12/18/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
2)  CCC assignment (Part 2)--add on to yesterday's notes
--Answer questions from screen
--Graded Discussion

3)  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


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1980s Oral History assignments are due today.

Graded Sharing with the class

12/17/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Video: "The Civilian Conservation Corps"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 751-754 ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lend-Lease Act  b) Atlantic Charter



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 12/16 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due Monday, 1/4.

12/14/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
2)  Finish New Deal Project Presentations
3)  Extra Credit in-class opportunity

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 732-735; 738-741; 745-746 ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
Focus your reading on:  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Reminder that your Oral History assignment is due this Friday, 12/18!

1980s Movie: ("WarGames")
--Continue note guide, finish movie, discuss, and hand in.

12/15/15

I.B. History of Americas:

1)  Notes ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  New Deal Project Presentations (Day 1)
--Talk to audience for full credit
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 728-732 ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
Focus your reading on:  a) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)  b) Social Security Act  c) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  d) Tax Reform Bill of 1935  e) "Court-packing" scheme  f) "Roosevelt Recession"


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 12/14 entry, except your Oral History assignment due date is Monday, 1/4.

12/14/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression")
2)  In pairs: New Deal Project (Prep Day in lab)
--Present Tuesday and Wednesday

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 722-727 ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fireside chats  b) Brain Trust  c) "Hundred Days" (Emergency Banking Act; Civilian Conservation Corps; Prohibition repealed; Agricultural Adjustment Act; National Recovery Administration; Federal Emergency Relief Administration; Public Works Administration/Civil Works Administration)  d) Roosevelt's critics: (Dr. Francis Townsend, Father Charles Coughlin, Senator Huey Long)


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Reminder about Oral History assignment due on Friday.

1980s Movie: "WarGames"
--With note guide

12/11/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 714-718 ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression")
Focus your reading on:  a) Herbert Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The nation's feelings toward Hoover  c) Bonus Army


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 12/10 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 1/4.

12/10/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Test 4

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 697-699; 701-711; 714 ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
Focus your reading on:  a) Causes of the Great Depression  b) Black Tuesday  c) Examples of how the Depression affected people who lived through it  d) Dust Bowl



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Reminder that your Oral History assignment is due next Friday, 12/18.

1980s Music (Day 2)
--With note guide
--Discuss and hand in

12/9/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone is fair game for answering questions
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled
3)  Graded Study for test

4)  Homework: Study for Test 4


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 12/8 entry except your Oral History assignment is due Monday, 1/4.

12/8/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture")
2)  6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
a)  On own paper, summarize key points  b) "Analyzing Sources" sheet  c) Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game tomorrow for answering questions.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 681-692 ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s nativism  b) The "new" KKK  c) "Birth of a Nation"  d) Harlem Renaissance  e) Marcus Garvey


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Reminder that your 80s Oral History assignment is due Friday, 12/18.

1980s Music (Day 1 of 2)
--With note guide

12/7/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  Video: "1920-29: Boom to Bust"
--Take 1 page of notes

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)


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 12/4 entry

12/4/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson reading, questions, and 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) Hawley-Smoot Tariff; Washington Naval Arms Conference; Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact; Dawes Plan


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

80s TV ("Cheers") and ("The Cosby Show")
--Finish note guide
--Discuss and hand in

12/3/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Test 4 essay 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)  Register for PCC credit in the computer lab

CRNs:  15453  15454   15455


4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 655; 658-662 ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
Focus your reading on:  a) Treaty of Versailles  b) 14 Points  c) Red Scare  d) Palmer Raids  e) Sacco-Vanzetti Case


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 12/2 entry, except your 80s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 1/4.

12/2/15

I.B. History of Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Great War, 1914-18")
2)  Video: "1914-19: Shell Shock"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 647-655 ("War on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of U.S. civilian involvement in WWI  b) 18th Amendment



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1)  1980s Intro notes
2)  Hand out 1980s Oral History assignment (due Friday, 12/18)
3)  1980s TV ("Family Ties")
--With note guide
--Discuss

12/1/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Progressive Era Issues Presentations
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 640-647 ("The Great War, 1914-18")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zimmermann Telegram  b) Impact of the Russian Revolution on WWI


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 11/30 entry

11/30/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2)  8 groups: Progressive Era Issues (Prep Day in lab)
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 591-600 ("Progressivism and National Politics")
Focus your reading on:  Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies as president: a) Conservation  b) Square Deal, and also, c) Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom"


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1)  1970s Oral History assignments due

2)  Graded Sharing

11/25/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Onto the World Stage")
2)  Theodore Roosevelt's Values Compared/Contrasted with Today (8 groups)
--Read selection
--Prepare group presentation sheet
--Present

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 574-579; 582-584; 589-591 ("The Course of Reform")
Focus your reading on:  a) Muckrakers  b) Direct primary system  c) Initiative, referendum, and recall


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 11/24 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 12/1 (next class period!).

11/24/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("An American Empire")
2)  Imperialism Role Play
--All 3 groups present
--Complete Evaluation
--Audience asks 1 question

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 622-623; 625-630 ("Onto the World Stage")
Focus your reading on:  a) Open Door Policy  b) Boxer "Rebellion"  c) Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" Diplomacy  d) Roosevelt Corollary  e) William Howard Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy"  f) Woodrow Wilson's "Moral Diplomacy"(not mentioned by name in text)


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Oral History assignment due on Monday, 11/30.

