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10/14/25- Section 5.6 and 5.7
Read pp. 203-211
5.6- Define two terms: Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Compromise.
Question #5 on p. 203
5.7- Define term: Indian Removal Act.
Answer questions #3 and #5 on p. 212.
Due Wednesday, Oct. 15. 9 points.
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2nd Quarter
10/9/25- Section 5.4 and 5.5
Read pp. 188-192
5.4- Define all ten terms: turnpike, National Road, Erie Canal, Industrial Revolution, Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, "Lowell Girls", interchangeable parts, Eli Whitney, Samuel F. B. Morse.
5.5- Define all five terms: Tariff of 1816, capital, labor union, nativist, cotton gin.
Answer question #5 on p. 198.
Due Tuesday, Oct. 14. 17 points.
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10/1/25- Describing a Historical Event
Refer to sections 5.1 - 5.3 and the topics of Native peoples. Pick one of the following topics: Tecumseh, The Prophet, Little Turtle, or Sacajawea.
From your picked topic, research it and describe why that person was important using: Who, How, Why, When, Where, and Significance. Refer to the example sheets I've attached for you to download.
Describing a Historical Event 1
Describing a Historical Event 2
Add illustrations to it, at least three pictures and decorate. Make it look neat, presentable and ACCURATE. This is to be done individually.
Due on Friday, Oct 3. 18 points.
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9/30/25- 3-2-1 and Section 5.3
1- View the video and write your 3-2-1 on this. Due today, 12 points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qByL2JEHle0
2-Read section 5.3 and define the terms: Tecumseh, Battle of Tippencanoe, War Hawks, War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Treaty of Ghent.
Answer question #1 on p. 187. Due on Wed. 8 points.
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9/29/25-Section 5.1
Take notes on three branches of government.
Write and define the fifteen terms, 5.1: administration, precedent, cabinet, tariff, Whiskey Rebellion, political party, Little Turtle, Battle of Fallen Timbers, XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Act, Aaron Burr.
5.2: Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expidition, impressment, embargo.
Due Tuesday, 15 points.
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9/26/25- Quiz #1
Quiz today on pp. 160-161. You may use your book notes.
-Write on a separate sheet, with just the answers. Put your heading on correctly.
- Answer questions 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20.
- Due today, 17 points.
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9/25/25-Section 4.3
Take notes on three branches of government.
Write and define the seven terms: ratification, Bill of Rights, popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, electoral college.
Due Thursday, 7 points.
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9/23/25- Hamilton v. Jefferson DBQ
Click HERE download. Do this in class together. We'll check in class.
Due by today, 9/23/25. 10 points for participation.
Click for the second DBQ, Burr-Hamilton Duel, which you will do on your own or with a partner or two. On paper, answer Documents A, B and C. Number the answers and turn in the sheet. Put all the names of your group, if you have a group. Due on Wed, 9/24. 30 points.
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9/22/25- 4.1 and 4.2
Read pp. 132-156. Write and define the following ten terms: republic, federal, Northwest Territory, Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Shay's Rebellion, Alexander Hamilton, Great Compromise, federalism, Three-fifths compromise on p. 143. Answer questions 1 and 2 on p. 148.
Due Tuesday, 9/23/25, 14 pts.
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9/18/25- Letter to the Editor
WRite your letter to the Editor about a contemporary issue you feel is important. It can be about anything local, national, or world. For example: Charlie Kirk, the enviroment, Jimmy Kimmel's dismissal, Buu Nygren, etc.
State the problem and a solution. Be tactful. Cover letter format as well.
12 points, Due on Friday (Sep 19).
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9/16/25- Requiem of the American Dream
3-2-1
3- Things you learned
2- things you found interesting
1- thing you still have a question about
Due on Wed, 9/17. 12 points
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9/15/25- 3.3 and 3.4
Read pp. 108-123. Write and define the following eleven terms: militia, minuteman, Loyalist, Second Continental Congress, Continental Army, Thomas Paine, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Natural Rights, mercenary, Treaty of Paris.
Due Tuesday, 9/10/25, 10 pts.
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9/8/25- 3.1 and 3.2
Read pp. 92-105. Write and define the following ten terms: Iroquois, French and Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763, Benjamin Franklin, salutory neglect, Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, First Continental Congress.
Due Wednesday, 9/10/25, 10 pts.
Create a storyboard from one of the terms above. Use the 11x17 paper. Use the examples provided:
This will be worth 16 points. Make this project related to Native peoples (you won't find much relvency to Navajo). You will have to research this. Two points will be for the accurate information you will provide, one point for the question (its just a follow up question that you don't answer), and two points for the creativity of the illustration. You will also get one point for the title. Due on Wednesday, 9/10/25.
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9/4/25- Great Awakening DBQ
Read together in class. You may work with a partner or on your own. Click here to download.
Due at the end of class on Thursday, Sept 4. 12 points. Email the document to my address: mrhillis145@gmail.com
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9/2/25- Lesson 2.6
Read Creating an American Identity, pp.77-82. Write and define all seven terms on p. 77: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, habeus corpus, salutory neglect, Bejamin Franklin, Great Awakening.
Read p. 83. Answer in a paragraph, How is American Freedom of the Press under attack today?
Due on Wednesday, 9/3/25. 9 points.
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8/29/25 - How to not lose a point (or two... or three)
1 -I expect your heading to be the same as displayed on the White Board in class, in the upper right corner of your paper:
Last name, First name
Date
Class period
Assignment name
2- If your assignment has more than one page, you staple them together.
3- Place your assignments in the correct tray. If you are emailing it to me, have your name and heading on there as well. Have it in your email message too.
4-Your email address should be appropriate. It should have your first and last name in it. If it doesn't, change it.
5- Tear off the frills from the edge of your notebook paper for the hard copies you turn in.
6- If I have you redo an assignment, its not to update your grade to a perfect 'A'. It is to relearn a concept or include something you forgot. If you passed with a decent grade, that is your grade. Improving a grade from 40% to 70% is more important than trying to change from 93% to 100%.
7- Always plug in your laptop.
8- Clean up after yourselves. If not, you'll lose privileges.
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8/28/25- Lesson 2.3 - 2.5
Read the following sections and define/answer:
2.3- Push factor, pull factor, #4 p.64
2.4- Indentured servant, triangular trade, middle passage, #1 p. 69
2.5- Navigation acts, Dame schools, #1 p.76
Due on 8/28/25, 13 points.
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8/26/25- Pocahontas DBQ
Read together in class and work on with team members. Go over the answers at the end of class. Click HERE to download.
Due at the end of class on Tuesday, 14 points. Email the document to my address: mrhillis145@gmail.com
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8/25/25- Lessons 2.1 and 2.2
Read and discuss pp. 46-57. Word Wall 2.1, write and define:
Powhatan, John Smith, Bacon's Rebellion, Puritans, Separatists, Pilgrims, Pequot War, King Phillip's War.
Due on 8/26. 8 points.
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8/21/25- Lunchroom Fight 1
Click HERE to download. Do this in class for practice.
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8/13/25- Lesson 1.1
Use the key on p. 6 to summarize all 7 Native Cultures' geographic areas.
-research and summarize 2 tribes from each Native geographic group. Name the tribes and a characteristics of each one.
-Answer question #4 on p. 8.
Due tomorrow, 8/14/25. 23 points.
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8/11/25-
Finish Navajo and American history map.
28 pts. Due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
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8/2/24- Click here for 2025-26 US History syllabus; turn in by Monday, 8/11/25. 2 pts. I only need the last page with your signatures.
