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U.S. History Sem 1 Literacy Advantage Unit 1: The Need to Read Lesson 1.1: Reading and Vocabulary Activity 1.1.1: Study - Active Reading (Documents: Study Sheet) Learn skills and strategies that will help you be an active reader in this and other courses. Duration: 45 min Activity 1.1.2: Quiz - Active Reading Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned. Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____ Activity 1.1.3: Study - Building a Vocabulary (Documents: Study Sheet) Learn how to use words to express a variety of ideas and study a few helpful vocabulary words and tips. Duration: 30 min Activity 1.1.4: Quiz - Building a Vocabulary Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned. Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____ Lesson 1.2: Getting Started in the Course Activity 1.2.1: Study - Reading Strategies in the Course (Documents: Study Sheet) Learn how the eight reading strategies will be useful in this course. Duration: 30 min Activity 1.2.2: Quiz - Reading Strategies in the Course Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned. Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____ Lesson 1.3: The Need to Read Wrap-Up Activity 1.3.1: Review - The Need to Read Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills. Duration: 30 min Activity 1.3.2: Test (CST) - The Need to Read

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U.S. History Sem 1 Literacy Advantage

Unit 1: The Need to Read

Lesson 1.1: Reading and Vocabulary

Activity 1.1.1: Study - Active Reading

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn skills and strategies that will help you be an active reader in this and other

courses.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 1.1.2: Quiz - Active Reading

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 1.1.3: Study - Building a Vocabulary

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to use words to express a variety of ideas and study a few helpful

vocabulary words and tips.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 1.1.4: Quiz - Building a Vocabulary

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 1.2: Getting Started in the Course

Activity 1.2.1: Study - Reading Strategies in the Course

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how the eight reading strategies will be useful in this course.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 1.2.2: Quiz - Reading Strategies in the Course

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 1.3: The Need to Read Wrap-Up

Activity 1.3.1: Review - The Need to Read

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 1.3.2: Test (CST) - The Need to Read

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Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Activity 1.3.3: Test (TST) - The Need to Read

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 1.4: Diagnostic

Activity 1.4.1: Diag - The Need to Read

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 2: First Contacts

Lesson 2.1: Europeans in the New World

Activity 2.1.1: Study - The First Americans

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to study history and use your new skills to learn more about the first

Americans.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.1.2: Quiz - The First Americans

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.1.3: Discuss - Introduce Yourself

(Documents: Discussion)

Introduce yourself to the other students in your class.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Activity 2.1.4: Study - New Spain

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out why many Europeans wanted to find claim and settle new lands.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.1.5: Quiz - New Spain

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.1.6: Read - Columbus and Champlain

(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials, Reading Materials)

Learn about primary and secondary sources and use your new skills to understand

the writings of Christopher Columbus and Samuel de Champlain.

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Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.1.7: Quiz - Columbus and Champlain

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.1.8: Checkup - Europeans in the New World

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 2.2: First Connections

Activity 2.2.1: Study - Settling North America

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Locate and describe early European communities in North America.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.2.2: Quiz - Settling North America

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.2.3: Study - Cooperation and Conflict: The Columbian Exchange

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Discover the positive and negative results of continued contact between European

settlers and Native Americans.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.2.4: Quiz - Cooperation and Conflict: The Columbian Exchange

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.2.5: Study - Life at Jamestown

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn more about the challenges early European settlers faced.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.2.6: Quiz - Life at Jamestown

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.2.7: Checkup - First Connections

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(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 2.3: The Atlantic World

Activity 2.3.1: Study - Trade Routes

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the economic and cultural ties that developed between North America

Africa and the Caribbean.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.3.2: Quiz - Trade Routes

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.3.3: Practice - Exploring Maps and Charts

(Documents: Practice Assignment)

Read maps charts and other primary sources and explain what you learned from

them.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Activity 2.3.4: Study - The Slave Trade

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the role of slave labor from Africa in the development of the colonies.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.3.5: Quiz - The Slave Trade

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.3.6: Study - The Effects of War

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the conflicts that developed in Europe during the colonial period and

how they affected the North American colonies.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.3.7: Quiz - The Effects of War

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.3.8: Checkup - The Atlantic World

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

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Duration: 10 min

Lesson 2.4: Free and Forced Labor in the Colonies

Activity 2.4.1: Study - Making a Living

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Discover what life was like for North American settlers.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.4.2: Quiz - Making a Living

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.4.3: Journal - Gender and Labor

(Documents: Journal)

