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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

American History 12-13-11

Trying to balance the power of the Federal Government and States.

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World Civilizations II Lesson Plans

	Monday 8/09	Tuesday 8/10	Wednesday 8/11	Thursday 8/12	Friday 8/13
Week 1	Review last year in your notes	What is History? Review the Past: Primitive History.	Think very hard on what I said yesterday Read 2 Samuel 24:1-17 and 1 Chronicles 21:1-17	Review the past: Classical Civilizations	Setting up Fridays from now on. Philosophy, Debate, Discussion, Socratic Circles etc.
	Monday 8/16	Tuesday 8/17	Wednesday 8/18	Thursday 8/19	Friday 8/20
Week 2	Read 2 Samuel 24:1-17 and 1 Chronicles 21:1-17 Write a response paper on your thoughts due August 17	The Moral Philosophy	Skim Chapter 10 pp. 224-247	The Three ancient Views of man: Anthropological History	Ancient Philosophy
	Monday 8/23	Tuesday 8/24	Wednesday 8/25	Thursday 8/26	Friday 8/27
Week 3	Response Paper August 24	Rome Falls and all Romish things disappear	Skim Chapter 11 pp. 251-275	The Middle Ages in 60 minutes or less	Discuss what I missed yesterday in the whirlwind Middle Ages, come prepared to engage in the discussion.
	Monday 8/30	Tuesday 8/31	Wednesday 9/01	Thursday 9/02	Friday 9/03
Week 4	Response Paper August 31	Nations Have Arisen Quiz on the review materials sent home.	Read Chapter 14 pp. 325-353, sections 1 and 2	Evolving Governments in Europe	Groups 1 and 2 debate Those not involved have a response paper due Sept. 09
	Monday 9/06	Tuesday 9/07	Wednesday 9/08	Thursday 9/09	Friday 9/10
Week 5	LABOR DAY NO WORK ASSIGNED	The Renaissance begins: The Three Rich Cities	Read Chapter 14 pp. 325-353, sections 3, 4 and 5	Banking and the Monetary system	Group 3 Teaches us about Humanities
	Monday 9/13	Tuesday 9/14	Wednesday 9/15	Thursday 9/16	Friday 9/17
Week 6	Response paper due Sept. 14	The Humanistic Method Reading Classics as Classic	Skim Chapter 14 pp. 325-353 Read Henry IV Part 1	The Growth of Humanities through the Patronage System	Renaissance Philosophy
	Monday 9/20	Tuesday 9/21	Wednesday 9/22	Thursday 9/23	Friday 09/24
Week 7	Response paper due Sept. 21 Read Henry IV Part 1	The Northern Renaissance	Read Henry IV Part 1	The Renaissance visits Germany and gives us The Reformation	Group discussion on Henry IV Part I

American Government Syllabus

American History

Week 1: Tues. Aug 10: Non-English Colonization of the New World

Thurs. Aug 12: English Colonization of the New World

Fri. Aug 13: Discuss what Fridays will be like

Read “The Mayflower Compact”, Response paper due Tues. Aug 17

Week 2: Tues. Aug 17: Colonial Governments

Thurs. Aug 19: Colonial Prosperity

Fri. Aug 20: Question Friday

Week 3: Tues. Aug. 24: French and Indian War

Thurs. Aug 26: Stamp Act, and other Taxes

Fri. Aug 27: Student presentation of Samuel Adams

Begin reading Founding Brothers, Preface “The Generation”

Week 4: Tues. Aug 31: “No Taxation without Representation”

Thurs. Sept 2: Congresses, Congresses, Congresses

Fri. Sept 3: Student presentation of Patrick Henry

Read “The Stamp Act “, “Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act”, Response paper

due Tues. Sept 7, Continue with Founding Brothers, Chapter 1 “The Duel”

Week 5: Tues. Sept 7: Locke and Rousseau in America. Colonial test given out, Due

Sept. 14

Thurs. Sept 9: The Declaration of Independence

Fri. Sept 10: Student presentation of George Washington

Read “Declaration of Independence” p. 11, Response paper due Tues. Sept 14.

Continue with Founding Brothers, Chapter 2 “The Dinner”

Week 6: Tues. Sept 14: The Revolution

Thurs. Sept 16: American Tactics and Losses, Lexington and Concord

Fri. Sept 17: Student Presentation of Thomas Jefferson

Continue Founding Brothers, Chapter 3 “The Silence”

Week 7: Tues. Sept 21: The French Help (Preface to World War)

Thurs. Sept 23: The War Moves South

Fri. Sept 24: Student Presentation of John Adams

Read “Treaty of Alliance with France” p. 17, Response paper due Tues. Sept 28.

