11/9/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Sharecropping") and ("The Political Crisis of 1877")
2) DuBois vs. Washington  (Day 1)
a) Watch short video clip
b) Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
c) Questions (with paragraph answers)
d) Graded Discussion is on Monday

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' views that disagreed with Washington

11/8/16

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:

1) 1970s Oral History Assignment reminder

2) Test 1

11/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Radical Reconstruction")
2) Graded Study for Test 3

3) Homework: Study for Test 3

11/4/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 436-441 ("Radical Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Reconstruction Act of 1867  b) Tenure of Office Act/Johnson's impeachment  c) Election of 1868  d) 15th Amendment



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and notecards
--Discuss test format and expectations

3) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1 (next class time on Tuesday, 11/8).

11/3/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2) Test 3 essay questions:

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) Nearly finish "War Is All Hell" video
--With 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

11/2/16

 I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) a)  Finish "Valley of the Shadow of Death" video and discuss
    b) Begin final episode: "War Is All Hell" (continue note guide)

3) 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:

1) 1970s Oral History Assignment reminder

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

11/1/16

I.B. History of Americas:

1) Notes ("Toward Total War")
2) a) Discuss "The Cause" notes
    b) Begin "Valley of the Shadow of Death" video
        --With note guide

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Vicksburg/General Ulysses S. Grant  c) Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg