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