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Nov 15 -
Test
Dec 3 -
Testing the New Nation. Unit Question: What grade does the U.s. earn for its greatest test of unity? Drifting Toward Disunion. Question of the Day: Who deserves blame when the country becomes divided against itself? Students complete United States vs. the President worksheet and find items of evidence for or against presidential responsibility for sectionalism in th U.S. (1848-61). Homework - Complete Ch. 19 - Drifting Toward Disunion (1848-61) Student Guidebook Part II : E-H & Part III.
Dec 4 -
Drifting Toward Disunion. Question of the Day: Who deserves blame when the country becomes divided against itself? Review Interactive Map 13 - Balancing Political Power. Review United States vs. the President and Drifting Toward Disunion transparency. Homework: Review for Multiple Choice Test #1.
Dec 5 -
Multiple Choice Test #1. Homework - Complete The Caning of Sumner worksheet.
Dec 6 -
Disunion. Question of the Day: Why can\'t groups understand each other? Bellwork: Read Reading 111 - The Death of Uncle Tom and Reading 112 - A Southern Review of Uncle Tom\'s Cabin. Answer Questions. Discuss bellwork. Discuss Southern Perspective and Northern Views and Visions. Complete Your Title is Your Point of View. Homework: Complete Case of John Brown worksheet using primary source documents.
Dec 7 -
John Brown\'s Raid. Question of the Day: How should history view John Brown? Student groups debate Brown\'s tactics. Discuss John Brown: Hero or Psycho? Debate Brown legacy. Homework: Read Ch. 20 - Girding for War (1861-65). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-E.
Dec 10 -
The Civil War. Question of the Day: What does civil war require? Bellwork: 1) Supreme Court Case 4 - Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) 2) 113. Northern Reaction to the Dred Scott Case worksheets 3) Bar Graphs: The Election of 1860 worksheet. Review The Civil War on Inspiration and Northern and Southern Views and Visions. Discuss: 1) 63. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 2) 66. The Election of 1860 3) Transparency 6. Steps to War. Homework: Complete Ch. 20 - Girding for War (1861-65) Student Guidebook Part II: F-H & Part III.
Dec 11 -
Girding for War. Question of the Day: What is required to win a war? Students complete Civil War: Battle Plans worksheet. Discuss Union and Confederate Strengths and Weaknesses. Discuss 1) 46. Population Distribution, 1790 and 1850. 2) 48. American Cities, 1820 and 1860. 3) 54. Railroad Growth, 1850-1860 4) 45. Major Rivers, Roads, and Canals, 1825-1860 5) 49. Industry and Agriculture, 1860 6) Southern Opposition to Secession, 1860-1861 (showing vote by county). Homework: Read 1861 - Lake County Enters the Civil War & 1862 - Lake County in the Civil War. List 5 Lake County connections to the Civil War for each year.
Dec 12 -
Testing the New Nation. Unit Question: What grade does the U.S. earn for its greatest test of unity? Global Politics and the Civil War. Question of the Day: How do countries decide whether or not to intervene in the affairs of others? Bellwork: Jigsaw learning groups read from Ch. 20 - Girding for War: The North and South (1861-65) C. British Involvement from The American Spirit: Volume 1 - to 1877: 1. The London Times Breathes Easier (1862) 2. Britons Hail Democracy\'s Collapse (1862) 3. Southern Resentment Against England 4. A Northerner Lambastes Britain (1863). Complete Global Politics and the Civil War simulation. Homework: Complete Ch. 21 - The Furnace of Civil War (1861-1865) Student Guidebook Part II: A-E.
Dec 13 -
The Furnace of Civil War. Question of the Day: What does war cost? Bellwork: Stonewall Jackson worksheet. Discuss Transparency 7: Recruiting Poster. Introduce French Jomini and speculate on consequences of Transparency 8 - Technology of Warfare, 1865. Discuss 1) 70. The War in the East, 1861-1862 2) The Battle of Antietam. Present Bull Run and Fredericksburg and share photos and Fredericksburg bullet. Listen to Abe Lincoln in Analysis and Show Folk, also Dixie. Homework: Read Readings 117, 118, & 119 and answer questions.
