12/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2) John Brown
--Reading: Use pages 232-235 in books provided
--Graded Discussion based on question put on screen

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) 1980s Oral History assignment is due today.

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

12/14/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 12/13 entry.

12/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2) Group presentations on historians
--Everybody participates in the group presentation
--I.B. History test-takers should take notes

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



American Pop Culture:

1) Final reminder about 1980s Oral History assignment (due on Friday)

2) 1980s Movie: ("WarGames") (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

12/12/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 12/11 entry.

12/11/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) IB Unit 3 Topics handed out
2) Reminder to sign up for PCC credit if you have not already
3) Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
4) 6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (Google Classroom)
--Follow directions on sheet
--Present during next class time

5) 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) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Movie: ("WarGames") (Day 1)
--With note guide

12/8/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 12/7 entry.

12/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

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

12/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 12/5 entry.

12/5/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2) PCC registration (Steps 2 and 3)
3) Compromise of 1850 presentations
--Audience takes class notes
4) Study time for test

5) Homework: Study for Test 2




American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

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

12/4/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 12/1 entry.

12/1/17

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: "Compare and contrast the views of Document A and Document B on the Compromise of 1850 and especially the Fugitive Slave Act".
    d) Individually, take notes following the guidelines.
    e) As a group, write 2 paragraphs for a group presentation following the guidelines. The presentation will take place during our next class time.

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 the slavery issue  c) Ostend Manifesto  d) Role of Nicaragua on the slavery issue



American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

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

11/30/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/29 entry.

11/29/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2) Test 2 essay questions revealed/discussed:

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 the South.

3) Finish video and notes


4) 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) 1980s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1980s Oral History assignment (due Friday, December 15)

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

11/28/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/27 entry.

11/27/17

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)
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's idea-page 65)



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

11/22/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/21 entry.

11/21/17

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
--Assignment graded on Google Classroom

3) Homework: Hand out Pre-Civil War Readers, pages 3-5; 47-64 ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")
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) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder (due next Monday, 11/27) and Test 1 corrections due by tomorrow.

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

11/20/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/17 entry.

11/17/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
2) PCC Admissions process
--If you have difficulty completing the process, contact the PCC Student Helpdesk at (971) 722-8222.
3) OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views on Slavery (Day 2)
--Finish the assignment by the start of the next class

4) 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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

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

11/16/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/15 entry.

11/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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)
--Use Chromebooks for research and typing.
--Follow the OPVL Guidelines Packet very closely as your model.

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"



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder (due after Thanksgiving Break).

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

11/14/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/13 entry.

11/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Video: "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency"
--Take section notes (1/3 of a page each; divide each side of your paper into thirds)
Chapters: 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

2) No homework reading





American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1970s Oral History assignment (due after Thanksgiving Break)

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

11/8/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/7 entry.

11/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Triple Note Day ("The Election of 1824") ("The Jacksonian Presidency") ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")

Reading that goes with the last set of notes: Textbook, pages 330-335; 338
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) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) Test 1

11/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/3 entry.

11/3/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes are postponed until next class.
2) Finish War of 1812 Role Play
--Last 2 groups present
--Audience asks the last of their questions (for a total of 3 for the entire role play)
--Finish Evaluation Form and 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 ("Trail of Tears")



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s TV (Day 3) ("M.A.S.H.") and ("All in the Family")
--Finish note guide

11/2/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 11/1 entry.

11/1/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
2) War of 1812 Role Play
a) Identity sheets, assign roles, and Evaluation Form
b) Audience asks 1 question per presentation (3 total over 2 days)
c) 2 presentations today

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 317-321 ("The Election of 1824")
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1824 ("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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

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

3) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1

10/31/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/30 entry.

10/30/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2) 4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play
a) Read Option info
b) Complete "Presenting Your Option" sheet
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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

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

10/25/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/24 entry.

10/24/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
2) OPVL on Alien and Sedition Acts
--Do together as a class, practicing OPVL recognition of primary sources.

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) 1970s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1970s Oral History assignment (due Monday, 11/27)

3) 1970s TV (Day 1) ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide

10/23/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/20 entry.