Finish 1970s Movie ("Rocky")
--With note guide and turn in

11/23/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Roots of Expansionism")
2)  3 groups: Imperialism Role Play
a)  Read Option info
b)  Complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet
c)  Make group presentation sheet


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) William McKinley/U.S.S. Maine  c) Filipino "insurrection"/Emilio Aguinaldo


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

 Same as 11/20 entry, except Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 12/1.

11/20/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
2)  Finish Late 1800s Individual Presentations

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


**Don't forget to do Parts 1 and 2 of the PCC registration process (not Part 3!)



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1) Reminder that your Oral History assignments are due soon!

2)  1970s Movie: "Rocky"
--With note guide

11/19/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
2)  Late 19th Century Individual Presentations (Day 1 of 2)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 544-550; 556-563; 566 ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
Focus your reading on:  "Dumb-bell" tenements


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 11/18 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 12/1.

11/18/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Wagon Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers") and ("The Fate of the Indians")
2)  Late 19th Century Individual Presentations (Prep Day in lab)
--Presentations are Thursday and Friday

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 486-487; 490; 494-495; 518-519; 521; 523 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Andrew Carnegie  b) "Gilded Age"/laissez faire  c) Social Darwinism  d) Political machines


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1970s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide
--Discuss and hand in

REMINDER THAT YOUR ORAL HISTORY ASSIGNMENT IS NOW DUE ON MONDAY, 11/30.

11/17/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  Hand out PCC handbooks
--Students should do pages 5-10 on their own ASAP
--Registration for credit we will do later as a class
3)  Finish DuBois/Washington questions
--Graded Discussion

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 460-461; 464-465; 469-474 ("Wagon Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers") and ("The Fate of the Indians")
Focus your reading on:  a) Exodusters  b) Severalty policy  c) Wounded Knee



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 11/16 entry, except a reminder that your Oral History assignment is now due on Tuesday, 12/1.

11/16/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Hand back tests/New Seating Chart
2)  Notes ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
3)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
--Watch brief video intro clip
--Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion is tomorrow

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
Focus your reading on:  a) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)  b) Booker T. Washington's views on segregation (Accommodationist; Atlanta Compromise Address)  b) W.E.B. DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington

**Next test is on Thursday, 12/10


American Pop Culture:

1)  Hand back tests/New Seating Chart
2)  New Oral History assignment due date: Monday, 11/30.

3)  1970s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

11/10/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 442-445; 450 ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sharecropping  b) Ku Klux Klan  c) Election of 1876/Rutherford B. Hayes



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):


  Test 1


**Reminder that your Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 11/30.

11/9/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Radical Reconstruction")
2)  Finish Lincoln/Johnson assignment
--Discuss and hand in
3)  Graded Study for the test

4)  Homework: Study for Test 3



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1)  Hand in 1970s TV guide
2)  Test 1

**Remember that the Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 12/1.

11/6/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction")
2)  Discuss/hand in Civil War "War Is All Hell" video guides
3)  In pairs: Lincoln's vs. Johnson's Amnesty Plans
--Use Compare/Contrast Guidelines Sheet
--Write 2 paragraphs following the guidelines (each person does his/her own)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 436-441 ("Radical Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Reconstruction Act of 1867  b) Tenure of Office Act/Johnson's impeachment  c) Election of 1868  d) 15th Amendment

**All missing work is due by Monday



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  Test 1 prep information

2)  Extra "A" day:  Study Hall/prepare for Test 1

11/5/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2)  Test 3 Essay Questions:

    1)  Discuss how the following 3 things contributed to the final breakdown between the North and 
         the South, leading to secession and the Civil War:

         a)  Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
         b)  Lecompton Constitution
         c)  John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry


    2)  In what ways were the following things both significant and controversial in the last sixteen 
         months of the Civil War?

         a)  The use of African-American troops
         b)  Ulysses S. Grant's actions
         c)  William Tecumseh Sherman's actions


3)  Finish Civil War video: "War Is All Hell"
--With note guide (discuss and hand in tomorrow)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 430-433; 435-436 ("Presidential Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lincoln's Reconstruction plan  b) "Radical" Republicans  c) Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan  d) Black Codes  e) Freedmen's Bureau Bill  f) 14th Amendment


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 11/4 entry, except the Test 1 sheet and notecard were handed out, explaining how to prepare for the test.

11/4/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) a) Finish "Valley of the Shadow of the Death" and discuss
    b) Begin "War Is All Hell"
        --With note guide

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


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1970s TV ("All in the Family") and ("Barney Miller")
--Discuss/hand in note guide

11/3/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Discuss "The Cause" notes
    b)  Begin "The Valley of the Shadow of Death"
          --With note guide

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Vicksburg/General Ulysses S. Grant  c) Significance of Battle of Gettysburg



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 11/2/15 entry

11/2/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2)  Finish Civil War video "The Cause"
--Discuss first part of note guide

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



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1970s TV  ("M.A.S.H.") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide
--Discuss

10/30/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2)  Civil War videos: "The Cause"
--With note guide

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 398-407 ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Secession  b) Crittenden Plan  c) Fort Sumter  d) Jefferson Davis  e) First Battle of Bull Run (Manasses)  f) Antietam


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/29 entry, except Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 12/1.

10/29/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2)  John Brown assignment
--Read pages 232-235 in books provided
--Answer questions at the top of page 236 (1-2 sentences each) and on the screen (paragraph answer).
--Graded Discussion

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


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  1970s Intro Notes
2)  Hand out 1970s Oral History Assignment (due Monday, 11/30)
3)  1970s TV ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide
--Discuss

10/28/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War Presentations

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


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/27 entry.

