12/19/14

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War")
2)  Video: Ken Burns' "Civil War" (Day 1 of 2)
--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

12/18/14

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62")
2)  Finish Test 5 (DBQ)--Part 2 (Essay)

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

12/17/14

**Reiterate essay expectations for tomorrow's test (see "An Empire for Slavery" in Blue Reader, pages 78-103).  You'll need at least 2 specific examples of how the North reacted to the Fugitive Slave Act.
1)  Test 5 (DBQ)-Part 1

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 398-407 ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fort Sumter  b) Jefferson Davis  c) Antietam

12/16/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
**Ungraded Unit 5 Quiz and DBQ Test information
2)  Finish Frederick Douglass video
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Do a general overview of the famous figures in your notes (and their views on slavery  and the preservation of the union) for tomorrow's Test 5 (DBQ)

12/15/14

**Political cartoon practice
1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2)  Video: "Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  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

12/12/14

**turnitin.com submission of Research Paper due today.
1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  John Brown assignment
a)  Read in books provided, pages 232-235
b)  Answer questions at the top of page 236 and on the screen
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2 [Pages  153-169]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1856 (Buchanan vs. Fremont)  b) Lecompton Constitution

12/11/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 2
2)  "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate" presentations
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1 [Pages 145-153]
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)

12/10/14

**Part E and Title Page of Research Paper due
**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 1
2)  "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate" (Prep Day in lab)
--Each person needs at least 1/2 page of typed bullet-point information and a visual
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 2 [Pages 130-144]
Focus your reading on:  American ("Know-Nothing") Party

12/9/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2)  turnitin.com information:

Class name:  Advanced US History
Password:  Unis
Class ID #:  9158843
Assignment name:  IA Research Paper 2014

3)  4 groups: Compromise of 1850
--Skim assigned documents
--Prepare a sheet for group presentation
--Audience takes class notes

4)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 1  [Pages 117-130]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act  c) Stephen A. Douglas and popular sovereignty  d) Republican Party created

**Part E and Title Page of Research Paper due tomorrow.  turnitin.com submission of paper due on Friday.

12/8/14

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1
2)  Part E (Conclusion) of Research Paper and Title Page (in lab)
--Due Wednesday
--Register for PCC credit in lab if you haven't done so already

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2  [Pages 103-116]
Focus your reading on:  a) Role of Cuba  b) Role of Nicaragua/William Walker

12/5/14

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1 [Pages 78-103]
Focus your reading on:  Specific Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act (you are strongly encouraged to take some reading notes on this in preparation for the DBQ Test).

FOR MONDAY:  You'll be working on Part E of the Research Paper:
Bring your Sample Paper and your laptops/flashdrives (if necessary).

REMEMBER TO REGISTER FOR THE PCC CREDIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU DID NOT DO IT WITH US IN CLASS THIS WEEK!!  ASK ME FOR HELP IF NEEDED.

12/4/14

1)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails" (Day 1 of 2)
--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 Blue 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

12/3/14

1)  Test 4

2)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("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

12/2/14

1)  Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Discuss/hand in Documentary Evidence of Slavery
3)  Go to lab to register for PCC credit for Winter Term 2015
--Hand out booklets and cards first
--If you're trying this on your own follow the directions very carefully on pages 5-8 in the booklet.  The CRN for this course is 16785.  Come in and get help from me outside of class if necessary.  We can do it together on my computer.

4)  Homework: Study for tomorrow's Test 4

11/26/14

1)  Notes ("The Northeast and the Midwest: The Industrial Revolution Accelerates")
2)  Go over second Test 4 essay question
3)  Continue/finish Documentary Evidence of Slavery
--Finish during break if you don't finish in class

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

For Tuesday:  a) Bring laptops if you usually do for the lab.  We will be registering for PCC credit.
b)  Bring PCC G number if you already have one.

11/25/14

1)  Notes ("Abolitionists: Holy Warriors")
2)  Ungraded, anonymous quiz used as a review for Unit 4
3)  Test 4 possible essay questions:

    1)  Did Andrew Jackson use the power of his office wisely and/or justly in dealing with each of the following issues?

a) The role of the Second Bank of the United States
b)  The tariff and nullification crisis
c)  The status of Native Americans

2)  What elements contributed most to the distinctiveness of Southern society?


4)  Read out of books provided (primary sources from former slaves), then do assignment
"Documentary Evidence of Slavery" (Day 1 of 2).

5)  Homework: Start preparing for Test 4 (next Wednesday, 12/3).  Prepare an outline for the first test question.

11/24/14

1)  Notes ("Abolitionism")
2)  Finish "Roots"
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: James Brewer Stewart reading in Blue Reader ("Abolitionists: Holy Warriors")
Focus your reading on:  a) Why were some abolitionists called "holy warriors"?  b) 2 groups many abolitionists misjudged about their beliefs on slavery

11/21/14

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: An Interpretation")
2)  Continue "Roots"
--Another 1/2 page of notes

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

11/20/14

1)  Notes ("The Proslavery Argument Revisited")

2)  Continue watching "Roots"

--Discuss notes so far

--Take another 1/2 page of notes

3)  Homework: Eugene Genovese reading in Blue Reader ("The Slave South: An Interpretation")

Focus your reading on:  a) Southern economic system vs. typical capitalist system  b) Rich Southerners' goals vs. rich Northerners' goals

11/19/14

1)  Notes ("A Troublesome Property")
2)  Continue "Roots"
--Another 1/2 page of notes

3)  Homework: Ralph Morrow reading in Blue Reader ("The Proslavery Argument Revisited")
Focus your reading on:  Which group of people did Southern slaveholders try the hardest to convince that slavery was a good thing?

11/18/14

1)  Part D of Research Paper due
2)  Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society") and ("The Black Slave Driver"
3)  Continue watching "Roots"
--Another 1/2 page of notes

4)  Homework: Kenneth Stampp reading in Blue Reader ("A Troublesome Property")
Focus your reading on:  Why did slaveowners consider slaves a "troublesome property"?

11/17/14

1)  No notes today (Mr. Unis gone)
2)  Movie:  "Roots"
--Take notes on specific aspects and characteristics of slaves, slavery, and slave owners that you see.
--1/2 page per day

3)  Homework: Randall Miller reading in Blue Reader ("The Black Slave Driver")
Focus your reading on:  Characteristics of the black slave driver

**Remember that Part D of the Research Paper is due tomorrow.

11/14/14

1)  Notes ("Individualism" combined with "The Women's Movement")
2)  Part D (Analysis) of Research Paper done in lab
--Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 5 and Sample Paper
--Due Tuesday, 11/18

3)  Homework: Work on Part D

11/12/14

1)  Notes ("Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!")
2)  Finish Andrew Jackson Role Play (last 3 groups)
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 342-345 ("Individualism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Transcendentalism  b) Ralph Waldo Emerson  c) Henry David Thoreau

**For tomorrow when you will begin working on Part D of your Research Paper:
a)  Bring laptops/flashdrives (if needed)
b)  Bring both primary and secondary source notes
c)  Bring Sample Paper

11/7/14

**Part C of Research Paper is due
1)  Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
2)  Andrew Jackson Issues Role Play (Day 1 of 2)
--Hand out Evaluation
--Audience asks at least 3 questions each
--3 groups present today

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 333-335; 338 ("Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a) William Henry Harrison and the Election of 1840  b) John Tyler's presidency

11/6/14

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
2)  Andrew Jackson Role Play (Prep Day 2)
For today:  a) Complete "Considering Your Option" sheet   b) Make presentation sheet   c) Anticipate hostile questions/Prepare challenging questions.  One question of each type should be created for each member of your group.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 330-333 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
Focus your reading on:  The 2nd Party System: Democrats vs. Whigs

11/5/14

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 the 2 opposing viewpoints.  Print off information and/or take notes.

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  [These are all part of a possible future test essay question]

11/4/14

1)  Test 3

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"

11/3/14

1)  6 groups: Working Girls of Lowell
--Using books provided, answer the questions pertaining to your document(s) from page 171.
--Groups present.
2)  In-class studying for tomorrow's test

3)  Homework: Study for Test 3

10/31/14

1)  Notes ("The Expansion of Markets") and ("Changes in the Social Structure")
2)  Part C of Research Paper work in the lab (Day 2 of 2)
--Edit carefully
--Post 400-450 word count at the end.  Do not include citations/footnotes in the count.
--Due Friday, 11/7

3)  Homework: Study for Test 3 and/or work on Part C

10/30/14

1)  Notes ("The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing")
2)  Non-graded short quiz on Focus Terms
3)  Part C (Evaluation of Sources) of Research Paper (Day 1 of 2)
--Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 4 (along with Sample Paper)
--Due Friday, 11/7

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

10/29/14

1)  Notes ("Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery, 1780-1820")
2)  Go over Test 3 Prep Information:

a)  What policies and events divided the Federalists and 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 last 2 War of 1812 Role Plays
--Go over identities and turn sheet in.

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

For tomorrow bring: a)  Laptops/flashdrives (as necessary)  b) Sample Paper  c)  Historian info and specific examples of source bias for the 2 sources you have chosen to write about in Part C.

10/28/14

1)  Notes ("The Capitalist Commonwealth")
2)  War of 1812 Role Play
a)  Hand out identity sheets and assign new roles/fill out Evaluation Form
b)  Audience asks 1 question per presentation (3 total), except 4th period only needs to ask 2 questions total, due to the size of the class.
c)  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

10/27/14

**Collect Part B of Research Paper
1)  Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2)  4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play
a)  Read Option information as a group  b) Complete "Presenting Your Option" sheet   c) Make presentation sheet

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

10/22/14

1)  Notes ("The Transit of Power")
2)  Day 2 of working on Part B of Research Paper in lab (Due on Monday)

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

10/21/14

1)  Notes ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
2)  Part B (Summary of Evidence) of Research Paper (Prep Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Go over Research Paper Information Sheet 3 (along with Sample Paper)
--Reminders: a) Use all 4 secondary sources  b) 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?

10/20/14

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

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

** Tomorrow, Part B of the Research Paper will begin.  Make sure to bring:
a) Laptops, flashdrives as needed  b) All of your Research Notes, Bibliographic information, and Sample Paper  c) Read over your notes and categorize them based on your 3 points.

