10/31/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Expansion of Markets") and ("Changes in the Social Structure")
2)  Part C work in lab (Day 2 of 2)
--Due tomorrow
--Edit carefully and have an accurate word count

3)  Homework: Finish Part C


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2)  Go over Test 3 Prep Questions
3)  Video: "The Geography of Hope" (2 days)
--Take 2 pages of notes

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

10/30/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing")
2)  Part C (Evaluation of Sources) of Research Paper (Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 4 and Sample Paper
--Due Friday

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 296-312 ("The Expansion of Markets") and ("Changes in the Social Structure")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of the Transportation Revolution


Honors U.S. History:

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

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

10/29/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery, 1780-1820")
2)  Test 3 Prep Questions:  (Test is on Monday, 11/4)
a)  What policies and events divided the Federalists and Democratic Republicans during the Washington and Adams administrations?
b)  How did the U.S. take advantage of the war in Europe between 1802 and 1815, and in what ways did Europe take advantage of the U.S.?
3)  Finish War of 1812 Role Play
--Finish last 2 groups
--Go over identities
--Hand in sheet

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 286-288; 290-293; 296 ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing")
Focus your reading on:  Francis Cabot Lowell

Reminder:  Tomorrow, bring historian information and specific examples of bias for the 2 sources you have chosen to write about for Part C.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Towards Total War")
2)  Video: "The Civil War" (2 days)
--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

10/28/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Capitalist Commonwealth")
2)  War of 1812 Role Play
--Hand out identity sheets and assign roles
--Audience asks 1 question per group (3 total)
--2 presentations today

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 261-269; 294-295 ("Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery, 1780-1820")
Focus your reading on:  a) Eli Whitney  b) Missouri Compromise



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2)  Readings on John Brown
--Read pages 232-235 in books provided
--Answer questions on the top of page 236 and on the screen
--Graded Discussion

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

10/23/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Part B due
1)  Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2)  4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play
--Read Option information
--Complete "Presenting Your Option"
--Make group presentation sheet

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 241-247 ("The Capitalist Commonwealth")
Focus your reading on:  Marbury vs. Madison backstory and Supreme Court decision


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2)  "Major Players..." presentations
--10 points for typed information/presentation
--Audience takes class notes

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

10/22/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Transit of Power")
2)  Part B of Research Paper work in lab (Prep Day 2 of 2)
--Due tomorrow

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 235; 238-241 ("Republican War Hawks")
Focus your reading on:  a) War Hawks and their goals  b) Treaty of Ghent  c) Hartford Convention


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")
2)  PCC admittance information (do this in lab today)
3)  "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate"
--Present 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

10/21/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
2)  Part B (Summary of Evidence) of Research Paper (Day 1 of 2 in lab) (Due Wednesday)
--Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 3 and Footnotes Help Sheet
--Use all 4 secondary sources
--Post 500-600 word count at the end

3)  Homework: Richard Hofstadter reading in Blue Reader ("The Transit of Power")
Focus your reading on:  How did Jefferson and the Federalists view each other?


Honors U.S. History:

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

3)  Homework:  James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas") [Pages 145-169]
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

10/18/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 230-234 ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
Focus your reading on:  a) Louisiana Purchase  b) 2 reasons Aaron Burr became infamous  c) Trouble with Britain and France at sea

RESEARCH REMINDERS FOR MONDAY:
a)   Bring flashdrives or laptops
b)   Bring all of your research notes, bibliographic info, and sample paper
c)   Read over your notes and categorize them in connection to your 3 points


Honors U.S. History:

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

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism") [Pages 117-144]
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

10/17/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
2)  Hand out PCC information and explain procedure for admittance (do this later in lab)
3)  2 groups: Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson (Prep Day in lab)
--Each group member types up information for group presentation tomorrow


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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails"
--Take 2 pages of notes on the following 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") [Pages 78-116]
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

10/16/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Part A due
1)  Notes ("The Framers of the Constitution and the 'Genius' of the People")
2)  James Madison's Federalist #10 ("Factions: Their Cause and Control")
--Groups of 3: Work together searching for answers to the questions
--Alternate who writes the answers on the same sheet of paper

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


Honors U.S. History:

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

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

10/15/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action")
2)  Part A of Research Paper (Plan of Investigation) done in lab
--Due tomorrow

3)  Homework: Alfred Young reading in Blue Reader ("The Framers of the Constitution and the 'Genius' of the People")
Focus your reading on:  Young's view on the motivations of the men who wrote the Constitution


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Continue "Documentary Evidence of Slavery"
--Will be finished in class tomorrow

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

10/14/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document?")
2)  Part A reminder again for tomorrow
3)  Constitution Role Play (All 3 groups)
--Hand out new identity information (keep previous roles)
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Ask only 1 question from the audience due to time limits

4)  Homework: John Roche reading in Blue Reader ("The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action")
Focus your reading on:  Roche's view of the men who wrote the Constitution


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Abolitionism")
2)  a) Read primary sources from former slaves out of books provided
b)  Answer the Documentary Evidence of Slavery questions on your own paper
c)  We will be working on this until Wednesday

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

10/10/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Constitution: A Minority Document")

2)  Reminder about next Tuesday getting ready for Part A (Write down this information):
a) Your 3 points have to be figured out.  Email me this weekend if you have questions.
b)  Pick 2 sources to be analyzed in Part C of the paper (either 2 historians or 1 historian and 1 primary source).
c) Think of 2 points you could have chosen, but did not make the final cut.
d)  How will you be doing your paper in class and at home? (Flashdrive, your own laptop).  Part A through Part E are all one continuous document.


