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Welcome to Ms. Wiberg's schoolnotes. Each week, I will post the homework that was assigned in class as well as a brief description of the day's events inside the classroom.

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Important Dates: 

4/19 - Minimum Day

4/27 - Open House

4/31 - Memorial Day/No School!

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Week of 5/17 - 5/21

5/17 Mon:

Video: Roots

HW: Daily Summary on Cruelty


5/18 Tues:

Video: Roots

HW: Daily Summary on Cruelty


5/19 Wed (Minimum Day):

Video: Roots

HW: Daily Summary on Cruelty


5/20 Thurs:

Video: Roots

HW: Roots Essay on Cruelty (Due Fri)


5/21 Fri:

Video: Roots

HW: None

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Week of 5/10 - 5/14

5/10 Mon:

WOD #119 - Labor Unions

Introduction to Roots

HW: Daily Summary on Friendship


5/11 Tues:

WOD #120 Knights of Labor

Video: Roots

HW: Daily Summary on Friendship



5/12 Wed:

Video: Roots

HW: Daily Summary on Friendship


5/13 Thurs:

Video: Roots

HW: Reaction Essay on Friendship (Due Fri)


5/14 Fri:

WOD Quiz #12

Video: Roots

HW: None!


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Week of 5/3 - 5/7

5/3 Mon:

WOD #115 - John D. Rockefeller

Notes: Invention and Expansion

HW: Read pages 713-717


5/4 Tues (Late Start Day):

WOD #116 - Trust

Notes: Industrial Workers

HW: Read pages 726-729


5/5 & 5/6 Block:

WOD #117 - Monopoly

Unit VI Study Guide

C-Note Check

HW: Study for Exam!


5/7 Fri:

WOD #118 - Sherman Antitrust Act

UNIT VI Exam

HW: None

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Week of 4/26-4/4/30

4/26-4/27 Block:

WOD #112 - Freedmen's Bureau

Video: Glory

HW: None


4/28-4/30 Block:

WOD #113 - Plessy v. Ferguson

WOD #114 - Andrew Carnegie

Video: Glory

HW: None

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Week of 4/19-4/4/23

4/19 Mon:

WOD #105-Carpetbagger

WOD #106-Scalawag

Notes: Moderate Reconstruction

HW: Read pages 631-634


4/20-4/21 Block:

WOD #107- 13th Amendment

WOD #108- 14th Amendment

WOD #109- 15th Amendment

Cornell Note Check

Notes: Radical Reconstruction

HW: Read page 719

       Study for WOD Quiz this Friday!



4/22 Thurs:

WOD #110- Black Codes

Notes: Big Business

HW: Read pages 720-723

      Study for WOD Quiz tomorrow!



4/23 Fri:

WOD Quiz #11

HW: None!

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Week of 4/12-4/16

4/12 Mon:

WOD #101-Gettysburg Address

Notes: Call for Freedom

HW: Read pages 605-609


4/13 Tues:

WOD #102-Appomattox Courthouse

Notes: Way to Victory

Study Guide for Unit V-B Exam

HW: Read pages 610-613

       Study for Exam on Friday!


4/14-4/15 Block:

WOD #103-Ironclads

Unit V-B Study Guide and Review

Civil War Book!

HW: Study for Exam!


4/16 Fri:

WOD #104-Reconstruction

UNIT V-B Exam!

HW: Read pages 625-628

Week of 3/29-4/1

3/29 Mon:

WOD #100 - Battle of Gettysburg

Notes: Secession

Civil War Book!

HW: Study for WOD Quiz #10

       Read pages 571-573


3/30 Tues:

WOD Quiz #10

Notes: The Two Sides

HW: Read pages 592-594


3/31 Wed:

Notes: The Two Sides

Civil War Book!

HW: Read pages 577-583


4/1 Thurs:

Civil War Book!

HW: Have a great Spring Break!

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Week of 3/22-2/26

3/22 Mon:

WOD #96 - Emancipation Proclamation

Notes: The Dred Scott Decision

Unit V-Part A Exam Study Guide

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Final Draft and Supplies for Newspaper Poster due tmrw!


3/23 & 3/24 Block:

WOD #97 - Ulysses S. Grant

Abolotionist Newspaper Poster Project

HW: Study for Unit V-Part A Exam on Fri!


