12/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35") and ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
Focus terms to go with the second set of notes: (From pages 728-732 in the textbook): a) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (Wagner Act)  b) Social Security Act  c) Works Progress Administration (WPA) d) Tax Reform Bill of 1935 (Revenue Act of 1935) e)"Court-packing" scheme

2) Video: "1929-36: Stormy Weather"
--Take 1 page of notes

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

12/13/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("The Coming of the Great Depression") and ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression")
Extra focus terms (from pages 714-718 in the textbook):  a) Herbert Hoover's response to the Depression b) The nation's feelings toward Hoover  c) Bonus Army
2) In pairs: New Deal Project (Prep Day in lab)
--Present Thursday and Friday

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 a) Fireside chats  b) Brain Trust  c) "Hundred Days" (Emergency Banking Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Prohibition repealed, Agricultural Adjustment Act, National Recovery Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Public Works Administration/Civil Works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:

1) 1980s Oral History Assignment reminder and NEW DUE DATE: Thursday, January 5.

2) 1980s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

12/12/16

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

12/7/16

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:

1) 1980s Oral History Assignment reminder

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

12/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("A New National Culture")
2) 6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
--On your own paper, summarize key points
--"Analyzing Sources Sheet"
--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) Harlem Renaissance  d) Marcus Garvey

12/5/16

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)

**THE PCC CREDIT REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY, 12/9!


American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History Assignment reminder

2) 1980s TV (Day 2) ("Cheers") and ("The Cosby Show")
--Finish note guide

12/2/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2) Woodrow Wilson document assignment
--Silent reading
--Answer questions from screen
--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) [Hawley-Smoot Tariff; Washington Naval Arms Conference; Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact; Dawes Plan]

12/1/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2) Test 4 Essay Questions discussed:

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 computer lab:
[Here are the CRNs you will need to register; Use pages 10-11 in your PCC handbooks as your guide:
14453    14454    14455      You must use all 3 numbers to register for all 3 courses--HST 201, 202, and 203].

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:

1) 1980s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1980s Oral History Assignment (due Tuesday, 1/3)

3) 1980s TV (Day 1) ("Family Ties")
--With note guide

11/30/16

I.B. History of the 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

11/29/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2) Progressive Era Issues Presentations
--Audience should take 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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment is due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

11/23/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2) In-class Extra Credit opportunity

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)  c)Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom"

**Progressive Era Group Presentations will be on Tuesday.
**Do the PCC application process to get your ID number as soon as possible. We will be registering for the credit next week!

11/22/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Onto the World Stage")
2) 8 groups: Progressive Era Issues (Prep Day in lab)
--Present next Tuesday

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:

**Reminder that all test "fixes" are due by the end of the school day tomorrow!
1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s Movie ("Rocky")-Day 2
--Discuss/hand in note guide

11/21/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An American Empire")
2) Imperialism Role Play
a) All 3 groups present  b) Complete Evaluation  c) Audience asks 1 question per person

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).

11/18/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Roots of Expansion")
2) 3 groups: Imperialism Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option info  b) Complete "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:

**Reminder that test "fixes" due by next Wednesday, 11/18.
1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s Movie ("Rocky")-Day 1
--With note guide

11/17/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
2) Finish Late 19th Century Individual Presentations
--Audience take class notes

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

11/16/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

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


American Pop Culture:

**Reminder that test corrections must be done by next Wednesday, 11/23 by the end of the school day.

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

11/15/16

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)
--Present tomorrow and Thursday

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

11/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2) Hand out PCC handbooks
--Follow pages 7-9 as soon as possible this week to get registered as a PCC student and get an ID number. Write this number on the card provided when you get the email from PCC. Keep the card in a safe place.

3) Finish DuBois vs. Washington assignment
--Work time to finish 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:

1) Hand back tests. Any revisions must be fixed outside of class by the end of the school day on Wednesday, 11/23.
2) 1970s Oral History Assignment reminder

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

11/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
2) DuBois vs. Washington  (Day 1)
a) Watch short video clip
b) Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
c) Questions (with paragraph answers)
d) Graded Discussion is on Monday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("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)  c) W.E.B. DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington

11/8/16

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:

1) 1970s Oral History Assignment reminder

2) Test 1

11/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Radical Reconstruction")
2) Graded Study for Test 3

3) Homework: Study for Test 3

11/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction")
2) Discuss/hand in Civil War video guides
3) Graded Study for Test 3

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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and notecards
--Discuss test format and expectations

3) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1 (next class time on Tuesday, 11/8).

