11/13/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  New Seating Chart
2)  Notes ("Individualism")
3)  Part D (Analysis) of Research Paper done in lab (Day 1 of 2)
--Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 5 first
--Due Friday

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 358-359; 362-364 ("The Women's Rights Movement")
Focus your reading on:  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin


Honors U.S. History:

1)  New Seating Chart
2)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
3)  W.E.B. DuBois vs. Booker T. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
--Watch short video clip
--Read "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion (tomorrow)

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 534-540 ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
Focus your reading on:  [a) William McKinley  b) William Jennings Bryan] The Election of 1896  c) "Cross of Gold" speech

11/8/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
2)  Finish Andrew Jackson Role Play
--Last 3 groups present
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 342-345 ("Individualism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Transcendentalism  b) Ralph Waldo Emerson  c) Henry David Thoreau


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 516-521; 523-526 ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Collective characteristics of the "status quo" presidents from 1877-93  b)  "Gilded Age"  c) Social Darwinism  d) Political machines  e) Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

11/7/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1) Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
2)  Andrew Jackson Role Play Presentations
--Complete Evaluation
--Audience asks 2 questions
--3 groups present each day

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 333-335; 338 ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a) William Henry Harrison and the Election of 1840  b) John Tyler's presidency


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Labor Movement")
2)  Finish video from yesterday
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 3

11/6/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
2)  Jackson Role Play Prep Day 2
--Complete "Considering Your Option"sheet
--Make info sheet for presentation
--Anticipate hostile questions from the audience

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 330-333 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
Focus your reading on:  The 2nd Party System: Democrats vs. Whigs


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
2)  Video:  "The Grandest Enterprise Under God"
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 505-512 ("The Labor Movement")
Focus your reading on: a) Haymarket Square Riot  b) Homestead Strike  c) Pullman Strike

11/5/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Part C is due
2)  Notes ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
3)  Andrew Jackson Controversial Issues Role Play (Prep Day 1 of 2 in lab)
For today:  Investigate as a group what your topic is about and get a sense of the 2 opposing viewpoints (Print off info/take notes).

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 321-330 ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
Focus your reading on:  a) South Carolina and nullification  b) Jackson's "Bank War"  c) Jackson and Native American removal


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")
2)  Finish 2 questions from Friday
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-505 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"  b)  Characteristics of production line work in late 1800s  c) Women's working conditions

11/2/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  6 groups:  Working Girls of Lowell
--Using books provided, read assigned document(s)
--Answer questions corresponding to your document(s) on page 171 on paper provided
--Group presentation

2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 316-321 ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
Focus your reading on:  a)  John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"  b)  Henry Clay's "American System"

PART C IS DUE MONDAY.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
2)  Reveal Test 3 Prep Questions for next Thursday's test
3)  Reading/Questions/Graded Discussion:  "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West"
a)  Read "I Will Fight No More Forever" (class handout)
b)  Answer 4 questions (Work Day)

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 458-461; 464-474 ("The Great Plains")
Focus your reading on:  a) Exodusters  b) Wounded Knee

11/1/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework:  Work on Part C of Research Paper
--Due Monday



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2)  Finish video from yesterday; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 442-445; 448-450 ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sharecropping  b) Election of 1876/Rutherford B. Hayes