Dec 14 -
The Furnace of Civil War. Question of the Day: What does war cost? Watch Glory: The Story Continues. List 10 facts about the 54th Massachusetts regiment. Homework: Read Ch. 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction (1865-77). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Dec 17 -
The Furnace of Civil War. Question of the Day: What does war cost? Bellwork: Read 2. The Hell of Andersonville Prison (1864) from E. The Uncivil War from The American Spirit: Vol. 1 - To 1877. Discuss: 1) 73 - the War in the East, 1863 2) 74 - Gettysburg, 1863. Present Chancellorsville. Listen to Battle Hymn of the Republic. Homework: Complete Ch. 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction (1865-77) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H & Part III.
Dec 18 -
The Furnace of Civil War. Question of the Day: What does war cost? Bellwork: Read 3. General William Sherman Dooms Atlanta from E. The Uncivil War from The American Spirit: Vol. 1 - To 1877. Discuss: 1) 75. The War in the West, 1861-62 2) 72. The Confederate Offensive in the West, August-October 1862 3) 75. The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg 4) The Final Virginia Campaign, 1864-1865 5) 76. Sherman\'s March Through the South, 1864-65. 6) Keys to Victory 7) Cause and Effect: The Civil War. Listen to Lincoln at Shiloh with General Grant, God Save the South, All Quiet Along the Potomac, Johnny Reb. Homework: Complete history of Ford\'s Theatre questions.
Dec 19 -
Testing the New Nation. Unit Question: What grade does the U. S. earn for its greatest test of unity? Reconstruction. Question of the Day: What is the legacy of Reconstruction? Listen to The Ballad of John Wilkes Booth and view Lincoln assassination photos. Introduce Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Discuss Reconstruction issues and southern resistance. Homework: Complete Interpreting Political Cartoons Activity 13 - Reconstruction and Carpetbaggers.
Dec 20 -
FRQ #2. Homework: Read Reading 125 - President Johnson and the Radicals in Congress and Reading 129 - Tactics of the Ku Klux Klan. Answer Questions.
Dec 21 -
Testing the New Nation. Unit Question: What grade does the U.S. get for its greatest test of unity? Radicalism. Question of the Day: What are the dangers of radicalism? View Transparency 10: The South After the Civil War. Bellwork: American Portrait 31 - Thaddeus Stevens. Discuss: 1) Section Focus Transparency 18 - Making It Work: The Post-Civil War Agenda in the United States 2) Transprency 11: Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction 3) President Andrew Johnson transparency. Oral Reconstruction Political Ideology Quiz. Compare and contrast the Radical Republican Agenda with President Andrew Johnson\'s actions. Begin Reconstruction Congress simulation. Homework: Complete Line Graphs: Voter Participation & Geography in History Activity 6 - Region: The South Changes Its Mind.
Jan 3 -
Testing the New Nation. Unit Question: What grade does the U.S. get for its greatest test of unity? Radicalism. Question of the Day: What are the dangers of radicalism? Reconstruction Congress simulation. Homework: Study for Testing the New Nation Unit Test.
Jan 4 -
Testing the New Nation. Unit Question: What grade does the U.S. get for its greatest test of unity? Radicalism. Question of the Day: What are the dangers of radicalism? Finish Reconstruction Congress simulation and compare to actual results. Homework: Study for Testing the New Nation Unit Test.
Jan 7 -
Testing the New Nation Unit Test. Homework: Read Ch. 23 - Politics in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896. Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Jan 8 -
Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age. Question of the Day: How does prosperity influence politics? Students complete Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age worksheet. Homework: Complete Ch. 23 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age (1869-96) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H & Part III.
Jan 9 -
Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age. Question of the Day: How does prosperity influence politics? Bellwork: Read Garfield News-Herald article. Discuss President James A. Garfield transparency and bellwork. Listen to Ballad of Guiteau. Debate Garfield presidency. Homework: James A. Garfield internet assignment.
Jan 11 -
Mid-term exam review. Homework: Study for Mid-term exam.
Jan 22 -
Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age. Question of the Day: How does prosperity influence politics? Complete simulation: The Political Machine. Finish discussing Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age worksheet and presidential transparencies. Answer Question of the Day. Homework: Complete The Industrial Revolution worksheet and American Portrait 35: Frederick Winslow Taylor.
