9/28/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Turn in Notetaking Day 1
2)  Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
3)  4 groups:  Revolutionary War Role Play
--Read Option info and complete "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Create presentation sheet

4)  Homework:  Thomas Barrow reading in Blue Reader ("The American Revolution as a Colonial War for Independence")
Focus your reading on:  What is the difference between the American Revolution and other world revolutions?


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Rise of Parties") and ("Western Expansion")
2)  Hamilton vs. Jefferson Presentations
--Each group member presents
--Audience takes class notes on main differences
--Discussion at the end

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 230-234 and 241-247 ("The Republicans' Political Revolution") and ("The Capitalist Commonwealth")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Louisiana Purchase  b) 2 reasons Aaron Burr became infamous  c) Trouble with Britain and France at sea  d) Marbury vs. Madison backstory and Supreme Court decision

9/27/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2)  Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 1
3)  Notetaking Day 1 (25 points)
--Use 2 of your secondary sources
--Match up your notes to the "point" it corresponds with

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 166-170 ("Toward Independence, 1775-1776")
Focus your reading on:  Thomas Paine's Common Sense


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
2)  Discuss/hand in yesterday's video notes
3)  2 groups: Hamilton vs. Jefferson
--Prep Day in lab
--Each group member types up info for tomorrow's presentation
4)  Also applying for admission to PCC online while in the lab

5)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 216-218; 222-230 ("The Rise of Parties") and ("Westward Expansion")
Focus your reading on:  a) XYZ Affair  b) Alien and Sedition Acts  c) Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions  d) Alexander Hamilton's role in Jefferson's 1800 election  e) "Revolution of 1800"

9/26/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2)  Peer Review of Practice Essays
--In groups of 4, evaluate 3 essays
--Reflect on what your evaluations indicate before turning everything in

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Tea Act  b) Committees of Correspondence  c)  Boston Tea Party  d)  Coercive (Intolerable) Acts  e) 1st Continental Congress  f) Loyalists  g) Minutemen  h) Lexington and Concord

REMEMBER to pick your 3 points for your Research Paper tonight and flag relevant passages in at least 2 of your secondary sources for your Research Paper assignment done tomorrow in class.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Constitution of 1787")
2)  Video:  "Are We to Be a Nation?"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 210-215 ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Alexander Hamilton's financial program  b) Jay's Treaty  c) Whiskey Rebellion

9/25/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2)  Finish Practice Essay, including Notes and Outline
--Due at the start of the period tomorrow for the Peer Review

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 145-150 ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
Focus your reading on:  a) Townshend Acts  b) Boston Massacre

Checking Research Paper Sources continues during class today.  Pick the 3 points for your research and "flag" relevant passages in your sources by classtime on Thursday.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87")
2)  Finish Revolutionary War Role Play
a)  Last 2 groups present
b)  Ask a question from the audience
c)  Finish filling out the Evaluation Form
d)  Hand in 2 sheets stapled

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 201-205; 208-210 ("The Constitution of 1787")
Focus your reading on:  a) Connecticut (or "Great") Compromise  b) 3/5 Compromise  c) Differences between Federalists and Antifederalists

9/24/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
2)  Finish Oral Presentations from last Thursday
3)  Practice Essay (for Peer Review Wednesday)
--Copy question down
--20 points (2.5 Notes; 2.5 Outline; 15 Essay)
--Use pages 134-145 in the textbook
--DO NOT TYPE ESSAY!!

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 140-145 ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sons of Liberty  b)  Declaratory Act

SOURCE CHECKING going on during work time.  Pick 3 points this week that you will be making in your paper.  Start "flagging" pages in your sources for Thursday.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2)  Revolutionary War Role Play
a)  Brief group meeting
b)  Hand out "Travellers at the Inn" and assign roles
c)  Start filling out Evaluation Sheet
d)  Audience asks 2 questions
e)  2 groups present today

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 194-201 ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-81")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Northwest Ordinance of 1787  b) Shays' Rebellion

9/21/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 1

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 134-140 ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Specific ways Britain began reasserting her authority over the colonies after the French and Indian War  b) Sugar Act

BRING TEXTBOOKS ON MONDAY

BRING 4 SECONDARY AND 2 PRIMARY SOURCES FOR RESEARCH PAPER SOURCE CHECK ON MONDAY


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2)  4 groups:  Revolutionary War Role Play (Prep Day)
a)  Read Option Information as a group
b)  Complete "Considering Your Option" sheet
c)  Create presentation sheet

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 175-179; 182; 184-190 ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
Focus your reading on:  a) American alliance with France  b) Battle of Yorktown  c) Loyalists after the war

9/20/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Oral Report Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
--15 points (Typed info, Presentation, Visual)

STUDY FOR TEST 1 TONIGHT!


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 1

2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 170-175 ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
Focus your reading on:  a) Battle of Saratoga  b) Valley Forge  c) Baron von Steuben

9/19/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
2)  Discuss/hand in "Roots" notes
3)  6 groups:  Oral Reports on Enlightenment and Pietist/Great Awakening Figures
--Prep Day in lab
--Present  tomorrow

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 121-130 ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Details on the French and Indian War  b) How the end of the war impacted the coming of the Revolution


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2)  Ms. Stover college visit
3)  Read article on Joseph Ellis
a)  Respond to 1 question with a paragraph response
b)  Graded Discussion

STUDY FOR TEST 1 TONIGHT!

