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.