Current Events 2007-2008
August 31, 2007
Modern World/United States History
CURRENT EVENTS 2007-2008
Current Events are due every OTHER week. Please refer to your syllabus for which weeks.
There are three parts to the current events:
1. bibliography
2. summary of the article in 2 or 3 sentences
3. a link to one of the five Galileo ESLERs: Effective Communicators, Critical Thinkers, Responsible Community Members, Healthy Individuals, Life Long Learners
When you turn in your current events, be sure to include:
a. your written assignment (may be word processed)
b. your news article – from the newspaper, a magazine…the article may be downloaded from the internet
c. your paper with the themes, where you have decided on the theme, and under that theme, written the date of the current assignment, the ESLR and the title of the article.
** look at the example we did together in class as a guide.
** you may email part “a,” but the other parts (”b and c”) must be turned in class BEFORE you email the article, unless you want late credit!
Modern World 2007-2008
August 31, 2007
GALILEO ACADEMY 2007 – Modern World
Textbook: Beck, Roger B. and others, Modern World History. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2006.
Current events: due every first and third Wednesdays or Thursdays (block days.) See the web site for information to include: www.galileoweb.org
Week of August 27: course overview, student profiles, standards, themes, introduction to the textbook, notebook set up.. Current events example.
Week of September 3:
Monday, September 3 – Labor Day Observance
Week of September 10:
Unit 1: Beginnings of the Modern World, 1300-1800
Ch 1, 1300-1600 – European Renaissance and Reformation
Ch 2, 1300-1700 – The Muslim World Expands
Ch 3, 1400-1800 – An Age of Explorations and Isolationism
Ch 4, 1492-1800 - The Atlantic World
Test Wednesday
Week of September 17:
Week of September 24:
Test
Week of October 1: 1st grading period ends October 5
Start mini-research project; thesis statement due.
Week of October 8:
Monday, October 8 – Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day
Unit 2: Absolutism to Revolution, 1500-1900
Ch5 - Absolute Monarchs in Europe, 1500-1800
Ch 6 – Enlightenment and Revolution, 1550 –1789
Ch 7 – The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815
Ch 8 – Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West, 1789-1900
Week of October 15:
Mini research: two bibliographies and notes
Notebook check
Week of October 22:
Tuesday, October 24 – Back to School Night/Open House
Test Wednesday
Current events due
Week of October 29:
two bibliographies and notes
Week of November 5:
Week of November 12:
Monday, November 12: Veterans’ Day Observance
Unit 3: Industrialism and the Race for Empire, 1700-1914
Ch 9 – The Industrial Revolution, 1700-1900
Ch 10 – An Age of Democracy and Progress, 1815-1914
Ch 11 – The Age of Imperialism, 1850-1914
Ch 12 – Transformations Around the Globe, 1899-1914
Draft of mini-research
Test
Week of November 19: 2nd grading period ends November 20
Wed./Thurs./ & Friday, November 21, 22, 23 – Thanksgiving Observance
Week of November 26:
Week of December 3:
Mini-research due
Week of December 10:
Test
December 17 to December 31: WINTER RECESS
Week of January 1:
Tuesday, January 1 – holiday
Unit 4: The World at War, 1900-1945
Ch 13 – The Great War, 1914-1918
Ch14 – Revolution and Nationalism, 1900-1939
Ch 15 – Years of Crisis, 1919-1939
Ch 16 – World War II, 1939-1945
Week of January 7:
Notebooks check in
Week of January 12:
Test
Week of January 21:
Monday, January 21 – MLK observation
Thursday, January 24 – Fall semester ends
Finals: Presentation and Standards alignment
United States History, 2007-2008
August 28, 2007
GALILEO ACADEMY 2007-2008 United States History
Textbook Appleby, Joyce. The American Vision. Columbus, OH: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2006.
Current events: due on the second and fourth Wednesdays. See the web site for information to include: www.galileoweb.org
U.S. History themes: The Big Ideas, see text pages 50 & 51
Week of August 27: course overview, student profiles and ideas/challenges, standards, themes, geography, introduction to the textbook, notebook set up. Current events example.
