1/31/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Great Race")-Part 1

**Handed out PCC credit drop information.  If you wish to drop the credit for 1st Semester, it must be done by this Friday, February 4.


2)  Video:  "The Grandest Enterprise Under God" (on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad).
--Take 2 pages of notes between today and tomorrow.


3)  Homework:  Dee Brown reading in Green Reader ("The Great Race")-Part 2 (Pages 117-135 only).
Focus your reading on:  a)  Union Pacific railroad workers' response to not being paid  b) Promontory, Utah/Golden Spike  c) Impact of Transcontinental Railroad's completion on workers.

1/28/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant").
**Handed out new 2nd Semester "Green" Readers

2)  4 groups:  Document Analysis on the Industrial Era
--Read assigned document from book provided (documents on pages 37-53).
--Explain main points and answer questions at the end of the document.
--Group Presentation


3)  Homework:  Dee Brown reading in Green Reader ("The Great Race")-Part 1 (Pages 100-117 only).
Focus your reading on:  a) 2 railroad companies in the "Great Race"  b) "Hell on Wheels" towns

1/27/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Test 6


2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-498 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant").
Focus your reading on:  a)  Andrew Carnegie  b)  Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant".

1/26/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The British Migration and Settlement Experience")-Canada.

2)  Finish "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West" questions.
--Graded Discussion


STUDY FOR TOMORROW'S TEST 6 TONIGHT.  I WILL ANSWER EMAILS UNTIL 10:00.

1/25/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Frontier and the American Character").

2)  Reading/Questions/Graded Discussion ("The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West").
a)  Reading:  "I Will Fight No More Forever".
b)  Answer paragraph-response questions.
c)  Graded Discussion tomorrow.

3)  Homework:  Paul Bennett reading (handout) ("The British Migration and Settlement Experience")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis"  b)  Louis Riel and the Metis

1/24/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Reluctant Conquerors").

2)  Finish video "The Geography of Hope"
--2 pages of notes total.


3)  Homework:  Ray Allen Billington reading in Blue Reader ("The Frontier and the American Character")
Focus your reading on:  Frederick Jackson Turner and his "Frontier Thesis"

1/21/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Far West").
2)  Test 6 Prep Sheet.  Test is next Thursday.

3)  Video:  "The Geography of Hope".
--Take 2 pages of notes.  We will finish the video Monday.

4)  Homework:  Thomas Leonard reading in Blue Reader ("Reluctant Conquerors").
Focus your reading on:  The author's thesis--why was the U.S. Army "reluctant"?

Reminder that all make-up work is due by Monday, January 31.

1/20/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Canada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879-85").

2)  Finish sharing Research Papers.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 474-482 ("The Far West").
Focus your reading on:  Chinese immigration to the U.S.

1/19/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains").

2)  Native Tribes Presentations
--Audience should take recommended notes (information that will help you in test preparation).

3)  Homework: John Tobias reading in Blue Reader ("Canada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879-85").
Focus your reading on: a) Cree tribe vs. Canadian government  b) Metis uprising (1885).

1/18/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction").

2)  Prep Day 2 for the Native American/First Nations Group Research Project.
--Present tomorrow.

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 458-461; 464-474 ("The Great Plains").
Focus your reading on:  a) Exodusters  b) Wounded Knee

1/14/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Radical Reconstruction").
2)  Discuss and hand in yesterday's Jim Crow video notes.


3)  6 groups:  Native American/First Nations Tribes Research (Prep Day 1 in lab).  Present on Wednesday.

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 444-445; 448-450 ("The Undoing of Reconstruction").
Focus your reading on: a) Sharecropping  b) Credit Mobilier scandal  c) Election of 1876/Rutherford B. Hayes.

Today is the last day to register for the PCC credit for 1st Semester!

1/13/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction").

2)  Video:  "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (1865-96)"
--Take 1 page of notes.


3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 436-444 ("Radical Reconstruction").
Focus your reading on:  Radical Republicans/Radical Reconstruction
a)  Reconstruction Act of 1867  b) Tenure of Office Act  c) 15th Amendment  d) How things improved for African Americans.

Remember that tomorrow is the last day to register for the PCC credit for 1st Semester.

1/12/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65").

2)  Share about Research Papers (we'll finish these next Thursday).
a)  Topic/Research Question (explain if necessary)
b) Thesis/Answer to the research question
c) Supporting evidence (3 points you made)
d) Most interesting thing you learned

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 430-433; 435-436 ("Presidential Reconstruction").
Focus your reading on:  a) Lincoln's Reconstruction plans  b) Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plans.

1/11/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863").

2)  Finish Civil War video.  Discuss and hand in the 2 pages of notes.


3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 417-421; 424-426 ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65").
Focus your reading on:  a) African-American soldiers  b) Ulysses S. Grant's war strategies  c) Shenandoah Campaign  d) William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea".

Bring your Research Paper tomorrow (if you have already received it back).  We will be sharing them in class Wednesday and Thursday.

1/10/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War").

2)  Video:  Ken Burns' "The Civil War".
--Take 2 pages of notes between today and tomorrow.

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863").
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b)  Significance of the Battle of Vicksburg  c) Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1/7/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes (Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62").

2)  Finish Test 5 (DBQ)-Part 2-essay.


3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 407-413 ("Toward Total War").
Focus your reading on:  a) How Union prepared for war  b) How Confederacy prepared for war  c) Role of U.S. Sanitary Commission  d)  Role of women in the war.

Deadline for registering for PCC credit is next Friday, January 14.  After that date, it will be too late to register!  If you wish to drop the credit later due to a low semester grade, it can be done in February.

1/6/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Went over essay expectations for Part 2 of the test tomorrow.

2)  Test 5 (Document-based questions)-Part 1

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 398-407 ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62").
Focus your reading on:  a) Secession  b) Crittenden Plan  c) Fort Sumter  d) Jefferson Davis  e) Antietam


**The essay part of the DBQ Test is tomorrow.  You should have 2-3 specific examples of outside knowledge on how the North responded to the Fugitive Slave Act.  These could be individuals, groups of people, or state governments/courts.  The McPherson readings in the Blue Reader and your textbook are the 2 places to find these specific examples.

1/5/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1860 and Dred Scott").
2)  Political Cartoon Practice

3)  Finish the Frederick Douglass video.
--2 pages of notes total 


Test 5 (DBQ) starts tomorrow.  For the part you will do tomorrow, review your notes for the following people:  Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, William Seward, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass.

1/4/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2)  Political Cartoon Practice
3)  Test 5 DBQ information

4)  Video:  "Frederick Douglass:  When the Lion Wrote History"
--Take 2 pages of notes.  We will finish this tomorrow.

5)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 390-394 ("The Election of 1860 and Dred Scott").
Focus your reading on:  a) Dred Scott  b) Lincoln-Douglas Debates  c) Election of 1860.

**The information for registering for PCC credit was handed out today.  The deadline for registering for the credit for 1st Semester is January 14.

1/3/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  Political Cartoon Practice

3)  Reading/Questions/Graded Discussion on John Brown.
a)  Read documents on pages 232-235 in books provided.
b)  Answer short response questions on the top of page 236 first.
c)  Paragraph answer to this question:  "What do you think of John Brown?  Was he an American terrorist or a brave abolitionist hero to be admired?"
d)  Graded Discussion


4)  Homework:  James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2 (Pages 153-169).
Focus your reading on: a) Election of 1856 (James Buchanan vs. John C. Fremont)  b)  Lecompton Constitution.