3/23/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture")

2)  Test 9 Prep Sheet

3)  Finish presentations from yesterday

4)  Video:  "1920-29: Boom to Bust"
--No notes assignment; just watch

5)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 681-692 ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s nativism  b) The "new" Ku Klux Klan  c)  "The Birth of a Nation"

3/22/12

Today's agenda:  2 HOUR DELAY--snow


1)  Canada and the First World War presentations
--Audience takes class notes

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-681 ("A New National Culture")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s entertainment  b) Examples of 1920s famous people (popular culture icons)

3/21/12

Today's agenda:

 Canada and the First World War
--6 groups: Prep Day in lab
--Present tomorrow
--Typed bullet-point style notes (at least 1/2 page)
--At least 1 relevant visual per person


NO READING HOMEWORK TONIGHT

3/20/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")

2)  Make-up Press Conferences


3)  4 groups: 1920s Documents
--Use books provided
--Explain main points/answer questions on a piece of paper for the group presentation


NO HOMEWORK READING TONIGHT

3/20/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")

2)  Make-up Press Conferences


3)  4 groups: 1920s Documents
--Use books provided
--Explain main points/answer questions on a piece of paper for the group presentation


NO HOMEWORK READING TONIGHT

3/19/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")

2)  Woodrow Wilson documents/questions/graded discussion


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 666-670; 672-673 ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Warren G. Harding's administration  b) Calvin Coolidge's political beliefs  c) Dawes Plan

3/14/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")

2)  Finish Progressive Era Press Conferences


3) Homework: Textbook, pages 655; 658-662 ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
Focus your reading on:  a) Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points  b) Palmer Raids

3/13/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Great War: 1914-18")

2)  Continue Progressive Era Press Conference Presentations


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 647-655 ("War on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on: Examples of U.S. civilian involvement in World War I

3/12/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")

2)  Press Conference Presentations (Day 1)
--2.5 to 3 minutes
--3 questions to ask when you're in the audience

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 638-647 ("The Great War: 1914-18")
Focus your reading on: a) Zimmermann Telegram  b) Impact of Russian Revolution on WWI

3/9/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Singing Up the Hill")

2)  Progressive Era Press Conferences (Prep Day in lab)
--Present on Monday and Tuesday

WHILE YOU ARE IN THE LAB, YOU CAN REGISTER FOR 2ND SEMESTER PCC CREDIT FOR THIS CLASS.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 591-600 ("Progressivism and National Politics")
Focus your reading on:  Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies as president:
a) Conservation  b) Trust-busting  c) Government regulation of big business/Consumer protection

3/8/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("The Fight for Women's Suffrage: An Interview with Alice Paul")

2) Finish "TR" video
--Discuss and hand in 2-sided notes


3)  Homework: Deborah Gorham reading in Green Reader ("Singing Up the Hill")--Canada
Focus your reading on:  "Maternal Feminists"

3/7/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Feminism as a Radical Ideology")

2)  WELLNESS SURVEY done today in all U.S. History classes (school requirement)

3)  Homework: Robert Gallagher reading in Green Reader ("The Fight for Women's Suffrage: An Interview with Alice Paul")
Focus your reading on:  Alice Paul's experiences fighting for women's suffrage

3/6/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("The Course of Reform")

2)  Video: "TR"
--Take 2-column notes: a) TR's progressive ideas & policies  b) Other TR information

3)  Homework: William O'Neill reading in Green Reader ("Feminism as a Radical Ideology")
Focus your reading on:  a) Arguments used against women's suffrage  b) "Social Feminists"

BRING A #2 PENCIL TOMORROW FOR THE WELLNESS SURVEY.

3/5/12

Today's agenda:

1) Test 8


2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 574-579; 582-587; 589-591 ("The Course of Reform")
Focus your reading on:  a) Muckrakers  b) Direct primary system  c) Initiative, referendum, recall  d) Jane Addams' Hull House  e) Triangle Shirtwaist Company

3/2/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Onto the World Stage")

2)  Video: "America: 1900"
--Take 1 page of notes


STUDY FOR MONDAY'S TEST 8 THIS WEEKEND.

3/1/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("An American Empire")

2)  Imperialism Role Play
--All 3 groups present
--Audience asks 2 questions each
--Complete Evaluation Form


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 622-623; 625-630 ("Onto the World Stage")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Big Stick" Diplomacy  b) Open Door Policy  c) Boxer Uprising