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