4/30/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
2)  Oral History Projects due
--Share WWII and Korea projects first

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 767-776 ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
Focus your reading on:  a) D-Day  b) Yalta


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Test prep questions for Test 4:
a)  What were the most important considerations in the United States' decision to go to war with Spain?
b)  What were the major goals of the Progressives in the U.S. and to what extent were they achieved by 1920?
3)  Finish "TR" video; discuss/hand in notes

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

4/29/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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


2)  Homework:  W. Peter Ward reading in Green Reader ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
Focus your reading on:  Specific examples of the impact of WWII on Japanese-Canadians

Oral History Projects due tomorrow!!


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2)  Video:  "TR"
--Take 2-sided notes:  a) TR's progressive policies as president  b) Other TR information

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

4/26/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Canada and the Second World War
--6 groups: Prep Day in lab
--Present Monday
--At least 1/2 page of typed bullet-point style notes
--At least 1 relevant visual


2)  Homework: Last weekend to do Oral History Project (due Tuesday)



Honors U.S. History:

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

3)  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

4/25/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2)  Video: "1941-45: Homefront"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework:  Oral History work time

2nd period:  Do forecasting!!



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An American Empire")
2)  Imperialism Role Play
a)  All 3 groups present
b)  Audience asks 2 questions each (1 per group)
c)  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

4/24/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2)  Hand in New Deal Review Assignments (stapled)
3)  Test 10 (DBQ)--Part 2 (Essay)

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 762-767 ("Life on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  a) Rationing  b) Japanese-American internment


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Roots of Expansion")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes
3)  3 groups: Imperialism Role Play
a)  Read Option information
b)  "Considering Your Option" sheet
c)  Make presentation sheet

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 609; 612-613; 616-622 ("An American Empire")
Focus your reading on:  a) Reasons for going to war with Spain  b) USS Maine  c) Filipino "insurrection"

4/22/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 10 (DBQ)--Part 1

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 754-755; 758-762 ("Organizing for Victory")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Impact of WWII on women  b) Impact of WWII on African-Americans



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
2)  Video: "Sunshine and Shadow"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 604-609 ("The Roots of Expansion")
Focus your reading on:  a) Alfred T. Mahan's proposals  b) Venezuela Crisis

4/19/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment (Day 2)
--Hang onto reviews until Wednesday

3)  Homework:  Do a general overview of your notes for first part of Test 10 (DBQ).  This should include Roosevelt, Hoover, King, and Bennett.

REMINDER:  ORAL HISTORIES DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 30.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  In pairs:  Cartoon Assignment on Immigration Prejudice
--13 cartoons
--Answer 1 question per cartoon
--Graded Sharing

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 544-550; 556-563; 566 ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of new technology/innovations that led to growth of cities (Positives and Negatives)  b) Clash between native-born and immigrant Jewish people  c) Changes made by native-born Protestants in big cities

4/18/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Restoration Theme in Alberta")-Canada
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment (Part 1)
--Silent reading/taking individual notes
--Group sharing of information
--Master list compiled as a class

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 750-754 ("The Road to War")--starting Unit 11 material
Focus your reading on:  a) Neutrality Act  b) Lend-Lease Act  c) Atlantic Charter


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2)
--Finish paragraph answers to questions
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
Focus your reading on:  a) Washington's views on segregation (Accommodationist; Atlanta Compromise Address)  b) DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington  c) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

4/17/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'")
2)  Finish movie; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("The Restoration Theme in Alberta")-Canada
[Pages 205-212 only]
Focus your reading on:  a) Social Credit  b) Overall summary of Depression's effect on Canada


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
a) Watch brief video clip
b)  Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
c)  Questions: With paragraph answers
d)  Graded Discussion (tomorrow)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 534-540 ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
Focus your reading on:  [a) William McKinley and b) William Jennings Bryan]--Election of 1896  c) "Cross of Gold" speech

4/16/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("FDR, the New Deal, and R.B. Bennett's Recovery Plan")
2)  Continue movie

3)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("An Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'")-Canada  [Pages 198-205 only]
Focus your reading on:  R.B. Bennett's beliefs/actions as Prime Minister during the Depression


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 516-521; 523-525 ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Collective characteristics of the "status quo" presidents from 1877-93  b) "Gilded Age"  c) Social Darwinism  d) Political machines  e) Women's Christian Temperance Union

4/15/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**New Seating Chart
1)  Notes ("Responses to Economic Crisis, 1929-39")-Canada
**Political Cartoon Practice
2)  Movie: "Bound for Glory"
--Take 2 pages of notes on examples of life during the Depression

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("FDR, the New Deal, and R.B. Bennett's Recovery Plan")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) R.B. Bennett's surprise announcement in January, 1935  b) The Antigonish Movement

REMEMBER THAT THE PCC HISTORY DAY REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 19.