3)  3 groups: Constitution Role Play
--Read Option info
--"Completing Your Option"
--Make presentation sheet

4)  Homework: Henry Steele Commager reading in Blue Reader ("The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document?")
Focus your reading on:  Commager's view on the motivations of the Founders in writing the Constitution.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")
2)  Andrew Jackson Role Play Presentations (Day 2 of 2)
--3 groups present today
--Finish Evaluation Sheet; staple to "Considering Your Option" and hand in
--Ask at least 1 more question today

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

10/9/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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

3)  Homework: Charles Beard reading in Blue Reader ("The Constitution: Was it a Minority Document?"
Focus your reading on:  Beard's thesis about the Founding Fathers' motivations in writing the Constitution.


Honors U.S. History:

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

3)  Homework:  None

10/8/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Part F (Bibliography) due
2)  Constitutional Convention Graded Debate/Discussion
--10 issues
--Students respond to at least 2 different issues

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
2)  Jacksonian Role Play (Prep Day 2 of 2)
--Complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Make presentation sheet and anticipate/prepare for hostile questions

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

10/7/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Collect Day 2 and Day 3 Notes (and Day 1 Corrections)
2)  Notes ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87")
3)  Part F (Bibliography) of Research Paper done in lab
--Due tomorrow

4)  Homework:  Read handout "The Mini-Debates of Philadelphia" in preparation for Constitutional Convention Debate tomorrow
For all issues that have 2 sides (A/B), take A if your birthday is January-June and B if it is July-December.
3 sides (A/B/C): Jan-Apr/May-Aug/Sep-Dec
4 sides (A/B/C/D): Jan-Mar/Apr-Jun/Jul-Sep/Oct-Dec


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
2)  Andrew Jackson Controversial Issues Role Play
--Today, investigate as a group what your topic is all about (both sides)
--Print off/highlight/take notes.  I will check this at the end of the period.
--Tomorrow will be preparing for the Role Play in the classroom.

3)  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

10/4/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 2

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 194-201 ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87")
Focus your reading on:  a) Northwest Ordinance of 1787  b) Shays' Rebellion

**Remember to finish Day 2 and Day 3 Notes (and Day 1 Corrections) by Monday.
**Bring ALL bibliographic info and sample paper Monday to type up Bibliography (Part F) in lab.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 2

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 316-321 ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
Focus your reading on:  a) John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"  b) Henry Clay's "American System"

10/3/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2)  Go over Test 2 Essay Question
3)  Notetaking Day 3 (2 primary sources and notes on 1 or 2 historians in lab)
--1/2 page each on primary sources
--Add in examples of bias from books by historians over the weekend
--Due Monday along with Day 2 Notes

4)  Homework: Study for Test 2



Honors U.S. History:


1)  Notes ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing") and ("The Expansion of Markets")
2)  6 groups: Working Girls of Lowell
--Use books provided (pages 146-164)
--Answer your questions pertaining to your document(s) from page 171 using paper and pens provided
--Groups present today.  Each group member talks.

3)  Homework: Study for Test 2

10/2/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2)  Notetaking Day 2 (2 secondary sources) (25 points)
--Must have bibliographic info and page numbers!
--Due Monday
--Identify in your notes how they correspond to your 3 points

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

BRING YOUR 2 PRIMARY SOURCES AND HISTORIAN INFO TOMORROW FOR DAY 3 NOTES


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery, 1780-1820")
2)  Finish War of 1812 Role Play (2 groups)
--Hand in sheet

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 286-288; 290-293; 296-303 ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing") and ("The Expansion of Markets")
Focus your reading on: a) Francis Cabot Lowell  b) Examples of the Transportation Revolution

10/1/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Visit about college with Mrs. Alderman
2)  Notes ("Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution")
3)  Finish Revolution Role Play
--2 groups present
--Hand in sheet

4)  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

BRING YOUR OTHER 2 SECONDARY SOURCES TOMORROW FOR DAY 2 NOTES.  REMEMBER TO "FLAG" YOUR INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Visit about college with Mrs. Alderman
2)  Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
3)  War of 1812 Role Play
--Hand out identity sheets and assign roles
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 2 questions (1 per day)
--2 groups present today

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 261-269; 294-295 ("Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery, 1780-1820")
Focus your reading on:  a) Eli Whitney  b) Missouri Compromise