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