10/27/15

I.B. History of Americas:

1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2)  6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (in lab)
--Follow directions on sheet and OPVL Guidelines packet
--Present tomorrow

3) Homework: James McPherson reading ("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)


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  1960s Oral History assignment due

2)  Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

10/26/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Test 2

2)  Homework: James McPherson reading ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism") [Pages 117-144]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act/Stephen A. Douglas  c) American ("Know-Nothing") Party


American Pop Culture (2nd period B Day):

Same as 10/21 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Wednesday.

10/21/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2)  Test 2 Possible Essay Questions:

1)  Discuss how Andrew Jackson used his power as president on 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 in the eastern states

2)  Analyze the impact of 3 things in this unit that influenced the "sectional crisis" between the
     North and South.


3)  Finish work on the Compromise of 1850 assignment and groups present (audience take class
     notes).

4)  Homework: Study for Test 2.  You can send me outlines and questions for feedback.



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

** Oral History Assignment is due next Tuesday, 10/27.

Finish the movie "Easy Rider"
--Discuss and hand in note guide

10/20/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1
2)  a) Hand out "Tips for Answering Compare/Contrast Questions When Analyzing Documents")
     b)  4 groups: Compromise of 1850 (Day 1 of 2)
     c)  Individually, start by taking notes following the guidelines
     d)  As a group, write 2 paragraphs for group presentation using the guidelines (present 
          tomorrow)
     e)  Question to answer: "Compare and contrast the views in Document A and Document B on
          the Compromise of 1850."

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading: ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2 [Pages 103-116]
Focus your reading on:  a) Gadsden Purchase  b) Role of Cuba on slavery issue  c) Ostend Manifesto d) Role of Nicaragua on slavery issue



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/19 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Wednesday, 10/28.

10/19/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Finish "Empire Upon the Trails" video
--Discuss and hand in notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in reader: ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1 [Pages 78-103]
Focus your reading on:  a) Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act  b) Uncle Tom's Cabin


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

**Reminder about Oral History assignment being due next Tuesday, 10/27.

1960s movie:  "Easy Rider"
--With note guide

10/16/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails"
--Take 2 pages of section notes:  a) Mexican-American War  b) Oregon Trail  c) Texas  d) The Whitmans  e) Mormons


3)  Homework: James McPherson reader ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2 [Pages 64-77]
Focus your reading on:  a) California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850 (Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Stephen A. Douglas)  c) "Common property" doctrine (John C. Calhoun--page 65)


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/15 entry, except Oral History assignment is due on 10/28.

10/15/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Graded Sharing of the OPVL Pre-Civil War assignment
--Each person needs to share at least twice on the values and limitations of the documents
--Turn in assignment

3)  Homework: Handed out new James McPherson readers.  Read pages 3-5; 47-64 ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
Focus your reading on:  a) General Winfield Scott  b) Wilmot Proviso  c) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  d) Free-Soil Movement  e) Election of 1848  f) Popular sovereignty


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

**Any more Movie Permission Slips?
**Reminder about Oral History Assignment due date (10/27 for 4th period)

1960s Music (Day 2)
--Continue note guide
--Discuss at the end

10/14/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
2)  OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views of Slavery (Day 2 of 2 in lab)
--Use OPVL Guidelines packet
--Due tomorrow

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



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/13 blog entry

10/13/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")
2)  OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views of Slavery (In lab-Day 1 of 2)
--Use OPVL Guidelines packet


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 262; 352-358 ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
Focus your reading on:  a) American Colonization Society  b) Nat Turner's Rebellion  c) William Lloyd Garrison  d) Theodore Dwight Weld/Angelina Grimke  e) "Gag Rule"  f) Liberty Party



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

**Any more Movie Permission Slips?
**Reminder about Oral History Assignment due dates

1960s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide
--Discuss

10/12/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System") and ("Tippecanoe, and Tyler, Too!")
2)  Finish Andrew Jackson video
--Discuss/hand in notes


3)  No homework reading tonight





American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 10/8 entry.

10/8/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency")
2)  Video: "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency" (Day 1)
--Take 2 pages of section notes:
a) The Slave Master  b) The Candidate  c) The First Imperial Presidency  d) The Defender of the Union  e) The Great White Father  f) The Prophet

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 330-335; 338 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System") and ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a) Second Party System (Democrats vs. Whigs)  b) Panic of 1837  c) Election of 1840/William Henry Harrison  d) John Tyler's presidency


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  Any more Movie Permission Slips?

2)  1960s TV ("Adam-12") ("Room 222") [Day 3]
--Finish note guide
--Discuss and hand in

10/8/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Election of 1824")
2)  War of 1812 Role Play (Day 2)
--Finish last 2 groups
--Go over identities/hand in sheet

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 321-328 ("The Jacksonian Presidency")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Kitchen Cabinet"  b) "Spoils system"  c) South Carolina and nullification d) Jackson and the Second Bank of the United States ("Bank War")  e) Jackson and Native American removal (Black Hawk War) ("Trail of Tears")


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):


Same as 10/6 entry

10/6/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")

2)  War of 1812 Role Play (Day 1)

--Hand out identity sheets and assign roles/complete Evaluation Form

--Audience asks 1 question per group (3 total)

--2 groups present today

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 317-321 ("The Election of 1824")

Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1824 ("The Corrupt Bargain")  b) John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and the "American System"  c) Andrew Jackson's views of the "American System"  d) "Tariff of Abominations"

American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

**Any more Movie Permission Slips?

1960s TV (Day 2) ("Star Trek")

--Continue with note guide

--Discuss

10/5/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Hand back Test 1
2)  Discuss Friday's OPVL Assignment and hand in
3)  Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
4)  4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play (Prep Day)
--Read Option info
--Do "Presenting Your Option" sheet
--Make group presentation sheet

5)  Homework: Textbook, pages 294-295; 269; 240-241 ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
Focus your reading on:  a) Eli Whitney  b) Missouri Compromise  c) Rush-Bagot Treaty  d) Adams-Onis Treaty  e) Monroe Doctrine (not in reading)


American Pop Culture (2nd period B Day):

Same as 10/2 entry, except the Oral History Assignment  is due on Wednesday, 10/28.

