2/10/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2) Finish Practice Essay for Peer Review tomorrow

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
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 (A day):

1) Oral History check-in to see if you've found someone to interview yet.

2) 1950s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide and lyrics packet

2/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65") and ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2) Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
3) Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Thursday)
Question: "What factors triggered the deterioration in relations between Great Britain and its American colonies between 1763-1766?"
--20 points (Notes, Outline, Essay)
--Use pages 134-145 in the textbook
--DO NOT TYPE!

4) 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 (B day):

Same as 2/8 entry

2/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2) Oral Report Presentations
--Talk to audience! (Audience takes class notes)
--Points for typed info, presentation, and visual

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 134-145 ("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


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Oral History check-in (how are you doing on finding people to interview?)

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

2/5/16

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 lab
--Present on Monday

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 (B day):

Same as 2/4 entry

2/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) Finish "Goldilocks" (hand in with Scoring Guide)
3) "The Coin Exercise"
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 (A day):

1) Collect Syllabus Agreements and Movie Permission Slips
2) Check-in on 1950s Oral History assignment (have you found someone yet or do you need help?)

3) 1950s TV ("I Love Lucy") and ("Leave It To Beaver")
--With note guide

2/3/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Collect syllabus agreements
2) Hand out Unit 1 I.B. Topics list
Notes ("From Mercantilism to Dominion") and ("Salutary Neglect")
3) a) Go over "Writing a History Essay" sheet
    b) "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay (your question needs to be the title of the essay)
    c) Attach Scoring Guide/finish in class tomorrow

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 in England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 2/2 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Friday, 2/26 and your Syllabus agreement and Movie Permission Slip are both due on Friday, 2/5.

2/2/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Info Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Syllabus (Agreement due tomorrow)/Textbook checkout
3) Getting acquainted

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


American Pop Culture A day:

1) Info Sheet/Seating Chart
2) Syllabus ( Agreement due Thursday)
3) Movie Permission Slip (due Thursday)
4) 1950s Intro Notes
5) Hand out 1950s Oral History assignment (due Thursday, 2/25)
[Ask for information about interviewing 70+ year olds if needed]
6) Getting acquainted