Points to Emphasize: (1) Completing homework -(a) Homework calendar (2) Taking ownership for one’s learning (b) Taking notes - “Three C’s” (c) Assigned reading & “pop” quizzes - (d) Late work (e) When entering classroom (Tidiness) - Fire drill evac. (3) Rules / Procedures (f) Bathroom policy - (g) Food No hats - (h) Technology / ear buds End of Class (i) Conversation while teacher is talking (Noise) (j) Excused absences & make-up work

“Founding Era to Civil War” 1770s 1792 1850 1861 1865 What were the causes of the Civil War? Were there inherent ideas within our constitution that led to the Civil War?

“2nd Industrial Revolution” & “The Gilded Age” 1870 1890 1900 ** Time of Individualism 1862 - Homestead Act, Land Grant Act, Pacific Railway Act 1860’s and 1870’s - “Rise of Big Business” – Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller, etc. 1870’s to 1890’s - American Politics / an Age of Corruption & the Political Urban Machine

“Settling The West by Non-Natives” 1870 1890 1900 ** Time of Individualism 1870’s and 1880’s - Settling the Plains, Custer’s Black Hills Expedition (1874), Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) 1860’s to 1890’s - Wars between U.S. Government and Lakota / Dakota / Nakota / Cheyenne 1890’s - Wounded Knee

“Age of Imperialism” “Progressive Era” 1892 1912 1920 U.S. involvement in Hawaii, Philippines, Cuba, Latin America, etc. “Progressive Era” 1890s 1917 1920 1901

World War One – 1914-1918 The Immediate Event that Led to War … Gavrilo Princip June 28, 1914 – assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

1920’s – An Era of Optimism

1930’s - Living During the Great Depression

WWII – 1939-1945

1950’s-1960’s – Beginning of the Cold War, Civil Rights Era, etc.

Where is Vietnam? ** 1964-1973

1981 - 1989 – Age of Ronald Reagan

9/11 - Today Killed

Malala Yousafzai

Why History? What lessons does it teach? What’s interesting about it?

Great Men and Women “Inspiration” Abraham Lincoln Rosa Parks

We love to quote the famous people of history!!! - “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” Albert Einstein

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) Recent study, published in Inside Higher Ed Found that, “in a number of key areas (oral communication, written communication, critical thinking, being creative) … employers do not believe students are well-prepared for the workforce.” “And these are the kinds of qualities that many colleges say are hallmarks of a liberal education.”

Impact of Wars How did various wars impact life in the United States? 1775 1945 * Mexican American War (1846 – 1848) * WWI (1914 – 1918) * American Revolution (1775 – 1783) * War of 1812 (1812 – 1815) * WWII (1939 – 1945) * Civil War (1861 – 1865)

Everything has a history!!!!