10/2/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
2)  Groups of 4: OPVL on Alien and Sedition Acts
--Make group presentation sheet

3)  Homework: Text, pages 235; 238-241 ("Republican War Hawks")
Focus your reading on:  a) War Hawks and their goals  b) Causes of the War of 1812  c) Treaty of Ghent  d) Hartford Convention


American Pop Culture (4th period A days):

** Any more Movie Permission Slips?
1)  1960s Intro Notes
2)  Hand out 1960s Oral History Assignment (due Tuesday, 10/27)

3)  Begin 1960s TV Assignment ("Gilligan's Island")
--With note guide
--Discuss

10/1/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Rise of Political Parties")
2)  Hand out/explain OPVL Guidelines Packet
3)  Groups of 4:  OPVL Intro Assignment
--Make group presentation sheet
--Each group presents

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 230-235 ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
Focus your reading on:  a) Louisiana Purchase  b) Lewis and Clark Expedition  c) 2 reasons Aaron Burr became infamous  d) Trouble with Britain and France at sea



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/30 entry

9/30/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Test 1

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 216-218 ("The Rise of Political Parties")
Focus your reading on:  a) XYZ Affair  b) Alien and Sedition Acts  c) Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions/Nullification  d) "Revolution of 1800"



American Pop Culture:

1)  Collect Movie Permission Slip

2)  Finish sharing 1950s Oral History Presentations

9/29/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
2)  Constitutional Convention Graded Debate
--Respond to at least 1 topic during debate


3)  Homework: Study for Test 1 (tomorrow). You can send me outlines and questions tonight until 10:00.



American Pop Culture:

Same as 9/25 post, except Movie Permission Slip is due on Thursday.

9/25/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Constitution of 1787")
2)  Test 1 prep information:

Two possible essay questions (You can show me or email me outlines for feedback):

a)  Compare the effects of slavery on England, the West Indies, Africa, and the American colonies.
b)  Discuss at least three developments between 1778 and 1781 that were instrumental in securing America's victory in the Revolutionary War.

You should also study your Focus Terms from this unit.  I will put a group of terms on the test that you will select 5 to write about with a paragraph answer for each.


3)  Assign positions and read "The Mini-Debates of Philadelphia" in preparation for a Constitutional Convention Debate
--Debate will be on Tuesday

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 210-215 ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton's views on the Constitution  b) Hamilton's financial program  c) Jay's Treaty  d) Whiskey Rebellion



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  Hand out Movie Permission Slip (due on Wednesday)
2)  1950s Movie ("Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?")
--Finish movie; discuss/hand in guide
3)   1950s Oral History Assignment due
--Begin sharing in class

9/24/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87")
2)  Video: "Are We To Be a Nation?"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 201-205; 208-210 ("The Constitution of 1787")
Focus your reading on:  a) Virginia Plan  b) New Jersey Plan  c) Connecticut (or "Great") Compromise  d) 3/5 Compromise  e) Differences between Federalists and Antifederalists  f) Federalist Papers  g) Bill of Rights


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/23 plan, except Oral History Assignment is due on Tuesday, 9/29.

9/23/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2)  Revolutionary War Role Play (Day 2)
--2 groups present
--Finish completing Evaluation Form
--Ask one question today from the audience
--Turn sheet in at the end

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 194-201 ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Mixed government"  b) Articles of Confederation  c) Northwest Ordinance of 1787  d) Shays' Rebellion



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1950s Movie Day (Day 1)
"Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
--With note guide


**REMEMBER!!--Oral History Assignment is due this Friday!

9/22/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2)  Revolutionary War Role Play (Day 1)
--Hand out individual identity profiles and assign roles
--2 groups present today
--Complete Evaluation Forms
--Ask 1 question today from the audience

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) Treaty of Paris (1783)  d) Loyalists after the war  e) Established churches after the war


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/21 post, except your Oral History Assignment is due on Tuesday, 9/29.

9/21/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2)  Revolutionary War Role Play (Prep Day)
--Read Option information as a group
--Complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Make a group presentation sheet

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 170-175 ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
Focus your reading on:  a) "War of Attrition"/George Washington  b) Battle of Trenton/Battle of Princeton  c) Battle of Saratoga/Gen. John Burgoyne  d) Valley Forge  e) Baron von Steuben  f) Funding the Continental Army



American Pop Culture:

1950s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide
--Discuss and hand in


**Remember that your Oral History Assignment is due this Friday.

9/18/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2)  Peer Review of Practice Essays
--3 rounds
--Turn in essays, notes, and outlines along with your evaluation sheets at the end

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 166-170 ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
Focus your reading on:  a) 2nd Continental Congress  b) Thomas Paine's Common Sense  c) Thomas Jefferson/Declaration of Independence


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/17 plan, except the due date for the Oral History Assignment is on Tuesday, 9/29.

