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 This course is structured for students interested in pursuing a university education. The class features some characteristics of an introductory University level American History course: weekly readings, lectures, seminars, tutorials, debates, mid-term and final examinations. This course is excellent preparation for 12U courses.

This course examines the development of American social, political, and economic structures from colonial times to the present. Students will analyse the chronology of events and evaluate the roles played by specific individuals and groups throughout American history. Students will conduct research and analysis, and communicate, in a variety of ways, their knowledge and understanding of the country that is Canada’s closest neighbour and most important cultural influence and economic partner.
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Mark Melnyk
 Head of History
Rob Cotey
Lead Teacher
Adrienne Chong
Instructor
Lisa Mathura-Malkos
Instructor
Marc Nicholson
Instructor
 		 melnyk@hotmail.com

mr_cotey@hotmail.com

miss_chong12@hotmail.com

lisa.mathura@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

nicholson_marc@hotmail.com


 








June 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
11

 - Cold War & Civil Rights Test

Trial Chart
 2

Trials of the Presidents Prep

Trial Chart		 3

Trials of the Presidents Prep

Trial Chart		 4

Trials of the Presidents Prep

Trial Chart

 5

Trials of the Presidents Prep

Trial Chart
Homework

- Prepare for trials		 Homework

- Prepare for trials		 Homework

- Prepare for trials		 Homework

- Prepare for Exam		 Homework

- Prepare for Exam
8

- Trial #1		 9

- Trial #2		 10

- Trial #3		 11

- Trial #4

 12

- Trial #5
- Exam Essay Questions
HHomework

- Prepare for Exam		 Homework

- Prepare for Exam		 Homework

- Prepare for Exam		 Homework

- Prepare for Exam		 Homework

- Prepare for Exam
15

- Exam Essay Questions
- America in Afghanistan
- The Fall of the Soviet Union		16

- Exam Essay Questions
- Exams		 17

 - Exam Essay due by 8:00am
- Exam Essay Questions
- Exams
 18

 - American History Exam - 12:30pm
 19

 - Exams
Homework

- Prepare for Exam		 Homework Homework Homework Homework
22

 - Exams		 23

 - Exams		 24

- Exam Feedback Day		 25

- PA Day - No Classes		 26

 - PA Day - No Classes
Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework
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Homework Homework      

February 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
2

- Introductions
- Classroom Expectations
- Teaching Philosophy
- Personal Profiles
- Moodle Introduction

- Why study US History?

- Introduce - Settlement of Colonies Exercise
- Mind Mapping Exercise - Smart Ideas

- USA Map Exercise - 13 colonies

 3

Jib Jab - Year in Review 2008
Jib Jab - Time for Some Campaignin'

Settlement of Colonies
- Mind Mapping Exercise - Smart Ideas

4.  USA Map Exercise - Map (JPEG)		 4

 Settlement of Colonies
- Mind Mapping Exercise - Smart Ideas

- Where's the humour in America? - Student search!

Will Ferrell as President Bush on Global Warming

Bush's Second Term - Jib Jab

 

 5

- Star Spangled Banner
- George Bush - Will Ferrell
Settlement of Colonies
- Mind Mapping Exercise - Smart Ideas

- Where's the humour in America? - Student search!


 6

- Bush/Gore Rap - circa 2000!
- Settlement of Colonies - Presentations

- Unit One Mind Maps
Homework

- work on USA Map - Thirteen Colonies
- Examine Essay Topics and consider your topic selection		 Homework

- work on USA Map Exercise - Map (JPEG) - Thirteen Colonies - Due Fri, Feb 6
- work on Mind Maps - Presentations Thursday & Friday
- Examine Essay Topics and consider your topic selection		 Homework

- work on USA Map Exercise - Map (JPEG) - Thirteen Colonies - Due Fri, Feb 6
- work on Mind Maps - Presentations Thursday & Friday
- Examine Essay Topics and consider your topic selection		 Homework

- work on USA Map Exercise - Map (JPEG) - Thirteen Colonies - Due Fri, Feb 6
- work on Mind Maps - Presentations Thursday & Friday
- Examine Essay Topics and consider your topic selection		 Homework

- Examine Essay Topics and consider your topic selection
9

American Revolution Begins

- Road to Independence Cartoon!