10/17/14

1)  Collect Part A of Research Paper
2)  Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
3)  Discuss/hand in Madison assignment from yesterday (2nd and 4th periods only)
4)  2 groups: Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson (Prep Day in lab)
--Each person should have 1/4 page of typed bullet point information on their assigned question
--Group presentation on Monday

5)  Homework: Textbook, pages 216-218; 222-230 ("The Rise of Political 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 Thomas Jefferson's 1800 election  e) "The Revolution of 1800"

10/16/14

1)  Notes ("The Framers of the Constitution and the 'Genius' of the People")
2)  James Madison's Federalist #10
--Groups of 3 working together searching for and discussing answers to 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

**Part A of Research Paper is due tomorrow

10/15/14

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

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.

10/14/14

1)  Notes ("The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document?")
2)  Constitution Role Play (All 3 groups)
--Hand out identity sheets (keep previous roles)
--Complete the Evaluation Sheet
--Ask 1 question from the audience

3)  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

**Part A of Research Paper will be done in class tomorrow (due Friday, 10/17).

10/13/14

**Collect Secondary Source Notes, Primary Source Notes/Online Historian Information, and Part F (Bibliography).
1)  Notes ("The Constitution: A Minority Document")
2)  Reminders about things needing to be done before Wednesday when work begins on Part A of Research Paper.
3)  Discuss/hand in video notes from last Thursday
4)  3 groups: Constitution Role Play (Prep Day)
--Read Option information
--Complete "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Create presentation sheet

5)  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.

10/9/14

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: A Minority Document")
Focus your reading on:  Beard's thesis about the Founding Fathers' motivations in writing the Constitution

**Remember that several things from the Research Paper are due Monday:

a)  Second set of 2 secondary source notes
b)  Set of 2 primary source notes/ Online notes on 1 or 2 historians
c)  Part F (Bibliography) typed

10/8/14

1)  Constitutional Convention Graded Debate/Discussion
--10 issues total
--Each student needs to participate in at least 2 different issues

2)  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

10/7/14

1)  Notes ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87")
2)  Part F (Bibliography) of Research Paper done in lab
--Use Sample Paper and/or Google "citation maker" and use that to help you.
--Due, along with all of last week's notes (2 secondary, 2 primary, and historian online information notes) on Monday, 10/13.

3)  Homework: Read handout packet "The Mini-Debates of Philadelphia" to prepare for tomorrow's Constitutional Convention Debate.  See me for what your assigned position is for each issue.

10/6/14

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

**Bring all bibliographic information and your Sample Paper tomorrow to type up the Bibliography (Part F) of the Research Paper in the lab.  4th period: Bring a laptop if you can.

**Day 2 and 3 notes are due next Monday, 10/13.

10/3/14

1)  Notes ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2)  Go over second possible essay question for Test 2
3)  Graded Notetaking (Day 3) (2 primary sources)
--Focus in lab on notes from online on 1 or 2 historians.  Look for examples of bias by those historians in their books or by online historian sources (see #s 10 and 11 on yellow sheet--Research Paper Info Sheet 2).  Make sure to cite online sources.
--Due Monday, 10/13.

4)  Homework: Study for Test 2

10/2/14

1)  Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2)  Graded Note-taking Day 2 (2 secondary sources) (25 points)
--Must have complete bibliographic info and page numbers for each source
--Due Monday, 10/13

**Bring 2 primary sources tomorrow.  4th period: Bring laptops if possible.

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

10/1/14

1)  Notes ("Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution")
2)  a) Finish Role Play (2 groups)  b) Go over identities   c)  Hand in sheet

3)  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  d) Funding the Continental Army

**Bring 2 secondary sources tomorrow for Day 2 Notes (remember to "flag" sections in advance)

9/30/14

1)  Notes ("The American Revolution as a Colonial War for Independence")
2)  Test 2 Prep Information (possible essay questions):

a)  How did passage of the Tea Act and the Coercive Acts work to prevent a third compromise between Britain and the colonies?

b)  Discuss at least 3 developments between 1778 and 1781 that were instrumental in securing America's victory.

**Flag secondary sources for Thursday and primary sources for Friday (Research Paper Project)

3)  Revolutionary War Role Play
--Hand out "Travellers at the Inn" and assign individual identities.
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question per day (2 total)
--2 groups present today

4)  Homework: Edmund Morgan reading in Blue Reader ("Conflict and Consensus in the American Revolution")
Focus your reading on:  What is Morgan's main point (or "thesis") about the Revolution?

9/29/14

1)  Notetaking Day 1 turned in
2)  Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
3)  Revolution Role Play (Prep Day)
--As a group, read Option Information and complete "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Create presentation sheet

**I will be continuing during work time to confirm each student's 3 points for their Research Paper.
**Start flagging your other 2 secondary sources for Thursday and your 2 primary sources for Friday.

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?

9/25/14

1)  Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2)  Hand out Research Paper Information Sheet 2
3)  Notetaking Day 1 (25 points) (2 secondary sources)
--Due Monday
--Day 2 is next Thursday (2 more secondary sources)
--Match your notes to the point it corresponds with (create a coding system for yourself)
--You need to have confirmed your 3 points with me before you can start this process.  If you haven't done that yet, email me as soon as possible over the 3-day weekend.

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

9/24/14

1)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2)  Peer Review of Practice Essays
--3 rounds
--Pass back essays to owners at the end; turn in your notes, outline, and essay stapled to the evaluations.

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

9/23/14

1)  Notes ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2)  Finish Practice Essays (must be done by start of period tomorrow for Peer Review)

**Continuing to do Source Check for Research Paper.  Remember to select 3 points for your paper and start flagging 2 secondary sources for Thursday.

