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Thursday, December 10, 2015

American History Semester 1 Exam Review

The semester exam schedule is as follows:


Review Sheet Semester 1 Exam - click on this link.  

If you want to answer some practice questions, there are links within the review sheet to a quiz for each topic. Use the code in the review sheet to access it.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Great Migration Project

Tuesday, December 8 - Friday, December 11


  • Students will be completing their Great Migration Project with a partner
  • Directions and a rubric to this project can be found by clicking here
  • The Google Slides presentation is provided in Google Classroom.  
    • One student will share the presentation with their partner by clicking on the blue "Share" button in the upper right side.
    • To find the presentation that has been shared, students will go to drive.google.com and choose "Shared with me" on the left side of the page.
  • Projects must be turned in no later than Thursday, December 17.
  • Project is worth 100 points.  20 points also be given based upon a peer and self-evaluation of the project.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Friday, December 4, 2015

1920s culture activity

Thursday, December 10 - Friday, December 11

Each student was responsible for 4 culture items of the 1920s.  If you were not in class, please see Ms. McCarthy.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Red Scare and the Palmer Raids

Tuesday, December 1

Today in class we took notes on communism and the Red Scare following World War I.  Once these were completed, we read 2 documents about the Palmer Raids - one by A. Mitchell Palmer and one by Emma Goldman - and completed the worksheet.  These questions need to be finished for homework - due WEDNESDAY.

Red Scare and Palmer Raid documents

Post-World War I Isolationism

Monday, November 30

In class today, we examined the reasons behind the isolationist policy of the United States after World War I.

The assignment during class is on Google Classroom - World War I to Isolationism.  Students must follow the directions and complete Document 1, Document 5, and one other of their choice.