5/7/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
2)  Go over last essay question for tomorrow's Test 11
3)  Video:  "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes (keep until tomorrow to help study for test)

4)  Homework: Study for Test 11



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
a)  On own paper, summarize key points in a paragraph
b)  "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c)  Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game tomorrow for answering questions

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-692 ("A New National Culture")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 20s entertainment  b) Examples of 20s popular culture people  c) Examples of 20s nativism  d) The "new" KKK  e) "The Birth of a Nation"

5/6/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
2)  Role Play Presentations
--Evaluation Form
--All 4 groups present
--1 audience question per person

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 816-825; 828-830 ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
Focus your reading on:  a) Baby boomers  b) Role of women in the 1950s  c) Positives and negatives of low-income housing during the 50s


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 4

2)  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

5/3/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2)  Test 11 prep information
3)  Post-WWII Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option information
b)  "Considering Your Option"
c) Make presentation sheet

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807 ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
Focus your reading on:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson Assignment
a) Read documents
b)  Answer questions
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 4

5/2/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2)  Video: "1946-52: Best Years"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 797-804 ("The Cold War at Home")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fair Deal  b) Election of 1948  c) Joseph McCarthy  d) Alger Hiss  e) Interstate Highway System


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Video: "1914-19: Shell Shock"
--Take 1 page of notes

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

5/1/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2)  Finish WWII/Korea Oral History Presentations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) Containment  b) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  c) NATO  d) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  e) "Massive retaliation"


Honors U.S. History:

1) Notes ("The Great War: 1914-18")
2)  WWI Propaganda Assignment
--Use books provided (pages 139-158)
--Answer 4 questions from each of 4 selections:
(Pick 1 from #s 1; 17-19/Pick 1 from #s 2-5; 20/ Pick 2 from #s 6-16; 21-23)

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

4/30/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
2)  Oral History Projects due
--Share WWII and Korea projects first

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 767-776 ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
Focus your reading on:  a) D-Day  b) Yalta


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Progressivism and National Politics")
2)  Test prep questions for Test 4:
a)  What were the most important considerations in the United States' decision to go to war with Spain?
b)  What were the major goals of the Progressives in the U.S. and to what extent were they achieved by 1920?
3)  Finish "TR" video; discuss/hand in notes

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

4/29/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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


2)  Homework:  W. Peter Ward reading in Green Reader ("British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation")
Focus your reading on:  Specific examples of the impact of WWII on Japanese-Canadians

Oral History Projects due tomorrow!!


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Course of Reform")
2)  Video:  "TR"
--Take 2-sided notes:  a) TR's progressive policies as president  b) Other TR information

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