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"