Compare the relationship between gender and labor in the 1800s with gender roles

today.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Activity 2.4.4: Study - Indentured Servitude

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the system of indentured servitude.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.4.5: Quiz - Indentured Servitude

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.4.6: Study - Slavery

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about why landowners came to use slaves instead of indentured servants.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.4.7: Quiz - Slavery

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.4.8: Checkup - Free and Unfree Labor in the

Colonies

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

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Lesson 2.5: First Contacts Wrap-Up

Activity 2.5.1: Review - First Contacts

(Documents: Review)

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 2.5.2: Test (CST) - First Contacts

Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.5.3: Test (TST) - First Contacts

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 2.6: Diagnostic

Activity 2.6.1: Diag - First Contacts

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 3: Becoming American

Lesson 3.1: European Colonies in North America

Activity 3.1.1: Study - Northern Colonies

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the northern colonies of Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island

and Connecticut.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.1.2: Quiz - Northern Colonies

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.1.3: Practice - Improving an Essay

(Documents: Practice Assignment)

Improve a draft of an essay.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.1.4: Study - Mid-Atlantic Colonies

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the Mid-Atlantic colonies of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and

Delaware.

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Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.1.5: Quiz - Mid-Atlantic Colonies

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.1.6: Study - Chesapeake Colonies

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the Chesapeake colonies of Maryland and Virginia.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.1.7: Quiz - Chesapeake Colonies

Duration: 15 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.1.8: Study - Southern Colonies

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the southern colonies of North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.1.9: Quiz - Southern Colonies

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.1.10: Checkup - European Colonies in North America

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 3.2: British North America

Activity 3.2.1: Study - Turning on the Light

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Compare the ideas of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. Examine how

these ideas affected colonial life.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.2.2: Quiz - Turning on the Light

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.2.3: Study - Trouble in the Colonies

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the events that led to trouble between the British king and North

American colonies.

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Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.2.4: Quiz - Trouble in the Colonies

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.2.5: Study - Troubles Lead to War

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how trouble between the British king and his North American subjects

resulted in war.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.2.6: Quiz - Troubles Lead to War

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.2.7: Checkup - British North America

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 3.3: The Revolutionary War

Activity 3.3.1: Study - Taking Sides

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Compare the ideas of those who were for the war with the British to those who

were against it.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 3.3.2: Quiz - Taking Sides

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.3.3: Discuss - Becoming American?

(Documents: Discussion)

Discuss what it meant to be American at the time of the Revolution and what it

means to you today.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.3.4: Read - The Declaration of Independence

(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials)

Read the Declaration of Independence and learn more about why the Patriots

wanted to end British rule.

Duration: 30 min

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Activity 3.3.5: Quiz - The Declaration of Independence

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.3.6: Study - The War's Conclusion and Consequences

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine what helped the Americans win the Revolutionary War.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.3.7: Quiz - The War's Conclusion and Consequences

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.3.8: Checkup - The Revolutionary War

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 3.4: Examining the Constitution

Activity 3.4.1: Journal - Your Bill of Rights

(Documents: Journal)

Prepare to learn about the Constitution by identifying rights that are important to

your daily life.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.4.2: Study - Life after the Revolution

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the challenges the nation faced in the decades following the

Revolutionary War.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.4.3: Quiz - Life after the Revolution

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.4.4: Study - Making the Constitution

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the Constitution and what makes it special.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 3.4.5: Quiz - Making the Constitution

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

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Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.4.6: Study - Making the Constitution Work

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the agreements that were made during the writing of the Constitution.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.4.7: Quiz - Making the Constitution Work

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.4.8: Journal - A Second Look at the Bill of Rights

(Documents: Journal)

Identify three issues that helped start the American Revolution. Compare the rights

people cared about in the 1780s to the rights that you found most important to

your daily life.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.4.9: Checkup - Examining the Constitution

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 3.5: Becoming American Wrap-Up

Activity 3.5.1: Review - Becoming American

(Documents: Review)

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 3.5.2: Test (CST) - Becoming American

Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 3.5.3: Test (TST) - Becoming American

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 3.6: Diagnostic

Activity 3.6.1: Diag - Becoming America

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

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Unit 4: America in the Age of Jackson

Lesson 4.1: Liberty Power and Party Politics

Activity 4.1.1: Study - The Virginia Presidents

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the Virginia-born presidents who led the country during its first years.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 4.1.2: Quiz - The Virginia Presidents

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.1.3: Study - From Regional to Party Politics

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at the conflicts that gave rise to the first American political parties.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 4.1.4: Quiz - From Regional to Party Politics

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.1.5: Study - Voting and Gender

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine early American ideas of what it meant to be a man. Examine how these

ideas affected voting laws of the 1800s.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.1.6: Quiz - Voting and Gender

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.1.7: Checkup - Liberty Power and Party Politics

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 4.2: The First Industrial Revolution

Activity 4.2.1: Study - The Nation's Early Growth

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the reasons for and the results of expansion during Jefferson's presidency.