11/3/16

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 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) Nearly finish "War Is All Hell" video
--With note guide

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

11/2/16

 I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) a)  Finish "Valley of the Shadow of Death" video and discuss
    b) Begin final episode: "War Is All Hell" (continue 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 war strategies (total war)  c) Shenandoah Campaign  d) Election of 1864  e) William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"  f) Appomattox Court House


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History Assignment reminder

2) 1970s TV (Day 3)
("All in the Family") and ("Barney Miller")
--Finish note guide

11/1/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Discuss "The Cause" notes
    b) Begin "Valley of the Shadow of Death" video
        --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 the Battle of Gettysburg

10/31/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2) Finish "The Cause" video
--Continue note guide

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


American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1970s Oral History Assignment

2) 1970s TV (Day 2)
("MASH") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide

10/28/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2) Video: "The Civil War" ("The Cause")
--Begin 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

10/27/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2) John Brown
a) Reading: Pages 232-235 in books provided
b) Answer questions on top of page 236 and on screen
c)  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:

1) 1970s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1970s Oral History Assignment (due Tuesday, 11/29)
3) 1970s TV (Day 1) ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide

10/26/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2) Group Presentations on Historians
--I.B. students take notes on historians' views on causes of the Civil War

**Discuss the last presidential debate

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader (pages 153-169) ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1856 (James Buchanan vs. John C. Fremont)  b) Lecompton Constitution

10/25/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out I.B. Unit 3 topics
1) Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2) 6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (In lab)
--Follow directions on Guidelines Packet
--Historian's viewpoint on causes; background info/praise/criticism that can help with Values and Limitations

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader (Pages 145-153) ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

10/24/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Collect Presidential Debates Extra Credit

1) Test 2

2) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, pages 117-144 ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act/Stephen A. Douglas  c) American ("Know-Nothing") Party

10/19/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2) Test 2 info/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 takes class notes

4) In-class study time for test

5) Homework: Study for Test 2

**LAST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT) IS TONIGHT FROM 6:00-7:30. DUE MONDAY.



American Pop Culture:


1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder that it is due next class, Tuesday, October 25.

2) 1960s Movie ("Easy Rider")-Day 2
--Finish note guide

10/18/16

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
    c) Question to answer: "Compare and contrast the views of Document A and Document B on the
        Compromise of 1850, and specifically the Fugitive Slave Act".
    d) Individually, take notes following the guidelines.
    e) As a group, write 2 paragraphs for group presentation tomorrow following the guidelines.

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader (pages 103-116) ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
Focus your reading on: a) Gadsden Purchase  b) Role of Cuba on slavery issue  c) Ostend Manifesto  d) Role of Nicaragua on slavery issue

10/17/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2) Finish last Thursday's video
--Discuss/hand in notes

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader (Pages 78-103) ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 1
Focus your reading on:  a) Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act  b) Uncle Tom's Cabin


American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History assignment

2) 1960s Movie: ("Easy Rider") (Day 1)
--With note guide

10/13/16

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 notes on given topics):
a) Texas  b) Whitmans  c) Native Americans  d) Mormons

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader (pages 64-77) ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
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)

10/12/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2) OPVL Pre-Civil War Assignment Graded Sharing
--Each person needs to share at least twice on the Values and Limitations
--Hand in assignment

3) Homework: Hand out James McPherson Pre-Civil War Readers (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:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1960s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

10/11/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
2) OPVL Pre-Civil War assignment (In lab-Day 2)
--Due tomorrow at the start of class

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

10/10/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Collect Presidential Debates Extra Credit
1) Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")--not connected to a homework reading
2) OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views on Slavery (Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--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:

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History assignment

2)  1960s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

10/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas

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

3) No homework reading

**Presidential Debates Extra Credit Opportunity: Sunday evening, 10/9, 6:00-7:30.

10/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency")
2) Video: "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency") (Day 1)
--Take 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:

1) 1960s Oral History Assignment reminder

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

10/5/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Vice-Presidential Debates Extra Credit due
1) Notes ("The Election of 1824")
2) War of 1812 Role Play
--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 2nd Bank of the United States ("Bank War")  e) Jackson and Native American removal (Black Hawk War) ("Trail of Tears")