9/17/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2)  Finish Practice Essays
--Essay, notes, and outline all due tomorrow at the start of class for the Peer Review

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-1775")
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 (Tories)  g) Paul Revere  h) Minutemen  i) Lexington and Concord



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1950s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide


** Remember that your Oral History Assignment is due next Friday, 9/25.

9/16/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Finish yesterday's oral presentations
2)  Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
3)  Hand back Goldilocks essays/brief apostrophe lesson
4)  Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Friday)
Question:  "What factors triggered the deterioration in relations between Great Britain and its American colonies between 1763-1766?"

--Do notes today on the 3 points you want to write about (use pages 134-145 in your textbook for information).  Then construct a basic outline of your 3 points plus the supporting details and examples you will use.
--Tomorrow you will write the essay in class, and Friday will be a Peer Review.

5)  Homework: Textbook, pages 145-150 ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
Focus your reading on:  a) Townshend Acts  b) Non-importation  c) Daughters of Liberty  d) Boston Massacre



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/15 entry

9/15/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Oral Report Presentations on Great Awakening and the Enlightenment
--Audience takes class notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 134-140; 140-145 ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
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  c) Stamp Act  d) Stamp Act Congress  e) Sons of Liberty  f)  Declaratory Act

**BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS TOMORROW



American Pop Culture:

1)  Give out information about Summerfield to students needing someone to interview for the 1950s Oral History Assignment.

2)  1950s TV (Day 2) ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") and ("The Twilight Zone")
--Continue note guide
--Discuss and hand in

9/14/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
2)  Assigned pairs: Oral Reports on the "Impact of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment on America"  [Prep Day in computer lab]
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 121-126 ("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



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/11 entry

9/11/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2)  Finish "Goldilocks" Essay and hand in
3) "Coin Exercise" (non-graded activity)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) Deists  c) John Locke  d) Benjamin Franklin  e) Great Awakening/Pietism


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  Collect Syllabus Agreements
2)  Pass around Oral History interviewee sheet and try to make some connections with students who don't have someone to interview

3)  1950s TV (Day 1) ("I Love Lucy" and "Leave It To Beaver")
--Complete guide

9/10/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Collect syllabus agreements
2)  Notes (IB Topics Unit 1) ("From Mercantilism to Dominion") ("Salutary Neglect")
3) a) Hand out "Writing a History Essay"
    b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
         --Your question should be the title of the essay
         --Due tomorrow in class

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 76-80; 84-89 ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
Focus your reading on:  a) South Atlantic System/Triangular Trade  b) "Middle Passage"  c) Specific Effects of the slave trade on England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies



American Pop Culture (Period 2B):

Same as 9/9 plan, except:

• Syllabus agreement due Monday
• Oral History Assignment due Tuesday, 9/29 (I'll ask you on Monday to let me know if you have selected an interviewee and if you have any "extra" people you can loan out to other students.)

9/9/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2)  Syllabus (Agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Textbook checkout

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 72-73; 95 ("From Mercantilism to Dominion") and ("Salutary Neglect")
Focus your reading on: a) Mercantilism  b) Navigation Acts  c) Salutary neglect

**Test 1 will be on Wednesday, 9/30.


American Pop Culture (4th period A days):

1)  Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2)  Syllabus (Agreement due on Friday)
3)  Notes (1950s Unit Intro)
4)  Hand out 1950s Oral History Assignment (due Friday, 9/25)
     --Figure out by Friday who you could interview and if you have "extra" interviewees you could
        share with someone else.

6/10/15

1)  Turn in textbooks

2)  Test 12

3)  Homework: Have a great summer!

6/9/15

1st and 2nd periods: Study Time

4th period: a) Turn in textbooks   b) Test 12   c) Have a good summer

6/8/15

1)  Recap of "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Handing back your original list
--Each person updates their list and shares the highlights with the class

2)  Graded Studying for the Test
--Must be studying the history test
--Recommendation is to quiz each other using class notes

3)  Homework: Study for Test 12


**1st and 2nd periods: Bring study materials for tomorrow
**4th period: Bring textbook to turn in

6/5/15

1)  Finish yesterday's video on 9/11
--Staple Interview Sheets to Video Observations and hand in

2)  Homework: Study for Test 12

6/4/15

1)  Video: "102 Minutes that Changed America"
--Use 9/11 Interview as you take 1/2 page of notes on how 9/11 footage corresponds, or not, with your interview information

2)  Homework: Study for Test 12

6/3/15

1)  Finish Clinton video
--Finish 2-sided notes
--Paragraph response at the end

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

6/2/15

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

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

6/1/15

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  12 groups: "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Pick a war we have studied and answer these 4 things:
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 ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

5/29/15

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 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  e) Characteristics of Gulf War troops

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS ON MONDAY

5/28/15

1)  Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2)  Video: "1976-80: Starting Over"
--Take 1 page of 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 (SDI)  d) 1984 election  e) Iran-Contra Scandal

5/27/15

1)  Notes ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada
2)  Modern Women's Rights Leaders Presentations
--Students take class notes

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

OPTIONAL UNIT 12 TEST REVIEW INFORMATION:

1)  This is not required or even necessarily recommended.  It's just an option.
2)  Textbook website: bedfordstmartins.com/henretta
3)  Chapters 25-31.  Click on chapter headings to get sample questions.
4)  Only concern yourself with topics covered in the class notes and homework readings.
5)  You will need to create a login.

5/26/15

1)  Notes ("Why Women's Liberation?")
2)  8 groups:  Modern Women's Rights Leaders (Prep Day in lab)
--10 points total (5 pts-1/2 page of typed info; 2.5 pts--presentation; 2.5 pts--visual)
--Present tomorrow

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

5/22/15

1)  Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
2)  Watergate reading/questions/graded discussion
--Read pages 267-276 in books provided

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 Movements  b) U.S. government's use of women and African-Americans

5/21/15

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

5/20/15

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2)  Finish any Oral History Presentations
3)  Video: "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
--No notes. Just watch.

