Welcome to Mr. Dollahite's schoolnotes. Each week, I will post the homework that was assigned in class as well as a brief description of the day's events inside the classroom.
(Take Notes) = Students are to outline one of the red headings in the assigned text.
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Important Dates:
6/1 - Return Textbooks ASAP!
6/2 - Late Start - School Begins @ 9:55am
6/5 - 8th Grade Graduation Dance 5-8pm in the MU ($5)
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*Week of 6/1-6/5*
Monday 6/1
Return Textbooks ASAP!
Roots: Introduce Essay #4 (Acceptance of the Status Quo)
Volume Five
HW: Work on Essay #4
Tuesday 6/2
Roots: Volume Five
HW: Work on Essay #4
Block 6/3 & 6/4
Roots: Volume Five & Six
HW: Complete Essay #4
Friday 6/5
Roots: Volume Six
HW: Come to Graduation Dance 5-8 in MU ($5)
*Week of 5/25-5/29*
Monday - No School - Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/26
Roots: Volume Four
HW: Work on Essay #3 (Dream/Hopes/Goals)
Wednesday 5/27
Roots: Volume Four
HW: Work on Essay #3 (Dream/Hopes/Goals)
Open House from 6-8pm
Thursday 5/28
Roots: Volume Four
HW: Finish on Essay #3 (Dream/Hopes/Goals)
Friday 5/29
Roots: Volume Four/Five
HW: None
*Week of 5/18-5/22*
Monday 5/18
WOD #118 - Sherman Antitrust Act
Roots: Volume Three
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Study for WOD Quiz #12 (Thursday)
Tuesday 5/19
WOD #119 - Labor Union
Roots: Volume Three
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Study for WOD Quiz #12 (Thursday)
Wednesday 5/20
WOD #120 - Knights of Labor
Roots: Volume Three/Four
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Study for WOD Quiz #12 (Thursday)
Thursday 5/21 - ERHS Orientation in afternoon
NO WOD
WOD QUIZ #12
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Write Roots Reaction Essay #2
Friday 5/22 - Minimum Day
Roots: Volume Four
HW: None
*Week of 5/11-5/15*
Monday 5/11
WOD #114- Andrew Carnegie
Roots: Introduction
Handout: Roots Reaction Essays
Mini Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on daily movie notes
Tuesday 5/12
WOD #115- John D. Rockefeller
Mini Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on daily movie notes
Block (5/13 & 5/14)
WOD #116- Trust
Mini Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on daily movie notes
Write Roots Reaction Essay #1
Friday 5/15
WOD #117- Monopoly
Roots Reaction Essay #1 Due
Mini Series: Roots
HW: Enjoy your weekend
*Week of 5/4-5/8*
Monday 5/4
WOD #110 - Black Codes
Notes: Inventions and Expansions
Handout: Unit VI Study Guide
HW: Read pages 726-729 (Take Notes)
Study for WOD Quiz #11
Tuesday 5/5
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #11
Notes: Industrial Workers
HW: Study for Exam on Friday
Block 5/6 & 5/7
WOD #111 - Jim Crow Laws
WOD #112 - Freedmen's Bureau
DICE ROLL - Reading Assignments
UNIT VI Review
HW: Study for Exam
Friday 5/8
WOD #113 - Plessy vs. Ferguson
UNIT VI Exam
HW: None
*Week of 4/27 - 5/1*
This week is California State Tests. Each day, we will have testing in the morning and classes in the afternoon. The schedule is modified (see below for more details). It is important that each student be at school on time (8:55 am). Please get plenty of sleep and eat a good breakfast. Each morning, ASB will provide a morning snack and juice/water starting @ 8:40!
Block 4/27 & 4/28
WOD #106 - Scalawag
WOD #107 - 13th Amendment
Movie: Glory
HW: Get a good night sleep
Block 4/22 & 4/23
WOD #104- Reconstruction
Notes: Big Business
California State Test Review
HW: None
Friday 4/24 - No Current Event
WOD #105 - Carpetbagger
California State Test Review
HW: None
*Week of 4/13-4/17*
SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
SEE YOU BACK ON MONDAY, APRIL 20TH!