3/24 Thurs:

WOD #98 - Robert E. Lee

Unit V-Part A Exam Review

HW: Study for Exam!


3/25 Fri:

WOD #99 - Fort Sumter

UNIT V-PART A EXAM!

HW: Read pages 555-559

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Week of 3/15-3/19

3/15 Mon:

WOD #92 - John Brown

Notes: Search for Compromise

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read Pages 544-547

       One page of research for news story due tmrw!

 

Week of 3/15-3/19

3/15 Mon:

WOD #92 - John Brown

Notes: Search for Compromise

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read Pages 544-547

       One page of research for news story due tmrw!



3/16 Tues:

WOD #93 - Compromise of 1850

Notes: Bleeding Kansas

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 548-553



3/17 & 3/18 Block:

WOD #94 - Abraham Lincoln

Abolitionist Newspaper: How to Write a News Story

HW: Rough Draft of News Article due Friday!



3/19 Fri:

WOD #95 - Jefferson Davis

Abolitionist Newspaper: Editing Rough Drafts

HW: Final Draft and Poster supplies due on T/W Block next week!

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Week of 3/8-3/12

3/8 Mon:

WOD #89 - Mason Dixon Line

Notes: The Peculiar Institution

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read Pages 528-534


3/9 Tues:

WOD #90 - Kansas Nebraska Act

Notes: Abolitionist

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Study for WOD Quiz 9 on Thurs!


3/10 Wed: DAY GAME! NO CLASSES FOR 8TH GRADE!


3/11 Thurs:

WOD Quiz 9

Abolitionist Newspaper

HW: Read pages 536, 541-542


3/12 Fri:

WOD #91 - Dred Scott

Abolitionist Newspaper

HW: None

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Week of 3/1-3/5

3/1 Mon:

WOD #85 - Secession

Unit IV Exam!

Map: Manifest Destiny

HW: Finish Map-Due Tues!


3/2 Tues:

WOD #86 - Nullification

Notes: Women's Movement

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 409-413


3/3 & 3/4 Block:

WOD #87 - Missouri Compromise

Video: Amazing Grace

HW: None

      

3/5 Fri:

WOD #88 - Uncle Tom's Cabin

Video: Amazing Grace

HW: None

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Week of 2/22-2/26

2/22 Mon:

WOD #81 - Abolition

Notes: Independence for Texas

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 495-497


2/23 Tues:

WOD #82 - William Lloyd Garrison

Notes: War with Mexico

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 501-506

       C-Note Check on Block Day!


2/17 & 2/18 Block:

WOD #80 - Common School Movement

Notes: Jackson as President

Map: A Changing Nation 1820-1840

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 483-487

       Study for WOD Quiz #8


2/19 Fri:

WOD Quiz #8

Map: A Changing Nation 1820-1840

HW: Finish Map!

Week of 2/15-2/19

2/15 Mon: No School!


2/16 Tues:

WOD #79 - Declaration of Sentiments

Notes: Early American Foreign Policy

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 446-451

       C-Note Check on Block Day!


2/17 & 2/18 Block:

WOD #80 - Common School Movement

Notes: Jackson as President

Map: A Changing Nation 1820-1840

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Read pages 483-487

       Study for WOD Quiz #8


2/19 Fri:

WOD Quiz #8

Map: A Changing Nation 1820-1840

HW: Finish Map!

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Week of 2/8-2/12

2/8 Mon: No School!


2/9 Tues:

WOD #76 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Video: Dances with Wolves

HW: None


2/10 & 2/11 Block:

WOD #77 - Telegraph

Video - Dances with Wolves

HW: None


2/12 Fri:

WOD #78 - James Fenimore Cooper

Video: Dances with Wolves

HW: Dances with Wolves Response

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Week of 2/1-2/5

2/1 Mon:

WOD #71 - Cotton Gin

Unit IIIB Exam Review

HW: Study for Unit IIIB Exam!


2/2 Tues:

WOD #72 - Indian Removal Act

Unit IIIB Exam

HW: None


2/3 Wed:

WOD #73 Trail of Tears

Journal Cover Design

HW: Finish Journal Cover


2/4 Thurs:

WOD #74 - Spoils System

Video: Dances with Wolves

HW: WOD Make-ups due tmrw!