10/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
2) War of 1812 Role Play
--Hand out Identity Sheets, assign roles, and complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question per group (3 total over 2 days)
--2 presentations 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, the the "American System"  c) Andrew Jackson's views of the "American System"  d) "Tariff of Abominations"


American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History Assignment

2) 1960s TV (Day 2)
("Star Trek")
--Continue note guide

10/3/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2) 4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option information as a group  b) Complete "Presenting Your Option"  c) Make group presentation sheet

3) 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)

9/30/16

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
--Follow blue OPVL Guidelines Packet clearly as you work
--Use your knowledge from our recent class notes about:
1) Federalists  2) Democratic-Republicans  3) James Madison  4) Thomas Jefferson  5) John Adams  6) Alien and Sedition Acts  7) Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

3) Homework: Textbook, 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:

1) 1960s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1960s Oral History Assignment (due Tuesday, October 25)

3) 1960s TV:  ("Gilligan's Island")
--With note guide

9/29/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out Unit 2 I.B. Topics list for I.B History test-takers
1) Notes ("The Rise of Political Parties")
2) Hand out and discuss OPVL Guidelines Packet
3) Groups of 4: OPVL Intro Assignment
--Create group presentation sheet
--Go over as a class

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

9/28/16

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) 1950s Oral History Assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral History Assignments in class

9/27/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Debates Extra Credit due if you watched the first presidential debate.
1) Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
2) Constitutional Convention Graded Debates
--You need to respond to one topic

3) Homework: Study for Test 1
(You can email up to 10:00 p.m.)

9/23/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Creating Republican Institutions, 1776-87") and ("The Constitution of 1787")
2) Test 1 Prep Info:

Possible questions:
a) Compare the effect 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.

3) Hand out "The Mini-Debates of Philadelphia" to prepare for Constitutional Convention Debate on Tuesday.
--You'll need to respond to at least 2 different issues overall
--Email me if you need to know which positions you should take on an issue

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 210-215 ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton's views on the Constitution  b) Hamilton's financial program (3 parts)  c) Jay's Treaty   d) Whiskey Rebellion


American Pop Culture:

1) Final 1950s Oral History reminder. It's due next class on Wednesday, 9/28!

2) Finish 1950s Movie: ("Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?")
--Finish note guide and hand in

9/22/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2) Hand out Presidential Debates Extra Credit Assignment
3) Finish Revolutionary War Role Play (2 groups)
--Finish Evaluation Form and discuss
--Hand in sheet

4) 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

"Extra" Reading/Notes (Not eligible for a quiz! But potentially on a test): Textbook, pages 201-205; 208-210 ("The Constitution of 1787")
Focus terms:  a) Virginia Plan  b) New Jersey Plan  c) Connecticut (or "Great") Compromise  d) 3/5 Compromise  e) Differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists in regard to the Constitution  f) Federalist Papers  g) Bill of Rights

9/21/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2) Revolutionary War Role Play (Day 1)
--Hand out "Travellers at the Inn" and assign roles
--2 groups present today
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 2 questions (1 per day)

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:

1) Oral History check-in (due next week!)

2) 1950s Movie ("Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?") (Day 1)
--With note guide

9/20/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2) Revolution Role Play (Prep Day)
--Option information and "Considering Your Option" sheet
--Create 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

9/19/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2) Peer Review of Practice Essays
--3 evaluations/rounds
--Pass back essays and evaluations to owners; staple and hand in

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:

1) Oral History check-in and reminder (Have you done your interview yet? Found a person to interview?) Due on Wednesday, 9/28 (next week).

2) 1950s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

9/16/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2) Finish Practice Essay
--Peer Review on Monday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
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

9/15/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2) 1st period: Finish yesterday's presentations
3) Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
4) Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Monday)
--Copy down question from screen
--Points for Notes, Outline, and Essay
--Do Notes and Outline today in class
--Use pages 134-145 in the textbook for information
--DO NOT TYPE!

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:

1) 1950s Oral History check-in. Do you have someone to interview yet?

2) 1950s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide and lyrics packet

9/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2) Oral Report Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
--Points for Printed Info, Presentation, Visual

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

9/13/16

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 with mobile lab in classroom
--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:

1) 1950s Oral History check-in to see if you have a person selected to interview.
2) Finish "Leave It To Beaver" and discuss

3) 1950s TV (Day 2): ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") and ("The Twilight Zone")
--Finish note guide and hand in

9/12/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) Finish "Goldilocks" Essay; attach Scoring Guide
3) "The Coin Exercise"

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

9/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Pre-Assessment Test (graded as an assignment)

2) Same homework reading assignment as yesterday (due Monday). Also, if you need more than 15-20 minutes to finish your "Goldilocks" essay, work on that over the weekend, too (also due Monday).




