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