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