1/31/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("A Railway in Principle")
2) a) Reading: "The Chinese Link a Continent and a Nation" (Read from "The Great Railway Competition" to the end)
b)  Answer questions from the screen
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 498-505 ("The World of Work")
Focus your reading on:  a) Characteristics of production line work in the late 1800s  b) Characteristics of women's working conditions



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Politics of Empire") and ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
2)  a) "Writing an History Essay"
b)  "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" Practice Essay (Your question should be the title of the essay)
--15 minutes to finish on Monday
--DO NOT TYPE!

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 93-98; 121-130 ("The New Politics of Empire") and ("The Mid-Century Challenge...")
Focus your reading on:  a) Salutary neglect  b) Details on the French and Indian War  c) How the war impacted the coming of the Revolution

1/30/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Race")-Part 2
2)  Finish video; discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: D.N. Sprague reading in Green Reader ("A Railway in Principle")--Canada
Focus your reading on:  Prime Ministers Alexander Mackenzie and John Macdonald--different views on railroad construction



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Puritan New England") and ("The Indians' 'New World'")
2)  Finish John Smith
3)  "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Individual list first
--Group consensus list shared with the class

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 70-80; 84-93 ("The Politics of Empire") and ("The Imperial Slave Economy")
Focus your reading on:  a) Quakers  b) Navigation Acts  c) South Atlantic System  d) The "Middle Passage"  e) Specific effects of the slave trade on England, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies

1/29/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Great Race")-Part 1
2)  Video: "The Grandest Enterprise Under God" (2 days)
--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 weren't paid by the company?



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Collect agreements
2)  Notes ("First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers")
3)  "John Smith: History or Hoax?"
--Use your own paper as we do each part

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

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS TOMORROW

1/28/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
2)  4 groups: Documents on Industrial Era
--Read assigned documents in books provided (pages 37-53)
--Explain main points on paper provided for group presentation
--Answer questions at the end of the document
--Include writer's view of proper role of government and big business

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Information Sheet
2)  Syllabus (agreement due tomorrow)
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

1/24/14

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period only:

1)  Test 6

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 486-491; 494-495 ("Industrial Capitalism Triumphant")
Focus your reading on:  Meaning of "Industrial Capitalism Triumphant"

1/23/14

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period: 1) Finish last segment of "Roots"
2)  Study/Work time

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

1/22/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Watch last episode of "Roots"
--Take 1 page of notes on specific attributes of the Reconstruction Era

2)  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)  Graded Studying for the Test
--Must be the History test
--Recommendation: Quiz each other using class notes in 2s or 3s


3)  --Bring textbooks to class tomorrow to turn in
--Study tonight for Test 6