American Pop Culture:

1) Collect Syllabus Agreements and Movie Permission Slips
2) 1950s Oral History reminder and clarification

3) 1950s TV ("I Love Lucy") and ("Leave It To Beaver")
--With note guide

9/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Collect Syllabus Agreements
2) Notes ("From Mercantilism to Dominion") and ("Salutary Neglect")
3) a) Go over "Writing a History Essay" b) "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay (Your question should be the title of the essay)  c) 15-20 minutes to finish on Monday

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
**This reading will be due on Monday.

9/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Go over Syllabus (Agreement is due tomorrow)
3) Textbook checkout
4) Getting acquainted

5) 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


American Pop Culture:

1) Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Go over Syllabus (Agreement due Friday)
3) Movie Permission Slip (due Friday)
4) 1950 Intro Notes
5) Hand out 1950s Oral History Assignment (due on Wednesday, 9/28)
[IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING A 1950s PERSON TO INTERVIEW, TEXT ABY MOLATORE AT (503) 707-0540 AND SHE WILL CONNECT YOU WITH SOMEONE FROM SUMMERFIELD.]
6) Getting acquainted

6/15/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Turn in textbooks

2) Test 6

6/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish 9/11 sharing and hand in
2) Graded Study for Test 6

3) Homework: Study for Test 6

**Bring textbooks tomorrow


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 6/13 entry

6/13/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Continue/finish 9/11 video
--Staple Interview sheets to notes
--Share connections and observations made
--20 points total (Cover sheet, Interview, Notes)

2) Homework: Study for Test 6



American Pop Culture (A day):

Finish "Forrest Gump"
--Discuss/hand in notes

6/10/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish Clinton video
--Add to notes a paragraph response to a prompt given
--Discuss/hand in
2) Video: "102 Minutes that Changed America" (Day 1)
--Interview check
--Keep interview with you as you watch
--Take 1/2 page of observations/thoughts of how the 9/11 footage corresponds, or not, with your interview info

3) Homework: Study for Test 6



American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 6/9 entry

6/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Continue/finish Clinton video
--Finish notes and add a paragraph answer to a prompt at the end
--Discuss/hand in

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



American Pop Culture (A day):

Extra 90s Movie:  "Forrest Gump"
--Take notes on your own paper: Write down examples of things from Forrest's life that match the themes we've discussed throughout this class.

6/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1993-2001")
2) Video: "The Clinton Years" (Day 1 of 2)
--Notes: Label one side of your paper "Successes" and the other side "Setbacks" and keep a running list.

3) Homework: 9/11 Interview (due Friday)



American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 6/7 entry,

6/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Bush Presidency")
2) 12 groups: "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Brief group research
--Presentations


3) Homework: Textbook, pages 927-933 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1993-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Peace dividend"  b) "Contract with America"


American Pop Culture (A day):

Test 2

6/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2) Video: "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 910-914 ("The Bush Presidency")
Focus your reading on;  a) Clarence Thomas  b) Persian Gulf War



American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 6/3 entry, except your Test 2 is this Wednesday, 6/8.

6/3/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2) Finish 70s Presentations
3) Graded Study for Test 6

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 908-910 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Reaganomics"  b) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, or "Star Wars")  c) Contras/Sandinistas  d) Iran-Contra Affair  e) Reagan's meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 90s Oral History assignment due
2) Graded Sharing in class

3) Hand out Test 2 review sheet and index card
4) Study time for next Tuesday's test

6/2/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition: The Women's Movement and Gay Rights")
2) 1970s Partner Presentations (Day 1)
--Points for Typed Info/Visual and Presentation
--Audience takes 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 as president  c) Camp David Accords  d) Panama Canal Treaty  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 6/1 entry, except your 1990s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 6/6.

