4/9/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Prep Day 2 of 2 in lab working on Great Depression Project
--Present next Tuesday and Wednesday

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 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant") and ("The World of Work")
2)  Finish video; discuss/hand in notes
3)  Study for test in small groups

4)  Homework: Study for Test 3

4/8/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Harder Times")
2)  7 groups: Great Depression Project (Prep Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Each person needs at least 1.5 pages of meaningful info and 2 visuals when presenting

 3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 714-718; 722-727 ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
Focus your reading on:  a) Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The nation's feelings toward Hoover  c) FDR's first "Hundred Days"

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Plains")
2)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

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
 

4/7/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Hard Times")
2)  Movie: "Bound for Glory" (2.5 days)
--Take 2 pages of notes on examples of life during the Depression

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 707-711; 714 ("Harder Times")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of the Dust Bowl  b) "Okies"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Undoing of Reconstruction")
2) a) Finish answering questions from Friday
b)  Graded Discussion

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

4/4/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
2)  Video: "1929-36: Stormy Weather"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 699; 701-707 ("Hard Times")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of how the Depression affected people who lived through it


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
2)  Go over Test 3 Prep Sheet:
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)  Go over yesterday's video notes
4)  Reading/questions/graded discussion:  "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West"
a)  Reading: "I Will Fight No More Forever"
b)  4 questions:  Work Day

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

4/3/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 9

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 697-699 ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
Focus your reading on:  Causes of the Great Depression


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Union Victorious, 1864-65")
2)  Finish Civil War video from Tuesday.
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 430-433; 435-442 ("Presidential Reconstruction") and ("Radical Reconstruction")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lincoln's Reconstruction plan  b) Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan  c) Positives and negatives of Radical Reconstruction  d) Impeachment of Johnson

4/2/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Exclusionism...")
2)  Discuss last essay question from Test 9 Prep Sheet
3) a) ACT registration
    b) Study/work time if you finish early

4)  Homework: Study for Test 9


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Turning Point: 1863")
2) a) ACT registration
    b)  Study/work time if you finish early

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 417-421; 424-426 ("The Union Victorious: 1864-65")
Focus your reading on (Test Essay Question):  a) Role of African-American soldiers  b) Ulysses S. Grant's war strategies  c) Shenandoah Campaign  d) William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea"

4/1/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Ku Klux Klan")
2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone is fair game for answering questions
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Exclusionism...") (Canada)
Focus your reading on:  a) Komagata Maru Incident  b) KKK's influence in Canada

BRING STUDY/WORK MATERIALS TOMORROW IN CASE YOU FINISH EARLY FROM ACT REGISTRATION.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Towards Total War")
1.5)  Make-up presentations from yesterday
2)  Video: Ken Burns' "Civil War" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 413-416 ("The Turning Point: 1863")
Focus your reading on:  a) Emancipation Proclamation  b) Battle of Gettysburg's significance

BRING STUDY/WORK MATERIALS TOMORROW IN CASE YOU FINISH EARLY FROM ACT REGISTRATION.