11/30/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: An Interpretation")

2)  Continue watching "Roots"
--Take 1/2 page of notes


3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 352-358 ("Abolitionism")
Focus your reading on:  a) American Colonization Society  b) Nat Turner

11/29/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("The Proslavery Argument Revisited")

2)  Continue watching "Roots"
--Take 1/2 page of notes


3)  Homework:  Eugene Genovese reading in Blue Reader ("The Slave South: An Interpretation)
Focus your reading on:
CONTRAST: a) Southern economic system vs. typical capitalist economic system
b)  Rich Southerner's goals vs. rich Northerner's goals

11/28/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("A Troublesome Property")

2)  Continue the movie "Roots"
--1/2 page of notes per day

3)  Homework:  Ralph Morrow reading in Blue Reader ("The Proslavery Argument Revisited")
Focus your reading on:  Which group of people did Southern slaveholders try the hardest to convince that slavery was a good thing?

11/18/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Part D of Research Paper due

2)  Notes ("The Black Slave Driver")

3)  Continue watching "Roots"
--1/2 page of notes each day


4)  Homework:  Kenneth Stampp reading in Blue Reader ("A Troublesome Property")
Focus your reading on:  Why did slaveowners consider slaves a "troublesome property"?

HAVING A WHOLE WEEK OFF FOR THANKSGIVING IS THE LAST GOOD CHANCE TO GET CAUGHT UP IF YOU ARE BEHIND ON YOUR RESEARCH PAPER.  IN MOST CASES, IF YOU ARE STILL BEHIND AFTER THAT, I WILL ASSUME YOUR GRADE IN THE CLASS IS NOT A PRIORITY TO YOU.

11/17/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes--not connected to a homework reading ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")

2)  Movie: "Roots"
--Take notes on specific aspects and characteristics of slaves, slavery, and slaveowners that you see portrayed.
--6 days @ 1/2 page per day = 3 pages of notes


3)  Homework:  Randall Miller reading in Blue Reader ("The Black Slave Driver")
Focus your reading on:  Characteristics of the black slave drivers

11/16/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Women's Movement")

2)  Continue working on Part D of Research Paper in lab.
--Due Friday
--Follow the Information Sheet instructions and the Sample Paper model faithfully in order to get full credit

3) No homework reading.  Work on Part D.

11/15/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Individualism")

2)  Part D (Analysis) of Research Paper done in lab (Day 1 of 2)
--Go over Research Paper Information Sheet 5 first, along with Sample Paper
--Due Friday

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 358-359; 362-364 ("The Women's Rights Movement")
Focus your reading on:  Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin

11/14/11

Today's agenda: (Start of 2nd Quarter)

1)  Notes ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")

2)  Finish Andrew Jackson Role Play
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled together

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 342-345 ("Individualism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Transcendentalism  b) Ralph Waldo Emerson  c) Henry David Thoreau

11/9/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")

2)  Andrew Jackson Controversial Issues Role Play
--Begin presentations today (3 groups)
--Fill out the Evaluation Form when you are in the audience
--Ask 2 questions (1 per day)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 333-335; 338 ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a)  William Henry Harrison and the Election of 1840  b) John Tyler's presidency

2 REMINDERS:  a)  If you are behind on the Research Paper, use the 4-day weekend to get caught up!!
b)  There are no quarter transcripted grades in this class.  You will get another "Progress" grade instead.  Transcripted grades will be at the end of each semester.

11/8/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")

2)  Andrew Jackson Role Play preparation day (Day 2 of 2)
--Start presentations tomorrow
--Today you should complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet, create an info sheet for your presentation, and brainstorm with your group responses to challenging questions from the audience

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 330-333 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
Focus your reading on:  The 2nd Party System:  Democrats vs. Whigs

11/7/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Part C of Research Paper due today

2)  Notes ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")

3)  Andrew Jackson Controversial Issues Role Play (Prep Day 1 of 2 in computer lab)

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 321-330 ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
Focus your reading on:  a)  South Carolina and nullification  b)  Jackson's "Bank War"  c) Jackson and Native American removal

11/4/11

Today's agenda:

**Periods are quite a bit shorter today due to Veterans' Assembly

1)  Brief visit from Mr. Teschner about I.B.

2)  6 groups:  Working Girls of Lowell
--Each group will be assigned a set of documents
--Answer the questions (on page 171 of the books provided) on a piece of paper for a group presentation today.

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 316-321 ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
Focus your reading on:  a) John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"  b)  Henry Clay's "American System"

11/3/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Test 3


2)  Homework:  Complete Part C of Research Paper (due Monday)
--Edit very carefully!

11/2/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Expansion of Markets" and "Changes in the Social Structure")

2)  Go over PCC "Apply for Admission" process
--Do first thing in lab today
--Make sure to keep the card I give you to write your PCC "G" number on when they email this information to you. This is your PCC student ID number, which you will need this year and in the future when you want to transfer your credit to another college.  Also, keep the student booklet I will give you for future reference.  THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT!  DO NOT MISPLACE THEM.


3)  Part C of Research Paper work continues in the lab (Day 2 of 2)
--This is due Monday
--Please spend the extra time I am giving you editing so that what you give me is a quality final product.

4) Homework:  STUDY FOR TEST 3 (which is tomorrow)

11/1/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing")

2)  Part C (Evaluation of Sources) of Research Paper
--Day 1 of 2 in the computer lab
--Go over Research Paper Information Sheet 4 first

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 296-303 and 303-312 ("The Expansion of Markets" and "Changes in the Social Structure")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of the Transportation Revolution