9/17/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2)  Finish Practice Essays
--Essay, notes, and outline all due tomorrow at the start of class for the Peer Review

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-1775")
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 (4th period A day):

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


** Remember that your Oral History Assignment is due next Friday, 9/25.

9/16/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Finish yesterday's oral presentations
2)  Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
3)  Hand back Goldilocks essays/brief apostrophe lesson
4)  Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Friday)
Question:  "What factors triggered the deterioration in relations between Great Britain and its American colonies between 1763-1766?"

--Do notes today on the 3 points you want to write about (use pages 134-145 in your textbook for information).  Then construct a basic outline of your 3 points plus the supporting details and examples you will use.
--Tomorrow you will write the essay in class, and Friday will be a Peer Review.

5)  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



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/15 entry

9/15/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Oral Report Presentations on Great Awakening and the Enlightenment
--Audience takes class notes

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)  Give out information about Summerfield to students needing someone to interview for the 1950s Oral History Assignment.

2)  1950s TV (Day 2) ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") and ("The Twilight Zone")
--Continue note guide
--Discuss and hand in

9/14/15

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 computer lab]
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 121-126 ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
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 (2nd period B day):

Same as 9/11 entry

9/11/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2)  Finish "Goldilocks" Essay and hand in
3) "Coin Exercise" (non-graded activity)

4)  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


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

1)  Collect Syllabus Agreements
2)  Pass around Oral History interviewee sheet and try to make some connections with students who don't have someone to interview

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

9/10/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Collect syllabus agreements
2)  Notes (IB Topics Unit 1) ("From Mercantilism to Dominion") ("Salutary Neglect")
3) a) Hand out "Writing a History Essay"
    b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
         --Your question should be the title of the essay
         --Due tomorrow in class

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 (Period 2B):

Same as 9/9 plan, except:

• Syllabus agreement due Monday
• Oral History Assignment due Tuesday, 9/29 (I'll ask you on Monday to let me know if you have selected an interviewee and if you have any "extra" people you can loan out to other students.)

9/9/15

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2)  Syllabus (Agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Textbook checkout

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

**Test 1 will be on Wednesday, 9/30.


American Pop Culture (4th period A days):

1)  Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2)  Syllabus (Agreement due on Friday)
3)  Notes (1950s Unit Intro)
4)  Hand out 1950s Oral History Assignment (due Friday, 9/25)
     --Figure out by Friday who you could interview and if you have "extra" interviewees you could
        share with someone else.