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

9/22/14

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
2)  Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Wednesday)
--Use pages 134-145 in your textbook for information.
--Today, take notes on 3 points you choose, plus make an outline of your 3 points with details.

**During work time, I will be calling students to my desk for the Source Check for your Research Paper.  This will continue for the next couple of days.
**Between now and Thursday, you should be "flagging" 2 of your secondary sources in preparation for graded Note-taking that day.

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

9/19/14

1)  Test 1

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

**Bring sources on Monday for Source Check (4 secondary/2 primary)
**Bring textbook on Monday, too.

9/18/14

1)  Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Oral Report Presentations
(15 points for typed information, presentation, and visual)
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: Study for tomorrow's Test 1

9/17/14

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

Continue to meet (during the lab time) with any students who have not talked with me yet about their Research Paper topics.

3)  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

9/16/14

1)  Notes ("The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720-65")
2)  Finish watching "Roots"; discuss/hand in notes
[Also continue discussing Research Paper topics individually, if necessary]

3)  Informal discussion of Joseph Ellis article (non-graded)

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

9/15/14

1)  Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
2)  Notes ("The New Politics of Empire")
3)  Test 1 Prep Information: (Here are the 2 possible essay questions for Friday's test):

a)  Describe the obstacles to the colonization of Virginia and the means by which they were overcome.  (3 body paragraph points)

b)  Compare the effects of slavery on England, the West Indies, Africa, and the American colonies.  (4 body paragraph points)

4)  Continue watching "Roots" and taking 2-sided notes

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

9/12/14

1)  Turn in any remaining "Goldilocks" essays
2)  Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
3)  Movie: "Roots"
--2-sided notes: a) Specific examples of how movie portrays Africans (Attitudes, Actions, Beliefs)  b) Same examples for whites
**During the movie, I will start meeting with each student about their research paper topics to offer suggestions and answer questions.

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

9/11/14

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")
2) a)  Go over "Writing a History Essay"
b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
      --Make sure your question is the title of the essay.  Also, underline your thesis in the introduction.
      --Attach the Scoring Guide when you turn it in.

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

9/10/14

1)  Notes ("The Indians' 'New World'")

2) a) Pick Research Paper topics

b)  Hand out Research Paper Information Sheet 1

c)  Go to lab to familiarize yourself with your new topic by Googling information online

You need to have at least 4 secondary and 2 primary sources by Monday, 9/22.  This is graded.

Graded note-taking starts Thursday, 9/25.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 70-76 ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")

Focus your reading on:  a)  Quakers  b) Navigation Acts

9/9/14

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England")
2)  Finish "John Smith" assignment and turn in
3)  Begin talking about Research Paper:
a)  Overview Sheet
b)  Sample Paper
c)  Topics List (we will pick topics tomorrow in class)

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

9/8/14

1)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
2)  Historical Investigation and Case Study: "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper and follow instructions on the screen

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

9/5/14

1)  Notes ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
2)  "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Pick 10 and rank them in order with a brief explanation as to why you think each is important.

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

9/4/14

1)  Collect syllabus agreements
2)  Notes ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
3)  "The Coin Exercise" (not graded)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 40-41; 44-48 ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
Focus your reading on:  Differences between New Spain, New France, and New Netherland

**Bring textbooks to class tomorrow

9/3/14

1)  Filled out Information Sheet
2)  Handed out Syllabus (signed agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Got textbooks from library and received Blue Readers in class
4)  Getting acquainted activity (not graded)

5)  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 the natives in the story were treated by Columbus and his men

6/12/14

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period only:

1)  Turn in textbooks

2)  Test 12

6/11/14

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period:  Study Period

3rd period:  1) Turn in textbooks to library
2)  Test 12



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Turn in textbooks to library

2)  Test 6

6/10/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Graded Study for the Test (10 points)
--Must be history test

2)  Homework: Study for Test 12

BRING TEXTBOOKS ON LAST DAY OF CLASS TO TURN IN

2ND PERIOD: BRING STUDY MATERIALS TOMORROW


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Finish "102 Minutes that Changed America"
--Finish 1/2 page of notes
--Staple interview to notes when you hand it in
--Share observations/connections

 2)  Homework: Study for Test 6

BRING TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW TO TURN IN 

6/9/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Recap of "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Hand back original lists
--Make updated list
--Each person shares highlights of their list

 2)  Graded Studying for the Test
--Must be the history test
--Recommendation: Quiz each other using class notes in 2s or 3s

3)  Homework: Study for Test 12

BRING TEXTBOOKS AND CLASS NOTES TOMORROW FOR REVIEW.  BRING LAPTOPS IF YOU WANT TO ACCESS ONLINE STUDY INFORMATION.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2)  Watch "102 Minutes that Changed America"
--Check to see if interview is done.
--Keep interview out while you watch.
--Take 1/2 page of observations/thoughts on how the 9/11 footage corresponds, or not, with your interview information.

3)  Homework: Study for Test 6

6/6/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Finish yesterday's "102 Minutes that Changed America"
--Staple Interview to notes at the end (after discussion) and hand in

2)  Homework: Study for Test 12


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  Video: "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 927-936 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) Successes during Clinton's first term  b) Attempt to lift the ban on gays in the military  c) Health Care Reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton   e) "Contract with America"

6/5/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Watch "102 Minutes that Changed America" (Day 1 of 2)
--Interview check
--Keep Interview out while you watch
--Take 1/2 page of characteristics/thoughts on how the 9/11 footage corresponds, or not, with your interview information

2)  Homework: Study for Test 12



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2)  Discuss/hand in yesterday's video notes
3)  Go over Test 6 possible essay questions:

a)  Some Americans look back on the 1950s with nostalgia and see this period as America at its best, the norm to which the U.S. should return.  In what ways were the years between 1945 and 1960 unusually prosperous?  On the other hand, what realities were hidden by the optimism of those years?
b)  What were the critical events of 1968 that have caused some historians to refer to it as a "year of shocks"?

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 910-914 ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1988 campaign and election  b) Clarence Thomas  c) Collapse of the Soviet Union  d) Persian Gulf War

6/4/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Finish Clinton video
--Add to notes afterward: Question and Clinton ranking
--Discuss/hand in

2)  Homework: 9/11 Interview (due tomorrow)


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2)  Video: "1976-80: Starting Over"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 908-910 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ronald Reagan's leadership style  b) Reaganomics  c) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)  d) 1984 election  e) Iran-Contra Scandal

6/3/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2)  Video: "The Clinton Years"
Notes: Label one side of paper "Successes" and the other side "Setbacks" and keep a running list

3)  Homework: 9/11 Interview (due Thursday)



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
2)  12 groups: America's Wars: How Just?
--Use textbooks, notes, etc
--Make group presentation on the following topics: a) Causes  b) Reasons for U.S. involvement  c) Outcomes  d) Just or not just? Why or why not?

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 892-904 ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gerald Ford's problems as president  b) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign and leadership style  c) Camp David Accords  d) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis
Also:  9/11 Interview (due Monday)

6/2/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  12 groups: America's Wars: How Just?
--Brief group research using textbooks and notes
--Groups present today
a)  Causes  b) Reasons for U.S. involvement  c) Outcomes  d) Just or not just? Why or why not?

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 927-936 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) Successes during Clinton's first term  b) Lifting the ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

ONLINE REVIEW INFORMATION:  Go to bedfordstmartins.com/henretta
--Click on the question in the middle of the home page that allows you to access the older edition.
--You will need to create a login.
--Only study Chapters 25-31, the years 1960-1994, and topics covered in the class notes.
--Quizzes and other review information are available.  Use your textbook, class notes, and your reading notes to assist you.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
2)  Watergate Assignment
a)  Read pages 267-276 in books provided
b)  Answer questions from sheets provided
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 887-889 ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Three Mile Island  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Roe vs. Wade  d)  "Modern" political campaigning

5/30/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2)  Video: "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 912-914 ("Foreign Policy Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1988 campaign and election  b) Clarence Thomas  c) Collapse of the Soviet Union  d) Persian Gulf War  e) Characteristics of Gulf War troops


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2)  Video: "1971-75: Approaching the Apocalypse"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 880-887 ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Divisions in the Democratic Party  c) Spiro Agnew  d) Watergate cover-up  e) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  f) Pardon of Nixon  g) Rising oil prices  h) OPEC oil embargo  i) Impact of embargo on the U.S.

5/29/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2)  Women's Rights Presentations (8 groups)
--Students take class notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 908-912 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ronald Reagan's leadership style  b) Reaganomics  c) Strategic Defense Initiative  d) 1984 election  e) Iran-Contra Scandal


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2)  Video: "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam"
--No notes.  Just watch.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873; 876 ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tet Offensive  b) Lyndon Johnson's surprise announcement  c) 1968 Democratic Convention  d) George Wallace  e) "Silent Majority"  f) Vietnamization  g) My Lai  h) Nixon's foreign policy

5/28/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada
2)  8 groups: Women's Rights Leaders (Prep Day in lab)
--10 pts(5 pts-typed 1/2 page; 2.5 pts-present; 2.5 pts-visual)
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 899-904 ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gerald Ford's problems as president  b) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign and leadership style  c) Camp David Accords  d) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2)  Video: "1965-70: Unpinned"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 856-860 ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
Focus your reading on:  a) Free Speech Movement at Berkeley  b) Resistance to the draft

5/27/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Why Women's Liberation?")
2)  Video: "1976-80: Politics in the Wake of Watergate"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) Laura Sabia  b) Canadian Human Rights Commission


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2)  Finish Civil Rights Document Assignment (30 minutes work time)
--Discuss/hand in

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 850-856 ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
Focus your reading on:  a) Vietnam's colonial history  b) Ho Chi Minh  c) Ngo Dinh Diem  d) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  e) First "television war"

5/23/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
2)  Watergate Assignment
a)  Read pages 267-276 in books provided
b)  Answer questions from sheet provided
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Marlene Dixon reading in Green Reader ("Why Women's Liberation?")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gender roles in the New Left and Civil Rights Movement  b) U.S. government's use of women and African-Americans


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2)  Civil Rights Movement Documents (using books provided)
a)  Rosa Parks (pages 211-215)  b) MLK (pages 224-229)  c) Black Power (pages 229-234)
--Answer questions at the end of each document in complete sentences

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) Black separatism  b) White fear of Black Power  c) Cesar Chavez  d) Wounded Knee  e) National Organization for Women (NOW)  f) The Feminine Mystique  g) Women's Liberation Movement