6/1/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2) Partner Project on the 1970s (Prep Day in lab)
--Present Thursday and Friday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 884; 889; 892-899 ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition: The Women's Movement and Gay Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) OPEC oil embargo/impact on the U.S.  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Affirmative action  d) "New Right"


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder of that your 1990s Oral History assignment is due this Friday, 6/3.
2) Missing assignments reminder

3) Finish 1990s Movie ("Reality Bites") (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

5/31/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2) Writing Assignment on the Vietnam War video
--Answer questions from the screen (paragraph each)
--Graded Sharing
--Staple to Friday's notes and hand in

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 880-883 ("The Nixon Years")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Watergate  c) "Executive privilege"  d) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  e) Ford's pardon of Nixon  f) "Credibility gap"


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/27 entry, except your 90s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 6/6.

5/27/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish Vietnam video and notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873 ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tet Offensive  b) Robert Kennedy  c) Campaign/Election of 1968  d) "Silent Majority"  e) Vietnamization  f) My Lai Massacre  g) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1990s Oral History assignment is due next Friday, 6/3.
2) Please get any missing work in as soon as possible.

3) 1990s Movie:  ("Reality Bites") (Day 1)
--With note guide

5/26/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2) Video: "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" (Day 1)
--2-sided notes: a) Specific scenes or quotes that give us a picture of the Vietnam War combat soldier's experience.
b) Specific examples showing the "message", or bias, of the filmmakers (Selection of clips, music, quotes, etc).

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 856-860 ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
Focus your reading on:  a) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)/Port Huron Statement  b) Free Speech Movement at Berkeley  c) Resistance to the draft  d) Hippies


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/25 entry, except your 90s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 6/6.

5/25/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2) Discuss/hand in JFK video notes
3) Graded Sharing on MLK/Malcolm X OPVL
4) Look at class set of literacy tests and ask class discussion questions

5) Homework: Textbook, pages 850-856 ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
Focus your reading on:  a) Vietminh/Ho Chi Minh  b) Dien Bien Phu/Geneva Accords  c) Domino Theory  d) Ngo Dinh Diem  e) National Liberation Front (NLF)/Vietcong  f) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  g) Operation Rolling Thunder

American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder of 1990s Oral History assignment due date on Friday, 6/3.
2) Missing work reminder

3) 1990s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

5/24/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2) Reverse of yesterday's plans for 1st and 2nd periods

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) Malcolm X  b) Black Power/Black Panthers  c) Cesar Chavez  d) American Indian Movement (AIM)  e) Women's Rights Movement/National Organization for Women (NOW)  f) Women's Liberation Movement


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/23 entry, except your 1990s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, June 6.

5/23/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation")
2) 1st period: OPVL on Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X (Lab Day)
--Individually, analyze 2 documents and do write-up following OPVL Guidelines
--Graded Sharing on Wednesday
2nd period:  Video: "1960-64: Poisoned Dreams"
--Take 1 page of notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 836-846 ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
Focus your reading on:  a) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)/Sit-in Movement  b) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)/Freedom Rides  c) March on Washington  d) Civil Rights Act of 1964/Voting Rights Act of 1965  e) 1964 presidential election  f) Great Society programs  g) War on Poverty/Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder of 1990s Oral History assignment being due on Friday, 6/3.
2) Reminder to get missing work in as soon as possible.

3) 1990s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

5/20/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out Unit 6 I.B. Topics
1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Society During the Baby Boom")
2) Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

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) Bay of Pigs Invasion  d) Construction of the Berlin Wall  e) Peace Corps  f) Alliance for Progress  g) Cuban Missile Crisis  h) Space Race


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/19 entry, except your 1990s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 6/6.

5/19/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 5

2) Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807 ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Life During the Baby Boom")
Focus your reading on:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott  c) Baby Boomers  d) Role of women in the 1950s  e) The "Beats"


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1990s Oral History assignment reminder that it is due on Friday, 6/3. Missing work needs to be turned in as soon as possible, too.

2) 1990s TV (Day 2) ("Ellen") and ("Seinfeld")
--Finish note guide

5/18/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2) Cold War Role Play Presentations
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Ask 1 question from the audience

3) Homework: Study for Test 5


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/17 entry, except your 1990s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 6/6.

5/17/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2) Go over second Test 2 question
3) 4 groups: Post-WWII Role Play (Prep Day) (9 atomic bombs in 1946)
a) Option info  b) "Considering Your Option" sheet  c) Make group presentation sheet

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 797-804 ("The Cold War at Home")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fair Deal  b) Election of 1948  c) Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism  d) House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAAC)  e) Alger Hiss  f) Sputnik  g) Interstate Highway System


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1990s Intro Notes
2) 1990s Oral History assignment (due Friday, 6/3)
3) 1990s TV ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
--With note guide

5/16/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2) a) Atomic Bomb reading
    b) Answer questions from the screen
    c) Graded Discussion

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Iron Curtain" speech  b) George Kennan (Mr. X)/containment  c) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  d) NATO  e) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  f) "New Look"/"Massive retaliation"  g) Eisenhower Doctrine


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/13 entry.

