9/20/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
2)  Oral Report Presentations
--Audience takes class notes
--15 points (Typed info, Presentation, Visual)

STUDY FOR TEST 1 TONIGHT!


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 1

2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 170-175 ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
Focus your reading on:  a) Battle of Saratoga  b) Valley Forge  c) Baron von Steuben

9/19/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
2)  Discuss/hand in "Roots" notes
3)  6 groups:  Oral Reports on Enlightenment and Pietist/Great Awakening Figures
--Prep Day in lab
--Present  tomorrow

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 121-130 ("The Mid-Century Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65")
Focus your reading on:  a) Details on the French and Indian War  b) How the end of the war impacted the coming of the Revolution


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2)  Ms. Stover college visit
3)  Read article on Joseph Ellis
a)  Respond to 1 question with a paragraph response
b)  Graded Discussion

STUDY FOR TEST 1 TONIGHT!

9/18/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Ms. Stover College visit
2)  Mr. Teschner I.B. visit
3)  Notes ("The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720-65")
4)  Finish "Roots"

5)  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


Honors U.S. History:
1)  Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2)  Peer Review of Practice Essays
--3 rounds--3 Evaluations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 166-170 ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
Focus your reading on:  Thomas Paine's Common Sense

9/17/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Hand back "Goldilocks" essays and discuss
2)  Notes ("The New Politics of Empire")
3)  Test 1 Prep information for Friday's Test 1
4)  Continue watching "Roots" and taking 2-sided notes

5)  Homework: Textbook, pages 105-112 ("The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720-65")
Focus your reading on:  Reasons for Scots-Irish and German immigration to Pennsylvania


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
2)  Finish Practice Essay for Peer Review tomorrow (Notes, Outline, and Essay--20 points)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 150-151; 154-158 ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tea Act  b) Committees of Correspondence  c) Boston Tea Party  d) Coercive (Intolerable) Acts  e) 1st Continental Congress  f) Loyalists  g) Minutemen  h) Lexington and Concord

9/14/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2)  Movie:  "Roots"
--Take 2-sided notes: Specific examples of how movie portrays a) Africans and b) Whites (Attitudes, Actions, Beliefs).

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 93-98 ("The New Politics of Empire")
Focus your reading on:  Salutary neglect

CONSIDER LOOKING FOR SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SOURCES AT A LIBRARY THIS WEEKEND (FOR YOUR RESEARCH PAPER).


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2)  Go over expectations and possible test questions for next Thursday's Test 1
3)  Practice Essay (for Peer Review on Tuesday)
--20 points total (2.5 notes; 2.5 outline; 10 essay)
--Use pages 134-145 for information
--DO NOT TYPE!!
--Quiet work atmosphere

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 145-150 ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
Focus your reading on:  a) Townshend Acts  b) Boston Massacre

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")
2)  a) Go over "Writing a History Essay"
     b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay
       --Your question needs to be the title of your essay
       --Attach Scoring Guide to back of essay
       --DO NOT TYPE!!

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
2)  6 groups:  Oral Reports on Enlightenment and Great Awakening/Pietist Figures
--Audience takes class notes
--15 points total

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 140-145 ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sons of Liberty  b) Declaratory Act

9/12/12

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Indians' 'New World'")
2)  a) Pick Research Paper topics
     b)  Hand out Research Paper Info Sheet 1
     c)  Go to lab to get familiar with topics and ask questions.  Print off and highlight basic info on your
          topic.  Write down things I tell you individually about your topic.

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 70-76 ("The Politics of Empire, 1660-1713")
Focus your reading on:  a) Quakers  b) Navigation Acts

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740-65")
2)  6 groups:  Oral Reports on Enlightenment and Great Awakening/Pietist Figures
--Prep Day in lab
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 134-140 ("The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763-65")
Focus your reading on:  a)  Specific ways Britain began to reassert her authority over the colonies after the French and Indian War  b)  Sugar Act