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).