1/22/15

1st and 2nd periods:  1)  Finish "Roots"; discuss/hand in notes
                                  2)  Study period

4th period:  1)  Test 6
2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-498 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
Focus your reading on:  a) Meaning on "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"

1/21/15

1)  Last episode of "Roots"
--Take 1/2 page of notes on attributes of the Reconstruction Era

2)  Tomorrow:  1st and 2nd periods: Study day
4th period:  Test 6

1/20/15

1)  Notes ("The British Migration and Settlement Pattern")-Canada
2)  Finish Native American reading and writing assignment from Friday
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Study/make outlines for Test 6

1/16/15

1)  Notes ("The Frontier and the American Character")
2)  a) Reading: "I Will Fight No More Forever"
     b)  4 questions
     c)  30 minutes to finish and graded discussion on Tuesday

3)  Homework: Study/prepare outlines for Test 6 (which is on next Thursday for 4th period and next Friday for 1st and 2nd periods).

1/15/15

1)  Notes ("Reluctant Conquerors...")
2)  Test 6 prep information:

     1)  In what ways were the following men and events both significant and controversial in the last sixteen months of the Civil War?
a)  African-American troops
b)  Ulysses S. Grant
c)  The Shenandoah Campaign
d)  William Tecumseh Sherman

2)  From a modern historical perspective, what were the major achievements and disappointments of Radical Reconstruction?



3)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/hand in notes

4)  Homework: Ray Allen Billington reading in Blue Reader ("The Frontier and the American Character")
Focus your reading on:  Frederick Jackson Turner and his "Frontier Thesis"

1/14/15

1)  Notes ("The Far West")
2)  Video: "The Geography of Hope" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Thomas Leonard reading in Blue Reader ("Reluctant Conquerors...")
Focus your reading on:  The author's thesis: Why was the U.S. Army "reluctant"?

1/13/15

1)  Notes ("Canada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879-85")
2)  Finish last 2 role play presentations
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in
3)  Extra Credit Opportunity (in class)

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 474-482 ("The Far West")
Focus your reading on:  a) Population on the West Coast  b) Chinese immigration to the U.S.