Friday, March 23, 2012

3/23/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture")

2)  Test 9 Prep Sheet

3)  Finish presentations from yesterday

4)  Video:  "1920-29: Boom to Bust"
--No notes assignment; just watch

5)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 681-692 ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s nativism  b) The "new" Ku Klux Klan  c)  "The Birth of a Nation"

Thursday, March 22, 2012

3/22/12

Today's agenda:  2 HOUR DELAY--snow


1)  Canada and the First World War presentations
--Audience takes class notes

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-681 ("A New National Culture")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s entertainment  b) Examples of 1920s famous people (popular culture icons)

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

3/21/12

Today's agenda:

 Canada and the First World War
--6 groups: Prep Day in lab
--Present tomorrow
--Typed bullet-point style notes (at least 1/2 page)
--At least 1 relevant visual per person


NO READING HOMEWORK TONIGHT

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

3/20/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")

2)  Make-up Press Conferences


3)  4 groups: 1920s Documents
--Use books provided
--Explain main points/answer questions on a piece of paper for the group presentation


NO HOMEWORK READING TONIGHT

3/20/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")

2)  Make-up Press Conferences


3)  4 groups: 1920s Documents
--Use books provided
--Explain main points/answer questions on a piece of paper for the group presentation


NO HOMEWORK READING TONIGHT

Monday, March 19, 2012

3/19/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")

2)  Woodrow Wilson documents/questions/graded discussion


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 666-670; 672-673 ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Warren G. Harding's administration  b) Calvin Coolidge's political beliefs  c) Dawes Plan

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

3/14/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")

2)  Finish Progressive Era Press Conferences


3) Homework: Textbook, pages 655; 658-662 ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
Focus your reading on:  a) Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points  b) Palmer Raids