Honors U.S History:

**New Seating Chart
1)  Notes ("The Labor Movement")
2)  Finish video; discuss and hand in notes

3)  Homework: Study for Test 3

REMEMBER THAT THE PCC HISTORY DAY REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 19.

4/11/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Introduce PCC History Day--hand out information sheets
1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Project Presentations (Day 2)

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Responses to Economic Crisis, 1929-39")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) Mackenzie King's approach to the Depression  b) R.B. Bennett's approach to the Depression  c) "On-to-Ottawa" trek

REMINDER:  THIS 3-DAY WEEKEND COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO YOUR ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW!

Honors U.S. History:

**Introduce PCC History Day--hand out information sheets
1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
2)  Test 3 prep information:
a)  Did Andrew Jackson use the power of his office wisely and/or justly in dealing with the following issues?
--The role of the Second Bank of the United States
--The tariff and nullification crisis
--The status of Native Americans
b)  In what ways were the following men and events both significant and controversial in the last sixteen months of the Civil War?
--The use of African-American troops
--Ulysses S. Grant
--The Shenandoah Campaign
--William Tecumseh Sherman
3)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God"
--Take 2 pages of notes

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 505-512 ("The Labor Movement")
Focus your reading on:  a) Haymarket Square Riot  b) Homestead Strike  c) Pullman Strike

4/10/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)
--Points for typed information and 2 visuals

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 728-735; 738-741; 743; 745-746 ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
Focus your reading on:  a) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  b) "Court packing" scheme  c)"Roosevelt Recession" of 1937-38  d) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")
2)  Finish questions from yesterday, then Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-505 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
Focus your reading on:  a) Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"  b) Characteristics of production line work in late 1800s  c) Women's working conditions

4/9/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Harder Times")
2)  Prep Day 2 of project

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 714-718; 722-727 ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
Focus your reading on:  a) Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The nation's feelings toward Hoover  c) Franklin Roosevelt's first "Hundred Days"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
2)  "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West"
a) Reading: "I Will Fight No More Forever"
b)  4 questions:  Work Day
c)  Graded Discussion:  Tomorrow

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

4/8/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Hard Times")
2)  7 groups: Great Depression Project (Prep Day 1 of 2)
--Present Wednesday and Thursday
--Each person needs at least 1.5 pages of meaningful information and 2 visuals when presenting

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 707-711 ("Harder Times")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of the Dust Bowl  b) "Okies"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2)  Finish video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 442-445; 448-450 ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sharecropping  b) Election of 1876/Rutherford B. Hayes

4/5/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
2)  Video: "1929-36: Stormy Weather"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 699; 701-707 ("Hard Times")
Focus:  Examples of how the Depression affected people who lived through it


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2)  Video: "The Geography of Hope"
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 430-433; 435-442 ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lincoln's Reconstruction plan  b) Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan  c) Positives and negatives of Radical Reconstruction  d) Impeachment of Johnson

4/4/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 9

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 697-699 ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
Focus your reading on:  Causes of the Great Depression


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2)  Finish video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 417-421; 424-426 ("The Union Victorious: 1864-65")
Focus your reading on:  [These correspond to a possible test essay question]:
a) Role of African-American soldiers  b) Ulysses S. Grant's war strategies  c) Shenandoah Campaign  d) William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea"

4/3/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Exclusionism...")
2)  Discuss last possible essay question for Test 9
3) a) ACT registration
    b)  Study/work time if you finish early

4)  Homework:  Study for Test 9



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Towards 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's significance

4/2/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Ku Klux Klan")
2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations

3)  Homework:  Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Exclusionism...")
Focus your reading on:  a) Komagata Maru Incident  b) KKK's influence in Canada

BRING STUDY/WORK MATERIALS TO CLASS TOMORROW IN CASE YOU FINISH ACT REGISTRATION EARLY.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2)  ACT registration

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

4/1/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes
3)  6 groups:  1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
--On own paper, summarize key points
--"Analyzing Sources" sheet
--Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game to answer questions tomorrow during presentations

4) Homework: Robert Moats Miller reading in Green Reader ("The Ku Klux Klan")
Focus your reading on:  The "new" KKK's nativism in the 1920s


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2)  "Major Players" presentations
--Audience takes notes

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