2/10/15

1)  Notes ("Shine, Booker, Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
--Watch short intro video clip
--Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion (tomorrow)

3)  Louis Harlan reading in Green Reader ("Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation")
Focus your reading on:  a) Atlanta Compromise Address  b) Niagara Movement

2/9/15

1)  Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  Finish "The Wizard of Oz"; discuss/hand in note guide

3)  Homework: Donald Spivey reading in Green Reader ("Shine, Booker, Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee")
Focus your reading on:  Conditions for students at Tuskegee Institute

2/6/15

1)  Notes ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
2)  Test 7 Prep Information:

a)  Discuss the impact and role of the railroad in the western expansion of the U.S.

b)  Discuss the course and impact of the growth of unions in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the U.S.

3)  Continue watching "The Wizard of Oz" and completing the note guide with information as to how it is a political allegory of the 1896 election issues.

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
Focus your reading on:  a) Booker T. Washington's views on segregation (Accommodationist; Atlanta Compromise Address)  b) W.E.B. DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington  c) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

2/5/15

1)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-1893")
2)  "The Wizard of Oz" as a Political Allegory
--Introduce the background with class notes
--Read summary of 1896 election as a class
--Hand out/explain note guide
--Begin watching movie

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

2/4/15

1)  Notes ("The Problems of Industrialism")-Canada
2)  Labor Readings
--Read in books provided, pages 64-70.
--Answer questions on the screen
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 516-521; 523-525 ("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

2/3/15

1)  Notes ("The Socialist Challenge")
2)  Labor Presentations
--Points for both the typed info and the presentation
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("The Problems of Industrialism")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  Knights of Labour in British Columbia

2/2/15

1)  Notes ("The World of Work")
2)  6 groups: Labor Groups and Key Labor Events (Prep Day in lab)
--Present tomorrow
--At least 1/2 page of typed, bullet-point information
--Visuals are Extra Credit (+1) if unique.

3)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("The Socialist Challenge")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ludlow Massacre  b) "Rules for Female Teachers"