4/11/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("Wagons, Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers") and ("The Fate of the Indians")
2) Late 19th Century Individual Presentations (Prep Day in lab)

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 486-487; 490; 494-495; 518-519; 521; 523 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The Politics and the Status Quo, 1877-1893")
Focus your reading on:  a) Andrew Carnegie  b) "Gilded Age"/laissez-faire  c) Social Darwinism d) Political machines

American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25.

2) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and notecards. Use old assignments to prepare your notecard for the test.

3) Graded Study time for the test.

4/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2) DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2)
--Finish questions
--Graded Discussion

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 460-461; 464-465; 469-474 ("Wagon Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers") and ("The Fate of the Indians")
Focus your reading on:  a) Exodusters  b) Severalty policy  c) Wounded Knee


American Pop Culture (B Day):

Same as 4/7 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out I.B. Unit 4 Topics
1) Notes ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
2) DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1)
--Watch short video clip
--Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion tomorrow

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


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25. See me if you need help finding someone to interview.

2) 1970s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

4/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 3

2) Homework: Textbook, pages 442-445; 450 ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sharecropping  b) Ku Klux Klan  c) Election of 1876/Rutherford B. Hayes


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 4/5 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Tuesday, 4/26.

4/5/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Double Notes" ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2) Discuss/hand in Civil War video guide
3) Graded Study for Test 3

4) Homework: Study for Test 3


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) Reminder that your 1970s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 4/25.

2) 1970s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

4/416

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2) Go over Essay Question #2 for Test 3
3) Finish "War Is All Hell" and discuss/hand in note guide

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 430-433; 435-436 ("Presidential Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on: a) Lincoln's Reconstruction plan  b) "Radical" Republicans  c) Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan  d) Black Codes  e) Freedmen's Bureau Bill  f) 14th Amendment

ALL MISSING WORK, QUIZZES AND TESTS NEED TO BE MADE UP BY MONDAY, 4/11.


American Pop Culture (B day):

Same as 4/1 entry, except your 1970s Oral History assignment is due Tuesday, 4/26.

4/1/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) Test 3 Prep Info:

1) Discuss how the following 3 things contributed to the final breakdown between the North and South, leading to secession and the Civil War:
a) Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
b) Lecompton Constitution
c) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

2) In what ways were the following things both significant and controversial in the last sixteen months of the Civil War?
a) The use of African-American troops
b) Ulysses S. Grant's actions
c) William Tecumseh Sherman's actions

3) a) Finish "Valley of the Shadow of Death" and discuss
    b) Start "War is All Hell" (continue note guide)

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 417-421; 424-426 ("The Union Victorious: 1864-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Role of African-American soldiers  b) Ulysses S. Grant's war strategies (total war)  c) Shenandoah Campaign  d) Election of 1864  e) William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea"  f) Appomattox Court House


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder: Due Monday, 4/25.

2) 1970s TV (Day 3) ("All in the Family") and ("Barney Miller")
--With note guide