- Introduce: Commemorative Stamp Assignment
- Stamp Topic Selection
- Tentative Topic Selection - due in to Moodle by 7am!

10

- What we Call the News

- Commemorative Stamp Assignment


11

- Library - Topic Choice and Preliminary Research

- Complete Unit One Mind Maps

- USA Map Due





 		12

A brief history of The United States of America - Bowling for Columbine

- Road to Revolution - Setting the Stage  - PPT






13

Commemorative Stamp Assignment
Homework

Work on your Chapter 4/5 - Mind Map - Due Friday, Feb 13		 Homework

Work on your Chapter 4/5 - Mind Map - Due Friday, Feb 13		 Homework

Work on your Chapter 4/5 - Mind Map - Due Friday, Feb 13
 - Using Vocabulary pg. 112		 Homework

Work on your Chapter 4/5 - Mind Map - Due Friday, Feb 13		 Homework

Chapter 4/5 Mind Map Due
16 17

Quiz - Chapters 4/5

Declaration of Independence Examination and Discussion - Why is this thing so darn important?
American Revolution Group Work - Day One - 30 minutes



 		18

American Revolution Group Work - Day Two - 30 minutes

 American History Idol - work period


19

American History Idol - work period

 20

Commemorative Stamp Assignment DUE - Upload to Moodle

American Revolution Group Work - Day Three - 30 minutes


American History Idol - work period





Homework Homework
- Work on your Chapter 6 Mind Map - A More Perfect Union
- Work on your Am. Rev. Group Work		 Homework
- Work on your Chapter 6 Mind Map - A More Perfect Union
- Work on your Am. Rev. Group Work		 Homework
- Work on your Chapter 6 Mind Map - A More Perfect Union
- Work on your Am. Rev. Group Work		 Homework
Chapter 6 Mind Maps Due
23

 American Revolution Group Work - Day Three - 30 minutes


 		24

 American History Idol Presentations		 25

- Battles of the American Revolution
- Revolution Videos

 26

 Film - The Patriot		 27

Film - The Patriot

American Revolution Quiz
Homework
Work on your Am. Rev. Group Work		 Homework
Work on your Am. Rev. Group Work		 Homework
Work on your Am. Rev. Group Work		 Homework Homework

March 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
2

- Compete Film - The Patriot
- The end of the Revolution Video (time permitting)



3

- The end of the Revolution Video
- Mind Mapping Partners Assignment - Introduction
- Sign Up List


 		4

- A More Perfect Union   PPT
- Continue - Mind Mapping Partners Assignment
5

- Topic Selection Handout
- American Revolution Quiz
- Introduce Civil War timeline assignment   WORD   PDF

- The Founders' Great Mistake - see the Moodle

- Abraham Lincoln's nomination & election - Uniting his rivals     PPT

- The Slavery Issue and a Union in danger


 		6

- Topic Selection Handout
- Topic Selections Due
 - Civil War SGAs - Topics

Homework
- Work on Chapter 14/15 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Work on Chapter 14/15 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Work on Chapter 14/15 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Work on Chapter 14/15 Mind Maps
- work on Civil War timeline assignment		 Homework
- Chapter 14/15 Mind Maps Due
- work on Civil War timeline assignment
- work on your Civil War SGAs
9

 - Civil War SGAs Work Period
10

- Civil War SGAs Work Period
 		11

- Civil War PowerPoint  PPT
- Civil War Station Work
- Civil War timeline assignment 		12

- Civil War Station Work
- Civil War timeline assignment


13

- Chapter 14/15 Mindmaps Due
- Civil War timeline assignment work period


Homework
- work on Civil War timeline assignment
- work on your Civil War SGAs		 Homework
- work on Civil War timeline assignment
- work on your Civil War SGAs		 Homework
- work on Civil War timeline assignment
- work on your Civil War SGAs		 Homework
- work on Civil War timeline assignment
- work on your Civil War SGAs		 Homework
- work on Civil War timeline assignment
- work on your Civil War SGAs
16