10/20/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Rise of Political Parties")
2) Hand out OPVL Guidelines
3) OPVL Intro Assignment (Groups of 4)
--Use paper and pens to make a 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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment due today

2) Graded Sharing of Oral History Interviews

10/19/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/18 entry.

10/18/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
2) Constitutional Convention Graded Debate
--You need to respond in the discussion to one topic

3) 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) 1960s Oral History assignment is due on Friday!

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

10/17/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/16 entry.

10/16/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Creating Republican Institutions...") and ("The Constitution of 1787")
2) Hand out "The Mini-Debates of Philadelphia" to prepare for Constitutional Convention Debate next class time.
--Read/study quietly your assigned position
--You will need to respond to at least 2 different issues during the debate.

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 210-215 ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Thomas Jefferson vs. 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) 1960s Oral History assignment is due this Friday, 10/20!

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

10/12/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/11 entry.

10/11/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 1

2) Homework: Textbook, pages 194-205; 208-210 ("Creating Republican Institutions...") and ("The Constitution of 1787")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Mixed government"  b) Articles of Confederation  c) Northwest Ordinance of 1787  d) Shays' Rebellion  e) Virginia Plan  f) New Jersey Plan  g) Connecticut (or "Great") Compromise  h) 3/5 Compromise  i) Difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists  j) Federalist Papers  k) Bill of Rights



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

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

10/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/9 entry.

10/9/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Path to Victory...") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2) Go over Essay Question 2 for Test 1
3) Revolution Role Play (Day 2)
--Finish last 2 groups
--Hand in sheet

4) Homework: Study for Test 1. Outlines can be sent to me until 10:00 p.m. the evening before the test. The earlier the better, please.



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

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

10/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/5 entry.

10/5/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Trials of War...")
2) Revolutionary War Role Play (Day 1)
--Hand out "Travelers at the Inn" and assign roles
--2 groups present
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience members ask 2 questions total (1 per day)

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 175-179; 182; 184-190 ("The Path to Victory...") 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) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

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

10/4/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 10/3 entry.

10/3/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Independence...")
2) Test 1 Essay Questions for next week's test:

a) Compare the effects 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) Revolutionary War Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option info and complete the "Considering Your Option" sheet
b) Create group presentation sheet

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 170-175 ("The Trials of War...")
Focus your reading on:  a) "War of attrition"/George Washington  b) Battle of Trenton/Battle of Princeton  c) Battle of Saratoga/General John Burgoyne  d) Valley Forge  e) Baron von Steuben  f) Funding the Continental Army


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

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

10/2/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/29 entry.

9/29/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Double" Notes ("The Growing Confrontation") and ("The Road to War")
2) Peer Review of Practice Essays
--2 rounds
--Hand in Essays, Notes/Outlines, and Evaluations stapled together.

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 166-170 ("Toward Independence")
Focus your reading on:  a) 2nd Continental Congress  b) Thomas Jefferson/Declaration of Independence  c) Thomas Paine's Common Sense


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1960s Oral History assignment (due Friday, October 20)

3) 1960s TV (Day 1) ("Gilligan's Island")
--With note guide

9/28/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same entry as 9/27. For your class, we will do "double" notes on Monday, along with the Peer Review, so have your Practice Essay done by that time.

9/27/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) We will do "double notes" during the next class time.
2) Finish Practice Essays
--DO NOT TYPE!!
--Must be done by Friday for the Peer Review.

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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History assignments due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

9/26/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/22 entry.

9/22/27

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement...") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion...")
2) Finish Oral Presentations?
3) Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
4) Practice Essays
--Answer the question: "What factors triggered the deterioration in relations between Great Britain and its American colonies between 1763-1766?"
--Use pages 134-145 in your textbook for information
--DO NOT TYPE!!
--20 points (2.5 Notes; 2.5 Outline; 15 Essay)
--Do Notes and Outline today and finish before the next class time.

5) Homework: Textbook, pages 145-150 ("The Growing Confrontation...")
Focus your reading on:  a) Townshend Acts  b) Non-importation  c) Daughters of Liberty  d) Boston Massacre


American Pop Culture:

1) Final reminder on 1950s Oral History interview assignment (due next class on Wednesday, 9/27).

2) Finish 1950s Movie
--Discuss and hand in note guide

9/21/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/20 entry.

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS ON TUESDAY.

9/20/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge...")
2) Oral Report Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
--15 points (7.5 typed info; 5 presentation; 2.5 visual)

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 134-140; 140-145 ("The Imperial Reform Movement...") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion")
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 ON FRIDAY


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History assignment reminder (Due next Wednesday, 9/27)

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

9/19/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/18 entry

9/18/17

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 on Chromebooks/Google Classroom
--Present next class period

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 121-126 ("The Mid-Century Challenge...")
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 assignment reminder (have you done your interview yet?)

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

9/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/14 entry, except your homework reading is due Tuesday, 9/19. It is listed on the blog entry for 9/12.

9/14/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Pre-Assessment Test

2) Same homework reading as assigned on Tuesday (due next Monday, 9/18).



American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History assignment check-in and reminder

2) Discuss "Twilight Zone" notes from Tuesday and hand in 50s TV note guide.

3) 1950s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

9/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/12 entry, except your homework reading is due on Tuesday, 9/19.

9/12/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) Finish "Goldilocks" essay (15-20 minutes)
--Attach Scoring Guide
3) "The Coin Exercise"

4) Homework (For Monday, 9/18): Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) Deists  c) John Locke  d) Benjamin Franklin  e) Great Awakening/Pietism



American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History assignment check-in/reminder
2) Discuss "Leave it to Beaver" episode from last Friday

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

9/11/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 9/8 entry

9/8/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Collect Syllabus Agreements
2) Hand out Unit 1 I.B. Topics
3) Notes ("From Mercantilism to Dominion") and ("Salutary Neglect")
4) a) "Writing a History Essay"
    b) "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
         --YOUR QUESTION SHOULD BE THE TITLE OF THE ESSAY
         --Do not type the essay!!
    c) 15-20 minutes of class time to finish during next class session

5) 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



American Pop Culture:

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

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

9/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same plans as 9/6 entry.

9/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Syllabus (Agreement due next class)
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) Syllabus (Agreement due on Friday)
3) Movie Permission Slips (due Friday)
4) 1950s Oral History assignment (due Wednesday, 9/27)
--See me for a THS staff member or Summerfield contact information
5) Getting acquainted

6/19/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1st period:  Extra Study Day

4th period:  a) Hand in textbooks   b) Test 6




American Pop Culture:

Test 2

6/16/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order...")
2) Graded Study for Test 6

3) Homework: Study for Test 6

**BRING TEXTBOOKS ON YOUR LAST DAY OF CLASS.

6/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Bush Presidency")
2) 12 groups: "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Brief group research in class/group discussion using classroom textbooks, class notes, phones, etc.
--Groups present opinions on paper

a) Causes  b) Reasons for U.S. involvement  c) Outcomes  d) Just or not just? Why or why not?

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 927-933 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order...")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Contract with America"  b) "Peace Dividend" (not in reading)



American Pop Culture:

1) Hand in 90s Oral History assignment

2) Final missing work reminder

3) --Hand out Test 2 review sheet and index card
    --Graded preparation for test

6/14/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish yesterday's Carter notes, then ("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

6/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Mega" notes on the 1970s:  ("The Nixon Years")

("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition...")--Textbook, pages 884; 889; 892-899 Focus terms:  a) OPEC oil embargo/impact on the U.S.  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Affirmative action  d) "New Right"

("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")--Textbook, pages 899-904 Focus terms:  a)  Gerald Ford's problems as president  b) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign for president  c) Camp David Accords  d) Panama Canal Treaty  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis


2) 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:

1) Final reminder of 90s Oral History assignment and missing work

2) Finish 90s Movie ("Reality Bites")
--Complete note guide

6/12/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2) Writing Assignment/Graded Discussion on Vietnam War video
--Answer questions from the screen
--Graded Discussion
--Staple to video 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) Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon  f) "Credibility gap"

6/9/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish Vietnam video
--Continue 2-sided notes
--A follow-up assignment will be on Monday

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:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment and missing work reminder