5/13/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2)  Test 5 Essay Questions for next Thursday's test:
a) To what extent did the New Deal solve the problems of the Great Depression?
b) Describe how the U.S. policy in regard to the Soviet Union (containment) evolved during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations.

3) Video: "1941-45: Homefront"
--With note guide

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 767-776 ("Fighting and Winning the War")
Focus your reading on:  a) Battle of Stalingrad  b) D-Day  c) Battle of Midway  d) Big Three at Yalta e) Harry Truman's options for ending the war with Japan


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1980s Oral History assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral History interviews

5/12/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2) Groups of 4: OPVL on Japanese-American Internment
--Group work time, then present
--Use OPVL Guidelines Packet

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


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 5/11 entry, except your 1980s Oral History assignment is due next class on Monday, 5/16.

5/11/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
2) CCC Assignment (Part 2)
--Discuss yesterday's video notes
--Answer questions on screen (paragraph responses)
--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 (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1980s Oral History assignment is due next class on Friday, 5/13!

2) Finish 1980s Movie 
--Discuss/hand in note guide

5/10/16

I.B. History of 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 (B day):

Same as 5/9 entry, except your 1980s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 5/16.

5/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
2) Finish New Deal Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
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 (A day):

1) Reminder about 1980s Oral History assignment being due this Friday, 5/13.

2) 1980s Movie ("WarGames")
--With note guide

5/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  New Deal Presentations
--Points for Typed Info/Visual and Presentation
--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) (Wagner Act)  b) Social Security Act  c) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  d) Tax Reform Bill of 1935 (Revenue Act of 1935)  e) "Court-packing" scheme  f) "Roosevelt Recession"


American Pop Culture (B day):


Same as 5/5 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 5/16.

5/5/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression")
2) Discuss/hand in yesterday's video notes
3) New Deal Project (Prep Day)
--Present Friday and Monday


4) 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 Townshend; Father Charles Coughlin; Senator Huey Long)


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder of your 1980s Oral History assignment due date (Friday, 5/13)

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

5/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out Unit 5 I.B. Topics
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 (B day):

Same as 5/3 entry, except your 1980s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 5/16.

5/3/16

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 the people who lived through it  d) Dust Bowl



American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder of 1980s Oral History assignment due date

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

5/2/16

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 tomorrow's test

4) Homework: Study for Test 4



American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 4/29 entry, except your 1980s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 5/16.

4/29/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("A New National Culture")
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 Monday 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) Harlem Renaissance  d) Marcus Garvey


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1980s Oral History assignment is due on Friday, 5/13.

2) 1980s TV ("Cheers") and ("The Cosby Show")
--Finish and hand in note guide

4/28/16

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 (B day):

1) 1980s Intro Notes
2) 1980s Oral History Assignment handed out
--Due Monday, 5/16

3) 1980s TV ("Family Ties")
--With note guide

4/27/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2) Woodrow Wilson Documents
a) Reading time
b) Answer questions from screen
c)  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) Hawley-Smoot Tariff; Washington Naval Arms Conference; Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact; Dawes Plan


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1980s Intro Notes

2) 1980s Oral History assignment handed out (due Friday, 5/13).

3) 1980s TV ("Family Ties")
--With note guide

4/26/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2) Test 4 Prep Info:

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) Extra Credit in-class opportunity

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 (B day):

Same as 4/25 entry

4/25/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Great War, 1914-19")
2) Progressive Era Issues Presentations
--Points for typed info, presentation, and visual
--Audience takes class 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 (A day):

1) 1970s Oral History assignment is due.

2) Graded Sharing with the class.

4/22/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2) 8 groups: Progressive Era Issues (Prep Day in lab)
--Present Monday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 640-647 ("The Great War, 1914-19")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zimmermann Telegram  b) Impact of Russian Revolution on WWI


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 4/21, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due next class time on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/21/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2) Video: "1914-19: Shell Shock"
--Take 1 page of notes

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


American Pop Culture (A day):

**REMINDER THAT YOUR 1970s ORAL HISTORY ASSIGNMENT IS DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD, MONDAY, 4/25.

