9/11/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England")
2)  Finish "John Smith" assignment
3)  Explain Research Paper
a)  Overview sheet
b)  Sample paper
c)  Topic list--pick tomorrow

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 61-66 ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:   Conflict between Puritans and Pequots


Honors U.S. History

1)  Notes ("The New Politics of Empire" and "The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Finish "Goldilocks" assignment
3)  "The Coin Exercise"

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 112-115; 118-121 ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Enlightenment  b) John Locke  c) Deists  d) Great Awakening/Pietism  e) George Whitefield

9/10/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
2)  Historical Investigation and Case Study:  "John Smith: History or Hoax?"

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-61 ("Puritan New England")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson

Honors U.S. History

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire" and "The Imperial Slave Economy")
2) a) "Writing a History Essay"
    b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
      --Your question should be the title of the essay
      --Attach Scoring Guide
      --DO NOT TYPE!!

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 93-98 ("The New Politics of Empire") and 121-130 ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Salutary neglect  b) Details on the French and Indian War  c) How the ending of the war impacted the coming of the Revolution

9/7/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Notes ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
2)  "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Make an individual list ranked from 1 to 10
--Group consensus list to share with the class

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 48-56 ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
Focus your reading on:  a) Jamestown  b) Obstacles to the colonization of Virginia  c) Indentured servants  d) Nathaniel Bacon/Bacon's Rebellion  e)  Navigation Acts


Honors U.S. History

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England" and "The Indians' 'New World'")
2)  Finish John Smith assignment

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 70-76 ("The Politics of Empire") and 76-80; 84-93 ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
Focus your reading on:  a) Quakers  b) Navigation Acts  c) South Atlantic System  d) The "Middle Passage"  e) Specific effects of the slave trade on England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies

9/6/12

Advanced U.S. History

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
3) "The Coin Exercise"

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 40-41; 44-45 ("Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models")
Focus your reading on:  Differences between New Spain, New France, and New Netherland

**BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS TOMORROW

Honors U.S. History

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
3)  Historical Investigation and Case Study:  "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-61 ("Puritan New England") and pages 61-66 ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson  e) Conflict between Puritans and Pequots

9/5/12

ADVANCED U.S. HISTORY

1)  Information sheet/Seating chart/Get textbook and Blue Reader
2)  Syllabus (agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Getting acquainted

4)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Blue Reader ("Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zinn's main point or "thesis"  b) How were the natives treated?

Test 1 will be on Friday, September 21.


HONORS U.S. HISTORY

1)  Information sheet/Seating chart/Get textbook
2)  Syllabus (agreement due tomorrow)
3)  Getting acquainted

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 48-56 ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
Focus your reading on:  a) Jamestown  b) Obstacles to the colonization of Virginia  c) Indentured servants  d) Nathaniel Bacon/Bacon's Rebellion  e) Navigation Acts

Test 1 will be on Thursday, September 20.