1/31/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Great Race")-Part 1

2)  Video:  "The Grandest Enterprise Under God"
--Take 2 pages of notes between today and tomorrow

NO HOMEWORK READING

1/30/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")

2)  4 groups:  Documents on Industrial Era
--Read assigned document
--Explain main points/answer questions from end of your document on one sheet of paper
--Group presentation


3)  Finish "Roots"
--Discuss/hand in notes


NO HOMEWORK

1/27/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Test 6


2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-498 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
Focus your reading on:  Meaning of the title "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"

REMINDER:  All missing classwork, quizzes, Research Papers, or tests have to be made up by Monday, January 30.  Check eSIS to see where your grade is at and what you may need to do.

1/26/12

Today's agenda:

Watch the last episode of "Roots", which deals with the Reconstruction Era
--Take 1 page of notes




Test 6 is tomorrow

1/25/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The British Migration and Settlement Experience")

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


NO READING HOMEWORK.  STUDY FOR FRIDAY'S TEST 6.


REMEMBER THAT ALL MAKE-UPS OF CLASSWORK, QUIZZES, TESTS, OR THE RESEARCH PAPER ARE DUE BY THIS MONDAY, JANUARY 30.

1/24/12

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)  4 written answers to questions
c) Graded Discussion will be tomorrow

3) Homework: Paul Bennett reading (handout) "The British Migration and Settlement Experience" -Canada
Focus your reading on:  Louis Riel and the Metis

1/23/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Reluctant Conquerors")

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


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"

1/20/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Far West")

2)  Video:  "The Geography of Hope"
--Take 2 pages of notes


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

1/19/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Canada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879-85")
2)  Test 6 Prep Sheet.  Next test is on Friday, January 27.

3)  Finish Arizona: 1871 Role Play (last 2 groups)
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in

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

1/18/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")

2)  Arizona: 1871 Role Play (Day 1)
--Hand out Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 3 questions between today and tomorrow
--Each group member must contribute to the presentation and/or the question and answer time


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)

1/17/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
2)  Discuss/hand in Jim Crow video notes


3)  5 groups: "Arizona: 1871" Role Play
--Study background and Option information
--Complete "Presenting Your Perspective" sheet
--Make presentation information sheet


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

1/13/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Radical Reconstruction")

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


3)  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

1/12/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction")

2)  Finish sharing Research Papers


3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 436-444 ("Radical Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Positives and negatives of Radical Reconstruction  b) Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

1/11/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2)  Discuss/hand in Civil War video notes


3)  Share about Research Papers:
a)  What is your topic/research question?
b)  What is your thesis/overall answer to your research question?
c)  Explain your supporting evidence (3 points made in Part D)
d)  Explain the most interesting thing learned

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

1/10/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")

2)  Finish Civil War video
--Discuss/hand in notes


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

BRING RESEARCH PAPERS TO CLASS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  YOU WILL BE SHARING THEM IN CLASS.  YOU MAY NEED TO REFER TO THEM AS YOU PRESENT.

1/9/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War")

2)  Video: Ken Burns' "Civil War"
--Take 2 pages of notes


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

1/6/12

Today's agenda:

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

2)  Finish Test 5 (DBQ)--Part 2 essay question

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 407-413 ("Toward Total War")
Focus your reading on:  a)  How the Union prepared for war  b)  How the Confederacy prepared for war

1/5/12

Today's agenda:

**Reiterate essay preparation info for Part 2 of DBQ test tomorrow

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


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

1/4/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Political cartoon practice and DBQ Test information
2) Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")

3)  Finish Frederick Douglass video
--Have 2 pages of notes altogether

Test 5 (DBQ) starts tomorrow

1/3/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Political cartoon practice
2) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2

3)  Video:  "Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History"
--Take 2 pages of notes by the end of the video tomorrow

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 390-394 ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
Focus your reading on:  a) Dred Scott  b) Lincoln-Douglas debates  c) Election of 1860