Duration: 30 min

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Activity 4.2.2: Quiz - The Nation's Early Growth

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.2.3: Study - Transportation Revolution

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out how advances in transportation allowed many Americans to move to the

West.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 4.2.4: Quiz - Transportation Revolution

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.2.5: Study - Economics and Party Politics

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Compare the economic policies of the Democrats and the Whigs.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.2.6: Quiz - Economics and Party Politics

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.2.7: Practice - Democrats and Whigs

(Documents: Practice Assignment)

Use a graphic organizer to compare the Democratic Party with the Whig Party.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.2.8: Checkup - The First Industrial Revolution

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 4.3: Forced and Voluntary Movement

Activity 4.3.1: Study - Slavery in the South

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out how slavery shaped the Southern economy and culture and affected

African American families.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.3.2: Quiz - Slavery in the South

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

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Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.3.3: Study - Role Play: Trail of Tears

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the effects of the nation's growth on Native Americans through a role-

play activity.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.3.4: Journal - Your Experiences on the Trail

(Documents: Journal)

Describe what you experienced during the role-play activity about the Trail of

Tears.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.3.5: Quiz - Trail of Tears

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.3.6: Study - New European Arrivals

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Discover why many Europeans came to the United States in the mid-1800s.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 4.3.7: Quiz - New European Arrivals

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.3.8: Checkup - Forced and Voluntary Movement

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 4.4: Building New Communities

Activity 4.4.1: Study - City Culture

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out what life was like in a 19th-century American city.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.4.2: Quiz - City Culture

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.4.3: Discuss - Then and Now: Women at Work

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(Documents: Discussion)

Discuss the gender roles of 19th-century workers and compare them with the

gender roles of workers today.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.4.4: Study - Second Great Awakening

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out why mid-19th-century Americans took a new interest in religion. Learn

how the Second Great Awakening affected American society.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.4.5: Quiz - Second Great Awakening

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.4.6: Read - Beecher and Grimké

(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials)

Read letters from Catherine Beecher and Angelina Grimke

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.4.7: Quiz - Beecher and Grimké

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.4.8: Checkup - Building New Communities

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 4.5: America in the Age of Jackson Wrap-

Up

Activity 4.5.1: Review - America in the Age of Jackson

(Documents: Review)

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 4.5.2: Test (CST) - America in the Age of Jackson

Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 4.5.3: Test (TST) - America in the Age of Jackson

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

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Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 4.6: Diagnostic

Activity 4.6.1: Diag - America in the Age of Jackson

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 5: North-South Conflict

Lesson 5.1: Growth and Conflict

Activity 5.1.1: Study - Manifest Destiny

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Discover why many Americans supported national growth.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.1.2: Quiz - Manifest Destiny

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.1.3: Study - Hispanic Americans

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine how the United States gained control of land from Mexico and how it

affected the people who already lived there.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.1.4: Quiz - Hispanic Americans

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.1.5: Study - Consequences of Compromise

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how the nation's growth led to arguments about the growth of slavery.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.1.6: Quiz - Consequences of Compromise

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.1.7: Checkup - Conflict amid Expansion

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

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Lesson 5.2: Early Antislavery

Activity 5.2.1: Study - African Americans Fight Slavery

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Discover how African Americans worked to escape or end slavery.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 5.2.2: Quiz - African Americans Fight Slavery

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.2.3: Read - Views For and Against Slavery

(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials, Reading Materials)

Use primary sources to evaluate arguments for and against slavery.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.2.4: Quiz - Views For and Against Slavery

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.2.5: Practice - Slave Rebellions

(Documents: Practice Assignment)

Use primary sources to learn about the effect of Nat Turner’s rebellion.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Activity 5.2.6: Study - Northerners Fight Slavery

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about Northerners' efforts to end slavery.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.2.7: Quiz - Northerners Fight Slavery

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.2.8: Checkup - Early Antislavery

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 5.3: The Union in Crisis

Activity 5.3.1: Study - Northern and Southern Cultures

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Compare the economic political and cultural characteristics of the Northern and

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Southern states.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.3.2: Quiz - Northern and Southern Cultures

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.3.3: Study - Crisis in Context

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the issues that led to conflict between the North and the South.

