11/14/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Individualism")
2)  Part D (Analysis) of Research Paper done in lab (Day 1 of 2)
--Go over Research Paper Info Sheet 5 first, along with Sample Paper

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 358-359; 362-364 ("The Women's Rights Movement")
Focus your reading on:  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-93")
2)  DuBois vs. Washington (Day 1 of 2)
--Watch short video clip
--Read "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"
--Questions (with paragraph answers)
--Graded Discussion will be tomorrow

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

11/13/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
2)  Finish Andrew Jackson Role Play (last 3 groups)
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled at the end

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 342-345 ("Individualism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Transcendentalism  b) Ralph Waldo Emerson  c) Henry David Thoreau



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Labor Movement")
2)  Finish video from yesterday; discuss/hand in notes

3)  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 (WCTU)

11/12/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
2)  Andrew Jackson Role Play Presentations (Day 1 of 2)
--Complete Evaluation
--Audience asks 2 questions (1 per day)
--3 groups present per day

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 333-335; 338 ("Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!")
Focus your reading on:  a) William Henry Harrison and the Election of 1840  b) John Tyler's presidency


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
2)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God" (2 days)
-- Take 2 pages of notes

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

11/6/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
2)  Andrew Jackson Role Play (Prep Day 2 of 2)
--"Considering Your Option" sheet
--Make group presentation sheet
--Anticipate hostile questions/Prepare challenging questions, especially for your opposite group

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 330-333 ("Class, Culture, and the 2nd Party System")
Focus your reading on:  The 2nd Party System: Democrats vs. Whigs


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework: Look on yesterday's entry of the blog.  I accidentally included it there.

11/5/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
2)  Andrew Jackson Controversial Issues Role Play (Prep Day 1 of 2)
--For today: Investigate as a group what your topic is about and get a sense of the 2 opposing viewpoints
--Print off information/take notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 321-330 ("The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829-37")
Focus your reading on: (Essay Question): a) South Carolina and nullification  b) Jackson's "Bank War"  c) Jackson and Native American removal


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")
2)  a) Finish yesterday's questions  b) 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 the late 1800s  c) Women's working conditions

11/4/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 3

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 316-321 ("The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820-29")
Focus your reading on:  a) John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"  b) Henry Clay's "American System"


IF YOU DID NOT PUT ENOUGH CITATIONS AND FOOTNOTES IN PART C, ADD THOSE IN AND GET THEM TO ME BY WEDNESDAY.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
2)  Go over and turn in Friday's video notes
3)  "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West"
a)  Read "I Will Fight No More Forever"
b)  Answer 4 questions
c)  Tomorrow you'll finish questions and we'll have a Graded Discussion

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 458-461; 464-474 ("The Great Plains")
Focus your reading on:  a) Exodusters  b) Wounded Knee

11/1/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Hand in Part C of Research Paper (along with Part A updates to show continuity)
2)  Working Girls of Lowell
--Use books, paper, and pens provided
--Groups read assigned document(s) and answer questions corresponding to them from page 171 for group presentation.

3)  Homework: Study for Test 3


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2)  Finish yesterday's video;  discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 442-445; 448-450 ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sharecropping  b) Election of 1876/Rutherford B. Hayes