Mt. Carmel High School

Mrs. Giffin's Online Classroom

U.S. History and Geography: The 20th Century

Please e-mail all assignments to tgiffin@powayusd.com

If you have questions, e-mail me by 8:30p.m. at tkgiffin@yahoo.com

Semester 1: Lessons

August 19th- August 22nd - Welcome To US Online, Geography 

August 25th - August 29th-- Origins of American Democracy

September 2nd- September 5th-  Immigration, Ellis Island, Ch. 7

September 8th - September 12th-   Unit 1 Exam,  Industrialization,  Ch. 6

September 15th - September 19th-  Unions, Progressive Movement, Bio Board, 1900-1909 stamps

September 22nd- September 26th-  Progressive Movement,  Family Economics

 September 29th - October 3rd- Unit 2 Industrialization, Urbanization, and the Progressive Era Exam, Religion in America

October 6th- October 10th-  Religion in America, Unit 3 Religion in US Test, Research Paper, and Ch.10

October 13th- October 17th-Imperialism and U.S. Foreign Policy, Research Paper

October 20nd- October 24th-Research Paper, Panama Canal, Intro. to World War 1

October 27th- October 31st- Research Paper, Intro. to World War 1, Ch. 11

November 3rd- November 7th- Research Paper, 1910-1919 stamps, Sgt. York

November 10th- November 14th- 1920-1929 stamps, Ch. 12, Unit 4 Imperialism and WWI Exam

November 17th- November 21st-  The Roaring Twenties Timeline, Prohibition, Intolerance, Republican Leadership, Ch. 13

November 24th- November 28th- Break

December 1st- December 5th- Harlem Renaissance, Life in the 20s, Great Depression Photographs, Unit 5 1920s Exam

December 8th- December 12th-  Depression Era Songs, New Deal and Reaction, Stamps of the 1930's

December 15th- December 19th-  Research Paper Due, The Great Depression -Life Histories, The New Deal, Roosevelt and The Supreme Court

December 22nd-January 4th-  Break

January 5th- January 9th- Unit 6 1930s Exam,  Final Project

January 12th- January 16th- Final Project Due! Final Exams

Semester 2: Lessons

January 23rd- January 25th 2008

January 28th- February 1st -  World War II- Beginnings, 1940's Stamps

February 4th- February 8th-  The War In Europe And Africa, Pearl Harbor Survivors, The War In the Pacific, WWII Web Sites

February 11th- February 15th-  WWII Web Sites, The A- Bomb, Japanese Internment, The Holocaust

February 18th- February 22nd- Break

February 25th- February 29th-  United Nations, Containment Policy, Introduction Of  Cold War Terms

March 3rd- March 7th - The Cold War Timeline/Outline, Truman Doctrine

March 10th- March 14th - Marshall Plan, NATO, Korean War

March 17th -March 21st -  Flashpoints, Spies, McCarthism,1950's stamps

March 24th- March 28th -  Race To Space, Cold War Lecture, Cold War Exam, Rise of JFK

March 31st- April 4th-  Kennedy Inaugural, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1960's Stamps

April 7th- April 11th- Spring Break

April 14th- April 18th - Vietnam Lecture and Vietnam War 

April 21st - April 25th- The Anti War Movement, Open Book Cumulative Exam, Intro to L. B. J.

April 28th- May 2nd- Dear America, Civil Rights, Road to Equality

May 5th- May 9th- The Great Society, Civil Rights Photos

May 12th- May 16th- Little Rock Central High School, Civil Rights Organizations, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

May 19th- May 23rd-  Malcolm X and Martin Luther King , Civil Rights Exam,  Other Civil Rights Movements

May 26th- May 30th- Checkers Speech, Nixon and China, Watergate, 1970's Stamps

June 2nd- June 6th - Jimmy Carter & The Iranian Hostage Crisis, 1980's Stamps, 1990's Stamp Project, The Reagan Years

June 9th- June 12th - G. H. Bush, The Clinton Years, Political Cartoons, 1990's Stamp Presentations,  Final Exams