George Cassutto's Cyberlearning-world: US History Lessons

The US History Lessons:

Note: These lessons will be taught under under the 90-minute block schedule model.
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Where weeks are blank in the chart below, lessons will be inserted as more information becomes available (such as availability of textbook and other materials). Many of these plans can also be found on the US Government Lesson Plan page.

**A planbook is now available. The schedule of lessons is subject to change.**
**Here is the Interactive Student Notebook table of Contents for US History**
Aug/Sept	Getting Started: Developing A Class Constitution This lesson also includes a cooperative learning activity entitled "What do You Want To Accomplish This School Year?" Some Cooperative Team and Class Building Activities Creating a Preamble Interactive Student Notebook Cover: Guidelines are available for students. 2000-2001 What is History? This lesson includes a PowerPoint presentation: Why Study History? *Chapter 1 and 2: Why We Remember: Vocabulary on Early American Cultures*
Aug/Sept	The Foundations of American Government (Remedial level) featuring a class-building vocabulary exercise. Cause and Effect In the Confederation, Revolutionary and Constitutional Periods New: Life In the English Colonies Submitted by Miri Rubin The lesson plan below was posted just after the attacks on New York and the Pentagon took place: A Lesson Plan on the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Oct.	2000-2001: Spain Leads Europe in Conquering North America Major Quiz/Test: Conquering North America Planting the English Colonies: Part One Know Your English Colonies including the activity: "Create a Colonial Flag" Use http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/13colony.html to help with Colonial information. This site is full of colonial links! Colonial America 1600-1775 K12 Resources Questions on the American Revolution Beat The Expert on The Road to Revolution
Oct.	Check out: Revolutionary Reading Notes: Illustrated Notes on the Road to the American Revolution The Road to Revolution: Part 1 The Road to Revolution: Part 2 The Road to Revolution: Part 3 Video Worksheet: The American Revolution Revolutionary War Links
Nov.	New! Reviewing the important Historical Documents of US Government and History New! The Declaration of Independence New! The Constitutional Convention of 1787 Vocabulary List for the Constitutional Convention of 1787 The Origins of American Government Student's Vocabulary and definitions for Revolutionary and Constitutional Periods. Want to take a 15-question quiz? Here you go! The Origins of American Government Part II: Featuring a web project entitled: You Are There: A Revolutionary On-Line Newspaper Introduction to The Constitution Introduction to The Bill of Rights Video Worksheet: History of US Government
Nov.	America In the 19th Century: Lesson Plan and Research Topics The Project: America in the 19th Century A quiz on Presidential History based on notes from oral presentations. Students used two web sites: C-SPAN's American Presidents and Internet Public Library's POTUS database. Elections and the Electoral Process Here are some excellent resources on the Impeachment Process One great resources listed there is a lesson plan from the New York Times.
Dec.	The Rise of Political Parties and the Election of 1800
Dec.	The Checks and Balances System (A Simulation) The Big Box Three-Branch Review Worksheet
Jan.	Native Americans During the 19th and 20th Centuries Native American Writing Project Links! The Growth of the US Map Activity and Vocabulary Matching on the early 1800s The United States During the Early 19th Century
Jan.	The Industrial Revolution The Labor Movement: Vocabulary and Matching Exercise Industrial Revolution Crossword Puzzle
Feb.	The Progressive Era Video Worksheet with Answer Bank: The Progressive Movement
	Imperialism Lesson Plan Part 1: With Where In The World Is Uncle Sam? Imperialism Lesson Plan: Part 2 With the "Beat The Pro" Activity Imperialism Vocabulary Imperialism Quiz (Interactive version is available) World War I (Lecture Notes) and Matching Activity World War I: A Flash Animation on the Alliance System An interactive map on the geopolitical changes resulting from the Versailles Treaty A simulation of the Versailles Conference.
	The 1920s: Build Your Own Worksheet
March April	The Great Depression The New Deal Video Worksheet on the Great Depression and New Deal World War II *Cold War Vocabulary (Chapter 29: Why We Remember) along with "I Have... Who Has?" Review Cards* American Foreign Policy, Yesterday and Today Here is a fully-hyperlinked version of the above lesson as it appeared in Teaching Government With The Internet, published by Zenger Media. American Foreign Policy: Learning Stations and Class Presentations The United Nations
May	The 1950s Note Taking Chart The Civil Rights Movement: A Web Project
June	US Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Millennium: With Vocab, & Filmstrip Worksheet Class Activity: Draw an Illustration on "How Has America Changed since September 11, 2001?" Available in Word 2000 and PDF formats.
June	Here's a good website to review for your US History final exam. From the 2000-2001 school year: A Holocaust Webquest

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