Continue Founding Brothers, Chapter 4 “The Farewell”

Week 8: Tues. Sept 28: More Losses and one Victory?

Thurs. Sept 30: Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris

Fri. Oct 1: Student Presentation of Alexander Hamilton

Read “The Articles of Confederation” p. 15, Response paper due Tues. Oct 5.

Continue Founding Brothers, Chapter 5 “The Collaborators”

Week 9: Tues. Oct 5: The Confederation

Thurs. Oct 7: The Constitutional Convention

Fri. Oct 8: Fall Break

Week 10: Tues. Oct 12: The Constitution

Thurs. Oct 14: The Constitution

Fri. Oct 15: Student Presentation of James Madison

Read “The Constitution” p. 28, Response paper due Tues. Oct 19. Continue

Founding Brothers, Chapter 6 “The Friendship”

Week 11: Tues. Oct 19: The Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Paper Assignment for

Founding Brothers due Nov 9

Thurs. Oct 21: The Powers of the Government

Fri. Oct 22: Federalist and Anti-Federalists Debate

Read “The Bill of Rights” p. 44, Response paper due Tues. Oct 26

Week 12: Tues. Oct 26: Democrat Republicanism. Early America test given out due

Nov 5

Thurs. Oct 28: Adams and Jefferson

Fri. Oct 29: 1812 (World War 0)

Week 13: Tues. Nov 2: A New type of Economy

Thurs. Nov 4: Free Enterprise and Industrialism v. Agrarianism

Fri. Nov 5: Philosophy Friday: Economic Philosophers

Read “Marbury v. Madison” p. 56, “Monroe Doctrine” p. 66, Response paper

due Tues. Nov 9

Week 14: Tues. Nov 9: Regionalism

Thurs. Nov 11: Jackson the King

Fri. Nov 12: Question Friday

Read “Gibbons v. Ogden” p. 56, “President Andrew Jackson’s Message to

Congress ‘On Indian Removal’” Response paper due Tues. Nov 16

Week 15: Tues. Nov 16: Manifest Destiny

Thurs. Nov 18: The Mexican American War

Fri. Nov 19: Thanksgiving Break

Week 16: Tues. Nov 30: The Inconsistency of the Constitution

Thurs. Dec 2: States Rights and Federal power

Fri. Dec 3: Philosophy Friday: Social Change

Read “Missouri Compromise” p. 64, “Compromise of 1850", “Kansas-

Nebraska Act” p. 76, Response paper due Tues. Dec 7

Week 17: Tues. Dec 7: The Election of 1860

Thurs. Dec 9: Secession

Fri. Dec 10: Debate on the North/South division

Read “Scott v. Sandford” p. 79, “Emancipation Proclamation” p. 88, “Gettysburg Address” p. 93, Response paper due Tues. Dec 14

Week 18: Tues. Dec 14: The early War

Thurs. Dec 16: After Gettysburg

Fri. Dec 17: Christmas Break

Week 19: Tues. Jan 4: Reconstruction. Early 19^th Century test given out, Due Jan 14

Thurs. Jan 6: Titans of Industry

Fri. Jan 7: Student Presentation of Andrew Carnegie

Read “Thirteenth Amendment” p. 101, “Fourteenth Amendment”, p. 107,

“Fifteenth Amendment” p. 109, Response paper due Tues. Jan 11

Week 20: Tues. Jan 11: Laissez Faire

Thurs. Jan 13: The Gilded Age

Fri. Jan 14: Student Presentation of John D. Rockefeller

Read “Homestead Act” p. 83, “Pacific Railway Act” p. 84, Response paper due Tues. Jan 18

Week 21: Tues. Jan 18: Progressivism

Thurs. Jan 20: Fiscal Crises

Fri. Jan 21: Student Presentation of Cornelius Vanderbilt

Read “Interstate Commerce Act” p. 120, “Sherman Anti-Trust Act” p. 124,

Response paper due Tues. Jan 25

Week 22: Tues. Jan 25: Government and Business

Thurs. Jan 27: Trusts and the specter of betrayed trust

Fri. Jan 28: Student Presentation of J.P. Morgan

Week 23: Tues. Feb 1: Roosevelt

Thurs. Feb 3: The Monroe Doctrine has muscles

Fri. Feb 4: Student Presentation of Teddy Roosevelt

Read “Roosevelt’s Corollary” p. 136, Response paper due Tues. Feb 8

Week 24: Tues. Feb 8:

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Week 29: Tues. March 15:

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Week 30: Tues. March 22:

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Fri. March 25: Spring Break

Week 31: Tues. April 5:

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Week 32: Tues. April 12:

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Week 33: Tues. April 19:

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Fri. April 22: Good Friday

Week 34: Tues. April 26:

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Week 38: Tues. May 24: Last Day

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