3/12/20

Same as 3/11 entry.

3/11/20

1) Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2) 6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice and Nativism
a) On your own paper, summarize key points
b) "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c) Work as a group. Anyone is fair game next regular class for answering questions

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 pop culture people)

3/10/20

Same as 3/9 entry.

3/9/20

1) Test 4

2) 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 Pact; Dawes Plan]

3/6/20

Same as 3/5 entry.

3/5/20

1) Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2) Woodrow Wilson Documents
--Quiet reading time
--Answer questions on screen
--Graded Sharing/Discussion

3) Homework: Study for Test 4

3/4/20

Same as 3/3 entry.

3/3/20

1) Video: "1914-1919: Shell Shock"
--Take 1 page of notes

2) Study/Prep Time for Test 4 (Make essay outlines; study Focus Terms)

3) Same homework reading as last class

3/2/20

Same as 2/28 entry.

2/28/20

1) "Double" Notes ("The Great War, 1914-18") and ("War on the Home Front")
2) Test 4  essay question info (Essay questions and Focus Terms are posted on Google Classroom)

**Info for today's second set of notes: Textbook, pages 647-655 ("War on the Home Front") Focus terms:  a) Examples of U.S. civilian involvement in WWI  b) 18th Amendment


3) 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

2/27/20

Same as 2/26 entry.

2/26/20

1) Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2) Progressive Era Presentations
--Typed info, Oral 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 of WWI

2/24/20

Same as 2/21 entry.

2/21/20

1) Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2) 8 groups: Progressive Era Issues (Prep Day)
--Submit to Google Classroom
--Present next class time

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"

2/20/20

Same as 2/19 entry.

2/19/20

1) Notes ("Onto the World Stage")
2) Imperialism Role Play
a) All 3 groups present  b) Complete Evaluation sheet  c) Audience asks 1 question

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 622-623; 625-630 ("The Course of Reform")
Focus your reading on:  a) Muckrakers  b) Direct primary system  c) Initiative, referendum, and recall

2/13/20

1) Notes ("An American Empire")
2) Imperialism Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Option info  b) "Considering Your Option" sheet   c) Make group presentation sheet

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)

2/18/20

Same as 2/13 entry.

2/12/20

Same as 2/19 entry.

2/11/20

1) Notes ("The Roots of Expansion")
2) Any remaining make-up presentations
3) Extra Credit in-class opportunity

4) 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

2/10/20

Same as 2/7 entry.

2/7/20

1) Notes ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
2) Continue/finish Late 19th Century 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

2/6/20

Same as 2/5 entry.

2/5/20

1) Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
2) Individual Presentations (Day 1)
--Points for Title/Visual, Typed Info, and Presentation

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

2/4/20

Same as 2/3 entry.

2/3/20

1) Notes ("Wagon Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers") and ("The Fate of the Indians")
2) Late 19th Century Individual Presentations (Prep Day-Chromebooks-Google Classroom)
-Present starting next class day

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 486-487; 490-491; 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

1/31/20

Same as 1/30 entry.

1/30/20

1) Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2) DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2)
--10 minutes to finish questions
--Graded Discussion and hand in

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) Dawes Act  c) Wounded Knee

1/29/20

Same as 1/28 entry.

1/28/20

1) Notes ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
2) DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1)
a) Short video clip  b) Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others" (skim)  c) Questions: With paragraph answers  d) Graded Discussion (next class--short time to finish)

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

1/24/20

1st period only:

Same as 1/22 entry for 3rd and 4th periods.

1/23/20

5th, 7th, and 8th periods:

Same as 3rd and 4th period plan from 1/22.

1/22/20

1st period only: Extra Study Day (non-graded)

3rd and 4th period:

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

**REMEMBER TO BRING NOTEBOOKS FOR DAY 1 OF 2ND SEMESTER.

1/21/20

Same as 1/17 entry.

1/17/20

**Announcements about Rounding Up at the Semester and 2nd Semester Graded Notebook Checks. Have notebook ready for Day 1 of Semester 2.

1) Notes ("Radical Reconstruction")
2) PCC Survey (on Google Classroom)
3) Graded Study for Test 3/Make-up time

4) Homework: Study for Test 3

1/16/20

Same as 1/15 entry.

1/15/20

1) Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction")
2) Finish video "War Is All Hell"
--Discuss/hand in note guide
3) Graded Study for test/make-up time (This Friday, 1/17 is last day for make-up)

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

1/14/20

Same as 1/13 entry.

1/13/20

1) Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2) Begin last episode of video: "War Is All Hell"
--With note guide

3) 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

1/10/20

Same as 1/9 entry.

1/9/20

1) Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) Finish watching "Valley of the Shadow of Death"
--Discuss 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

1/8/20

Same as 1/7 entry.

1/7/20

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

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Vicksburg/Gen. Ulysses S. Grant  c) Battle of Gettysburg

1/6/20

Same as 12/20 entry.