Unit 13: Regents Review

Unit Understanding Goals

• How can we maximize our scores on the U.S. History and Government Regents Exam.

Additional Regents Review Resources  

Homework: Complete Part I of the  June 2004 Regents Exam .

Lesson #1: Overview of the U.S. History & Government Regents Exam

UG: What is the format of the United States History & Government Regents Exam?

Materials:

• Answer Key: Part I of June 2004 Regents Exam  
• Strategies for Part I  

Homework: Read "Colonies to Constitution" and complete the "Review Questions: Colonies to Constitution" worksheet.

Lesson #2: Review of Colonial & Revolutionary America

UG: To review Unit 1 Understanding Goals.

Materials:

• Resources from Unit 1: Colonization to Independence  
•  Colonization & Revolution Jeopardy

Homework: Do Constitution reading .  Read/study Government cheat sheet .  Review Chart of Supreme Court cases .  Complete the "Government Review Questions"  worksheet.

Lesson #3: Government

UG: To review Unit 3 Understanding Goals.

Materials:

• Glossary of Government Terms  
• Government Jeopardy  
• Supreme Court Jeopardy
• Resources from Unit 3: Government
• Historical Examples of Government Actions

Homework: Read "Early 1800s" and complete "Early 1800s Review Questions" worksheet.

Lesson #4: Issues in the Early 19th Century

UG: To review Understanding Goals from Units 4 and 5.

Materials:

• Jeopardy: The Nineteenth Century U.S.
• Resources from Unit 4: The Early Republic
• Resources from Unit 5: The Civil War & Reconstruction

Homework: Read "Civil War & Reconstruction" and answer the Civil War & Reconstruction Questions .

Lesson #5: Conflicts

UG: To review Understanding Goals relating to conflicts in American History.

Materials:

• Conflicts Timelines
• Conflicts Team Game

Homework: Read "The Rise of American Industry" and complete "Industrial Revolution & Gilded Age Review Questions."

Lesson #6: Industrialization and the Gilded Age

UG: To review Understanding Goals from Unit 6.

Materials:

• Industrialization Terms
• Resources from Unit 6: The Industrialization & Gilded Age

Homework: Complete Part I of the June 2005 Regents Exam .

Lesson #7: Writing Document-Based Essays

UG: How can students get a "5" on a Document-Based Essay?

Materials:

• Key to Part I of June 2005 Regents Exam
• DBQ Writing Workshop Instructions
• Immigration DBQ Essay
• Rubric & List of Outside Information for Immigration DBQ
• Summary of Information from the Documents
• DBQ Graphic Organizer

Homework: Read "The Progressive Era" and complete the "Progressive Era & Suffrage Review Questions" worksheet.

Lesson #8: Reforms

UG: What reforms have groups and individuals sought in American history?

Materials:

• Resources from Unit 8: The Progressive Era
• Reform Movements Chart

Homework: None.

Lesson #9: Thematic Essay Writing

UG: What reforms have groups and individuals sought in American history?

Materials:

• Reform Movements Thematic Essay
• Rubric for Reform Movements Thematic Essay
• Sample Level 5 Essay
• Sample Level 4 Essay
• Sample Level 3 Essay
• Sample Level 2 Essay
• Sample Level 1 Essay

Homework: Read "Imperialism & World War I" and complete the "Imperialism & World War I Review Questions."

Lesson #10: Foreign Policies

UG: How has American foreign policy evolved since the Presidency of George Washington?

Materials:

• Course Evaluation
• Jeopardy: Imperialism & World War I
• Resources from Unit 9: Imperialism & World War I
• Resources from Unit 11: World War II & The Cold War
• Foreign Policies Chart
• Foreign Policies Review Game

Homework: Study for the Regents Exam.  Click here for additional Regents Review Resources.