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Hello Panthers!

Welcome to the new year. I look forward to meeting each of you next week!

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March 2nd - March 6th

This week in History:
Monday:  Immigration warm up questions; Am. The Story of Us/Cities; 
                Immigration reading/questions
Tuesday:  Immigration: vocabulary; notes; analyzing primary source - photo;
                 Immigration narrative (due: Friday)
Wednesday:  Journal Writing; Notes - Progressive Movement; People of the
                      Progressive Movement
Thursday:  Progressives vs. Big Business - analyzing political cartoons
Friday:  Reshaping the Nation unit test

Feb. 23rd - Feb. 27th

This week in History:
Monday:  Reconstruction Test; Reconstruction Project (Due: 2/26)
Tuesday:  ReShaping the Nation PreTest; America: The Story of Us/Heartland
Wednesday: Journal Writing; Notes - Chpt. 18, Battle of Little Bighorn
Thursday:  Vocab. Chpt. 18; The Dawes Act/Native Am. vs. the U.S. Govt.
Friday:  Vocab. Chpt. 19; Notes - Chpt. 19; Inventions - Past, Present, Future

Feb. 16th - Feb. 20th

This week in History:
Monday:  No School - President's Day
Tuesday:  Black History Month Research
Wednesday:  Reconstruction:  Journal Writing; PreTest; Video/Questions;
                      Reading & Questions
Thursday:  Reconstruction:  Vocab., Notes, Google Slide Project (Due: 2/23)
Friday:  Reconstruction:  Review Questions, test prep., Project

Feb. 9th - Feb. 13th

This week in History:
Monday:  No School!
Tuesday:  Gettysburg DBQ/Argument (Due: Friday 2/13)
Wednesday:  Civil War Notes - Chpt. 16, section 5; Gettysburg Address
Thursday:  Civil War Test
Friday:  Legacy of the Civil War - Modern Day Slavery

February 2nd - February 6th

This week in History:
Monday:  Civil War - vocabulary; notes - Chpt. 16, section 2; Battle Map
Tuesday::  Civil War - Journal Writing; notes - Chpt. 16, section 3; The
                      Emancipation Proclamation - analyzing and responding
Wednesday: Civil War - Journal Writing; notes - Chpt. 16, section 4; 
                     Soldiers of the War
Thursday:  Civil War - Gettysburg: video and soldier perspective
Friday:  Gettysburg DBQ

Jan. 26th - Jan. 30th

This week in History:
Monday:  No School (SDD)
Tuesday:  Chapter 15 - notes, section 5; Secession Map
Wednesday:  Test - Chapter 15; Faces of the Civil War
Thursday:  Civil Wal pretest; Am. The Story of Us/CW
Friday: Journal Writing; Chapter 16 notes, section 1; Venn Diagram

Jan. 19th - Jan. 23rd

This week in History:
Monday:  NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday:  Age of Reform Research Project
Wednesday:  Chapter 15 - Notes & Vocab.; Events Leading to the Civil War.
Thursday:  Journal Writing; Notes - Chapter 15; John Brown: Hero or Terrorist?
Friday:  Journal Writing, Violent vs. Peaceful Protests in History

Jan. 12th - Jan. 16th

This week in History:
Monday:  Chapter 14 pretest; Underground RR Gallery Walk; People of the
                Reform Movement
Tuesday:  Notes & Vocab. Chapter 14; Impact of the Individual 1820-1860
Wednesday:  Panther Pride Day #2:  Respect & Empathy
Thursday:  Impact of the Modern Individual; Test prep./review sentences
Friday:  A Nation Divided test; Modern Reform google slide project (due: 1/21)

Jan. 5th - Jan. 9th 2026

Welcome Back!
This week in History:
Monday:  2nd Semester Reflection; America: The Story of Us/Division; 
                Chapter 13 reading/questions
Tuesday:  Chapter 13 vocab.; Chapter 13 notes; The Transcontinental RR
Wednesday:  Journal Writing; Division graphic organizer; The Irish Experience
Thursday:  A Nation Divided Essay; Begin The Underground RR Gallery Walk
Friday:  Complete The Underground RR Gallery Walk

Dec. 15th- Dec. 19th

This week in History:
Monday:  Finish Gold Rush DBQ; Mid Term review sentences/map
Tuesday:  Mid Term Exam; free reading!
Wednesday:  Financial Literacy/Career & Budgeting
Thursday:  Financial Literacy/Budgeting
Friday:  Holiday Trivia Scavenger Hunt
                                      HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

GRADE BOOK CLOSES ON FRIDAY, DEC. 12th

Our final unit, Chapter 12, closes on Friday.  I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY LATE WORK AFTER THAT DAY!

Dec. 8th - Dec. 12th

This week in History:
Monday:  Journal Writing; The Calif. Gold Rush reading/questions;
                Secession-Extra Credit (Due: Monday 12/15)
Tuesday:  Calif. Gold Rush DBQ research/questions
Wednesday:  Calif Gold Rush DBQ diary pages (Due: Monday 12/15)
Thursday:  Manifest Destiny reading/questions
Friday:  Manifest Destiny essay (Due: Tuesday 12/16)

Dec. 1st - Dec. 5th

This week in History:
Monday:  Journal Writing; Am. The Story of Us/Westward
Tuesday:  Notes - Chpt. 12; Texas Independence
Wednesday:  Chpt. 12 vocab.; Alamo Newspaper; Trails west
Thursday:  Journal Writing; Children Heading West storyboard
Friday:  Notes - Chpt. 12; War with Mexico

Nov. 24th - Nov. 28th

This week in History:
Monday:  Indian Removal Act Argument (due tomorrow); Native American
                History Questions - Extra Credit (due Monday)
Tuesday:  History of Thanksgiving
Wednesday:  NO SCHOOL
Thursday:  NO SCHOOL
Friday:  NO SCHOOL
                                               Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 17th - Nov. 21st

This week in History:
Monday:  The War of 1812 - Journal Prompt, Notes. Map/Questions
Tuesday:  Expanding the Nation - Journal Prompt, Notes, Roads & Canals.
                 The Monroe Doctrine - extra credit
Wednesday:  The Indian Removal Act - Journal Prompt, Notes, The Trail of
                       Tears - video & background questions
Thursday:  The Indian Removal Act - What I Know So Far; Andrew Jackson
                  cartoon; using primary sources to understand perspective
Friday:  Indian Removal Act - Writing an argument