2/5 Fri:

WOD #75 - Irish Immigration

Video: Dances with Wolves

HW: None

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Week of 1/25 - 1/29

1/25 Mon:

WOD #68 - American System

Notes: War of 1812 (Part 1)

HW: Read pages 356-359


1/26 Tues:

WOD #69 - Capitalism

Notes: War of 1812 (Part 2)

Handout: Unit IIIB Exam Study Guide

HW: Study for WOD Quiz 7 (Friday)


1/27 & 1/28 Block:

WOD #70 - Lowell System

Journal Entry #3 - New Places, New Faces...New Troubles

HW: Complete Journal Entry #3

       Study for WOD Quiz 7


1/29 Fri:

WOD Quiz 7

Journal Entry #4 - Did you make the right decision?

HW: Complete Journal Entry #4

       Study for Unit IIIB Exam (Tues)

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Week of 1/18 - 1/22

1/18 Mon:

NO SCHOOL - MLK Jr. Day


1/19 Tues:

WOD #65 - Battle of New Orleans

Notes: War Fever!

HW: Read pages 341B-345


1/20 & 1/21 Block:

WOD #66 - Treat of  Ghent

Notes: Conflict on the Frontier

Journal Entry #2 - The Trip so Far!

HW: Read pages 354-355


1/22 Fri:

WOD #67 - Monroe Doctrine

Journal Entry #2 - The Trip so Far!

HW: Finish Journal Entry #2 (Due: Mon)

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Week of 1/11 - 1/15

1/11 Mon:

WOD #61 - James Madison

Notes: Description of Early America

UNIT IIIB Assignment Sheet

HW: Read pages 326-327


1/12 Tues:

WOD #62 - James Monroe

Notes: North vs. South

HW: Read pages 328-329


1/13 & 1/14 Block:

WOD #63 - War Hawks

Introduction to Westward Movement Journal

Journal Entry #1 - Why go West?

HW: Finish Journal Entry #1


1/15 Fri:

WOD #64 - Andrew Jackson

Notes: Westward Movement

HW: Read pages 339-341

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Week of 12/14 - 12/18

12/14 Mon:

WOD #59 - Incitement

WOD #60 - Embargo Act

Video: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

HW: Study for WOD Quiz on Block


12/15 Tues:

Guest Speaker: Mr. Steve Lavagnino - Deputy Director for Congressman Gallegly

HW: Study for WOD Quiz


12/16-12/17 Block:

WOD Quiz #6

Congressional Simulation


12/18 Fri:

Congressional Simulation

HW: Enjoy your Winter Break!

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Week of 12/7 - 12/11

12/7-12/8 Block:

WOD #51 - Sedition Act

WOD #52 - George Washington's Farewell Address

WOD #53 - National Bank

WOD #54 - Election of 1800

Congressional Simulation

HW: None!


12/9 Wed:

WOD #55 - Marbury vs. Madison

WOD #56 - Louisiana Purchase

Video: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

HW: None


12/10 Thurs:

WOD #57 - Neutrality Proclamation

Video: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

HW: None


12/11 Fri:

WOD #58 - Impressment

Video: Impressment

HW: Study for WOD Quiz on Block Day!

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Week of 11/30 - 12/4

11/30 Mon:

WOD #48 - Supreme Court

Unit IIIA Exam Review

Progress Reports handed out and due back Tuesday!

HW: Study for Exam!


12/1 Tues:

WOD #49 - Impeach

Unit IIIA Exam!

HW: None


12/2-12/3 Block:

WOD #50 - Alien Act

Congressional Simulation

HW: Study for WOD Quiz on Friday!


12/4 Fri:

WOD Quiz #5

Congressional Simulation

HW: None

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Week of 11/23 -11/24

11/23 Mon:

WOD #46 - Elastic Clause

Notes: Louisiana Purchase

Unit IIIA Exam Study Guide (Exam is on Tues, Dec. 1st)

HW: Summary and Questions

       Unit IIIA Exam Study Guide


11/24 Tues:

WOD #47 - State of the Union

Unit IIIA Exam Study Guide

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Week of 11/16

11/16 Mon:

WOD #41 - Pocket Veto

Notes: Adams' Administration and War with France

HW: Summary and Questions

       Read pages 295B-297


11/16 Tues:

WOD #42 - Filibuster

Notes: Alien and Sedition Acts/VA and KY Resolutions

HW: Summary and Questions

       Read pages 307-309


11/18 Wed:

WOD #43 - Habeas Corpus

Notes: Jefferson's Administration

HW: Read pages 313-317

       

11/19 Thurs:

WOD #44 - Ex Post Facto

Notes: Jefferson's Administration

Map: Louisiana Purchase

HW: Summary and Questions


11/20 Fri:

WOD #45 - Electoral College

Map: Louisiana Purchase

HW: None

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Week of 11/9-11/13

11/9 Mon:

WOD #38 - Quorum

Notes - Hamilton's Plan

HW: Study Questions and Summary

       Read pages 286-289


11/10 & 11/12 Block:

WOD #39 - Veto

WOD #40 - Overriding a Veto

Notes - Washington's Administration

W/S - Hamilton vs. Jefferson (Due: Fri)

HW: Summary and Study Questions

       Study for WOD Quiz 4


11/13 Fri:

WOD QUIZ 4

Correct Hamilton vs. Jeffereson W/S

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Week of 10/20-11/6

11/2 Mon:

WOD #34 - House of Representatives

Notes: Federalists and Anti-Federalists

HW: Summary and Questions


11/3 Tues:

WOD #35 - Senate

Notes: Bill of Rights

HW: Summary and Questions

       Bring colored pencils for Bill of Rights Poster


11/4 Wed:

WOD #35 - Census

Bill of Rights Poster Project (Due: Fri)

HW: Work on Poster

       Study for Bill of Rights Quiz on Friday!


11/5 Thurs:

WOD #36 - Speaker of the House

Bill of Rights Poster Project (Due: Fri)

HW: Finish Poster

      Study for Bill of Rights Quiz on Friday!


11/6 Fri:

WOD #37 - President Pro-Tempore

Bill of Rights Open Notes Quiz

HW: 281B-284

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Week of 10/26 - 10/30

10/26 Mon:

WOD #30 - Federalist Papers

Notes: Electoral College

HW: Summary and Questions

       Study for WOD Quiz 3 tmrw!

       Bring 3x5 flashcards Tues!


10/27 Tues:

WOD Quiz 3

Unit II Exam Study Guide and Flashcards

HW: Study for Unit II Exam on Fri!


10/28-10/29 Block:

WOD #31 - Bill of Rights

WOD #32 - Whiskey Rebellion

Unit II Exam and Flashcards

HW: Study for Unit II Exam on Fri!


10/30 Fri:

Unit II Exam!

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Week of 10/19 - 10/23

10/19 Mon:

WOD #26 - 3/5ths Compromise

Preamble Poster Project

HW: Bring in last minute poster supplies tmrw!


10/20 Tues:

WOD #27 - Legislative Branch

Preamble Poster Project-Due at end of period!

HW: None


10/21-10/22 Block:

WOD #28 - Executive Branch

Notes: How a Bill Becomes a Law

Graphic Organizer: Bill Process

HW: Summary and Questions


10/23 Fri (Minimum Day):

WOD #29 - Judicial Branch

Graphic Organizer: Bill Process

HW: None

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Week of 10/12 - 10/16

10/12 Mon:

WOD #21 - Natural Rights

WOD #22 - Federalism

Notes: Principles of Gov't

HW: Summary and Questions

       Read pages 219-221A

       Bring in magazines for project on Block


10/13 Tues:

WOD #23 - Virginia Plan

Notes: The Preamble

HW: Summary and Questions

       Bring in supplies for poster project on Block


10/14-10/15 Block:

WOD #24 - New Jersey Plan

Preamble Poster Project

HW: Bring in supplies for poster project


10/16 Fri:

WOD #25 - Great Compromise

Preamble Poster Project

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Week of 10/5 - 10/9

10/5 Mon:

WOD #19 - Thomas Paine

WOD #20 - Benjamin Franklin

Open Note Group Quiz - Call for Change

HW: Read pages 226-228

       Study for WOD Quiz #2 on Block!


10/6 Tues (Late Start):

Notes: Legislative Branch

HW: Summary and Questions

       Read pages 229-233

       Study for WOD Quiz #2 on Block!