5/22/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
2)  Video: "1971-75: Approaching the Apocalypse")
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 887-889; 892-899 ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Three Mile Island  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Roe vs. Wade  d) "Modern" political campaigning

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2)  Video: "1960-64: Poisoned Dreams"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 836-842 ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sit-in movement  b) March on Washington  c) Voting Rights Act of 1965/24th Amendment

5/21/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2)  Finish any Oral History Presentations, then...
3)  Watch "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" (just watch--no notes)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 884-887 ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
Focus your reading on:  a) Rising oil prices  b) OPEC oil embargo  c) Impact of embargo on the U.S.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("The Affluent Society")
2)  Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 830-836; 842-846 ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1960 presidential campaign/election  b) "Flexible response"  c) Peace Corps  d) Bay of Pigs Invasion  e) Cuban Missile Crisis  f) JFK's space program  g) JFK's assassination  h) Lyndon Johnson's political experience  i) 1964 presidential election  j) Great Society programs

5/20/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2)  Continue/finish Oral History Presentations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 880-883 ("The Nixon Years")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Divisions in the Democratic Party  c) Spiro Agnew  d) Watergate cover-up  e) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  f) Pardon of Nixon


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2)  Post-WWII Role Play Presentations
a)  Evaluation Form  b) 1 audience question per person

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807; 816-825 ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("The Affluent Society")
Focus your reading on:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott  c) Baby boomers  d) Role of women in the 1950s

5/19/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2)  Vietnam Oral History Presentations (Day 1 of 2)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873; 876 ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tet Offensive  b) LBJ's surprise announcement  c) 1968 Democratic Convention  d) George Wallace  e) "Silent majority"  f) Vietnamization  g) My Lai  h) Nixon's foreign policy


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2)  4 groups: Post-WWII Role Play (20 points)
a)  Read Option information   b) "Considering Your Option" sheet  c) Make presentation sheet


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 797-804 ("The Cold War at Home")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fair Deal  b) Election of 1948  c) Joseph McCarthy  d) Alger Hiss  e) Interstate Highway System

5/16/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2)  Video: "1965-70: Unpinned"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 856-860 ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
Focus your reading on:  a) Free Speech Movement at Berkeley  b) Resistance to the draft

*Oral History presentations continue starting Monday.

**PCC History Day is tomorrow.  If you're riding the shuttle, be in front of THS at 8:40.  If you're driving, be at PCC Rock Creek campus at 9:30 (Building #9).


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 5

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) Containment  b) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  c) NATO  d) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  e) "Massive retaliation"

**PCC History Day is tomorrow.  If you're riding the shuttle, be in front of THS at 8:40.  If you're driving, be at PCC Rock Creek campus at 9:30 (Building #9).

5/15/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 2
2)  Peer Review of Essays
--3 rounds
--Pass back essays and evaluations to owners at the end; staple together and hand in after reading
--Class discussion of points made

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 850-856 ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
Focus your reading on:  a) Vietnam's colonial history  b) Ho Chi Minh  c) Ngo Dinh Diem  d) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution   e) First "television war"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2)  Video: "1941-45: Homefront"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Study for Test 5

5/14/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 1
2)  Finish MLK/Malcolm X Assignment
--Do Essay today.  Due at the start of class tomorrow.

3)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 2 [Pages 197-212 only]
Focus your reading in:  a) Malcolm X's view of the March on Washington  b) Racial separation in northern cities  c) Black Panther leaders  d) Busing to achieve better integration


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2)  Go over second Test 5 essay question
3)  Extra Credit Crossword Opportunity (in class only)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 767-776 ("Fighting and Winning the War")
Focus your reading on:  a) D-Day  b) Yalta

5/13/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2)  MLK/Malcolm X Essay Assignment
--Use specific examples to support your points.
--5pts--notes; 5pts--outline; 10pts--essay
--Notes and outline should be done today

3)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 1 [Pages 182-197 only]
Focus your reading on:  a) Freedom Riders  b) Black Power leaders


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2)  Japanese-Americans in WWII Assignment
--Reading in books provided; pages 171-176
--Answer questions on page 176 and from screen
--Graded Discussion

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

5/12/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2)  Finish Civil Rights Documents assignment from Friday
--Discuss and hand in
3)  Examine and discuss Civil Rights Era literacy tests

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) Black separatism  b) White fear of Black Power  c) Cesar Chavez  d) Wounded Knee  e) National Organization of Women (NOW)  f) The Feminine Mystique  g) Women's Liberation Movement


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  Test 5 Essay Questions information:
a)  What forms did American nativism and prejudice take during the 1920s?
b)  In what ways did World War II alter the lives of Japanese-Americans?
3)  Finish Great Depression Project Presentations

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

5/9/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2)  Civil Rights Movement Documents
--Using books provided:
a) Rosa Parks (pages 211-215)  b) MLK (pages 224-229)  c) Black Power (pages 229-234)
--Answer questions at the end of each reading in complete sentences

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 842-846 ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lyndon Johnson's political experience  b) 1964 presidential election  c) Great Society programs


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Great Depression Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)--3 groups today
--20 points (10 pts-1.5 pages of info; 5 pts-present; 5 pts-2 visuals)


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

5/8/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation")
2)  Video: "1960-64: Poisoned Dreams"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 836-842 ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Sit-in movement  b) March on Washington  c) Voting Rights Act of 1965/24th Amendment


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Prep Day 2 in lab for Great Depression Project
--Begin presenting tomorrow