Jan 23 -
Forging an Industrial Society. Unit Question: How do economic revolutions affect other segments of society? The Industrial Revolution. Question of the Day: What is the cost of progress? Bellwork: Spirit of American Art & Music: Louis Sullivan. Discuss BW and factors that made it possible: Transparency 22 - Technology Changes Architecture. Review Homework in class and discuss: 1) 54. Railroads span the continent, 1869 2) 10. Transcontinental Railroads and Federal Land Grants, 1850-1900 3) Section Focus Transparency 19 - From Nebraska to California: Building the Transcontinental Railroad 4) 57. Big Business Begins Thriving, 1870s 5) Transparency 25: Rise of Industrial America 6) Transparency 13: Industrial Growth 7) 13: American Industry in 1900. 8) Transparency 14: Generating Electricity 9) 19 - Organization of Holding Companies 10) Transparency 22: Technology Changes Architecture . Answer Question of the Day. Discuss: 1) Transparency 15: Rise of Advertising 2) Section Focus Transparency 20: Merchandise Catalogs 3) Section Focus Transparency 26: Fruits of Industry. Homework - Complete American Portrait worksheets 36 & 37.
Jan 24 -
Labor Unions. Question of the Day: What factors determine the effectiveness of unions? Bellwork: Still Fighting Yesterday\'s Battle from Newsweek. Discuss student feelings of unions today and Bellwork. Discuss reasons for growth of unions and: 1) Transparency 28. Workers Unite 2) 63. Labor Unions Battle for Power, 1880-1900 3) Transparency 29. Early Labor Unions 4) Transparency 30. Union Membership, 1850-1893. Answer Question of the Day. Homework: Read Ch. 25 - America Moves to the City, 1865-1900. Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-H.
Jan 25 -
Urbanization. Question of the Day: What is the impact of urbanization on America? Complete IMAP - Chicago: Development of a Modern City. Discuss Fairport Harbor Explosion and Central Viaduct Disaster. Homework: Read CH. 26 - The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1900. Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Jan 28 -
Urbanization. Question of the Day: What is the impact of urbanization on America? Complete IMAP: Chicago - Development of a Modern City. Discuss Fairport Harbor Explosion and Central Viaduct Disaster. Discuss: 1) Transparency 24: Establishment of City Parks 2) Transparency 27: Corruption in the City 3) Transparency 26: Floor Plan of the Dumbbell Tenement 4) 17 - Dumbbell Tenement 5) 18. Woman Suffrage Before the Nineteenth Amendment 6) 61. Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone, 1876. 7) 62. Thomas Edison Produces Sound and Light, 1877-1889. 8) 56. Free Public Schools Become Common, 1870-1900. Homework: Read Ch. 26 - The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865-1900. Complete Guidebook E-H.
Jan 29 -
Prairie Settlement. Question of the Day: How did the settlement of the frontier shape the national character? Students complete Prairie Settlement - Nebraska Photographs & Family Letters in Computer Lab. Homework: 1) American Portrait 33 - Chief Joseph 2) American Portrait 35 - Helen Hunt Jackson 3) George Custer worksheet.
Jan 30 -
Scheduling
Jan 31 -
The Agricultural Revolution. Question of the Day: What is the government\'s role in the West? Bellwork: Read From O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. Answer Questions. Discuss Bellwork. Complete Westward! Discuss bellwork and: 1) Transparency 22: Settling the West 2) 49. The Homestead Act Leads Thousands Westward (1862-1900) 3)Why Move West? 4) 46. The Pony Express Begins and Ends, 1860-1861. 5) 44. Stagecoaches Travel the Western Frontier, 1850-1870 6) 38. Wagon Trains Head Westward, 1840-1880. Complete Farming On the Frontier Round 1. Homework: Spirit of American Art & Music: Edmonia Lewis.
Feb 1 -
The Agricultural Revolution. Question of the Day:What is the government\'s role in the West? Complete Farming On the Frontier and debate Question of the Day. Discuss the Populist movement and the cattle frontier. Homework: Complete Ch. 27 - The Path of Empire Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Feb 4 -
Forging an Industrial Society. Unit Question: How do economic revolutions affect other segments of society? Native Americans. Question of the Day: Why did the Indians lose? Introduce Indian-white conflict: 1) Transparency 17. Indian Lands, 1870 & 1890 2) 9. Western Indian Reservations 3) 8. Major Indian-White Clashes in the West. Watch The Wild West: Indians. Complete video worksheet. Homework: Complete Ch. 27 - The Path of Empire (1890-99) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H & Part III.
