quiz - The War Begins
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.4.3: Study - The War at Home
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at how the war affected daily life in the North and the South.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.4.4: Quiz - The War at Home
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.4.5: Study - Final Days of the War
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at the factors that resulted in the Union victory in the war.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.4.6: Quiz - Final Days of the War
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.4.7: Checkup - The Civil War
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 5.5: North-South Conflict Wrap-Up
Activity 5.5.1: Review - North-South Conflict
(Documents: Review)
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.5.2: Test (CST) - North-South Conflict
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.5.3: Test (TST) - North-South Conflict
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 5.6: Diagnostic
Activity 5.6.1: Diag - North-South Conflict
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 6: Citizenship Defined
Lesson 6.1: Reconstruction Amendments and Citizenship
Activity 6.1.1: Study - Presidential Reconstruction
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Compare the plans of presidents Lincoln and Johnson to address the problems
facing the South after the war.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.1.2: Quiz - Presidential Reconstruction
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.1.3: Journal - Reconciliation or Punishment?
(Documents: Journal)
Write down your opinion of the most effective approach in dealing with the South
after the Civil War.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.1.4: Study - Radical Reconstruction
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at Congressional Reconstruction and how it affected the South.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.1.5: Quiz - Radical Reconstruction
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.1.6: Study - Reconstruction Amendments and Citizenship
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the constitutional amendments passed during Reconstruction and find out
how they affected African Americans.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.1.7: Quiz - Reconstruction Amendments and
Citizenship
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.1.8: Checkup - Reconstruction Amendments and
Citizenship
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 6.2: New Opportunities
Activity 6.2.1: Study - African American Migration
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the opportunities and problems for African Americans who left
Southern farms.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.2.2: Quiz - African American Migration
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.2.3: Practice - African American Migration
(Documents: Practice Assignment)
Learn how to write an outline and use this new skill to organize what you have
learned about African American migration.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.2.4: Study - Entering Politics
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at the consequences of increased African American political participation.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.2.5: Quiz - Entering Politics
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.2.6: Study - Black Social Organizations
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at the social political and religious organizations created by African Americans
during Reconstruction.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.2.7: Quiz - Black Social Organizations
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.2.8: Checkup - New Opportunities
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 6.3: Lost Opportunities
Activity 6.3.1: Study - Southern Reaction
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about Southern states' responses to the changing social status of African
Americans.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.3.2: Quiz - Southern Reaction
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.3.3: Study - Land and Labor in the South
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the challenges farmers faced in the South during Reconstruction.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.3.4: Quiz - Land and Labor in the South
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.3.5: Study - The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the Compromise of 1877 and other factors leading to the end of
Reconstruction.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.3.6: Discuss - Reconstruction: Success or Failure?
(Documents: Discussion)
Discuss the successes and limits of Reconstruction with the students in your class.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.3.7: Quiz - The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.3.8: Checkup - Lost Opportunities
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 6.4: Looking West
Activity 6.4.1: Study - Heading West
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out why many Americans wanted to move to the West after the Civil War.
