3/22/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture")
2)  Test 9 Prep Questions:
a)  What were the major goals of the Progressives in the U.S. and to what extent were they achieved by 1920?
b)  What were Woodrow Wilson's goals at the Paris Peace Conference, and how successful was he in achieving them?
c)  What forms did American and Canadian nativism take in the 1920s?
3)  Video: "1920-29: Boom to Bust"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  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) "Birth of a Nation"



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")
2)  Hand out PCC information to register for credit in lab
3)  6 groups: "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate"
--Prep Day in lab
--Present Monday, 4/1

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

3/21/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  4 groups: 1920s Primary Source Documents
--Read assigned documents
--Explain main points/answer questions on paper for group presentation

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2)  4 groups: Compromise of 1850
--Read assigned documents
--Prepare a sheet for group presentation
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)  d) Election of 1856 (Buchanan vs. Fremont)  e) Lecompton Constitution

3/20/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson Documents
--Reading time first
--Answer questions from screen
--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


Honors U.S. History:

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")
2)  Finish video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act  c) Stephen A. Douglas and popular sovereignty  d) Republican Party created  e) American ("Know-Nothing") Party

3/19/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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

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

Also for homework:  Use sheet handed out today with Course Reference Numbers to register for PCC credit for 2nd Semester!  Only use the numbers for Mr. Unis and Advanced U.S. History that I give you on that sheet.  No other numbers are correct and will mess you up (Honors U.S. History numbers, 1st Semester numbers, Mr. Carlisle numbers).


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Video:  "Empire Upon the Trails"
--Take 2 pages of notes on these topics:  a) Manifest Destiny  b) Mexican-American War  c) Oregon Trail  d) Texas  e) Whitmans  f) Mormons

3)  Homework:  James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("An Empire for Slavery")
Focus your reading on:  a) Specific Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act  b) Role of Cuba  c) Role of Nicaragua/William Walker

3/18/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Discuss/hand in "TR" notes
2)  6 groups:  Canada and the First World War
--Typed bullet-point style notes
--At least 1 relevant visual per topic
--Homework is to get this all ready to present tomorrow


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2)  Finish Documentary Evidence of Slavery
--Discuss and hand in

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
[Pages 64-77]
Focus your reading on:  a) California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850  c) Fugitive Slave Act  d) Henry Clay  e) Daniel Webster

3/13/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Finish "TR" video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  No homework reading


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Continue "Documentary Evidence of Slavery"

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in new Yellow Readers ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1  [Pages 3-5; 47-64]
Focus your reading on:  a) Mexican-American War  b) Wilmot Proviso  c) Free-Soil Movement  d) Election of 1848  e) Popular sovereignty

3/12/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great War, 1914-18")
2)  Video: "TR"
--Take 2 sided notes:  a) TR's progressive ideas/policies  b) Other TR information

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Abolitionism")
2)  "Documentary Evidence of Slavery"
--Read primary source accounts
--Answer questions (while citing sources) on your own paper

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 368-376 ("Manifest Destiny")
Focus your reading on:  a) Manifest Destiny  b) John Tyler  c) "Fifty-four forty or fight!"

3/11/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Finish Press Conferences

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")
2) Finish Role Play Presentations 
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled

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

3/8/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Singing Up the Hill")
2)  Press Conference Presentations (Day 2 of 3)

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System") and ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
2)  Role Play Presentations (Day 1 of 2)
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 2 questions per day
--3 groups present per day

3)  Homework:  Enjoy your weekend

3/7/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Fight for Women's Suffrage: An Interview with Alice Paul")
2)  Press Conference Presentations (Day 1 of 3)
--Present (10 pts)
--Audience questions (3) (5 pts)
--Extra Credit (Max of 5 pts)

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
2)  Finish Role Play prep
--Complete "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Make group presentation sheet
--Anticipate/prepare for challenging questions

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 330-335; 338 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System") and ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a) 2nd party system: Democrats and Whigs  b) William Henry Harrison and the Election of 1840  c) John Tyler's presidency

3/6/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Feminism as a Radical Ideology")
2)  Progressive Era Press Conferences (Prep Day)
--Individual assignment
--Presenting begins tomorrow

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Wellness Survey

2)  Homework:  Same as yesterday

Bring Role Play notes to class tomorrow

3/5/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2)  Wellness Survey

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 2

2)  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

3/4/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 8

2)  Homework: Text, 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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
2)  Andrew Jackson Controversial Issues Role Play (Prep Day 1 of 2)
--In lab today-Investigate as a group what your topic is all about and get a sense of what the 2 opposing viewpoints believe.  Print off information/take notes/ highlight.  I will check this at the end of the period.  Thursday you will prepare your information for the role play.

3)  Homework: Study for Test 2

3/1/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Onto the World Stage")
2)  Video: "America: 1900"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 8


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing") and ("The Expansion of Markets")
2)  6 groups: Working Girls of Lowell
--Read assigned document(s) in books provided
--Answer the questions pertaining to your document(s) from page 171 using paper and pens provided
--Group presentation.  Each group member talks.

3)  Homework: Study for Test 2 (Test moved to Tuesday, 3/5 due to lab scheduling conflict)
Homework reading: Textbook, pages 316-321 ("The Rise of Popular Parties, 1820-29")
Focus your reading on:  a) John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"  b) Henry Clay's "American System"