2) 1990s Movie ("Reality Bites")-Day 1
--With note guide

6/8/17

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

6/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish notes from yesterday ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda") and today's notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2) Graded Sharing on MLK/Malcolm X OPVL

3) 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:

1) 1990s Oral History reminder

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

6/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish yesterday's JFK notes and then: ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2) OPVL on MLK/Malcolm X (Lab Day)
--Individually, analyze the 2 documents and do the write-up following OPVL Guidelines.
--Graded Sharing tomorrow

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

6/5/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Society During the Baby Boom")
2) "Extra" Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation") "Extra Info": Pages 830-836 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

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 836-846 ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
Focus your reading on:  a) Student Non-Violent 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:

1) Reminder about 90s Oral History assignment

2) 1990s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

6/2/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 5

2) Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807; 820-825 ("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 50s  e) The "Beats"

6/1/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2) Post-WWII Role Play presentations
--Complete Evaluation form
--Audience asks 1 question each

3) Homework: Study for Test 5



American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 90s TV (Day 2) ("Ellen") and ("Seinfeld")
--Finish note guide

5/31/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2) Go over second Test 5 essay question
3) 4 groups: Post-WWII Role Play
--Read Option info
--"Considering Your Option" sheet
--Create 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

5/30/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment is due
2) 1990s Intro Notes
3) Hand out 1990s Oral History assignment (due on Thursday, June 15)
4) 1990s TV (Day 1) ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
--With note guide

5/26/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2) Test 5 Essay Questions (go over first one today):

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"
--Take 1 page of notes

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 3 at Yalta  e) Harry Truman's options for ending the war with Japan

5/25/17

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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder (due next class on Tuesday, May 30)

2) 1980s Movie (Day 2) ("WarGames")
--Finish note guide

5/24/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
2) CCC assignment
--Discuss video notes from yesterday
--Answer questions from screen
--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

5/23/17

I.B. History of the 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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Movie: ("WarGames") (Day 1)
--With note guide

5/22/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
2) Finish New Deal Presentations

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

5/19/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2) New Deal Project Presentations (Day 1)
--Points for Typed Info/Visual; 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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

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

5/18/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression")
2) In pairs: New Deal Project (Prep Day)
--Present Friday and Monday

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) FDR's critics (Francis Townshend, Charles Coughlin, Huey Long)

5/17/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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 Great Depression  b) The nation's response toward Hoover  c) Bonus Army


American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History reminder

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

5/16/17

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 Great Depression affected the people who lived through it  d) Dust Bowl

5/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Dissenting Views and Cultural Conflict")
2) 1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone in your group 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:

1) Reminder about 1980s Oral History assignment

2) 80s TV (Day 2)
("Cheers") and ("The Cosby Show")
--Finish note guide

5/12/17

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 the key points of your document 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

5/11/17

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:

1) 1980s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1980s Oral History assignment (due Tuesday, May 30)

3) 80s TV (Day 1) ("Family Ties")
--With note guide

5/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2) Woodrow Wilson documents/questions/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

5/9/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

a) What were the most important considerations in the United States' decision to go to war with 
    Spain?
b) What were the major goals of the Progressives in the U.S. and to what extent were they achieved
    by 1920?

3) Graded Study for test

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) 1970s Oral History assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

5/8/17

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

5/5/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2) Progressive Era Presentations
--(Points for Typed Info, Presentation, and Visual)
--Audience takes class notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 640-647 ("The Great War, 1914-18")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zimmermann Telegram  b) Impact of Russian Revolution on WWI



American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder that 70s Oral History assignment is due next class on Tuesday

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

5/4/17

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

5/3/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder (due next Tuesday, May 9)

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

5/2/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

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 "Moral Diplomacy" f) Woodrow Wilson's "Moral Diplomacy" (not mentioned by name in the text)

5/1/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Study Hall Day due to Smarter Balanced Math Testing for juniors



American Pop Culture:

Study Hall Day due to Smarter Balanced Math Testing for juniors

4/28/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Roots of Expansion")
2) 3 groups: Imperialism Role Play (Prep Day) (Present on Tuesday)
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/USS Maine  c) Filipino "insurrection"/Emilio Aguinaldo

4/27/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

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

4/26/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-1893")
2) Late 19th Century Individual Presentations
--Points for Title Page/Visual, Typed Info, and 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

4/25/17

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 Wednesday 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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

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

4/24/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

4/21/17

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 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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 70s TV (Day 3) ("Good Times") and ("Barney Miller")
--Finish note guide

4/20/17

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

4/18/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Graded Study for Test 3

2) Homework for Thursday: Study for Test 3. Email Mr. Unis outlines and questions.




