Tuesday, March 31, 2015

3/31/15

1)  Notes ("The Ku Klux Klan")
2)  Ungraded Unit 9 Quiz for review
3)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone is fair game to be asked any question

4)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("Exclusionism...")
Focus your reading on:  a) Komagata Maru Incident  b) KKK's influence in Canada in the 1920s

**PCC credit registration due by Friday

Monday, March 30, 2015

3/30/15

1)  Notes ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
2)  6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
a)  On your own paper, summarize key points in a paragraph  b) "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c)  Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game for answering questions tomorrow.

3)  Homework: Robert Moats Miller reading in Green Reader ("The Ku Klux Klan")
Focus your reading on:  The "new" KKK's nativism in the 1920s

Friday, March 20, 2015

3/20/15

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture")
2)  Test 9 Prep Essay Questions:

a)  What were the major goals of the Progressives in the U.S. and to what extent were they achieved
      by 1920?
b)  What were Woodrow Wilson's goals at the Paris Peace Conference, and how successful was he in
      achieving them?
c)  What forms did American and Canadian nativism take in the 1920s?

3)  1st period: Finish presentations from Tuesday
2nd and 4th periods: Study time

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 681-692 ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s nativism  b) The "new" Ku Klux Klan  c) "Birth of a Nation"

3/19/15

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  Video: "1920-29: Boom to Bust"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-681 ("A New National Culture")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s entertainment  b) Examples of 1920s icons (famous popular culture people)


Wednesday, March 18, 2015

3/18/15

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson assignment
--Read the documents
--Answer the questions from the screen in paragraph responses
--Graded Discussion

3)  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

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

3/17/15

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

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

Monday, March 16, 2015

3/16/15

1)  Canada and the First World War (Prep Day in lab)
--6 groups
--Typed bullet-point style notes (at least 1/2 page)
--At least 1 relevant visual
--Present tomorrow

2)  No reading homework.