10/11/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
2) OPVL Pre-Civil War assignment (In lab-Day 2)
--Due tomorrow at the start of class

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 368-376 ("Manifest Destiny")
Focus your reading on:  a) Manifest Destiny  b) "Fifty-four forty or fight!"  c) James Polk

10/10/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Collect Presidential Debates Extra Credit
1) Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")--not connected to a homework reading
2) OPVL on Pre-Civil War Views on Slavery (Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Use OPVL Guidelines Packet

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 262; 352-358 ("Colonization") and ("Abolitionism")
Focus your reading on:  a) American Colonization Society  b) Nat Turner's Rebellion  c) William Lloyd Garrison  d) Theodore Dwight Weld/Angelina Grimke  e) "Gag Rule"  f) Liberty Party


American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History assignment

2)  1960s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

10/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas

1) Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System") and ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
2) Finish Jackson video and notes, discuss, and hand in

3) No homework reading

**Presidential Debates Extra Credit Opportunity: Sunday evening, 10/9, 6:00-7:30.

10/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency")
2) Video: "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency") (Day 1)
--Take section notes: a) The Slave Master  b) The Candidate  c) The First Imperial Presidency  d) The Defender of the Union  e) The Great White Father  f) The Prophet

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 330-335; 338 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System") and ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a) Second Party System (Democrats vs. Whigs)  b) Panic of 1837  c) Election of 1840/William Henry Harrison  d) John Tyler's presidency


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History Assignment reminder

2) 1960s TV (Day 3)
("Adam-12") and ("Room 222")
--Finish note guide and hand in

10/5/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Vice-Presidential Debates Extra Credit due
1) Notes ("The Election of 1824")
2) War of 1812 Role Play
--Finish last 2 groups
--Go over identities
--Hand in sheet

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 321-328 ("The Jacksonian Presidency")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Kitchen Cabinet"  b) "Spoils system"  c) South Carolina and nullification d) Jackson and the 2nd Bank of the United States ("Bank War")  e) Jackson and Native American removal (Black Hawk War) ("Trail of Tears")

10/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
2) War of 1812 Role Play
--Hand out Identity Sheets, assign roles, and complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question per group (3 total over 2 days)
--2 presentations today

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 317-321 ("The Election of 1824")
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1824 (The "Corrupt Bargain")  b) John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, the the "American System"  c) Andrew Jackson's views of the "American System"  d) "Tariff of Abominations"


American Pop Culture:

1) Reminder about 1960s Oral History Assignment

2) 1960s TV (Day 2)
("Star Trek")
--Continue note guide

10/3/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Republican War Hawks")
2) 4 groups: War of 1812 Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option information as a group  b) Complete "Presenting Your Option"  c) Make group presentation sheet

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 294-295; 269; 240-241 ("Eli Whitney: Machine Builder and Promoter")
Focus your reading on:  a) Eli Whitney  b) Missouri Compromise  c) Rush-Bagot Treaty  d) Adams-Onis Treaty  e) Monroe Doctrine (not in reading)