Feb 5 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary to produce successful reform? The Path of Empire. Question of the Day: When should the U.S. play world policeman? Discuss the expansion of the United States. Discuss U.S. imperialism using: 1) 41. Clipper Ships Sail the Seven Seas, 1845-90 2) 33. The Whaling Industry Begins, 1830-60 3) Transparency 22 - Alaska and Hawaii Before Statehood 4) Transparency 29 - A New World Power. Students generate a list of preconditions, aggravators, and trigger in Spanish-American War. Discuss 16. Major Battles of the Spanish-American War. Homework: Read Ch. 28 - America On the World Stage (1890-99). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-F.
Feb 6 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary to produce successful reform? Imperialism. Question of the Day: What should be America\'s role in the world? Bellwork: Read D. The Siren Song of Imperialism - 1. McKinley Prays for Guidance (1898) pg. 181 The American Spirit Volume II: Since 1865. Discuss President William McKinley and characterize his imperialism. Share 76. Leon Czolgosz and 6. Marc Hanna from Cleveland 200. Discuss Ballad of Czolgosz and McKinley\'s qualities vs. President Roosevelt\'s imperialism. Debate Question of the Day. Homework: Read Ch. 28 - America On the World Stage. Complete Student Guidebook Parts II & III. Interpreting Political Cartoons Activity 19: Big Stick Diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere and Roosevelt\'s Imperialism. The Sinking of the Maine worksheet.
Feb 8 -
The Panama Canal. Question of the Day: What is the U.S. legacy in Panama? Watch The Panama Canal. Complete video worksheet. Homework: Read Ch. 29 - Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt (1901-12). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Feb 11 -
Read Ch. 29 - Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt. Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Feb 12 -
Watch The Century - The Beginning. Complete video worksheet. Homework: Complete Ch. 29 - Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt. Complete Student Guidebook Part II: E-H and Part III.
Feb 14 -
DBQ. Homework: Read Ch. 30 - Wilsonian Progressivism (1912-16). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-C.
Feb 15 -
Current events. Homework: Complete Ch. 30 -Wilsonian Progressivism (1912-16) Student Guidebook Part II: D-H and Part III.
Feb 19 -
Progressivism. Question of the Day: What is the role of government in society? Bellwork: American Literature - How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis. Read 5. Tom Lofton Johnson from Cleveland 200. Discuss Bellwork and: 1) Transparency 38. Child Labor 2) Section Focus Transparency 24: Jobs Held by Children at the Turn of the Century 3) The Shame of the Cities 4) Transparency 33. Cause and Effect: The Progressive Movement 5) Transparency 35. New Amendments, 1913-20. Homework: Complete Progressivism worksheet.
Feb 20 -
Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt. Question of the Day: What leadership qualities should we be looking for in a modern President? Bellwork: Geography in History Activity 9: Human Environment Interaction: Early Attempts at Land Conservation and American Portrait 45: Gifford Pinchot. Discuss Homework and: 1) Map Transparency 9: National Forests 2) Section Focus Transparency 26: Theodore Roosevelt, Conservationist 3) Transparency 36: TR and the Trusts 4) Transparency 39: Bridalveil Falls 5) Chapter Teaching Transparency 9: Goodness Gracious, I Must Have Been Dozing by Joseph Keppler. 6) Transparency 37: Balance Sheet, the Taft Administration. Homework: Complete 1) The Main Idea: Booker T. Washington 2) American Portrait 41: Booker T. Washington 3) Booker T. Washington.
Feb 21 -
Wilsonian Progressivism. Question of the Day: Why do third parties struggle in the American system? Discuss Section Focus Transparency 27: The Presidential Election of 1912. Students prepare election campaigns for all 4 candidates in the Election of 1912: 1) key voter targets, 2) campaign strategy, 3) key planks (3), 4) slogan, 5) campaign poster, 6) speech. Homework: Complete 1) W.E.B. DuBois 2) Marcus Garvey.
Feb 22 -
Wilsonian Progressivism. Question of the Day: Why do third parties struggle in the American system? Campaign speeches and presentations. Discuss President Woodrow Wilson. Answer Question of the Day.
