Honors VA & US History-1st Block Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2020-2021 School Year
- Department
- Social Studies
- Description
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The course of study for Virginia and U.S. history includes the historical development of American ideas and institutions from the Age of Exploration to the present. The focus is on political and economic history, along with a basic knowledge of American culture through a chronological survey of major issues, movements, people, and events in Virginia and U.S. History. Students interact with historical documents, maps, and images to investigate historical events, perspectives, and ideas.
Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Final Project
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WWII, Cold War, and Civil Rights Test
This is your Friday assignment. This test has 50 questions.
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Anti-Vietnam War Movement: Song and Document Analysis
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Edpuzzle - The Civil Rights Movement 50s and 60s
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Assassination of Kennedy
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Chapter 26, 27, and 28 summaries
-Write a one-paragraph summary for each Chapter.
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Korean War Textbooks
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DBQ #4
1. Choose one of the DBQ options. Your choices are Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?, How Did the Versailles Treaty Help Cause World War II?, Berlin, Korea, and Cuba: How Did the U.S. Contain Communism?, and The Soviet Union: What Should Textbooks Emphasize? Once you have chosen your option, make yourself a copy.
2. Complete the hook, background, and analysis.
3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will prove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
2. Complete the hook, background, and analysis.
3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will prove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
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The Holocaust
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Unit 8 Quiz
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Atrocities in the Pacific
Doc A- Karlie, Lizziye, Jade, Brandon
Doc B- Ben, Dustin, Jade, Anthony, Bennet
Doc C- Gabriel, Alyssa, Marissa, Ashley
Doc B- Ben, Dustin, Jade, Anthony, Bennet
Doc C- Gabriel, Alyssa, Marissa, Ashley
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Ending the war with Japan
Complete Stations 1, 2, and 3.
We will complete Stations 4 and 5 in class.
We will complete Stations 4 and 5 in class.
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WWII Propaganda
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World War II Jigsaw Part 1
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WWII European Theater and Pacific Map
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Interwar Dictatorships Friday Assignment
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Interwar Dictatorships
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Avoiding War
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Test Review
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New Deal Advertisement
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Stock Market Crash Articles
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DBQ #3
1. Choose one of the DBQ options. Your choices are Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: Who had the Right Strategy for Black America?, Should the United States Have Annexed the Philippines?, Progressivism: Where Will You Put Your Million Dollars? What Was the Underlying Cause of World War I?, and Prohibition: Why did America Change Its Mind? Once you have chosen your option, make yourself a copy.
2. Complete the hook, background, and analysis
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3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will prove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
2. Complete the hook, background, and analysis
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3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will prove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
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Roaring Twenties
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WWI Propaganda
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Veterans Day
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14 Points and Treaty of Versailles Comparison
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Unit 6 Map
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Trench Warfare in WWI
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The Jungle
Read the expert and create a poltical cartoon!
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Investigation
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Who sank the USS Maine?
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Unit 6 Anticipation Guide
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Unit 5 Quiz
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First Semester Timeline PBA
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Captains of Industry or Robber Barons
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DBQ #2
1. Choose one of the DBQ options. Your choices are Was the United States Justified in Going to War with Mexico? What Was Harriet Tubman's Greatest Achievement?, The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was It A Turning Point?, North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Once you have chosen your option, make yourself a copy.
2. Complete the hook, background, and analysis.
3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will prove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
2. Complete the hook, background, and analysis.
3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will prove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
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Native American Document Analysis
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Ida B. Wells
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Civil War News Project
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Test Review
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Social Impacts of the Civil War
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Unit 4 Lesson 4 Class Notes
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Slavery Before the Civil War
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Westward Expansion Map
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Andrew Jackson- Hero or Villain?
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2020 Election
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War of 1812 Key people, events, and concepts
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Branches of Government
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Constitutional Compromises
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DBQ #1
1. Choose one of the DBQ options. Your choices are Cabeza de Vaca: How did he survive?, Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die?, What caused the Salem Witch Trail Hysteria of 1692?, Valley Forge: Would you have quit?, and How did the Constitution guard against Tyranny? Once you have chosen your option, make yourself a copy.
2. Complete the hook, background, analysis, and bucketing questions.
3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will provove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
2. Complete the hook, background, analysis, and bucketing questions.
3. Create an outline of your argument and how you will provove it using the documents and information from the DBQ. You may use the provided outline template or use your own.
4. Create a Google Doc and write a 5 paragraph essay on your question.
5. Be sure to use proper spelling and grammar in you essay.
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Declaration of Independence
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Common Sense
Read the excerpts from Paine's Common Sense and put them in your own words.
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Unit 2 Lesson 3 Class Notes
Create class notes for your assigned subject. Include dates, key details, key people, outcomes and pictures.
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Unit 1 Quiz
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Colonial Ad Project
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Colonial Map
Complete the New World map and the 13 Colonies map. Make sure to read all the directions carefully.
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Did Pocahontas save John Smith's life?
We will be reading 4 documents to determine whether or not Pocahontas saved John Smith's life. Read documents A and B first to fill in the graphic organizer, then read Intepretation A and Interpretation B to answer the questions. When finished, explain whether you think Pocahontas saved John Smith's life or not.
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Pre-Columbian Native American Society
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Do Now 1
Complete the do-now. Use your own words to describe both terms and provide at least one example.
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What is history?
Read the preface (pgs. xxi-xxii) and prologue (pg.xxvii-xxxii) of your textbook. In one paragraph, explain what history is by answering these questions.
1. What is the purpose of history?
2. Can or does history change?
3. How does perspective shape history?
4. After reading the preface and prologue, what do you think their main argument will be in this book?
1. What is the purpose of history?
2. Can or does history change?
3. How does perspective shape history?
4. After reading the preface and prologue, what do you think their main argument will be in this book?
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Student Artifact
Imagine that 200 years from now Archaeologists are finding artifacts from your life. They are using these artifacts to piece together your life. What artifacts will they find?
You can search images or upload images from your phone. Make sure all images are appropriate.
You can search images or upload images from your phone. Make sure all images are appropriate.