Duration: 40 min

Activity 5.3.4: Quiz - Crisis in Context

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.3.5: Discuss - Fighting Violence with Violence

(Documents: Discussion)

Discuss the strategies of John Brown and others who used violence to try to end

slavery.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Activity 5.3.6: Study - Liberty and Power

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the political conflict that led Southern states to consider leaving the

Union.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.3.7: Quiz - Liberty and Power

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.3.8: Checkup - The Union in Crisis

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 5.4: The Civil War

Activity 5.4.1: Study - The War Begins

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the events that resulted in war between the North and the South.

Duration: 30 min

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Activity 5.4.2: Quiz - The War Begins

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.4.3: Study - The War at Home

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at how the war affected daily life in the North and the South.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.4.4: Quiz - The War at Home

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.4.5: Study - Final Days of the War

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at the factors that resulted in the Union victory in the war.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.4.6: Quiz - Final Days of the War

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.4.7: Checkup - The Civil War

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 5.5: North-South Conflict Wrap-Up

Activity 5.5.1: Review - North-South Conflict

(Documents: Review)

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 5.5.2: Test (CST) - North-South Conflict

Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 5.5.3: Test (TST) - North-South Conflict

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 5.6: Diagnostic

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Activity 5.6.1: Diag - North-South Conflict

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 6: Citizenship Defined

Lesson 6.1: Reconstruction Amendments and Citizenship

Activity 6.1.1: Study - Presidential Reconstruction

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Compare the plans of presidents Lincoln and Johnson to address the problems

facing the South after the war.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.1.2: Quiz - Presidential Reconstruction

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.1.3: Journal - Reconciliation or Punishment?

(Documents: Journal)

Write down your opinion of the most effective approach in dealing with the South

after the Civil War.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.1.4: Study - Radical Reconstruction

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at Congressional Reconstruction and how it affected the South.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.1.5: Quiz - Radical Reconstruction

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.1.6: Study - Reconstruction Amendments and Citizenship

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the constitutional amendments passed during Reconstruction and find out

how they affected African Americans.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.1.7: Quiz - Reconstruction Amendments and

Citizenship

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

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Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.1.8: Checkup - Reconstruction Amendments and

Citizenship

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 6.2: New Opportunities

Activity 6.2.1: Study - African American Migration

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the opportunities and problems for African Americans who left

Southern farms.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.2.2: Quiz - African American Migration

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.2.3: Practice - African American Migration

(Documents: Practice Assignment)

Learn how to write an outline and use this new skill to organize what you have

learned about African American migration.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.2.4: Study - Entering Politics

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at the consequences of increased African American political participation.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.2.5: Quiz - Entering Politics

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.2.6: Study - Black Social Organizations

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at the social political and religious organizations created by African Americans

during Reconstruction.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.2.7: Quiz - Black Social Organizations

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

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Activity 6.2.8: Checkup - New Opportunities

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 6.3: Lost Opportunities

Activity 6.3.1: Study - Southern Reaction

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about Southern states' responses to the changing social status of African

Americans.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.3.2: Quiz - Southern Reaction

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.3.3: Study - Land and Labor in the South

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the challenges farmers faced in the South during Reconstruction.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.3.4: Quiz - Land and Labor in the South

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.3.5: Study - The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the Compromise of 1877 and other factors leading to the end of

Reconstruction.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.3.6: Discuss - Reconstruction: Success or Failure?

(Documents: Discussion)

Discuss the successes and limits of Reconstruction with the students in your class.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.3.7: Quiz - The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.3.8: Checkup - Lost Opportunities

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(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 6.4: Looking West

Activity 6.4.1: Study - Heading West

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out why many Americans wanted to move to the West after the Civil War.

Learn about the consequences of this movement.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.4.2: Quiz - Heading West

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.4.3: Study - Native American Troubles

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine how Native Americans in the Great Plains were affected by American

settlers.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.4.4: Quiz - Native American Troubles

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.4.5: Read - Voting Rights for Women

(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials, Reading Materials, Reading

Materials, Reading Materials)

Read editorial cartoons to evaluate the arguments for and against giving women

the right to vote.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.4.6: Quiz - Voting Rights for Women

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.4.7: Checkup - Looking West

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 6.5: Citizenship Defined Wrap-Up

Activity 6.5.1: Review - Citizenship Defined

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(Documents: Review)

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 6.5.2: Test (CST) - Citizenship Defined

Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 6.5.3: Test (TST) - Citizenship Defined

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 6.6: Diagnostic

Activity 6.6.1: Diag - Citizenship Defined

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 7: Industrial America

Lesson 7.1: The Second Industrial Revolution

Activity 7.1.1: Study - The Growth of Big Business

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at the growth of modern businesses.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.1.2: Quiz - The Growth of Big Business

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.1.3: Study - Leaders of Industry

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at business leaders of the turn of the century and find out how they became

rich.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.1.4: Quiz - Leaders of Industry

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.1.5: Study - Business and Labor

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how new industries and business policies changed the nature of work.