*Week of 4/6-4/9*
Monday 4/6
WOD #100 - Battle of Gettysburg
Notes: The Way to Victory
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #10 - Tuesday
Study for Exam - Wednesday
Tuesday 4/7 - Late Start Day
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #10
Unit V-Part 2 Review
HW: Study for Exam - Wednesday
Wednesday 4/8 - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences 5:30-7:30 in Gym
WOD #101 - Gettysburg Address
UNIT V - Part 2 Exam
HW: None
Thursday 4/9 - Minimum Day
NO WOD
Career Day
HW: Enjoy your Spring Break! See you on the 20th
SPRING BREAK: Friday, April 10th - Sunday, April 19th
*Week of 3/30-4/3*
Block Days (3/30 & 3/31)
WOD #96 - Emancipation Proclamation
Notes: Secession
Notes: The Two Sides
HW: Read 592-594 (Take Notes)
Wednesday 4/1 - Minimum Day
WOD #97 - Robert E. Lee
Civil War Battlefields Map (Group Project)
HW: Study for WOD QUIZ - next Tuesday
Thursday 4/2
WOD #98 - Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War Battlefields Map (Group Project)
HW: None
Friday 4/3
WOD #99 - Fort Sumter
Notes: The Call for Freedom
HW: Read 605-613 (Take Notes)
*Week of 3/23-3/27* Spirit Week 2009
Block 3/23 & 3/24 M- Crazy Sunglasses T- Twin Day
WOD #92 - John Brown
WOD #93 - Compromise of 1850
Notes: The Dred Scott Decision
UNIT V Part I Review
HW: Study for Exam - Thursday
Wednesday 3/25 - Neon Day
WOD #94 - Abraham Lincoln
UNIT V Part I Note Check
UNIT V Part I Review
HW: Study for Exam - Thursday
Thursday 3/26 - Time Warp Day
WOD #95 - Jefferson Davis
UNIT V Part I Exam
HW: Dress in all Black tomorrow! Go Trojans!!!
Friday 3/27 - Black Out Day
8th Grade Basketball Day Game: LJHS vs OJHS
No Academic Classes
HW: None
* Week of 3/16-3/20*
Monday 3/16
WOD #89 - Mason Dixon Line
Notes: Search for Compromise
HW: Read 543-547 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 3/17
WOD #90 - Kansas-Nebraska Act
Notes: Bleeding Kansas
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #9
Block Day 3/18 & 3/19
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #9
North Star Project Workday - Project Due Tomorrow
HW: Read 548-553 (Take Notes)
Block (3/11 & 3/12)
WOD #87 - Missouri Compromise
Abolitionist Newspaper - The North Star
- Introduction/Group Set Up
- Research
HW: Complete Rough Draft for The North Star
Friday 3/13 - No Current Event
WOD #88 - Uncle Tom's Cabin
North Star Workday
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #9 (Next Block Day)
* Week of 3/2-3/6*
Monday 3/2
WOD #81 - Abolitionism
WOD #82 - William Lloyd Garrison
UNIT IV Review
HW: Study for UNIT IV Exam
Tuesday 3/3
NO WOD
UNIT IV EXAM
HW: Read 409-413 (Take Notes)
Block 3/4 & 3/5
WOD #83 - Frederick Douglass
Notes: Women's Movement
How to Write a News Story?!