 Finish "Rocky"
--Discuss/hand in note guide

4/20/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Double Notes ("An American Empire") and ("Onto the World Stage")
2) Imperialism Role Play
--All 3 groups present
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question per person


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 (B day):

1) 1970s Oral History assignment is due next Tuesday, 4/26.

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

4/18/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) No notes or Role Play today, due to Mr. Unis' absence.

2) Video: "The Beginning: Seeds of Change"
--Take 1 page of notes

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 the text)


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder about your 1970s Oral History assignment

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

4/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes (" The Roots of Expansion")
2) 3 groups: Imperialism Role Play Prep Day
a) Read Option Info  b) "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 (B day):

Same as 4/13 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/13/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
2) Finish presentations (Day 2)

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


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25.

2) Test 1

4/12/16

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
--Points for Title Page/Visual, Typed Info, Presentation
--Audience takes class notes

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


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 4/11 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/11/16

I.B. History of Americas:

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

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 486-487; 490; 494-495; 518-519; 521; 523 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The Politics and the Status Quo, 1877-1893")
Focus your reading on:  a) Andrew Carnegie  b) "Gilded Age"/laissez-faire  c) Social Darwinism d) Political machines

American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25.

2) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and notecards. Use old assignments to prepare your notecard for the test.

3) Graded Study time for the test.

4/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2) DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2)
--Finish questions
--Graded Discussion

3) 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 (B Day):

Same as 4/7 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out I.B. Unit 4 Topics
1) Notes ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
2) DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1)
--Watch short video clip
--Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion tomorrow

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("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)  c) W.E.B. DuBois's views that disagreed with Washington


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25. See me if you need help finding someone to interview.

2) 1970s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

4/6/16

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 (B day):

Same as 4/5 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/5/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Double Notes" ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2) Discuss/hand in Civil War video guide
3) Graded Study for Test 3

4) Homework: Study for Test 3


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25.

2) 1970s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

4/416

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2) Go over Essay Question #2 for Test 3
3) Finish "War Is All Hell" and discuss/hand in note guide

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

ALL MISSING WORK, QUIZZES AND TESTS NEED TO BE MADE UP BY MONDAY, 4/11.


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 4/1 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due Tuesday, 4/26.

4/1/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) Test 3 Prep Info:

1) Discuss how the following 3 things contributed to the final breakdown between the North and 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) a) Finish "Valley of the Shadow of Death" and discuss
    b) Start "War is All Hell" (continue note guide)

4) 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 war strategies (total war)  c) Shenandoah Campaign  d) Election of 1864  e) William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"  f) Appomattox Court House


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder: Due Monday, 4/25.

2) 1970s TV (Day 3) ("All in the Family") and ("Barney Miller")
--With note guide

3/31/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Discuss "The Cause" notes
    b) Begin "Valley of the Shadow of Death"
        --Continue 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 the Battle of Gettysburg


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 3/30 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

3/30/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2) Finish "The Cause" video
--With note guide

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


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, April 25.

2) 1970s TV (Day 2)
("M.A.S.H.") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide

3/29/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2) Civil War video: "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 (B day):

Same as 3/18 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

3/18/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2) John Brown assignment
a) Reading: Use pages 232-235 in books provided
b) Answer questions at the top of page 236 (1 sentence answers) and on the screen (paragraph)
c) 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 (A day):

1) 1970s Intro Notes
2) Assign 1970s Oral History (due Monday, 4/25)
3) 1970s TV ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide

3/17/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2) Group presentations on historians
--I.B. students take notes on historians' views on causes of the Civil War

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


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 3/16 entry.

3/16/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out I.B. Unit 3 Topics
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
a) Looking for your historian's viewpoint on the causes
b) Look at his background, plus praise and criticism to help with the Values and Limitations

3) Homework: McPherson reader, pages 145-153 ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1960s Oral History assignments are due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral History assignments

3/15/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 2

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


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 3/14 entry, except your 60s Oral History assignment is due this Thursday, 3/17.

3/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2) Finish group work on Compromise of 1850 assignment and groups present
--Audience takes class notes

3) Graded Study for tomorrow's test

4) Homework: Study for Test 2


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1960s Oral History assignment is due this Wednesday, 3/16.