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)

5/7/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Hand in video notes
2)  Test 11

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 830-836 ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1960 presidential campaign/election  b) "Flexible response"  c) Peace Corps  d) Bay of Pigs Invasion  e) Cuban Missile Crisis  f) JFK's space program  g) JFK's assassination

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND DOING HOMEWORK READING NOTES ON THE FOCUS TERMS FROM HERE ON OUT, DUE TO THE LAST TEST BEING ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Hard Times") and ("Harder Times")
2)  5 groups: Great Depression Project (Prep Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Present on Friday and Monday
--Each person needs 1.5 pages of typed bullet-point information and 2 visuals when presenting

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) FDR's first "Hundred Days"

5/6/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
2)  Go over last essay question for Test 11
3)  Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  Homework: Study for Test 11



Honors 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; 701-711; 714 ("Hard Times") and ("Harder Times")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of how the Depression affected the people who lived through it.
b)  Impact of the Dust Bowl  c) "Okies"

5/5/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
2)  Brown vs. Board of Education (3 groups)
--Read assigned document(s) in books provided
--Answer questions on pages 253-254 pertaining to your document on paper provided for group presentation today.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 816-825; 828-830 ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
Focus your reading on:  a) Baby boomers  b) Role of women in the 50s  c) Positives and negatives of low-income housing during the 50s


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture") and ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone in the group is fair game for answering questions
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in

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

5/2/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2)  Test 11 Prep information:
a)  In what ways did World War II alter the lives of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians?
b)  Describe how the U.S. policy in regard to the Soviet Union ("containment") evolved during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations?
c)  Some Americans look back on the 1950s with nostalgia and see this period as America at its best, the norm to which the U.S. should strive to return.  In what ways were the years between 1945 and 1960 unusually prosperous?  On the other hand, what realities were hidden by the optimism of those years?


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807 ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
Focus your reading on:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
--On your own paper, summarize key points in a paragraph
--"Analyzing Sources" sheet
--Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game Monday for answering questions.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-692 ("A New National Culture") and ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s entertainment  b) Example of 1920s popular culture people  c) Examples of 1920s nativism  d) The "new" KKK  e) "The Birth of a Nation"

5/1/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2)  Video: "1946-52: Best Years"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 797-804 ("The Cold War at Home")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fair Deal  b) Election of 1948  c) Joseph McCarthy  d) Alger Hiss  e) Interstate Highway System


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 4


2)  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

4/30/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2)  Finish WWII and Korea Oral History Presentations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) Containment  b) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  c) NATO  d) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  e) "Massive retaliation"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson documents/questions/graded discussion
--Reading time first
--Questions on screen
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Study for Test 4

4/29/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
2)  Oral Histories due
--Begin sharing WWII, and then Korea stories in class

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 767-776 ("Fighting and Winning the War")
Focus your reading on:  a) D-Day  b) Yalta


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Video: "1914-19: Shell Shock"
--Take 1 page of notes

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

4/28/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Canada and the Second World War Presentations
--10 pts for document; 2.5 pts for presenting; 2.5 for visual
--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 PAPERS DUE TOMORROW!!


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great War: 1914-18")
2)  World War I Propaganda
--Use books provided, pages 139-158
--Answer 4 questions for each of 4 selections:
(Pick 1 from this group--#s 1; 17-19)
(Pick 1 from this group--#s 2-5; 20)
(Pick 2 from this group--#s 6-16; 21-23)

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

4/25/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1) 3rd period only: Discuss/hand in yesterday's video notes
2)  Canada and the Second World War
--6 groups: Prep Day in lab
--Present Monday
--At least 1/2 page of typed bullet-point notes
--At least 1 relevant visual

3)  Homework: Last weekend to complete Oral History Project (due Tuesday)


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Test 4 Prep Sheet for next Thursday's test
Possible questions:
a)  What were the most important considerations in the United States' decision to go to war with Spain in 1898?
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

4/24/14

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 (due next Tuesday)


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2)  Video: "TR"
--Take 2-sided notes:  a) TR's progressive ideas/policies  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

4/22/14

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 ("Onto the World Stage")
2)  Video: "America: 1900"
--Take 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, and recall  d) Jane Addams' Hull House  e) Triangle Shirtwaist Company

4/21/14

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 ("An American Empire")
2)  Imperialism Role Play
--All 3 groups present
--Audience asks 2 questions (1 per group)
--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

4/18/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment (No Side)
--Hang onto both reviews until Tuesday

3)  Homework: Do a general review of your notes for the first part of Test 10 DBQ.  Be familiar with the beliefs and policies of all 4 Great Depression leaders we've studied: Hoover, FDR, Mackenzie King, and R.B. Bennett


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Roots of Expansion")
2)  Video:  "Sunshine and Shadow"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  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"

4/17/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Restoration Theme in Alberta")
**Political Cartoon Practice
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment (Yes Side)
--Create your own list of notes from the reading provided
--Master List created at the end

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 750-754 ("The Road to War")
Focus your reading on:  a) Neutrality Act  b) Lend-Lease Act  c) Atlantic Charter  [This is all the start of Unit 11 material]


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
2)  Finish graded sharing from yesterday
3)  3 groups: Imperialism Role Play
--Read Option info
--"Completing Your Option" sheet 
--Make presentation sheet

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

4/16/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'")-Canada
**Political Cartoon Practice
2)  Great Depression Project Presentations (Day 2)