HW: Prepare Current Event
Friday 3/6 - Mad Bad Plaid and Stripes Day
WOD #84- Wilmont Proviso
Current Events
HW: None
Tuesday 2/24
WOD #78 James Fenimore Cooper
Notes: War with Mexico
HW: Read 500-506 (Take Notes)
Wednesday 2/25 (Minimum Day)
WOD #79 Declaration of Sentiments
UNIT IV Study Guide Handed Out
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #8 (Friday)
Study for UNIT Exam (Tuesday 3/3)
Thursday 2/26
WOD #80 Common School Movement
Notes: California and Utah
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #8 (Friday)
Study for UNIT IV Exam (Tuesday 3/3)
Friday 2/27
NO WOD
WOD QUIZ #8
UNIT IV Review
HW: Study for UNIT IV Exam (Tuesday 3/3)
*Week of 2/16-2/20*
Monday 2/16- No School
Tuesday 2/17
WOD #74 - Spoils System
Notes: Early American Foreign Policy
Reading Assignment 446-451
HW: Read 446-451 (Take Notes)
Block Day 2/18 & 2/19
WOD #75 - Irish Immigration
Notes: Andrew Jackson as President
Map: A Changing Nation/Indian Removal
HW: Read 483-487 (Take Notes)
Prepare Current Event
Finish Map: A Changing Nation/Indian Removal
Friday 2/20
WOD #76 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Current Events
HW: Read 483-487 (Take Notes)
Block 2/11 & 2/12
WOD #72 - Indian Removal Act
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: Read 363-367 (Take Notes)
Prepare Current Event
Friday 2/13
WOD #73 - Trail of Tears
Movie: Dances with Wolves
Reading Assignment
HW: Read 363-367 (Take Notes)
* Week of 2/2-2/6*
Monday 2/2
WOD #67 - Monroe Doctrine
Turn in Westward Expansion Journal
UNIT III B Review
HW: Study for Exam
Tuesday 2/3 Late Start Day
WOD #68 - American System
UNIT III B Exam
HW: None
Wednesday 2/4
Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences in Gym 1:30-3:30 & 5:30-7:30
WOD #69 - Capitalism
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: None
Thursday 2/5 Minimum Day
WOD #70- Lowell System
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #7
Friday 2/6
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #7
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: None
*Week of 1/26-1/30*
Monday 1/26
WOD #63- War Hawks
Notes: Conflicts on the Frontier
HW: Read 354-355 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 1/27
WOD #64- Andrew Jackson
Notes: War of 1812 (Part I)
HW: Read 356-359 (Take Notes)
Dice Roll on Block
Block 1/28 & 1/29
WOD #65- Battle of New Orleans
Notes: War of 1812 (Part II)
Handout: UNIT III B Study Guide
Journal #3- New Places & Faces... New Troubles
HW: Complete Journal #3
Study for UNIT III B Exam- next Tuesday (2/3)
Friday 1/30
WOD #66- Treaty of Ghent
Journal #4
Journal Cover- Instructions
HW: Finish Journal and make the cover colorful!
Enjoy the Superbowl! Go Cardinals!
*Week of 1/19-1/23
Monday 1/19- No School - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/20
WOD #61- James Madison
Notes: Westward Expansion
HW: Read 339-341A (Take Notes)
Block Day 1/21
No WOD
WOD QUIZ #6
Notes: War Fever
Inauguration Recap
HW: Read 341B-345 (Take Notes)
Friday 1/23 - Minimum Day - 12:16 Release
WOD #62 James Madison
Journal Entry #2
HW: Complete Journal Entry #2
* Week of 1/12-1/16* No Current Event this week
Monday 1/12
WOD #57 Neutrality Proclamation
Notes: Description of Early America
HW: Read 326-327 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 1/13
Guest Speaker
HW: None
Block 1/14 & 1/15
WOD #58 Impressment
WOD #59 Incitement
Notes: North and South in Early America
Westward Expansion Journal
- Set Up
- Journal Entry #1 - Why go west? Who are you? What are you bringing? What do you hope to find?
HW: Read 328-329 (Take Notes)
Complete Journal #1
Friday 1/16
WOD #60 Embargo Act
Current Events
HW: Study for WOD Quiz - next block day
* Week of 12/15-12/19 *
Monday 12/15
WOD #53 National Bank
Congressional Simulation
HW: None
Tuesday 11/25
WOD #44- Ex Post Facto
Dice Roll- Reading Assignments
Notes: Louisiana Purchase
HW: Enjoy the Thanksgiving Break! Watch the Cowboy's Football Game!
