4/19/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment (Day 2)
--Hang onto reviews until Wednesday

3)  Homework:  Do a general overview of your notes for first part of Test 10 (DBQ).  This should include Roosevelt, Hoover, King, and Bennett.

REMINDER:  ORAL HISTORIES DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 30.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Race and Politics in the New South")
2)  In pairs:  Cartoon Assignment on Immigration Prejudice
--13 cartoons
--Answer 1 question per cartoon
--Graded Sharing

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 544-550; 556-563; 566 ("Urbanization") and ("City Life")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of new technology/innovations that led to growth of cities (Positives and Negatives)  b) Clash between native-born and immigrant Jewish people  c) Changes made by native-born Protestants in big cities

4/18/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("The Restoration Theme in Alberta")-Canada
2)  New Deal DBQ Review Assignment (Part 1)
--Silent reading/taking individual notes
--Group sharing of information
--Master list compiled as a class

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 750-754 ("The Road to War")--starting Unit 11 material
Focus your reading on:  a) Neutrality Act  b) Lend-Lease Act  c) Atlantic Charter


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 2)
--Finish paragraph answers to questions
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 525-531; 534 ("Race and Politics in the New South")
Focus your reading on:  a) Washington's views on segregation (Accommodationist; Atlanta Compromise Address)  b) DuBois' views that disagreed with Washington  c) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)

4/17/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'")
2)  Finish movie; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("The Restoration Theme in Alberta")-Canada
[Pages 205-212 only]
Focus your reading on:  a) Social Credit  b) Overall summary of Depression's effect on Canada


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
a) Watch brief video clip
b)  Reading: "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
c)  Questions: With paragraph answers
d)  Graded Discussion (tomorrow)

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

4/16/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Political Cartoon Practice
1)  Notes ("FDR, the New Deal, and R.B. Bennett's Recovery Plan")
2)  Continue movie

3)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("An Apparent Need for a 'New Deal'")-Canada  [Pages 198-205 only]
Focus your reading on:  R.B. Bennett's beliefs/actions as Prime Minister during the Depression


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 516-521; 523-525 ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Collective characteristics of the "status quo" presidents from 1877-93  b) "Gilded Age"  c) Social Darwinism  d) Political machines  e) Women's Christian Temperance Union

4/15/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**New Seating Chart
1)  Notes ("Responses to Economic Crisis, 1929-39")-Canada
**Political Cartoon Practice
2)  Movie: "Bound for Glory"
--Take 2 pages of notes on examples of life during the Depression

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("FDR, the New Deal, and R.B. Bennett's Recovery Plan")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) R.B. Bennett's surprise announcement in January, 1935  b) The Antigonish Movement

REMEMBER THAT THE PCC HISTORY DAY REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 19.


Honors U.S History:

**New Seating Chart
1)  Notes ("The Labor Movement")
2)  Finish video; discuss and hand in notes

3)  Homework: Study for Test 3

REMEMBER THAT THE PCC HISTORY DAY REGISTRATION FORMS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 19.

4/11/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**Introduce PCC History Day--hand out information sheets
1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Project Presentations (Day 2)

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Responses to Economic Crisis, 1929-39")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) Mackenzie King's approach to the Depression  b) R.B. Bennett's approach to the Depression  c) "On-to-Ottawa" trek

REMINDER:  THIS 3-DAY WEEKEND COULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO YOUR ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW!

Honors U.S. History:

**Introduce PCC History Day--hand out information sheets
1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
2)  Test 3 prep information:
a)  Did Andrew Jackson use the power of his office wisely and/or justly in dealing with the following issues?
--The role of the Second Bank of the United States
--The tariff and nullification crisis
--The status of Native Americans
b)  In what ways were the following men and events both significant and controversial in the last sixteen months of the Civil War?
--The use of African-American troops
--Ulysses S. Grant
--The Shenandoah Campaign
--William Tecumseh Sherman
3)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God"
--Take 2 pages of notes

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 505-512 ("The Labor Movement")
Focus your reading on:  a) Haymarket Square Riot  b) Homestead Strike  c) Pullman Strike

4/10/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)
--Points for typed information and 2 visuals

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 728-735; 738-741; 743; 745-746 ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
Focus your reading on:  a) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  b) "Court packing" scheme  c)"Roosevelt Recession" of 1937-38  d) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")
2)  Finish questions from yesterday, then Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-505 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
Focus your reading on:  a) Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"  b) Characteristics of production line work in late 1800s  c) Women's working conditions