American Pop Culture:

1970s TV (Day 2) ("M.A.S.H.") and ("All in the Family")
--Continue note guide

4/17/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Double notes ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")

Extra Reading covered in the notes:  Textbook, pages 436-441 ("Radical Reconstruction")
Focus terms:  a) Reconstruction Act of 1867  b) Tenure of Office Act/Andrew Johnson's impeachment  c) Election of 1868  d) 15th Amendment

2) Finish Civil War videos
--Discuss/hand in note guides

3) Homework: Study for Thursday's Test 3. Send me outlines and questions!

4/13/17

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) Watch "War Is All Hell"
-Finish 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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Intro Notes

2) Hand out 1970s Oral History assignment (due Tuesday, May 9)

3) 1970s TV (Day 1) ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide

4/12/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) a) Finish "Valley of the Shadow of Death". Discuss?
    b) Begin "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

4/11/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Finish "The Cause"; discuss notes
b) Begin "Valley of the Shadow of Death" and 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:

Test 1

4/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate")
2) Continue Civil War video series: Finish "The Cause"
--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

4/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2) Videos: "The Civil War" (Episode: "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:

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

2) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1

4/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2) John Brown
a) Reading: Use 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

4/5/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment due
2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

4/4/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2) 6 groups: Historiography on the Causes of the Civil War (Mobile Lab)
--Follow directions on the sheet
--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)

4/3/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder (due next class on Wednesday)

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

3/24/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")-Part 2
2) Test 2 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 the South.

3) Finish work on Compromise of 1850?
--Groups present
--Audience takes class notes

4) Homework: Study for Test 2

3/23/17

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 Document A and Document B on the Compromise of 1850 and
        the Fugitive Slave Act".
    d) Individually, take notes following the guidelines.
    e) As a group, write 2 paragraphs for group presentation tomorrow using 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 the slavery issue  c) Ostend Manifesto  d) Role of Nicaragua on the slavery issue


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History reminder

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

3/22/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish "Empire Upon the Trails" video
--Finish section notes and hand in

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

3/21/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Double notes": ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Parts 1 and 2
2) Start video: "Empire Upon the Trails" (finish tomorrow with sub)
--Take section notes (2 pages): a) Texas  b) Whitmans  c) Native Americans  d) Mormons

3) No homework reading tonight



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History reminder

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

3/20/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) Homework: Pre-Civil War Reader, 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

3/17/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
2) OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views on Slavery (In Lab--Day 2)
--Use OPVL Guidelines Packet carefully
--Due on Monday when we will do graded sharing.

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

We are registering for the PCC credit today in class.  Use pages 10-11 in the PCC Handbook.  Here are the specific Course Reference Numbers you need to use for the 3 PCC courses you should be registering for:

25733
21956
22995



American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

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

3/16/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")--not connected to a reading
2) OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views on Slavery (In lab-Day 1)
--Use OPVL Guidelines Packet. Follow each step carefully.

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

BRING PCC ID NUMBERS TOMORROW--You will be registering in class for the credit.

3/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) No homework reading. However, 4th period please bring a laptop tomorrow if possible.