2) Finish "Easy Rider" movie
--Discuss/hand in note guide

3/11/16

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).  Question to answer: "Compare and contrast the 
        views of Document A and Document B on the Compromise of 1850".
    c) Individually, take notes following the guidelines
    d) As a group, write 2 paragraphs for group presentation on Monday using the guidelines

3) Homework: McPherson reader, pages 103-116 ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
Focus your reading on:  a) Gadsden Purchase  b) Role of Cuba on the slavery issue  c) Ostend Manifesto  d) Role of Nicaragua/William Walker on the slavery issue


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 3/10 entry, except your 60s Oral History assignment is due next Thursday, 3/17.

3/10/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2) PCC course registration (in lab):

CRNs needed to register: 27823; 22322; 23706

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


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1960s Oral History assignment is due next Wednesday, 3/16.  I have a list of people here at THS if you need someone to interview.

2) 1960s Movie: ("Easy Rider")
--With note guide

3/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2) Test 2 Prep Info:

A) 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

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

3) Graded Study for test

4) Homework: McPherson reading, pages 64-77 ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
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--see page 65)




American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 3/8 entry, except your 60s Oral History assignment is due Thursday, 3/17 (next week).

3/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) Homework: Hand out McPherson readers, 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 (A day):

1) Reminder that your 60s Oral History assignment is due Wednesday, 3/16 (next week).

2) 1960s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide and hand in.

3/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
2) Finish OPVL Pre-Civil War assignment (In Lab-Day 2)

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 (B day):

Same as 3/4 entry, except your 60s Oral History assignment is due on Thursday, 3/17.

3/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Reminder to do the PCC registration (pages 5-10 in the handbook) to get your ID# as soon as possible!

1) Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")
2)  OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views of Slavery (In Lab--Day 1)
--Individual assignment--Use OPVL Guidelines Packet closely

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 (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1960s Oral History assignment is due on Wednesday, 3/16.

2) 1960s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

3/3/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) No homework reading.  Instead, do your PCC registration (getting into their system to get an ID#) if you haven't done it already.  Use pages 5-10 in the PCC handbook.



American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 3/2 entry, except your 60s Oral History assignment is due on Thursday, 3/17.

3/2/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Hand out PCC handbooks. Students do the registration to become a PCC student as soon as possible (unless you already have done this for another class). Use pages 5-10 in the handbook. We will register for the actual PCC classes as a class in the computer lab next week.  You must have your PCC ID# by then.
2) Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency")
3) Video: "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency" (Day 1)
--Take 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

4) 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 (A day):

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder (due on Wednesday, 3/16).

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

3/1/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1824")
2) Finish War of 1812 Role Play (2 groups)
a) Go over identities at the end  b) 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 (B day):


Same as 2/29 entry (except your 60s Oral History due date is Thursday, 3/17).

2/29/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
2) War of 1812 Role Play (2 groups present today)
a) Assign new identities  b) Complete the Evaluation sheet  c) Audience asks 3 questions total (1 per group)

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 (A day):

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History assignment due date

2) 1960s TV (Day 2) ("Star Trek")
--Continue note guide

2/26/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2) Don't present, but discuss, yesterday's OPVL assignment on the Alien and Sedition Acts; put all group members' names on sheet and turn in.
3) 4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option info  b) "Presenting Your Option" sheet  c) Make group presentation sheet


4) Homework: Textbook, pages 294-295; 269; 240-241 ("Eli Whitney: Master 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, but a focus term)


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 2/25 entry.

2/25/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
2) Same group of 4: OPVL on Alien and Sedition Acts
--Use paper/pens to create a group presentation sheet
--Follow Guidelines packet very closely
--Use your knowledge from our recent class notes about: a) Federalists  b) Democratic-Republicans  c) James Madison  d) Thomas Jefferson  e) John Adams  f) Alien and Sedition Acts  g) Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

3) Homework: Textbook, 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 (A day):

1) 1950s Oral History assignments are due today

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories in class

2/24/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Hand out new I.B. Unit 2 Topics list
2) Notes ("The Rise of Political Parties")
3) Hand out and go over OPVL Guidelines packet
4) Groups of 4: OPVL Intro Assignment
--Use paper and pens provided to create a group presentation sheet
--Each group presents, with each group member participating

5) 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 (B day):

Same as 2/23 entry, except your 50s Oral History assignment is due this Friday, 2/26.

Your 60s Oral History assignment is due on Thursday, 3/17.