4/10/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Harder Times")

2)  Prep Day 2 of Great Depression Project
--Begin presenting tomorrow

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 714-718; 722-727 ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression" and "The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
Focus your reading on:  a) Herbert Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The nation's feelings towards Hoover  c)  Franklin Roosevelt's first "Hundred Days"

4/9/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Hard Times")

2)  7 groups: Great Depression Project (Prep Day 1 of 2)
--Present Wednesday/Thursday
--Each person needs at least 1.5 typed pages of meaningful info and 2 visuals


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 707-711; 714 ("Harder Times")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of the Dust Bowl  b) "Okies"

4/6/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of the Great Depression")

2)  Video:  "1929-36: Stormy Weather"
--Take 1 page of notes


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 699; 701-707 ("Hard Times")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of how the Depression affected people who lived through it

4/5/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Test 9


2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 697-699 ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
Focus your reading on:  Causes of the Great Depression

4/4/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Exclusionism...")

2)  Discuss last question from the Test 9 Prep Sheet

3) a) ACT registration  OR
b) Study/work time for other students

TEST 9 is tomorrow

4/3/12

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("The Ku Klux Klan")

2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Documents Presentations
--Anyone in your group is fair game to be asked any question.

3)  Homework:  Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Exclusionism...")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) Komagata Maru incident  b) KKK's influence in Canada

TOMORROW:  Bring study materials if you have extra time due to the ACT registration process in class.

REMINDER!!:  PCC credit registration for 2nd Semester needs to be completed online by this Friday, April 6.

4/2/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")

2)  6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
a) On your own paper, summarize the document in a paragraph
b)  "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c)  Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game tomorrow for answering questions.

3)  Homework: Robert Moats Miller reading in Green Reader ("The Ku Klux Klan")
Focus your reading on:  The "new" KKK's nativism in the 1920s