American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History assignment

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

3/14/17

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 (2 pages):  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

3/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Election of 1824")
2) Finish War of 1812 Role Play (last 2 groups present)
--Go over identity position choices
--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) and (Trail of Tears)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History assignment reminder

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

3/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
2) War of 1812 Role Play
--Assign new individual identity roles/Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 2 questions (1 per day)
--2 groups present today

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 317-321 ("The Election of 1824")
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1824 ("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"

3/9/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2) 4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option info  b) Complete the "Presenting Your Option" sheet  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)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Intro Notes

2)  Hand out 1960s Oral History assignment (due Wednesday, April 5)

3) 1960s TV (Day 1) ("Gilligan's Island")
--With note guide

3/8/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Republicans' Political Revolution")
2) Same groups of 4 as yesterday: OPVL on Alien and Sedition Acts
--Make group sheet
--Follow OPVL Guidelines packet clearly
--Use knowledge from recent class notes on topics in the documents

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

3/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Rise of Political Parties")
2) Hand out OPVL Guidelines packets and discuss
3) Groups of 4: OPVL Intro Assignment
--Make group presentation sheet
--Discuss 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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History assignment is due

2) Graded Sharing of the Oral Histories in class

3/6/17

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"

3/3/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Political Crisis of the 1790s")
2) Constitutional Convention Graded "Debate"

3) Homework: Study for Test 1. Outlines and questions taken until 10:00 p.m. Sunday evening.



American Pop Culture:

1) Final reminder about 1950s Oral History assignment

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

3/2/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

a) Compare the effects 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 tomorrow's Constitutional Convention "Debate"
--Read/study packet so you'll be able to respond to at least 2 different issues tomorrow according to your assigned position.

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

3/1/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83") and ("Republicanism Defined and Challenged")
2) Finish Revolution Role Play
--Last 2 groups present
--Go over individual identities time permitting
--Hand in sheet

3) 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: (You are not required to read it, but the focus terms will be discussed tomorrow and could be on the 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) Difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists in regard to the Constitution  f) Federalist Papers  g) Bill of Rights



American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1950s Oral History due date

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

2/28/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2) Revolution Role Play (Day 1)
a) Hand out "Travelers at the Inn" and assign roles  b) 2 groups present today  c) Complete Evaluation form  d) Audience members ask 2 questions total (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

2/27/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2) Revolution Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option info as a group and complete "Considering Your Option" sheet
b) Make 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/General John Burgoyne  d) Valley Forge  e) Baron von Steuben  f) Funding the Continental Army


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History assignment reminder and check-in

2) 1950s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide and hand in

2/24/17

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 everything together 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

2/23/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2) Finish Practice Essays (Essays done in class today for Peer Review tomorrow)

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



American Pop Culture:

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

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

2/22/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2) Hand back "Goldilocks" Essays and discuss
3) Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Friday)
--Points for Notes, Outline, and Essay
--Use pages 134-145 in your textbook for your notes
--Do the Notes and Outline today

4) 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

2/21/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge...")
2) Oral Report Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
--Graded on Typed Info, Oral Presentation, and 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!!


American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History Assignment reminder and check-in. Do you have someone to interview yet? See Mr. Unis if you need help.

2) 1950s TV (Day 2)
("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") and ("The Twilight Zone")

2/17/17

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 in lab
--Present on Tuesday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 121-126 ("The Mid-Century Challenge...")
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

2/16/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

Pre-Assessment done in class today.

Homework:  Same as yesterday. Check the blog for 2/15.  Please do the PCC admissions process tonight if you have not already done so.




American Pop Culture:

1) 1950s Oral History reminder and check-in
2) Collect Syllabus Agreements and Movie Permission Slips

3) 1950s TV (Day 1)
("I Love Lucy") and ("Leave It To Beaver")
--With note guide

2/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) Hand out PCC handbooks. APPLY FOR ADMISSIONS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  FOLLOW PAGES 7-9 IN THE HANDBOOK VERY CAREFULLY. WRITE DOWN YOUR ID NUMBER ("G" NUMBER) ON THE CARD PROVIDED.
3) Finish "Goldilocks" Essay, attach Scoring Guide, and hand in.
4) "The Coin Exercise" activity

5) Homework: Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) Deists  c) John Locke  d) Benjamin Franklin  e) Great Awakening/Pietism
NOTE:  THIS READING WILL BE DUE FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE PRE-ASSESSMENT BEING DONE IN CLASS TOMORROW.

