1. 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

2. “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?

3. “2nd Industrial Revolution” & “The Gilded Age”
1870
1890
1900
** Time of Individualism
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

4. “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

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

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

7. 1920’s – An Era of Optimism

8. 1930’s - Living During the Great Depression

9. WWII –

10. 1950’s-1960’s – Beginning of the Cold War, Civil Rights Era, etc.

11. Where is Vietnam? **

12. – Age of Ronald Reagan

13. 9/11 - Today
Killed

14. Malala Yousafzai

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

16. Great Men and Women “Inspiration”
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks

17. 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

18. 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.”

19. 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)

21. Everything has a history!!!!