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