Wednesday 11/26- Friday 11/28
THANKSGIVING BREAK!!! NO SCHOOL
* Week of 11/17-11/21 *
Monday 11/17
WOD # 41- Pocket Veto
Notes: Adams' Administration (The XYZ Affair and Undeclared War)
HW: Read pages 295B-297 (Take Notes)
Study for WOD QUIZ #4- Block Day
Friday 11/21
WOD # 42- Filibuster
Current Events
HW: Keep up on your reading notes
* Week 11/10-11/14*
Monday 11/10
WOD #38- Quorum
Dice Roll- Reading Assignments
Notes: Hamilton Plan
HW: Read pages 286-289 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 11/11 - Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL
Block 11/12 & 11/13
WOD #39- Veto
Notes: Washington’s Administration
Worksheet: Hamilton vs. Jefferson
HW: Finish Worksheet
Friday 11/14
WOD #40- Overriding a Veto
Correct Worksheet
HW: Read pages 293B-295A (Take Notes)
Study for WOD QUIZ #4
* Week of 11/3-11/7 *
Monday 11/3
WOD #33 House of Representatives
Notes: Federalist and Antifederalists
Binder Clean Out
Handout: Unit III Assignment Sheet
HW: None
Tuesday 11/4 *Election Day- GO VOTE!!!*
WOD #34- Senate
Notes: Bill of Rights
HW: Watch the Election Results- Color Map for Extra Credit
Bring Supplies for Bill of Rights Project
Wednesday 11/5 - Parent Conferences 1:30-3:30 & 5:30-7:30 in Gym
WOD #35- Census
Bill of Rights Project
HW: Finish Project
Thursday 11/6 - Minimum Day
WOD #36- Speaker of the House
Bill of Rights Project
HW: Study for Bill of Rights Quiz- Friday
Friday 11/7
WOD #37- President Pro Tempore
Bill of Rights Quiz
HW: Read pages 281B-284 (Take Notes)
* Week of 10/27-10/31 *
Monday 10/27
WOD # 30 Federalist Papers
Notes: Electoral College
Handout: Study Guide Unit II
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #3
Bring 3x5 cards for review
Tuesday 10/28
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #3
UNIT II Review
HW: Study for Exam- Friday
Block 10/29 & 10/30
WOD #31- Bill of Rights
Unit II Review
HW: Study for Exam- Friday
Friday 10/31
WOD #32- Whiskey Rebellion
UNIT II Exam
HW: Read pages 279-281A (Take Notes)
Wednesday 10/22 Minimum Day
WOD #27 Legislative Branch
Preamble Project due at the end of the period
HW: None
Thursday 10/23
WOD #28 Executive Branch
School House Rocks!
Notes: How a Bill Comes A Law
HW: Prepare Current Event
Friday 10/24- End of 1st Quarter (Minimum Day)
WOD #29 Judicial Branch
Current Events
HW: Study for WOD QUIZ #3- Next Tuesday
* Week of 10/13-10/17 * NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK
Monday 10/13
WOD #22 Federalism
School House Rocks! 3 RIng Government
Notes: Legislative Branch
HW: Read pages 229-233 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 10/14
WOD #23 Virginia Plan
Notes: Executive and Judicial Branch
HW: Read pages 221A-223 (Take Notes)
Block Day 10/15 & 10/16
WOD #24 New Jersey Plans
School House Rocks! The Preamble
Notes: Principles of Government
Preamble Project: Overview and Group Work
HW: Bring Supplies to work on Friday
Friday 10/17
WOD #25 Great Compromise
Preamble Project- Group Work Time
HW: None
* Week of 10/6-10/10 *
Monday 10/6
WOD #19 Thomas Paine
Notes: Shays's Rebellion
HW: Read pages 197-201 (Take Notes)
Study for WOD Quiz #2- Block Day
Tuesday 10/7
WOD #20 Benjamin Franklin
Worksheet: Call for Change
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #2
Block Day 10/8 & 10/9
WOD QUIZ #2
Simulation: Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances
Worksheet: Steps to the Constitution
HW: Finish Worksheet
Friday 10/10
WOD # 21 Natural Rights