Feb 25 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary for successful reform? Immigration. Question of the Day: Is immigration good for America? Display The United States: Beginnings to 1900 Transparency 32: The Immigrant Expereince. Bellwork: Interpreting Political Cartoons Activity 16 - A Nation of Immigrants: A Cartoonist Looks at the Times. Watch School house Rock - America Rock: Great American Melting Pot. Discuss Question of the Day. Listen to Sacco and Vanzetti. Discuss: 1) The United States: Beginnings to 1900 Transparency 31: Coming to America 2) Section Focus Transparency 23 - Ellis Island, 1907 3) Chapter Teaching Transparency 8 - Welcome to All by Joseph Keppler 4) The Immigrant Experience: Truly an Open Door 5) Transparency 51: Public Protests Over Sacco-Vanzetti Convictions. Debate Immigration: A Right or a Privilege and Descriptions of Prospective Immigrants. Discuss Sample Citizenship Questions. Homework: American Portrait 38 & 39 Worksheets.
Feb 26 -
Classwork: Read Chapter 31 - The War to End All Wars (1914-18). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Feb 28 -
The Limits of Progressivism. Question of the Day: Who had the best plan for winning equality? Discuss Section Focus Transparency 28 - Jim Crow Laws and DuBois vs. Washington. Discuss African Americans and Equality. Watch Schoolhouse Rock - America Rock: Sufferin\\\' for Suffrage. Discuss Section Focus Transparency 33 - The Nineteenth Amendment: Woman Suffrage (1920) and The Women\\\'s Movement. Homework: Complete Ch. 31 - The War to End All Wars (1914-18) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H and Part III.
Feb 29 -
Classwork: Read Ch. 32 - The Roaring Twenties (1920-29). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Mar 3 -
WWI. Question of the Day: What do we mean when we consider a region to be a powder keg? Jigsaw learning groups attempt to dissect primary and secondary source documents to find a precondition to WWI in Europe. 1) Nationalism artifacts: a) Respecting Your Flag b) Nationalism c) National Anthems 2) Militarism a) Balance of Power in 1914 b) Head Games 3) Balance of Power a) Girls in the Hood b) The Crime of the Ages - Who Did It? 4) Social Darwinism and Imperialism a) Social Darwinism / Imperialism b) Africa in 1878. Jigsaw learning groups share findings. Discuss transparency 47: Europe Goes to War.
Mar 6 -
WWI. Question of the Day: What do we mean when we consider a region to be a powder keg? Jigsaw learning groups attempt to dissect primary and secondary source documents to find a precondition to WWI in Europe. 1) Nationalism artifacts: a) Respecting Your Flag b) Nationalism c) National Anthems 2) Militarism a) Balance of Power in 1914 b) Head Games 3) Balance of Power a) Girls in the Hood b) The Crime of the Ages - Who Did It? 4) Social Darwinism and Imperialism a) Social Darwinism / Imperialism b) Africa in 1878. Jigsaw learning groups share findings. Discuss transparency 47: Europe Goes to War. Homework: 1) American Portrait 49: Alvin York 2) Spirit of American Art & Music: John Philip Sousa.
Mar 7 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary to produce successful reform? The War to End War: How did WWI shell shock the world? Watch The Century - 1914-1919: Shell Shock. Complete video worksheet. Homework: All Quiet On the Western Front Questions.
Mar 10 -
Isolationism. Question of the Day: When should the U.S. intervene? Bellwork: Neutrality in WWI and WWI in the North Sea. Discuss Bellwork and 20. British Military Area and German Submarine Zone. Brainstorm and discuss preconditions, aggravators, and trigger for WWI from American perspective. Discuss 1) 71. The U.S. Becomes Involved in World War I, 1917 2) Section Focus Transparency 30: U.S. Infantryman\\\'s Equipment: World War I 3) 21. American Troops at the Western Front, 1918 4) Chapter Teaching Transparency 10 - I Want You for Nearest Army Recruiting Station by James Montgomery Flagg 5) Transparency 49. Patriotism and Public Opinion 6) The War to End All Wars 7) 72. The Allies Win WWI, 1918. Share The War We Forgot and Going Down in Flames. Listen to: Over There. Homework: Complete 1) Propaganda and Loyalty in Wartime 2) Wilson at Versailles.