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Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.1.6: Quiz - Business and Labor

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.1.7: Practice - Writing About Business and Labor

(Documents: Practice Assignment)

Write an essay about the relationship between business and labor.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 30 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.1.8: Checkup - The Second Industrial Revolution

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 7.2: The New Immigrants

Activity 7.2.1: Study - New Immigrants

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the immigrants who arrived in the United States around the turn of the

20th century.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.2.2: Quiz - New Immigrants

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.2.3: Study - New Immigrants Face Challenges

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out why the life of new immigrants was often difficult.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.2.4: Quiz - New Immigrants Face Challenges

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.2.5: Study - The Golden Door Closes

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out why many Americans sought to limit immigration by the early 1900s.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.2.6: Quiz - The Golden Door Closes

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

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Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.2.7: Checkup - The New Immigrants

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 7.3: Daily Life in the Industrial Age

Activity 7.3.1: Study - Changing Uses of Space

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Discover how advances in transportation changed ideas about space and time.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.3.2: Quiz - Changing Uses of Space

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.3.3: Study - Age of Inventions

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Look at the invention that improved life for Americans at the turn of the 20th

century.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.3.4: Quiz - Age of Inventions

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.3.5: Journal - I Can't Do Without It!

(Documents: Journal)

Write about the turn-of-the-20th-century inventions that you can't live without.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.3.6: Study - A Changing Culture

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine how Americans spent their free time during the late 1800s and early

1900s.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.3.7: Quiz - A Changing Culture

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.3.8: Checkup - Daily Life in the Industrial Age

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(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

Duration: 10 min

Lesson 7.4: Challenges of Industrialization

Activity 7.4.1: Study - Government Corruption

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Find out how political machines and bosses gained and maintained power in many

American cities.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.4.2: Quiz - Government Corruption

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.4.3: Study - The Other Half

(Documents: Study Sheet)

Examine the roots and effects of poor living and working conditions in many

American cities.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.4.4: Quiz - The Other Half

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.4.5: Read - How the Other Half Lives

(Documents: Reading Guide, Reading Materials)

Use primary sources to examine life among New York’s poor.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.4.6: Quiz - How the Other Half Lives

Take a quiz to check your understanding of what you have learned.

Duration: 10 min Scoring: 10 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.4.7: Discuss - A Modern How the Other Half Lives

(Documents: Discussion)

Discuss whether society needs a new version of Jacob Riis's book How the Other

Half Lives.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.4.8: Checkup - Challenges of Industrialization

(Documents: Checkup)

Answer questions to check your understanding of the material.

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Duration: 10 min

Lesson 7.5: Industrial and Urban America Wrap-Up

Activity 7.5.1: Review - Industrial and Urban America

(Documents: Review)

Get ready for the unit test by reviewing important ideas and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 7.5.2: Test (CST) - Industrial and Urban America

Take a computer-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 7.5.3: Test (TST) - Industrial and Urban America

Take a teacher-scored test to check what you have learned in this unit.

Duration: 40 min Scoring: 60 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 7.6: Diagnostic

Activity 7.6.1: Diag - Industrial and Urban America

Take a diagnostic test that will create a study plan based on your answers.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 8: U.S. History Sem 1 Review and Exam

Lesson 8.1: U.S. History Sem 1

Activity 8.1.1: Review - U.S. History Sem 1

(Documents: Default, Review)

Get ready for the exam by reviewing important ideas and skills covered in this

semester.

Duration: 1 hr

Activity 8.1.2: Exam - U.S. History Sem 1

Take a computer-scored exam to show what you have learned in this semester.

Duration: 50 min Scoring: 50 Points Earned: _____

Activity 8.1.3: Final Exam - U.S. History Sem 1

Take a teacher-scored exam to show what you have learned in this semester.

Duration: 1 hr 15 min Scoring: 100 Points Earned: _____

Appendix B: Additional Activities B.1: Extra Credit

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Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____