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 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  In pairs: Cartoon Assignment on Immigration Prejudice
--13 cartoons
--Choose a question from the screen to answer for each 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

4/15/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("FDR, the New Deal, and R.B. Bennett's Recovery Plan")
**Political Cartoon Practice
2)  Great Depression Project Presentation (Day 1 of 2)
(15 points--10 for 1.5 pages of info; 5 for 2 visuals)

3)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'") [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)  Notes ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2 of 2)
--Finish 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)

4/14/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Responses to Economic Crisis, 1929-39")
**Start Political Cartoon Practice for DBQ Test 10
2)  Finish "Bound for Glory" movie; discuss/hand in notes

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


Honors U.S. History:

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

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

4/10/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Continue movie "Bound for Glory" and taking 2 pages of notes on examples of life during the Depression

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

3-DAY WEEKEND!--GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW!! (PAPER IS DUE APRIL 29)


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

4/9/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Prep Day 2 of 2 in lab working on Great Depression Project
--Present next Tuesday and Wednesday

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 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
2)  Finish video; discuss/hand in notes
3)  Study for test in small groups

4)  Homework: Study for Test 3

4/8/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Harder Times")
2)  7 groups: Great Depression Project (Prep Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Each person needs at least 1.5 pages of meaningful info and 2 visuals when presenting

 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) FDR's first "Hundred Days"

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")
2)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

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 the late 1800s  c) Women's working conditions
 

4/7/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Hard Times")
2)  Movie: "Bound for Glory" (2.5 days)
--Take 2 pages of notes on examples of life during the Depression

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 707-711; 714 ("Harder Times")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of the Dust Bowl  b) "Okies"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
2) a) Finish answering questions from Friday
b)  Graded Discussion

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

4/4/14

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 your reading on:  Examples of how the Depression affected people who lived through it


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2)  Go over Test 3 Prep Sheet:
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)  Go over yesterday's video notes
4)  Reading/questions/graded discussion:  "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West"
a)  Reading: "I Will Fight No More Forever"
b)  4 questions:  Work Day

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

4/3/14

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 Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2)  Finish Civil War video from Tuesday.
--Discuss/hand in 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

4/2/14

Advanced U.S. History:

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

4)  Homework: Study for Test 9


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) a) ACT registration
    b)  Study/work time if you finish early

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 417-421; 424-426 ("The Union Victorious: 1864-65")
Focus your reading on (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"

4/1/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Ku Klux Klan")
2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone is fair game for answering questions
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in

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

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Towards Total War")
1.5)  Make-up presentations from yesterday
2)  Video: Ken Burns' "Civil War" (Day 1 of 2)
--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

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

3/31/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
2)  6 groups:  1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
a)  On your own paper, summarize key points in a paragraph
b)  "Analyzing Sources Sheet"
c)  Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game tomorrow for answering questions.

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2)  "Major Players" Presentations
--10 pts (Typed Information; Explanation)
--Audience takes class notes

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

3/21/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture")
2)  Test 9 Prep information:
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"

**Spring Break is a good time to do your Oral History interviews!!
**Today is the last day to register for PCC credit for 2nd Semester



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2)  "Major Players in the Pre-Civil War Slavery Debate" (Prep Day in lab)
--Present on Monday, 3/31
--Last chance in lab to register for PCC credit

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

3/20/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  4 groups: 1920s Primary Source Documents
--Use books provided
--Explain main points and 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 ("The Crime Against Kansas")
2)  Extra Credit Opportunity (in class only)

3)  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

3/19/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson Documents
--Reading time first
--Answer questions on 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 ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2)  4 groups: Compromise of 1850
--Read assigned document
--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

3/18/14

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



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")
2)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/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

3/17/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Discuss/hand in WWI video notes
2)  Canada and the First World War (Prep Day)
--6 groups
--Present tomorrow
a)  Typed, bullet-point style notes
b)  At least 1 relevant visual per topic

3)  No reading homework


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails" (Day 1 of 2)
--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") [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

3/12/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Discuss/hand in "TR" notes
3)  Video: "Shell Shock: 1914-19"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  No reading homework


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Discuss PCC credit registration process to do on your own (come in for help with me if needed).  You will need your PCC ID# (known as the "G" number).
Here are the Course Reference Numbers (CRNs) you will need:
HST 201:  26061
HST 202:  23376
HST 203:  26063
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN YOUR PCC GUIDE VERY CAREFULLY! [Page 7 and 8 if this  is your first time registering for PCC credit, and Page 8 only if you have done this with PCC before]

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

4)  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

3/11/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great War, 1914-18")
2)  Finish "TR" video
--Discuss/hand in notes

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 ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Continue "Documentary Evidence of Slavery" (Day 2 of 3)
For today: Finish first set of questions; read second pair of documents

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

3/10/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Video: "TR"
--Take 2-sided notes:  a) TR's progressive ideas/policies  b) Other TR information

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 ("Abolitionism")
2)  "Documentary Evidence of Slavery" (Day 1 of 2)
--Read primary source excerpts
--Answer questions on your own paper
--Paragraph-length answers
--For today, read #s 1-18 and answer 2 questions

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

3/7/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Singing Up the Hill")
2)  Press Conferences Presentations (Day 2)

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 ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")
2)  Role Play Presentations (Day 2)
--3 groups present
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled

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