9/18/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Ms. Stover College visit
2)  Mr. Teschner I.B. visit
3)  Notes ("The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720-65")
4)  Finish "Roots"

5)  Homework: Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) John Locke  c) Deists  d) Great Awakening/Pietism  e) George Whitefield


Honors U.S. History:
1)  Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2)  Peer Review of Practice Essays
--3 rounds--3 Evaluations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 166-170 ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
Focus your reading on:  Thomas Paine's Common Sense

9/17/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
2)  Notes ("The New Politics of Empire")
3)  Test 1 Prep information for Friday's Test 1
4)  Continue watching "Roots" and taking 2-sided notes

5)  Homework: Textbook, pages 105-112 ("The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720-65")
Focus your reading on:  Reasons for Scots-Irish and German immigration to Pennsylvania


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2)  Finish Practice Essay for Peer Review tomorrow (Notes, Outline, and Essay--20 points)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tea Act  b) Committees of Correspondence  c) Boston Tea Party  d) Coercive (Intolerable) Acts  e) 1st Continental Congress  f) Loyalists  g) Minutemen  h) Lexington and Concord

9/14/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2)  Movie:  "Roots"
--Take 2-sided notes: Specific examples of how movie portrays a) Africans and b) Whites (Attitudes, Actions, Beliefs).

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 93-98 ("The New Politics of Empire")
Focus your reading on:  Salutary neglect

CONSIDER LOOKING FOR SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SOURCES AT A LIBRARY THIS WEEKEND (FOR YOUR RESEARCH PAPER).


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2)  Go over expectations and possible test questions for next Thursday's Test 1
3)  Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Tuesday)
--20 points total (2.5 notes; 2.5 outline; 10 essay)
--Use pages 134-145 for information
--DO NOT TYPE!!
--Quiet work atmosphere

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 145-150 ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
Focus your reading on:  a) Townshend Acts  b) Boston Massacre

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")
2)  a) Go over "Writing a History Essay"
     b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
       --Your question needs to be the title of your essay
       --Attach Scoring Guide to back of essay
       --DO NOT TYPE!!

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 76-80; 84-93 ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
Focus your reading on:  a) South Atlantic System  b) The "Middle Passage"  c)  Specific effects of the slave trade on England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
2)  6 groups:  Oral Reports on Enlightenment and Great Awakening/Pietist Figures
--Audience takes class notes
--15 points total

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 140-145 ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sons of Liberty  b) Declaratory Act

9/12/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Indians' 'New World'")
2)  a) Pick Research Paper topics
     b)  Hand out Research Paper Info Sheet 1
     c)  Go to lab to get familiar with topics and ask questions.  Print off and highlight basic info on your
          topic.  Write down things I tell you individually about your topic.

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 70-76 ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")
Focus your reading on:  a) Quakers  b) Navigation Acts

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
2)  6 groups:  Oral Reports on Enlightenment and Great Awakening/Pietist Figures
--Prep Day in lab
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 134-140 ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Specific ways Britain began to reassert her authority over the colonies after the French and Indian War  b)  Sugar Act

9/11/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England")
2)  Finish "John Smith" assignment
3)  Explain Research Paper
a)  Overview sheet
b)  Sample paper
c)  Topic list--pick tomorrow

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 61-66 ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:   Conflict between Puritans and Pequots


Honors U.S. History

1)  Notes ("The New Politics of Empire" and "The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Finish "Goldilocks" assignment
3)  "The Coin Exercise"

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) John Locke  c) Deists  d) Great Awakening/Pietism  e) George Whitefield

9/10/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
2)  Historical Investigation and Case Study:  "John Smith: History or Hoax?"

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-61 ("Puritan New England")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson

Honors U.S. History

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire" and "The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) a) "Writing a History Essay"
    b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
      --Your question should be the title of the essay
      --Attach Scoring Guide
      --DO NOT TYPE!!

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 93-98 ("The New Politics of Empire") and 121-130 ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Salutary neglect  b) Details on the French and Indian War  c) How the ending of the war impacted the coming of the Revolution

9/7/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Notes ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
2)  "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Make an individual list ranked from 1 to 10
--Group consensus list to share with the class

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 48-56 ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
Focus your reading on:  a) Jamestown  b) Obstacles to the colonization of Virginia  c) Indentured servants  d) Nathaniel Bacon/Bacon's Rebellion  e)  Navigation Acts


Honors U.S. History

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England" and "The Indians' 'New World'")
2)  Finish John Smith assignment

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 70-76 ("The Politics of Empire") and 76-80; 84-93 ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
Focus your reading on:  a) Quakers  b) Navigation Acts  c) South Atlantic System  d) The "Middle Passage"  e) Specific effects of the slave trade on England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies

9/6/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
3) "The Coin Exercise"

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 40-41; 44-45 ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
Focus your reading on:  Differences between New Spain, New France, and New Netherland

**BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS TOMORROW

Honors U.S. History

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
3)  Historical Investigation and Case Study:  "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-61 ("Puritan New England") and pages 61-66 ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson  e) Conflict between Puritans and Pequots

9/5/12

ADVANCED U.S. HISTORY

1)  Information sheet/Seating chart/Get textbook and Blue Reader
2)  Syllabus (agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Getting acquainted

4)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Blue Reader ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zinn's main point or "thesis"  b) How were the natives treated?

Test 1 will be on Friday, September 21.


HONORS U.S. HISTORY

1)  Information sheet/Seating chart/Get textbook
2)  Syllabus (agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Getting acquainted

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 48-56 ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
Focus your reading on:  a) Jamestown  b) Obstacles to the colonization of Virginia  c) Indentured servants  d) Nathaniel Bacon/Bacon's Rebellion  e) Navigation Acts

Test 1 will be on Thursday, September 20.