2/14/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Collect Agreements/Hand out Unit 1 IB Topics
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)
c) Attach Scoring Guide
d) 15-20 minutes to finish in class tomorrow

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


American Pop Culture:

1) Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Syllabus (Agreement due on Thursday)
3) Movie Permission Slip (due Thursday)
4) 1950s Intro Notes

5) Hand out 1950s Oral History Assignment (due Tuesday, March 7)
6) Getting acquainted

2/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Syllabus (Agreement due tomorrow)/Check out textbooks
3) Getting acquainted

4) 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

2/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1st period only:

1) Turn in textbooks

2) Test 6

2/9/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1st period:  Study Hall

3rd period:  1) Turn in textbooks

2) Test 6

2/8/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Graded Study for Test 6

2) Homework: Study for Test 6


**BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS ON THE LAST DAY OF CLASS OR TURN IN EARLY TO LIBRARY YOURSELF.



American Pop Culture:

Test 2

2/7/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish Clinton video and notes
--Add to notes afterward:
--Put a star next to 3 biggest items on each list
--Make a summary judgment (1 paragraph): "When the next historians' ranking of presidents comes out in 2020, how will Clinton be judged? Why? (Great, Near Great, Average, Below Average, Failure)

2) Homework: Study for Test 6

2/6/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2) Video: "The Clinton Years" (Day 1)
Notes:  Label 1 side of paper "Successes" and the other side "Setbacks" and keep a running list

3) Homework: Study for Test 6




American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment is due

2) Hand out Test 2 review sheet and index card
--Graded Study for Wednesday's test


**ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE BY WEDNESDAY!

2/2/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Bush Presidency")
2) 12 groups: "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Brief group research and discussion
--Groups present to class

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 927-933 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Peace dividend" (not in reading)  b) "Contract with America"

2/1/17

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:

1) Reminder about 90s Oral History due date and missing assignments

2) 90s Movie: ("Reality Bites") (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

1/31/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2) Finish 70s Project 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 Initiatives (SDI or "Star Wars")  c) Contras/Sandinistas  d) Iran-Contra Affair  e) Reagan's meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev

1/30/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition: The Women's Movement and Gay Rights")
2) 1970s Project Presentations (Day 1)
--Credit for typed info, visual, and presentation
--Audience should take 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 for president  c) Camp David Accords  d) Panama Canal Treaty  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis


American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment reminder and missing work reminder

2) 1990s Movie: ("Reality Bites") (Day 1)
--With note guide

1/27/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2) Partner Project: 1970s (Prep Day in classroom) PLEASE PRINT OUT YOUR SHEET AT HOME!
--Presenting Monday and Tuesday

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 U.S.  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Affirmative action  d) "New Right"

1/26/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2) Writing Assignment on Vietnam video
--Answer questions from the screen (full paragraphs)
--Graded Discussion
--Staple to yesterday'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:

1)  Reminder of 1990s Oral History assignment and missing reminder

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

1/25/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish video
--Continue 2-sided notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873; 876 ("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)

1/24/17

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:

1) Reminder of 1990s Oral History assignment due date and missing assignments

2) 1990s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

1/23/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2) Graded Sharing on MLK/Malcolm X OPVL
3) Look at literacy tests and discuss

4) 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

1/20/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out Unit 6 I.B. Topics and finish notes from Wednesday
1) Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2) OPVL on MLK/Malcolm X (Lab Day)
--Individually, analyze the 2 documents and do a write-up following the OPVL Guidelines
--Graded Sharing on Monday

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:

1) 90s Oral History reminder and reminder about missing assignments to turn in before the end of the semester.

2) 90s TV (Day 2)
("Ellen") and ("Seinfeld")
--Finish note guide

1/19/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 5

2) 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)

1/18/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Life During the Baby Boom") Textbook,, pages 804-807; 820-825  Focus:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education case  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott  c) Baby Boomers  d) Role of women in the 50s  e) The "Beats"

("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation") Textbook, pages 830-836  Focus:  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

NOTE: We are starting Unit 6 material day today because we don't have time to take the Unit 5 Test due to the 2-hour delay schedule. The test will be tomorrow.

2) Homework: Study for Unit 5 Test



American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1990s Oral History Assignment

3) 1990s TV (Day 1)
("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
--With note guide

1/10/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) Homework: Study for Test 5