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.

5/19/15

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

5/18/15

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

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873; 876 ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tet Offensive  b) President Johnson's surprise announcement

5/15/15

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 resumes on Monday and Tuesday.

5/14/15

1)  Notes ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 2
2)  Peer Review of MLK/Malcolm X Essays
--Turn in Notes, Outline, and Essays when done

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

5/13/15

1)  Notes ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 1
2)  Finish MLK/Malcolm X Essay Assignment
--Notes, Outline, and Essay all due at start of the period on Thursday for Peer Review

3)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 2 [Pages 197-212 only]
Focus your reading on:  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

5/12/15

1)  Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2)  MLK/Malcolm X Essay Assignment
For today: --Use classroom reading packets to take notes
--Make an outline of your essay
--Tomorrow will be time to write the essay

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

5/11/15

1)  Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2)  Finish Friday's Civil Rights Documents assignment
--Discuss and hand in

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) Black separation  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

5/8/15

1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2)  Civil Rights Movement Documents (using books provided)
a) Rosa Parks (pp. 211-215)  b) MLK (pp. 224-229)  c) Black Power (pp. 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

5/7/15

1)  Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation").  Note-taking and homework reading more important in this last unit than any other in order to be successful on the last test in June.
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

5/6/15

1)  Turn in yesterday's 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

**Homework readings and reading notes are more critical to success now more than ever on the last unit, since the last test is multiple choice and covers about a month of information (1960-2001).

5/5/15

1)  Notes ("The Affluent Society")
2)  Ungraded Unit 11 Review Quiz
3)  Go over last essay question for Test 11
4)  Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

5)  Homework: Study for Test 11

5/4/15

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
2)  Cold War Role Play Presentations
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question each

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 1950s  c) Positives and negatives of low-income housing in the 1950s

5/1/15

1)  Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes
3)  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?


4)  Make-up Canada in WWII presentations?
5)  4 groups: Post-WWII Role Play (Prep Day)
--Read Option information
--Complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Make group presentation sheet for Monday

6)  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

4/30/15

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



IB Diploma Students Information from Mr. Savage:

For anyone who needs a few more service hours,  Templeton Elementary is looking for several volunteers for their STEM Night, Thursday May 28th, 5:30 - 8:30 pm (yes it is on the CAS due date, but you could turn in your reflection on the 29th and it would be okay).  

You would be helping set up and staff booths and activities with a science theme (marshmallow towers, penny boats, paper airplanes, marble roller coasters, circuits, etc.) It sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

If you need creativity hours I could put you in touch with the woman in charge and she would probably let you design your own booth or activity.  

4/29/15

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2)  Continue Oral History Presentations
--WWII and Korean War primarily

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"

4/27/15

1)  Notes ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
2)  Oral Histories due
--Begin presentations (continued on Wednesday)

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

4/24/15

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

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

**Oral History Project due Monday
**Online forecasting due Sunday night

4/23/15

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

2)  Homework: Oral History work time

4/22/15

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

3)  Homework: Work on Oral History Project (due Monday)

4/21/15

1)  Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2)  Hand in New Deal Review Assignments
3)  Test 10 DBQ (essay)

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

4/20/15

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

**Prepare at least 2 examples of outside knowledge for both the "Yes" and the "No" side of the DBQ essay question: "Was the New Deal effective in solving the problems of the Great Depression?"

4/17/15

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  Ungraded Review Quiz for Unit 10
3)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment ("No" side)
--Read assigned document
--Complete a list by yourself of evidence against the effectiveness of the New Deal
--Group list
--Class list

4)  Homework: Study for Test 10 DBQ (Do a general review of your notes on Hoover, Roosevelt, King, and Bennett in regard to the Depression)

4/16/15

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Restoration Theme in Alberta")
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment ("Yes" side)
--Read assigned article
--Compile a list by yourself of evidence in favor of the effectiveness of the New Deal
--Group list
--Class list

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

4/15/15

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'")
2)  Finish "Bound for Glory" movie and notes
3)  Make-up presentation time

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

4/14/15

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

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

4/13/15

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

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

4/9/15

1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Day 2 of Great Depression Project Presentations

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

4/8/15

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Great Depression Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)
--20 pts (10 for printed information; 5 for 2 visuals; 5 for presentation)
--3 groups go today

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)

4/7/15

1)  Notes ("Harder Times")
2)  Prep Day 2 of Great Depression Project
--Present Wednesday and Thursday

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) Herbert Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The action's feelings toward Hoover  c) Franklin Roosevelt's first "Hundred Days"

4/6/15

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

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

4/3/15

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.

4/2/15

1)  Test 9

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

PCC Credit Registration is due this Friday!

4/1/15

1)  Notes ("Exclusionism...")
2)  Discuss last essay question for Test 9
3)  4 groups: 1920s Primary Source Documents
a)  Read assigned document
b)  Explain main points/Answer questions on paper for group presentation

4)  Homework: Study for Test 9

**PCC credit registration is due on Friday!

3/31/15

1)  Notes ("The Ku Klux Klan")
2)  Ungraded Unit 9 Quiz for review
3)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone is fair game to be asked any question

4)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Exclusionism...")
Focus your reading on:  a) Komagata Maru Incident  b) KKK's influence in Canada in the 1920s

**PCC credit registration due by Friday

3/30/15

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 for answering questions tomorrow.

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

3/20/15

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

a)  What were the major goals of the Progressives in the U.S. and to what extent were they achieved
      by 1920?
b)  What were Woodrow Wilson's goals at the Paris Peace Conference, and how successful was he in
      achieving them?
c)  What forms did American and Canadian nativism take in the 1920s?

3)  1st period: Finish presentations from Tuesday
2nd and 4th periods: Study time

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"

3/19/15

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  Video: "1920-29: Boom to Bust"
--Take 1 page of notes

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)

3/18/15

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson assignment
--Read the documents
--Answer the questions from the screen in paragraph responses
--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

3/17/15

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) Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points  b) Palmer Raids

3/16/15

1)  Canada and the First World War (Prep Day in lab)
--6 groups
--Typed bullet-point style notes (at least 1/2 page)
--At least 1 relevant visual
--Present tomorrow

2)  No reading homework.

3/11/15

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Finish "TR" video
--Discuss/hand in 2-sided notes

3)  No reading homework.  Work on your Oral History Project?

3/10/15

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

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

3/9/15

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Finish Progressive Era Press Conferences
3)  Watch WWI video (no notes)

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

3/6/15

1)  Notes ("Singing Up the Hill")
2)  Press Conference 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


CAS Creativity Opportunity!!! 

ImagiClub Creative Writing Contest 

- Poetry
- Short Story
- Novel [only a portion]
- Illustrated Character Development [art work and brief text]

Submit entries to the library by May 8th 
Prizes for winners in each category! 
See posters around the school for more info or contact Pam Miller (art teacher) 

3/5/15

1)  Notes ("The Fight for Women's Suffrage: An Interview with Alice Paul")
2)  Press Conference Presentations (Day 1)
--Present (10 pts)
--Questions in audience (5 pts)
--Extra Credit (Maximum of 5 pts)

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

3/4/15

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

3)  Homework: Robert Gallagher reading in Green Reader ("The Fight for Women's Suffrage: An Interview with Alice Paul")
Focus your reading on:  Alice Paul's experiences fighting for women's suffrage


2nd Semester PCC credit registration information:

You are registering for 2 PCC courses this time: HST 202 and HST 203.

Here are the Course Reference Numbers you need to register for the 2 classes:

For HST 202, use the number 22883.
For HST 203, use the number 24760.

You'll need your PCC ID # and password information.  Use page 8 in the PCC booklet as a guide.  This is a Spring Term course.  Let me know if you need help with this, and do this as soon as possible please!

3/3/15

1)  Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2)  Video: "The Beginning: Seeds of Change"
--Take 1 page of notes

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

3/2/15

1)  Test 8

2)  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

2/27/15

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

3)  Homework: Study for Monday's Test 8

2/26/15

1)  Notes ("An American Empire")
2)  Non-graded Unit 8 review quiz
3)  Imperialism Role Play
--All 3 groups present
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question each

4)  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 "Rebellion"

2/25/15

1)  Notes ("The Roots of Expansion")
2)  Test 8 Possible Essay Questions:

• Using specific examples from Canada and the U.S., explain what factors influenced the growth of cities in the late 19th century.

• Compare the economic and cultural impact of immigration in the U.S. between 1890-1920.

3)  3 groups: Imperialism Role Play

--Read Option information

--Complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet

--Make group presentation sheet

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 609; 612-613; 616-622 ("An American Empire")

Focus your reading on:  a) Reasons for going to war with Spain  b) USS Maine  c) Filipino "insurrection"

2/24/15

1)  Notes ("Reluctant Hosts: Anglo-Canadian Views of Multiculturalism in the 20th Century")
2) In pairs: Cartoon Assignment on Immigration Prejudice
--Answer one question for each cartoon
--10 points for written answers and oral responses

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

2/23/15

1)  Notes ("Immigration and Nativism")-Canada
2)  Immigration Presentations
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: Howard Palmer reading in Green Reader ("Reluctant Hosts: Anglo-Canadian Views of Multiculturalism in the 20th Century")
Focus your reading on:  Assimilation Theory

2/20/15

1)  Notes ("City Life")
2)  Picking Oral History topics and hand out sheets
3)  6 groups: Immigration to the U.S./Canada
--1/2 page of typed information and 1 visual
--Present Monday

4)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Immigration and Nativism")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  Ethnic groups preferred by native-born Canadians and groups that were the least desired

2/19/15

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

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 556-563; 566 ("City Life")
Focus your reading on:  a) Clash between native-born and immigrant Jewish people  b) Changes made by native-born Protestants in big cities

PICKING ORAL HISTORY TOPICS TOMORROW

2/18/15

1)  Notes ("The Tenement Comes of Age, 1866-90")
2)  Finish group work from yesterday and present

3)  Homework: P.-A. Linteau reading in Green Reader ("Urbanization")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  Reasons why Montreal's population grew so rapidly

2/17/15

1)  Notes ("Urbanization")
2)  Explain Oral History Project (pick topics on Friday)
3)  Analyzing New York City Documents
a)  On your own paper, summarize key points and answer "Guided Reading" questions
b)  "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c)  Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game tomorrow for answering questions during the presentation

4)  Homework: Roy Lubove reading in Green Reader ("The Tenement Comes of Age, 1866-90")
Focus your reading on:  a) Living conditions in a tenement  b) "Dumb-bell tenements"

2/13/15

1)  Healthy Teens Survey

2)  Same homework assignment and focus terms as yesterday's blog entry (2/12/15).

2/12/15

1)  Test 7

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 544-550 ("Urbanization")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of new technology/innovations that led to the growth of cities.  What were the positives and negatives?