Unit 1: A Nation is Born
Chapter 1 – Creating a Nation, Beginning to 1789
Chapter 2 – Growth and Conflict, 1789-1877
The Living Constitution
Chapter 3 – Birth of Modern America, 1877-1900
Notebook check in
Week of September 3:
Monday, September 3– Labor Day Observance
Student Ideas & Challenges, continued
Week of September 10:
Current Events/U.S. History themes with visuals in Notebook, left side
Student Ideas & Challenges finished (Project)
Test
Week of September 17:
Week of September 24:
Week of October 1: grading period ends October 5
Test
Start book reports
Week of October 8:
Monday, October 8 – Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day
Book reports, continued
Unit 2: Imperialism and Progressivism, 1890-1919
Chapter 4 – Becoming a World Power, 1872-1912
Chapter 5 – The Progressive Movement, 1890-1919
Chapter 6 – World War I and Its Aftermath, 1912-1920
Week of October 15:
Notebooks due
Book reports due
Week of October 22:
Tuesday, October 24 – Back to School Night/Open House
Test
Week of October 29:
Start mini-research, thesis statement
Week of November 5:
Week of November 12:
Monday, November 12 – Veterans’ Day Observed
Mini-research, notes due
Test
Unit 3: Boom and Bust, 1920-1941
Chapter 7 – The Jazz Age, 1921-1929
Chapter 8 – Normalcy and Good Times, 1921-1929
Chapter 9 – The Great Depression Begins, 1929-1932
Chapter 10 – Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1933-1939
Week of November 19: end of the 2nd grading period, November 20
November 21-23 – Thanksgiving Recess
Week of November 26:
Mini-research, bibliography and notes due
Week of December 3:
Mini-research due
Test
Week of December 10:
December 17 to December 31: WINTER RECESS
Week of January 1:
Tuesday, January 1 - holiday
Unit 4: Global Struggles, 1931-1960
Chapter 11 – A World in Flames, 1931-1941
Chapter 12 – America and World War II, 1941-1945
Chapter 13 – The Cold War Begins, 1945-1960
Week of January 7:
Notebooks due
Week of January 14:
Test
Week of January 21:
Monday, January 21 – MLK observation
Thursday, January 24 – Fall semester ends
FINALS; Presentation – oral and written
Week of January 28: SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS
Themes
August 26, 2007
** Themes for Modern World History **
Text: Beck, Roger B. and others. Modern World History-Patterns of Interpretation. CA Edition. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2006, p.xxv.
Power and Authority
Religious and Ethical Systems
Revolution
Interaction with the Environment
Economics
Cultural Interaction
Empire Building
Science and Technology
** Themes for United States History**
Text: Appleby, Joyce and others. The American Vision-Modern Times, CA Edition. Columbus, OH: Glencoe. 2006, p. 50.
Political philosophies + major events = forming constitutional governments
A constitution/written contract = keeps natural rights and allows for change over time
Differences in economic, political an social beliefs and practices = different opinions, conflicts and lasting consequences
The Industrial Revolution = changed America
America’s military and economic strength = world power
People’s different reactions to social and cultural changes = influences society
Social and economic changes = new changes for government
World events = changes in nations/countries
International competition = conflict and cooperation
The quest/search for equality = eternal
Societies change over time
*** Themes for Geography ***
“Geography teaches us how people live.”
Location
Place
Regions
Movement
Human/Environment Interaction
U.S. History 2007-2008
August 21, 2007
United States History, 2007-2008
Textbook Appleby, Joyce. The American Vision. Columbus, OH: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2006.
Current events: due on the second and fourth Wednesdays. See the web site for information to include: www.galileoweb.org
U.S. History themes: The Big Ideas, see text pages 50 & 51
Week of August 27: course overview, student profiles and ideas/challenges, standards, themes, geography, introduction to the textbook, notebook set up. Current events example.
Unit 1: A Nation is Born
Chapter 1 – Creating a Nation, Beginning to 1789
Chapter 2 – Growth and Conflict, 1789-1877
The Living Constitution
Chapter 3 – Birth of Modern America, 1877-1900
Notebook check in
Week of September 3:
Monday, September 3– Labor Day Observance
Student Ideas & Challenges, continued
Week of September 10:
Current Events/U.S. History themes with visuals in Notebook, left side,
Student Ideas & Challenges finished (Project) Test
Week of September 17:
Week of September 24:
Week of October 1: grading period ends October 5
Test
Start book reports
Week of October 8:
Monday, October 8 – Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day
Book reports, continued
Unit 2: Imperialism and Progressivism, 1890-1919
Chapter 4 – Becoming a World Power, 1872-1912
Chapter 5 – The Progressive Movement, 1890-1919
Chapter 6 – World War I and Its Aftermath, 1912-1920
Week of October 15: Notebooks due Book reports due
Week of October 22:
Tuesday, October 24 – Back to School Night/Open House
Test
Week of October 29:
Start mini-research, thesis statement
Week of November 5:
Week of November 12:
Monday, November 12 – Veterans’ Day Observed
Mini-research, notes due
Test
Unit 3: Boom and Bust, 1920-1941
Chapter 7 – The Jazz Age, 1921-1929
Chapter 8 – Normalcy and Good Times, 1921-1929
Chapter 9 – The Great Depression Begins, 1929-1932
Chapter 10 – Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1933-1939
Week of November 19: end of the 2nd grading period,
November 20 November 21-23 – Thanksgiving Recess
Week of November 26:
Mini-research, bibliography and notes due
Week of December 3:
Mini-research due Test
Week of December 10:
December 17 to December 31: WINTER RECESS
Week of January 1:
Tuesday, January 1 - holiday
Unit 4: Global Struggles, 1931-1960
Chapter 11 – A World in Flames, 1931-1941
Chapter 12 – America and World War II, 1941-1945
Chapter 13 – The Cold War Begins, 1945-1960
Week of January 7:
Notebooks due
Week of January 14:
Test
Week of January 21:
Monday, January 21 – MLK observation
Thursday, January 24 – Fall semester ends
FINALS; Presentation – oral and written
Week of January 28: SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS
