1/30/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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

3)  Homework: Dee Brown reading in Green Reader ("The Great Race")-Part 2 [Pages 117-135]
Focus your reading on:  What happened when Union Pacific workers were not paid by the company?


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
3)  Historical Investigation and Case Study: "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper as we go through each step as a class

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 56-66 ("Puritan New England") and ("The Indians' 'New World'")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of the Puritans  b) Why they came to America  c) The Puritans and witchcraft  d) Anne Hutchinson  e) Conflict between Puritans and Pequots

1/29/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Hand back tests/New Seating Chart
2)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
3)  4 groups:  Industrial Era Documents
--Read document in books provided (pages 37-53)
--Prepare sheet for group presentation
--Questions at the end of the document can help
--Include writer's view of the proper role of government and big business

4)  Homework:  Dee Brown reading in new Green Readers ("The Great Race")-Part 1 pages 100-117 only
Focus your reading on:  a) 2 railroad companies in the "Great Race"  b) "Hell on Wheels" towns

Test 7 will be on Wednesday, 2/13


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Information Sheet/Seating Chart
2)  Syllabus (Agreement due tomorrow)/Check out textbooks
3)  Getting acquainted

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 48-56 ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
Focus your reading on:  a) Jamestown  b) Obstacles to the colonization of Virginia  c) Indentured servants  d) Nathaniel Bacon/Bacon's Rebellion  e) Navigation Acts

Test 1 will be on Wednesday, 2/13

1/25/13

Advanced U.S. History (2nd period only):

Same plans as Advanced U.S. History 3rd period yesterday (1/24/13)

END OF 1ST SEMESTER--1/2 DAY

1/24/13

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period:  1) Finish "Roots"; discuss/hand in notes
                    2)  Study Hall
                    3)  Study for Test 6 tonight

3rd period:  1) Test 6
                 
2)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-498 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
Focus your reading on:  Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Turn in textbooks
2)  Test 6

1/23/13

Advanced U.S. History:

Last episode of "Roots"
--1 page of notes on attributes of the Reconstruction era

Tomorrow:  2nd period:  Bring study materials
                    3rd period:  Test 6


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2)  Finish yesterday's video; discuss/hand in notes
3)  Graded Studying for Test 6
--Must be studying for this test
--Recommendation:  Quiz each other using class notes in pairs or 3s

Tomorrow:  BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS TO TURN IN!
                    Study for Test 6  tonight

1/22/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The British Migration and Settlement Pattern")
2)  Finish answering questions from Friday's assignment, then...
--Graded Discussion

3)  No reading homework:  Study for Test 6


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93") and ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes from Friday
3)  Video:  "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 927-936 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life 1992-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) Successes during Bill Clinton's first term  b) Attempt to lift ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

1/18/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Frontier and the American Character")
2)  "The Subjugation of the Native Americans in the West"
a)  Reading packet:  "I Will Fight No More Forever"
b) 4 questions (Work Day)
c) Graded Discussion on Tuesday

3)  No homework reading.  Begin Test 6 study.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s") and ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2)  Test 6 prep questions
3)  Video:  "1976-80: Starting Over"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 908-914 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93") and ("Foreign Policy Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ronald Reagan's leadership style  b) Reaganomics  c) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)  d) 1984 reelection  e) Iran-Contra Scandal  f)  1988 campaign and election  g) Clarence Thomas  h) Collapse of the Soviet Union  i) Persian Gulf War  j) Characteristics of Gulf War troops