12/21/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Toward Total War")
2)  Video:  "The Civil War"
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Gettysburg's significance


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 5

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) Containment  b) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  c) NATO  d) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  e) "Massive Retaliation"

12/20/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62")
2)  Test 5 (DBQ)--essay question

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 407-413 ("Toward Total War")
Focus your reading on:  a)  How the Union prepared for war  b) How the Confederacy prepared for war


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2)  Video:  "1941-45: Homefront"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 5

12/19/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 5 (DBQ)--Part 1

2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 398-407 ("Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861-62")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fort Sumter  b) Jefferson Davis  c) Antietam

Remember to prepare 2 specific examples of outside knowledge for the essay tomorrow.  The topic is specific reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act in the North.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2)  Go over the second Test Essay Question
3)  Extra Credit Opportunity
--In class and today only

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 767-776 ("Fighting and Winning the War")
Focus your reading on:  a) D-Day  b) Yalta

12/18/12

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political cartoon practice
1)  Notes ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
2)  Extra Credit Assignment Opportunity
--In class today only

3)  Homework:  Do a general review of famous figures from this unit for tomorrow's Test 5 (DBQ)


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2)  Japanese-Americans in WWII Assignment
a)  Reading: In books provided, pages 171-176
b)  Questions on page 176 and on screen
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 762-767 ("Life on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  a) Rationing  b) Japanese-American internment

12/17/12

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2
2)  Video:  "Frederick Douglass"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 390-394 ("The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott")
Focus your reading on:  a) Dred Scott  b) Lincoln-Douglas Debates  c) Election of 1860


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  Finish Great Depression Project Presentations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 754-755; 758-762 ("Organizing for Victory")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of WWII on women  b) Impact of WWII on African-Americans

12/13/12

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1
2)  John Brown Assignment
--Read pages 232-235 in books provided
--Answer questions on top of page 236 and on screen
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework:  James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 2 [Pages 153-169]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1856 (Buchanan vs. Fremont)  b)  Lecompton Constitution


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Test 5 Essay Questions
3)  Great Depression Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)--3 groups today
--20 points (10pts for 1.5 pages of info; 5pts for Presentation; 5pts for 2 visuals)

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 750-754 ("The Road to War")
Focus your reading on:  a) Neutrality Act  b) Lend-Lease Act  c) Atlantic Charter

12/13/12

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")-Part 2
2)  "Major Players" presentations
--Audience takes class notes during presentations

3)  Homework:  James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas")-Part 1 [Pages 145-153]
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas" b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Prep Day 2 for Great Depression Project in the lab
--Begin presenting tomorrow

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 728-735; 738-741; 743; 745-746
Focus your reading on:  a) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  b) "Court packing" scheme  c) "Roosevelt Recession" of 1937-38  d) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)