Mar 11 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary to produce successful reform? The Treaty of Versailles. Question of the Day: What is America\'s role in the world? Bellwork: Read C. The Propaganda Front 2. Woodrow Wilson Versus Theodore Roosevelt on the Fourteen Points (1918) from The American Spirit: Volume 2. Discuss: 1) Transparency 48. Size of Armies and Death Toll in WWI 2) Transparency 50: Cause and Effect: WWI. Introduce President Wilson. Discuss 1) The Fourteen Points and What did they want? 2) Section Focus Transparency 32: The Treaty of Versailles 3) Europe After WWI map 4) Treaty of Versailles 5) What did Europe learn? Debate U.S. ratification of Versaille Treaty. Listen to: It\'s a Long Way to Tipperary. Homework: Complete ch. 32 - American Life in the Roaring Twenties (1920-29) Student Guidebook F-H & Part III.
Mar 12 -
American Life in the Roaring Twenties. Question of the Day: What is the cost of progress? Watch The Century - Boom and Bust (1920-29). Complete video worksheet. Homework: Complete Roaring \'20s: Progress or Regress? Worksheet.
Mar 13 -
American Life in the Twenties. Question of the Day: What is the cost of progress? Bellwork: American Portrait 52 - Clarence Darrow AND Geography in History - Movement: Northward Migration. Discuss Bellwork and Transparency 53. City Life. Review Roaring 20s: Progress or Regress? Discuss: 1) Documents 16 & 17 from 20th Century American Archives 2) 55. Women Campaign for the Right to Vote, 1869-1920 3) 18. Women Suffrage Before the 19th Amendment 4) 59. Women Help Lead a Temperance Crusade, 1874-1933. Homework: Complete Great Debates in American History 4 - Should the Manufacture and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Be Prohibited?
Mar 14 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What condidtions are necessary for successful reform? The Great Crash and Its Aftermath. Question of the Day: Why is the stock market a risky place to invest? Bellwork: 48. The Lincoln Brothers from Cleveland 200. Answer Questions. Discuss Bellwork and Section Focus Transparency 40: Investing in Stocks. Complete Rounds 1-2 of stock market simulation. Homework: Read Ch. 33 - The Politics of Boom & Bust (1920-33) Student Guidebook Part II: A-E.
Mar 17 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What condidtions are necessary for successful reform? The Great Crash and Its Aftermath. Question of the Day: Why is the stock market a risky place to invest? Bellwork: 11. The Van Sweringen Brothers from Cleveland 200. Answer Questions. Discuss Bellwork and complete Rounds 3 & 4 of stock market simulation. Discuss The Great Crash and Its Aftermath and Transparency 55. Investing in Stock. Homework: Complete Ch. 33 - The Politics of Boom and Bust (1920-33) Student Guidebook Part II: F-H & Part III.
Mar 18 -
The Politics of Boom and Bust. Question of the Day: How did the presidency contribute to the Great Depression? Bellwork: Interpreting Political Cartoons Activity 22 - The Teapot Dome Boils Over. Review Politics of Boom and Bust worksheet using Inspiration. Discuss: Transparency 52 - The Republican Formula 2) Section Focus Transparency 34 - The Teapot Dome Scandal 3) 23 - The Election of 1928.
Mar 19 -
FRQ. Homework: Read Ch. 34 - The Great Depression (1933-38). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Mar 31 -
Struggling for Justice at Home & Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary for successful reform? Coping with Economic Disaster. Question of the Day: What survival options are available to companies during an economic disaster? Watch The Century - Stormy Weather and complete video worksheet. Homework: Complete Ch. 34 - The Great Depression and the New Deal (1932-38) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H and Part III. Study - Review 1: 50,000 B.C. to 1754. AP U.S. History Test Breakdown packet. Extra Credit: By the People, for the People: Posters from the WPA (1936-1943). Due Wednesday, April 2 (30 HW pts.)