March Break

 17

March Break		 18

March Break		 19

March Break		 20

March Break
Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework

23

- Civil War Timeline Assignment Due - Moodle
- Battles of the Civil War PPT
- Washington Photos

24

- SGA Work Period
- Essay Research Period

25

- The Battle of Gettysburg Video (time permitting)
- Introduce President Poster Assignment

26

- Test Outline
- Reconstruction PPT
 - Finish up work and prepare for Test

27

- SGA Presentations
Homework
 - Civil War Timeline Assignment Due		 Homework Homework
 Homework Homework
30

- American Revolution & Civil War Test



 31

- Library Period - Research		      
Homework
- Chapter 25/26 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 25/26 Mind Maps		 Homework
 Homework
 Homework

April 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1

- Library Period - Research

 2

- World Wars I & II Big Ideas and Essential Questions
The World Wars Begins
- America at the beginning of the wars

3

- American History Diagnostic
- World Wars I&II Diagnostic Quiz - Moodle

- Writing a Thesis Statement

- World War One Introduction

Homework Homework Homework
- Chapter 25/26 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 25/26 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 25/26 Mind Maps Due
6

- Presidents Photostory Assignment - Introduction and topic selection

- Critical Reading - Ask Not What Europe Can Do for You

7

- Why did the US join WWI?
- Arguments FOR & AGAINST
- the Reasons the United States entered WWI
- President Wilson's speech to Congress

 

8

- Photostory Assignment Work time

9

- Thesis Due

- The Founding Fathers' Great Mistake

- Photostory Assignment Work time

 10
Homework
- Chapter 27/28 MindMaps		 Homework
- Chapter 27/28 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 27/28 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 27/28 Mind Maps Due		 Homework
13

14

- Wilson's Fourteen Points and the League of Nations
- The Treaty of Versailles - A Cause of War?

- Photostory Work Period

15

- Appeasement - A bad idea?
- Pearl Harbour and America's entry to the Second World War

- Photostory Work Period

16

- Atomic Bomb Simulation Instructions & Prep

- Atomic Bomb Sim Roles

- The War in the Pacific
- Video Clips

 - Photostory Work Period

 17

- Atomic Bomb Simulation Instructions & Prep
Homework Homework
- Chapter 29 Mind Maps 		Homework
- Chapter 29 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 29 Mind Maps		 Homework
- Chapter 29 Mind Maps Due

20

- Essay Outline Due

- Atomic Bomb Simulation Prep

21

- The Atomic Question simulation - Day 1
 22

- The Atomic Question Simulation - Day 2


 23

- Presidential Photostory Assignment Work Period

 24

- Post War America and the start of the Cold War - Big Ideas - Group Work
- The Cold War Introduction
Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework

27

 - The Beginning of the Cold War

- The Question of Berlin PPT

28

- Introduce Cold War & Civil Rights SGA
- Groups and Topics
- Introduce Final Assignments


29

- Blueprint for Change - Cotey Away

-Work Period
- President Photo Story (due Friday)
- Cold War SGA
- Cold War & Civil Rights Assignments

 30

- Group Work - revolutions!
- class will find out how many communist states existed between 1945-1990

- Russian Revolution
- Chinese Revolution
- Cuban Revolution
- Yugoslavia
- Vietnam
- Korea
  

Homework:
- Work on your Photostory and your essay

 Homework Homework Homework Homework

May 2009
Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday Friday
       

1

- Continue Revolution Discussion
- Class Discussion
- Was the Truman Doctrine necessary?
- Was the Marshall Plan necessary?
- Was Soviet Expansionism a real threat?
- Who was responsible for the start of the Cold War?
Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework
4

- American Presidents Photostory Due

- Korean War Group Work
 Group One: Background to the War
Group Two: Why the War began
Group Three: The United States and United Nations Response
Group Four: China Enters
Group Five:  The Armistice
Group Six:  Winners? Losers?