10/7-10/8 Block:

WOD Quiz #2

Notes: Executive and Judicial Branches

W/S: Steps to the Constitution

HW: Summary and Questions

       Finish Steps to Constitution W/S (Due Fri)


10/9 Fri:

Simulation: Seperation of Powers

HW: Read pages 221B-223

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Week of 9/28 - 10/2

9/28 Mon:

WOD #15 - Olive Branch Petition

Notes: Northwest Territory

HW: Summary and Questions

       Read page 194-196


9/29 Tues:

WOD #16 - Indentured Servant

C-Note Check

Notes: Shay's Rebellion

HW: Summary and Questions

       Read pages 197-201


9/30-10/1 Block:

WOD #17 - Treaty of Paris

Simulation: Land Ordinances

HW: Read pages 197-201


10/2 Fri:

WOD #18 - Thomas Jefferson

Notes: Call for Change

HW: None

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Week of 9/21 - 9/25

9/21 Mon:

WOD #11 - Scientific Enlightenment

UNIT I Exam Review

HW: Study for Unit I Exam


9/22 Tues:

WOD #12 - Proclamation of 1763

UNIT I Exam!

Progress Reports handed out to ALL students!

HW: Get Progress Report signed (Due: Block)

       Read pages 178-181A


9/22-9/23 Block:

WOD #13 - 1st Continental Congress

UNIT I Exam Results and Debrief

Video: Jamestown

HW: Read pages 178-181A


9/24 Fri:

WOD #14 - 2nd Continental Congress

Notes: Articles of Confederation

HW: Read pages 181B-185

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Week of 9/14 - 9/18

9/14 Mon:

WOD #8 - Mercantilism

Notes: War of Independence (Build Up)

HW: Read pages 152-157


9/15 Tues:

WOD #9 - Navigation Acts

Notes: War of Independence (During and Aftermath)

Handout: Unit I Exam Study Guide

HW: Read pages 158-159


9/16-9/17 Block:

WOD #10 - Great Awakening

Patriot/Loyalist Business Letter (Due: Mon 9/21)

HW: Study for WOD Quiz/Finish Letter


9/18 Fri:

WOD Quiz 1

Patriot/Loyalist Business Letter (Due: Mon 9/21)

HW: Finish Letter/ Study for Unit I Exam

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Week of 9/9 - 9/11

9/9 Wed:

WOD #5 - Great Migration

Notes: French and Indian War

HW: Read pages 139-141


9/10 Thurs:

WOD #6  - Privy Council

C-Note Check

Notes: Trouble in the Colonies

HW: Read pages 149-152


9/11 Fri:

WOD #7 - Parliament

Video: John Adams/Boston Massacre

HW: None

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Week of 8/31 - 9/4

8/31 Mon:

-WOD #1: Jamestown

-Notes: Age of Exploration

-Rotten Meat Activity

HW: Summary and Questions, Read pages 120-124


9/1 Tues (Late Start Day):

-WOD #2: House of Burgesses

-Notes: Founding the Colonies

HW: Summary and Questions, Read pages 216-131


9/2 & 9/3 Block:

-WOD #3: Bacon's Rebellion

-Notes: Life in the Colonies

-Licorice in a Trash Can Activity

HW: Summary and Questions, Read pages 135-138


9/4 Fri:

-WOD #4: Mayflower Compact

-Map: Colonial America

HW: Finish Map (Due Mon)

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Week of 8/24 - 8/28

8/24 Mon:

-STAR/Cornell Notes

-Practice Notes: How to Bathe a Cat!

HW: Read pages 38-45


8/25 Tues (Back to School Night from 6-8 pm):

-Notes: Geography!

HW: None


8/26 & 8/27 Block:

-Ballon Activity

-Costa's Levels of Questions

-4 Corner Cornell Notes

HW: Read pages 86-89 (Due Mon)


8/28 Fri:

-Time Line Poster Project

HW: Finish Time Line Poster (Due Mon)

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Week of 8/20 - 8/21



8/20 Thurs:

-Welcome to US History

-Syllabus

-Misc. Forms (Movie Permission and Student Info)

HW: All forms due back signed by Friday

       Get school supplies



8/21 Fri:

-Classroom Rules & Procedures

-Unit I Assignment Sheet

HW: Enjoy your weekend!

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