Apr 1 -
The New Deal. Question of the Day: Is the government responsible for the economic well-being of its citizens? Bellwork: Geography in History Activity 13 - Place: Depression in the United States AND Geography in History Activity 14 - Human/Environment Interaction: The Public Works Administration. Discuss: 1) 24. Presidential Election, 1932 2) Transparency 57. Cause and Effect: The Great Depression 3) 25. The Extent of Erosion, 1934 4) Transparency 56. Food Prices, 1925-1932. Introduce FDR. Complete Interpreting Political Cartoons 23 - New Deal Policies. Discuss: 1) Transparency 61 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt 2) Transparency 60 - WPA Posters 3) Transparency 58 - NRA Stings the Depression 4) 26. The Tennessee Valley Authority 5) Transparency 59 - FDR\'s Critics 6) Transparency 62 - Legacy of the New Deal. 7) 28. Unemployment, 1929-1942. Debate Question of the Day. Homework - Read Ch. 35 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War (1933-41). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D. Study: 1) England\'s American Dream 2) Colonial Culture: Three Ways of Life (1607-1776). Extra Credit: Great Debates 5 (10 HW pts. Due April 10).
Apr 2 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad. Unit Question: What conditions are necessary for successful reform? Shadow of War. Question of the Day: What do we owe our Allies? Bellwork: 1938 Man of the Year: Adolf Hitler and 1939 Man of the Year: Josef Stalin. Watch The Century: Over the Edge. Complete video worksheet. Share The Storm Clouds from Newsweek, Fascism, and Mein Kampf. Homework: Complete WWII: Preconditions, Aggravators, and Triggers. Study: 22 - New England\'s Puritan Legacy, 1620-1691. Extra Credit: Fascism: The Case of Italy. Due April 10 (15 HW pts.)
Apr 3 -
Shadow of War. Question of the Day: What do we owe our allies? Bellwork: Interpreting Political Cartoons: Path of Appeasement AND The Nonaggression Pact. Discuss preconditions, aggravators, and triggers to WWII in Europe and Asia using Inspiration. Share Time Man of the Year 1940: Winston Churchill and FDR War Speech from Our Documents. Discuss: 1)Transparency 63 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact 2) Transparency 65 - Japanese Militarism in Asia 3) Transparency 66 - German and Japanese Aggression (1931-1942) 4) Europe After WWI Map 5) Section Focus Transparency 47: Divisions of Allegiance During WWII 6) Section Focus Transparency 46 - Blitzkrieg: Lightning War 7) 30. Main Flow of Lend-Lease Aid. Homework: Complete Ch. 35 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War (1933-41) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H and Part III. Review: Cause of the American Revolution: An Overview. Extra: 1) American and the World- President and Congress and 2) Turning Points from First Rough Draft of History Due April 10 (10 HW pts.)
Apr 4 -
American in World War II. Question of the Day: What does total war look like? Watch The Century: Civilians at War. Complete video worksheet. Share: 1) Faces to Remember 2) Chronology of the War in Europe 3) Time Magazine Man of the Year 1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1942 - Josef Stalin, 1943 George Catlett Marshall. Homework: Read Ch. 36 - America in World War II (1941-45). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-E. Study: America\'s Founding Fathers: The Big Six. Extra Credit: Great Debates in AMerican History: A Great Debate Heats Up. Due April 10 (10 HW pts.) Portfolio check #3. Extra credit film reviews due. Book/film review due.
Apr 7 -
American in World War II. Question of the Day: What does total war look like? Watch The Century: Civilians at War. Complete video worksheet. Share: 1) Pacific Theatre Timeline 2) Players in the Pacific Theatre 3) Time Magazine Man of the Year 1944 - Dwight David Eisenhower, 1945 - Harry Truman. Homework: Read Ch. 36 - America in World War II (1941-45). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: F-H and Part III. Study: Review 2 : 1754 to 1783. Extra Credit: The Holocaust: A Historical Summary Due April 10 (15 HW pts.)
Apr 8 -
Homefront. Question of the Day: What sacrifices do total war require? Watch The Century: Homefront (1941-45). Complete video worksheet. Share 1942 - Executive Order 9066: Japanese Relocation Order. Homework: Complete Basic Skills Worksheet 31: The Holocaust and read Word from the Ghetto. Study: 1) Struggle for North America: The French and Indian War 2) The American Enlightenment: The Age of Reason, 1740-1800. Extra Credit: Complete Case Study: Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation in World War II. (15 HW pts. due Thursday.)
Apr 9 -
The Holocaust. Question of the Day: Can the Holocaust happen again? Bellwork: Read Follow the Screams and Museum Officials Say Soap Tale a Nazi Myth. Dachau and Holocaust presentation. Study: 1) Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad review sheet 2) Review 3: 1783 to 1824. Extra Credit: Reading B: Atomic Weapons and the End of World War II (1945) questions.