5

 - Korea Con't
- Korea & Cold War PPT

 

 6

- Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation
 7

- Conclude Simulation

- Cuban Missile Crisis - PPT		 8

- Essay Outline Due

 - Cuban Missile Crisis - PPT
Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework
11

- Film - 13 Days

 

 12

 - Film - 13 Days

 13

- Hawks vs. Doves
- Cold War SGA Work Period
14

 - Vietnam - PPT
- Video - Vietnam

 15

- Vietnam - An era of protest
- SGA and Assignment work period
Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework
18

19

- Civil Rights Movement - From Jefferson to Lincoln to King - Discussion

- Civil Rights Movement Mini-Assignment

 

 20

- Film - Mississippi Burning		 21

- Film - Mississippi Burning

 22

- Essay Due

- US involvement in Afghanistan

 - Cold War SGA Work Period
- Complete Cold War and Civil Rights Assignment
Homework/span> Homework Homework Homework Homework
25

- Cold War SGA Work Period
- Complete Cold War and Civil Rights Assignment

- The Fall of the Soviet Union

26

- Introduce - Trials of the Presidents

 

 

 27

- Civil Rights - Peaceful Protest and Change Presentations - Text Assignment

- A New Beginning
- Successes and Setbacks
- New Directions
- The Impact Civil Rights
 28

- Cold War SGA Presentations

 - The End of the Cold War - Why the US won, or did they?		 29

- Test Essay Questions

- Cold War & Civil Rights Assignment Due

- Civil Rights - Peaceful Protest and Change Presentations - Text Assignment

Trial Chart

Trials of the Presidents Prep
Homework/span> Homework Homework Homework Homework

- Prepare for trials


 

                                                                  STUDENT HANDOUTS
Course Outline
Course Outlines
  Unit 1:  Discovery and Settlement of the Americas

  Unit 1 Handouts
  
  Unit 2: Road to Independence and a New Constitution

  Unit 2 Handouts
  
  Unit 3:  Slavery, Secession and  Civil War

 Unit 3 Handouts
  
  Unit 4:  The Great War, World War II and the United States

 Unit 4 Handouts
  
  Unit 5:  The Emergence of Two Superpowers and the Birth of the Cold War
 
 Unit 5 Handouts
  
  Unit 6:  America and the Post Cold War World

Unit 6 Handouts
  
  Culminating Activity 1:  Technology & History
 Technology & History Handouts  
  Culminating Activity 2:  Essay 

Essay Handouts
  Culminating Activity 3: Great Debates


Great Debate Documents  
  Oral Exam: Trials of U.S. Presidents



Oral Exam Handouts  
Culminating Activities
Poster & Mini Essay
Podcast, Video, SMART Board Activity
Seminars
The Great Debates
Essay
Tutorials


Unit Handouts
 
 
 


Course Culminating Activity
Trials of the Presidents    
Ministry Expectations & Profiles
   



EXEMPLARS
 
Settlement of the Colonies Mind Maps

 		 
Civil War Timeline

 Caitlin Heino



Concept Maps
 Caitlin Heino
Joanna Carson
 Brooke
Photo Stories - Presidents
Lauren Mascitelli - Barack Obama
Joanna Carson - Theodore Roosevelt

WEBSITE ASSIGNMENT
 



Class Textbook
 History of a Free Nation
Authors: Henry Bragdon, Samuel McCutchen & Donald Ritchie

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 Notebook 10 File for SMART Board SMART Notebook 10      Powerpoint     PDF File (Requires Acrobat)     Outline View of Powerpoint

Lesson Name SMART Powerpoint Three Slides/Page Chapter Summaries
Introduction: Notebook 10 File for SMART Board  
Chapter 1:   Ch. 1     PDF
Chapter 2:   Ch. 2     PDF
Chapter 3:   Ch. 3     PDF
Chapter 4:         Ch. 4     PDF
Chapter 5:   Ch. 5     PDF
Chapter 6:         Ch. 6     PDF
Chapter 7:   Ch. 7     PDF
Chapter 8:   Ch. 8     PDF
Chapter 9:   Ch. 9     PDF
Chapter 10: Notebook 10 File for SMART Board Ch. 10   PDF
Chapter 11:   Ch. 11   PDF
Chapter 12:   Ch. 12   PDF
Chapter 13:   Ch. 13   PDF
Chapter 14:   Ch. 14   PDF
           




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