2/15/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Urbanization")
2)  Explain Oral History Project (topics picked next Thursday)
3)  5 groups: Analyzing New York City Urban Documents  (Day 1)
a)  On own paper, summarize key points and answer "Guided Reading" questions
b)  "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c)  Work as a group.  Anybody is fair game Tuesday for answering questions.

4)  Homework:  Roy Lubove reading in Green Reader ("The Tenement Comes of Age, 1866-90")
Focus your reading on:  a) Living conditions in a tenement  b) "Dumb-bell" tenements


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Trials of War, 1776-78")
2)  4 groups: Revolutionary War Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option information and complete "Considering Your Option"
b)  Create presentation sheet

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 175-179; 182; 184-190 ("The Path to Victory, 1778-83")
Focus your reading on:  a) American alliance with France  b) Battle of Yorktown  c) Loyalists after the war

2/14/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 7

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 544-550 ("Urbanization")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of new technology/innovations that led to the growth of cities.  What were the positives and negatives?


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 1

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 170-175 ("The Trials of War, 1776-1778")
Focus your reading on:  a) Battle of Saratoga  b) Valley Forge  c) Baron von Steuben

2/13/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2)
--Finish answers to questions
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 7


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Toward Independence, 1775-76")
2)  Peer Review of Practice Essays
--Fill out Evaluation Sheets for each of 3 rounds
--Staple sheets to essays and hand in after the Peer Review is over

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 1

2/12/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Shine, Booker, Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1)
a) Watch brief video clip
b)  Reading packet: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
c)  Questions (with paragraph answers)
d)  Graded Discussion (tomorrow)

3)  Louis Harlan reading in Green Reader ("Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation")
Focus your reading on:  a) Atlanta Compromise Address  b) Niagara Movement


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War, 1771-75")
2)  Finish Practice Essays for Peer Review tomorrow

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

2/11/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  Finish movie; discuss/hand in note guide
3)  "Life in the U.S. 100 Years Ago"

4)  Homework: Donald Spivey reading in Green Reader ("Shine, Booker, Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee")
Focus your reading on:  Conditions for students at Tuskegee Institute


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Practice Essay (Work Day 1 of 2)
--Today, work on notes and outline
--Tomorrow, work on essay
--DO NOT TYPE ESSAY!!
--Use pages 134-145 in your textbook for information

2)  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

2/8/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
2)  Test 7 Prep Information
a)  Question 1:  Discuss the impact and role of the railroad in the western expansion of the U.S.
Question 2:  Discuss the course and impact of the growth of unions in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the U.S.
Question 3:  Compare and contrast Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois with regard to their objectives and methods on behalf of African-Americans.

3)  Continue movie and note guide

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
Focus your reading on:  a) Booker T. Washington's views on segregation (Accommodationist; Atlanta Compromise Address)  b) W.E.B. DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington  c) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Hand back Goldilocks essays/do language lesson
2)  Notes ("The Growing Confrontation, 1767-70")
3)  Test 1 Prep Information
a)  Question 1: Compare the effects of slavery on England, the West Indies, Africa, and the American colonies (Note:  This answer should have 4 body paragraphs)
b)  How did the passage of the Tea Act and the Coercive Acts work to prevent a third compromise between Britain and the colonies?

4)  Video: "The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-74"
--Take 1 page of notes

5)  Homework:  Study for Test 1 (moved to Thursday, 2/14)

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS ON MONDAY

2/7/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
2)  "The Wizard of Oz as a Political Allegory"
--Notes on board
--Read summary of 1896 election as a class
--Hand out note guide
--Begin watching movie

3)  Homework: Textbook pages 534-540 ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
Focus your reading on: [ a) William McKinley  b) William Jennings Bryan]--Election of 1896  c) "Cross of Gold" speech


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765-66")
2)  Joseph Ellis Controversy
a) Read article
b)  Respond to 3 questions with paragraph responses
c)  Graded Discussion

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