August 29-September 2 (Quarter 1 Week 3)

Monday: Discuss the Causes of the Spanish-American War and Review WKST. Read 259-262 and write letter home from the war. Causes of the War
Tuesday: Share your letters home. Discuss the "Splendid Little War." Focus on Rough Riders and Platt Amendment (pg. 269) Spanish-American War
Wedneday: Read 9.3 (263-267) and choose between notes and a WKST. US and East Asia
Thursday: Discuss 9.3. Focus on Open Door Policy and Gentlemen's Agreement. US and East Asia
Friday: Read 269-273 on Big Stick, Dollar, and Moral Diplomacy. US and Latin America

Note: We will review 9.4 and the rest of Chapter 9 on Tuesday of next week. Our first test will most likely be on Wednesday.

August 22-26 (Quarter 1 Week 2)

Monday: Introduce Imperialism and read 250-252. Students choose to complete notes or WKST over the information in the reading. Age of American Imperialism Day 1
Tuesday: Discuss 1st half of Section 9.1. Finish reading the 2nd half of 9.1 and complete notes or WKST over the information in the reading. Age of American Imperialism Day 2
Wednesday: Practice States (and Capitals for honors classes). Review 4 reasons for Imperialism. Introduce Spanish-American War and complete 1st half of section 9.2. Causes of the Spanish-American War
Thursday: Discuss 1st half of Spanish-American War. Short video reviewing the war and complete 2nd half of section 9.2. Spanish-American War
Friday: States (and Capitals for honors classes)Quiz

Online Textbook Instructions

You are now able to access the textbook from home online. Thanks for being patient with our book situation! If you follow the steps below, you should all be able to access the online textbook from the comfort of home. Keep in mind, the website www.successnetplus.com (which you will be using) may only work for some internet search engines so be sure to try more than one if you are having trouble.

1. Go to successnetplus.com (it is also a link on the left side of my website)
2. Click Login and type the following:
Username: ushistoryonline
Password: gotitans1
3. Click Enter
4. Go to eText at the top right side of the page.
5. From there you can navigate to the correct chapter, section, and even page!

If you have trouble, email me at smorris@paplv.org

August 16th-19th (Quarter 1 Week 1)

Welcome to Papio South Class of 2020!

Tuesday: Meet and Greet!
Wednesday: Icebreakers (Interview and 1,2,3), Seating Arrangement, Syllabus and Classroom Expectations. Syllabus and Age of Imperialism Into
Thursday: Assign textbooks, discuss online book, cover books and fill out book condition form, A-Z Activity
Friday: Semester 1 Pre-test (ungraded) and intro to Chapter 9.