3/19/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson Documents
--Reading time first
--Answer questions on screen
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 666-670; 672-673 ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Warren G. Harding's administration  b) Calvin Coolidge's political beliefs  c) Dawes Plan


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism")
2)  4 groups: Compromise of 1850
--Read assigned document
--Prepare a sheet for group presentation
--Audience takes class notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("The Crime Against Kansas") [Pages 145-169]
Focus your reading on:  a) "Bleeding Kansas"  b) John Brown  c) "The Caning of Sumner" (Charles Sumner)  d) Election of 1856 (Buchanan vs. Fremont)  e) Lecompton Constitution

3/18/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Canada and the First World War Presentations
--Audience takes class notes

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 655; 658-662 ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
Focus your reading on:  a) Wilson's 14 Points  b) Palmer Raids



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Empire for Slavery")
2)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("Slavery, Rum, and Romanism) [Pages 117-144]
Focus your reading on:  a) Election of 1852  b) Kansas-Nebraska Act  c) Stephen A. Douglas and popular sovereignty  d) Republican Party created  e) American ("Know-Nothing") Party

3/17/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Discuss/hand in WWI video notes
2)  Canada and the First World War (Prep Day)
--6 groups
--Present tomorrow
a)  Typed, bullet-point style notes
b)  At least 1 relevant visual per topic

3)  No reading homework


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes on these topics:
a) Manifest Destiny  b) Mexican-American War  c) Oregon Trail  d) Texas  e) Whitmans  f) Mormons

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("An Empire for Slavery") [Pages 78-116]
Focus your reading on:  a) Specific Northern and Southern reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act  b) Role of Cuba  c) Role of Nicaragua/William Walker

3/12/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Discuss/hand in "TR" notes
3)  Video: "Shell Shock: 1914-19"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  No reading homework


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Discuss PCC credit registration process to do on your own (come in for help with me if needed).  You will need your PCC ID# (known as the "G" number).
Here are the Course Reference Numbers (CRNs) you will need:
HST 201:  26061
HST 202:  23376
HST 203:  26063
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN YOUR PCC GUIDE VERY CAREFULLY! [Page 7 and 8 if this  is your first time registering for PCC credit, and Page 8 only if you have done this with PCC before]

2)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
3)  Finish Documentary Evidence of Slavery

4)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Yellow Reader ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2 [Pages 64-77]
Focus your reading on:  a) California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850  c) Fugitive Slave Act  d) Henry Clay  e) Daniel Webster

3/11/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great War, 1914-18")
2)  Finish "TR" video
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 647-655 ("War on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of U.S. civilian involvement in WWI


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Manifest Destiny")
2)  Continue "Documentary Evidence of Slavery" (Day 2 of 3)
For today: Finish first set of questions; read second pair of documents

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in new Yellow Readers ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1 [Pages 3-5; 47-64]
Focus your reading on: a) Mexican-American War  b) Wilmot Proviso  c) Free-Soil Movement  d) Election of 1848  e) Popular sovereignty

3/10/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Video: "TR"
--Take 2-sided notes:  a) TR's progressive ideas/policies  b) Other TR information

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 638-647 ("The Great War, 1914-18")
Focus your reading on:  a) Zimmermann Telegram  b) Impact of Russian Revolution on WWI


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Abolitionism")
2)  "Documentary Evidence of Slavery" (Day 1 of 2)
--Read primary source excerpts
--Answer questions on your own paper
--Paragraph-length answers
--For today, read #s 1-18 and answer 2 questions

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 368-376 ("Manifest Destiny")
Focus your reading on:  a) Manifest Destiny  b) John Tyler  c) "Fifty-four forty or fight!"

3/7/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Singing Up the Hill")
2)  Press Conferences Presentations (Day 2)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 591-600 ("Progressivism and National Politics")
Focus your reading on:  Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies as president:  a) Conservation  b) Trust-busting  c) Government regulation of big business/Consumer protection


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society")
2)  Role Play Presentations (Day 2)
--3 groups present
--Hand in 2 sheets stapled

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 352-358 ("Abolitionism")
Focus your reading on:  a)  American Colonization Society  b) Nat Turner