Learn about the consequences of this movement.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.4.2: Quiz - Heading West
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.4.3: Study - Native American Troubles
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine how Native Americans in the Great Plains were affected by American
settlers.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.4.4: Quiz - Native American Troubles
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.4.5: Read - Voting Rights for Women
(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials, Reading Materials, Reading
Materials, Reading Materials)
Read editorial cartoons to evaluate the arguments for and against giving women
the right to vote.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.4.6: Quiz - Voting Rights for Women
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.4.7: Checkup - Looking West
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 6.5: Citizenship Defined Wrap-Up
Activity 6.5.1: Review - Citizenship Defined
(Documents: Review)
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 6.5.2: Test (CST) - Citizenship Defined
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____
Activity 6.5.3: Test (TST) - Citizenship Defined
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 6.6: Diagnostic
Activity 6.6.1: Diag - Citizenship Defined
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 7: Industrial America
Lesson 7.1: The Second Industrial Revolution
Activity 7.1.1: Study - The Growth of Big Business
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at the growth of modern businesses.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.1.2: Quiz - The Growth of Big Business
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.1.3: Study - Leaders of Industry
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at business leaders of the turn of the century and find out how they became
rich.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.1.4: Quiz - Leaders of Industry
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.1.5: Study - Business and Labor
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn how new industries and business policies changed the nature of work.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.1.6: Quiz - Business and Labor
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.1.7: Practice - Writing About Business and Labor
(Documents: Practice Assignment)
Write an essay about the relationship between business and labor.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.1.8: Checkup - The Second Industrial Revolution
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 7.2: The New Immigrants
Activity 7.2.1: Study - New Immigrants
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Learn about the immigrants who arrived in the United States around the turn of the
20th century.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.2.2: Quiz - New Immigrants
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.2.3: Study - New Immigrants Face Challenges
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out why the life of new immigrants was often difficult.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.2.4: Quiz - New Immigrants Face Challenges
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.2.5: Study - The Golden Door Closes
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out why many Americans sought to limit immigration by the early 1900s.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.2.6: Quiz - The Golden Door Closes
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.2.7: Checkup - The New Immigrants
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 7.3: Daily Life in the Industrial Age
Activity 7.3.1: Study - Changing Uses of Space
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Discover how advances in transportation changed ideas about space and time.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.3.2: Quiz - Changing Uses of Space
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.3.3: Study - Age of Inventions
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Look at the invention that improved life for Americans at the turn of the 20th
century.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.3.4: Quiz - Age of Inventions
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.3.5: Journal - I Can't Do Without It!
(Documents: Journal)
Write about the turn-of-the-20th-century inventions that you can't live without.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.3.6: Study - A Changing Culture
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine how Americans spent their free time during the late 1800s and early
1900s.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.3.7: Quiz - A Changing Culture
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.3.8: Checkup - Daily Life in the Industrial Age
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 7.4: Challenges of Industrialization
Activity 7.4.1: Study - Government Corruption
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Find out how political machines and bosses gained and maintained power in many
American cities.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.4.2: Quiz - Government Corruption
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.4.3: Study - The Other Half
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Examine the roots and effects of poor living and working conditions in many
American cities.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.4.4: Quiz - The Other Half
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.4.5: Read - How the Other Half Lives
(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials)
Use primary sources to examine life among New York’s poor.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.4.6: Quiz - How the Other Half Lives
Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.
Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.4.7: Discuss - A Modern How the Other Half Lives
(Documents: Discussion)
Discuss whether society needs a new version of Jacob Riis's book How the Other
Half Lives.
Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.4.8: Checkup - Challenges of Industrialization
(Documents: Checkup)
Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.
Duration: 10 min
Lesson 7.5: Industrial and Urban America Wrap-Up
Activity 7.5.1: Review - Industrial and Urban America
(Documents: Review)
Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 7.5.2: Test (CST) - Industrial and Urban America
Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____
Activity 7.5.3: Test (TST) - Industrial and Urban America
Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____
Lesson 7.6: Diagnostic
Activity 7.6.1: Diag - Industrial and Urban America
Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.
Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 8: U.S. History Sem 1 Review and Exam
Lesson 8.1: U.S. History Sem 1
Activity 8.1.1: Review - U.S. History Sem 1
(Documents: Default, Review)
Get ready for the exam by reviewing important ideas and skills covered in this
semester.
Duration: 1 hr
Activity 8.1.2: Exam - U.S. History Sem 1
Take a computer-scored exam to show what you have learned in this semester.
Duration: 50 min Scoring: 50 Points Earned: _____
Activity 8.1.3: Final Exam - U.S. History Sem 1
Take a teacher-scored exam to show what you have learned in this semester.
Duration: 1 hr 15 min Scoring: 100 Points Earned: _____
Appendix B: Additional Activities B.1: Extra Credit
Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____