Correct Steps to the Constitution Worksheet
Current Events
HW: Read pages 226-228 (Take Notes)
* Week of 9/29-10/3 *
Monday 9/29
WOD #15 Olive Branch Petition
Handout: UNIT II Assignment Sheet
Notes: Articles of Confederation
UNIT I Exam Overview
HW: Read pages 181B-185 (Take Notes)
Block 10/1 & 10/2
WOD #17 Treaty of Paris
Simulation: Land Ordinances
HW: By Monday read 193-196 (Take Notes)
Prepare Current Event
Friday 10/3
WOD #18 Thomas Jefferson
Current Events
HW: Read 193-196 (Take Notes)
*Week of 9/22-9/26* - NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK
Monday 9/22
WOD #11 Scientific Enlightenment
Notes: War of Independence (The Aftermath)
Handout: UNIT I Study Guide for Exam
HW: Study for UNIT I Exam (Friday)
Block Day 9/23 or 9/25
WOD #12- Proclamation of 1763
WOD #13- 1st Continental Congress
UNIT I Exam Review
HW: Study for UNIT I Exam (Friday)
Friday 9/26
WOD #14- 2nd Continental Congress
UNIT I EXAM
HW: Read 178-181A (Take Notes)
*Week of 9/15-9/19* - NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK
Monday 9/15
WOD #8 Mercantilism
Notes: The War of Independence (The Build Up)
Video: Declaration of Independence
HW: Read 153-157 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 9/16
WOD #9 Navigation Acts
Notes: The War of Independence (The Events)
HW: Read 158-159
Study for WOD Quiz #1- Friday
Block 9/17 & 9/18
WOD #10 Great Awakening
Patriot/Loyalist Essay: Directions and Planning
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #1- Friday
Essay due Monday
Friday 9/19
NO WOD
WOD QUIZ #1
Patriot/Loyalist Essay- Work Time
HW: Essay Due Monday
*Week of 9/8-9/12
Monday 9/8
WOD #4 Mayflower Compact
Notes: French and Indian War
Handout: Life in the Colonies
HW: By Block Day read 131-141 (Take Notes)
Tuesday 9/9 Minimum Day
WOD #5 "Great Migration"
Notes: Trouble in the Colonies
HW: Read 131-141 (Take Notes)
Block Day 9/10 & 9/11
WOD #6 Privy Council
Reading Assignments Turned In
Notes: Trouble in the Colonies
Trade Simulations
HW: By Monday read 149-152 (Take Notes)
Prepare Current Event
Friday 9/12
WOD #7 Parliament
Current Events
HW: Read 149-152 (Take Notes)
*Week of 9/1-9/5*
Monday 9/1- NO SCHOOL! Labor Day
Tuesday 9/2- LATE START DAY
WOD #1- Jamestown
Notes: Age of Exploration
Rotten Meat: Anyone want to take a bite?
HW: Read pages 116-124 (Take Notes)
Block 9/3 or 9/4
WOD #2- House of Burgesses
Notes: Founding the Colonies
Licorice in a Trash Can
HW: By Monday read 126-131 (Take Notes)
Prepare Current Events
Monday 8/25
How to take notes- Overview of Cornell Notes
HW: Read pages 38-45
Tuesday 8/26
Notes: Longitude and Latitude
Balloon Globe Activity
HW: None
Block 8/27 & 8/28
Costa's Level of Questioning
4 Corners Activity- How to Grade Cornell Notes
How to make a Reading Card
HW: By Tuesday read 80-89 (Take Notes)
Friday 8/29
Introduction to Current Events
Group Current Event Practice
HW: By Tuesday read 80-89 (Take Notes)
*WEEK of 8/20-2/22*
Wednesday 8/20- 1st Day of School
Introduction to Course
Handouts: Class Syllabus, Movie Permission Slip, Student Info Sheet, Textbook Agreement and Assignment Sheet
HW: 1. Obtain Parent signature on forms and return
2.. Get classroom supplies
Thursday 8/21
Classroom Rules
Time Line Poster Project
HW: 1. Complete Time Line- Due Monday
Friday 8/22
Textboook Pick-Up
Binder Organization
Time Line Project
HW: Finish Time Line Project- Due Monday
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