**BRING A PENCIL TO CLASS TOMORROW

2/11/15

1)  Notes ("Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2 of 2)
--Finish questions
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Study for Test 7

2/10/15

1)  Notes ("Shine, Booker, Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
--Watch short intro video clip
--Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion (tomorrow)

3)  Louis Harlan reading in Green Reader ("Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation")
Focus your reading on:  a) Atlanta Compromise Address  b) Niagara Movement

2/9/15

1)  Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  Finish "The Wizard of Oz"; discuss/hand in note guide

3)  Homework: Donald Spivey reading in Green Reader ("Shine, Booker, Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee")
Focus your reading on:  Conditions for students at Tuskegee Institute

2/6/15

1)  Notes ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
2)  Test 7 Prep Information:

a)  Discuss the impact and role of the railroad in the western expansion of the U.S.

b)  Discuss the course and impact of the growth of unions in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the U.S.

3)  Continue watching "The Wizard of Oz" and completing the note guide with information as to how it is a political allegory of the 1896 election issues.

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
Focus your reading on:  a) Booker T. Washington's views on segregation (Accommodationist; Atlanta Compromise Address)  b) W.E.B. DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington  c) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

2/5/15

1)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-1893")
2)  "The Wizard of Oz" as a Political Allegory
--Introduce the background with class notes
--Read summary of 1896 election as a class
--Hand out/explain note guide
--Begin watching movie

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

2/4/15

1)  Notes ("The Problems of Industrialism")-Canada
2)  Labor Readings
--Read in books provided, pages 64-70.
--Answer questions on the screen
--Graded Discussion

3)  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

2/3/15

1)  Notes ("The Socialist Challenge")
2)  Labor Presentations
--Points for both the typed info and the presentation
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("The Problems of Industrialism")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  Knights of Labour in British Columbia

2/2/15

1)  Notes ("The World of Work")
2)  6 groups: Labor Groups and Key Labor Events (Prep Day in lab)
--Present tomorrow
--At least 1/2 page of typed, bullet-point information
--Visuals are Extra Credit (+1) if unique.

3)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("The Socialist Challenge")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ludlow Massacre  b) "Rules for Female Teachers"

1/30/15

1)  Notes ("A Railway in Principle")
2)  a) Reading: "The Great Railway Competition"
     b) Answer questions with paragraph responses
     c) Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 498-505 ("The World of Work")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of production line work in the late 1800s  b) Characteristics of women's working conditions

1/29/15

1)  Notes ("The Great Race")-Part 2
2)  Finish video from yesterday; discuss/hand in notes
3)  In-class extra credit opportunity

4)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("A Railway in Principle")
Focus your reading on:  Prime Ministers Alexander Mackenzie vs. John Macdonald--different views on railroad construction.

1/28/15

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

3)  Homework: Dee Brown reading in Green Reader ("The Great Race")-Part 2 [Pages 117-135]
Focus your reading on:  What happened when the Union Pacific workers were not paid by the company?

1/27/15

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
2)  4 groups: Primary Source Documents on the Industrial Era
--Explain main points on paper provided for group presentation
--Answer questions at the end of the document
--Include writer's view of the proper role of government vs. big business

3)  Homework: Dee Brown reading in new Green Readers ("The Great Race")-Part 1 [Pages 100-117]
Focus your reading on:  a) 2 railroad companies in the "Great Race"  b) "Hell on Wheels" towns

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1/23/15

1st and 2nd periods only:

1) Test 6

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-498 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
Focus your reading on:  Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"

1/22/15

1st and 2nd periods:  1)  Finish "Roots"; discuss/hand in notes
                                  2)  Study period

4th period:  1)  Test 6
2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-498 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
Focus your reading on:  a) Meaning on "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"

1/21/15

1)  Last episode of "Roots"
--Take 1/2 page of notes on attributes of the Reconstruction Era

2)  Tomorrow:  1st and 2nd periods: Study day
4th period:  Test 6

1/20/15

1)  Notes ("The British Migration and Settlement Pattern")-Canada
2)  Finish Native American reading and writing assignment from Friday
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Study/make outlines for Test 6

1/16/15

1)  Notes ("The Frontier and the American Character")
2)  a) Reading: "I Will Fight No More Forever"
     b)  4 questions
     c)  30 minutes to finish and graded discussion on Tuesday

3)  Homework: Study/prepare outlines for Test 6 (which is on next Thursday for 4th period and next Friday for 1st and 2nd periods).

1/15/15

1)  Notes ("Reluctant Conquerors...")
2)  Test 6 prep information:

     1)  In what ways were the following men and events both significant and controversial in the last sixteen months of the Civil War?
a)  African-American troops
b)  Ulysses S. Grant
c)  The Shenandoah Campaign
d)  William Tecumseh Sherman

2)  From a modern historical perspective, what were the major achievements and disappointments of Radical Reconstruction?



3)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/hand in notes

4)  Homework: Ray Allen Billington reading in Blue Reader ("The Frontier and the American Character")
Focus your reading on:  Frederick Jackson Turner and his "Frontier Thesis"

1/14/15

1)  Notes ("The Far West")
2)  Video: "The Geography of Hope" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Thomas Leonard reading in Blue Reader ("Reluctant Conquerors...")
Focus your reading on:  The author's thesis: Why was the U.S. Army "reluctant"?

1/13/15

1)  Notes ("Canada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879-85")
2)  Finish last 2 role play presentations
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in
3)  Extra Credit Opportunity (in class)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 474-482 ("The Far West")
Focus your reading on:  a) Population on the West Coast  b) Chinese immigration to the U.S.