Apr 10 -
FRQ. Study: Review: Native Americans.
Apr 11 -
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad Unit Test. Study: Review 4 - 1825 to 1849. Homework: Read Ch 37 - The Cold War Begins (1945-52). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-C.
Apr 14 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is the U.S. in resurgence or in decline? The Best Years. Question of the Day: Why do so many Americans consider the postwar years to be the best years of their lives? Watch The Century: The Best Years (1946-52). Complete video worksheet. Homework: 1) Reading A: Yalta, 1945. Answer Questions. 2) Skill Reinforcement Activity 17: Distinguishing Fact From Opinion.
Apr 15 -
The Cold War Begins. Question of the Day: Can evil be contained or must it be confronted? Discuss 79. The Big Three Conferences Have Far-Reaching Effects, 1943-45. Yalta Conference simulation. Discuss simulation and Yalta agreements and 35. The Postwar Division of Europe, 1945-89. Compare Yalta and Potsdam. Listen to 20. Iron Curtain Churchill (1946). Homework: Complete Ch. 37 - The Cold War Begins (1945-52) Student Guidebook Part II: D-H and Part III.
Apr 16 -
The Korean War. Question of the Day: Why is Korea the forgotten war? Bellwork: Reading B: North Korea Attacks, 1950 from A First Rough Draft of History and 1950 Time Man of the Year: American Fighting Man. Answer Questions. Display 84. A Korean Conflict Lasts Three Years (1950-53). Cooperative learning groups use Korea Time Line to devise preconditions and aggravators for Korean War and share results. Share: 1) Republic of Korea Korean War Service Medal 2) The Bridge of Love 3) Korea Time Line 4) A Survivor\'s Guilt from Newsweek. Cooperative learning groups share findings using Inspiration. Discuss 1)Transparency 75: Korean Stalemate and 2)Transparency 76: North and South Korea, 1945 and 1953 3) 37. The Shifting Front in Korea, 1950-53.
Answer Question of the Day. Homework: Read Ch. 38 - The Eisenhower Years (1952-60). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Apr 17 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is the U.S. in resurgence or decline? Happy Daze. Question of the Day: How good were the good old days? Watch Happy Daze (1953-60) from The Century. Complete video worksheet. Homework - Complete Ch. 38 - The Eisenhower Era (1953-60) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H and Part III.
Apr 18 -
Truman vs. Eisenhower. Question of the Day: What factors determine how a president is judged? Cooperative learning gruops evaluate the performance of both presidents on the different criteria. Homework: Read Ch. 39 - The Stormy Sixties (1960-68) Student Guidebook Part II: A-D.
Apr 21 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is America in resurgence or in decline? The 1960s. Question of the Day: What went wrong in the 1960s? Watch The Century: Poisoned Dreams (1960-64). Complete video worksheet. Homework: Complete Ch. 38 - The Eisenhower Years (1952-60) Student Guidebook Part II: E-H and Part III. Study: Review 7: 1890-1913
Apr 22 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is America in resurgence or decline? Civil Rights Movement. Question of the Day: Who had the best strategy for achieving equality? Display Transparency 85. Religion and the Black Community. Read The Sneetches and discuss historical context of the story. Discuss Transparency 86. Casue and Effect: The Civil Rights Movement. Debate Martin Luther King, Jr. vs. Malcolm X using quotes and Section Focus Transparency 65: Two Men, Two Philosophies: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Cooperative learning groups make cas for different civil rights. Debate philosophies and discuss civil rights movement through: 1) 87. Martin Luther King Advocates Non-Violent Protest (1955-1968) 2) 88. School Desegregation Becomes an Issue (1957-????) 3) 38. School Segregation, 1964 4) 39. Black Voter Registration in the South, 1964-1971 5) 90. Racial Violence Erupts in Many Cities, 1963-1968. Homework: American Portrait 63 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Study: Review 8: 1901-19.
Apr 23 -
The 1960s. Question of the Day: What went wrong with the 1960s? Watch The Century: Unpinned (1965-1970). Complete video worksheet. Homework: Read Toward Peace With Honor by LBJ. Answer Questions. Review: Blacks and Civil Rights.
Apr 24 -
The Vietnam War. Question of the Day: What is the legacy of the Vietnam War? Bellwork: Read Voices of the Century: Vietnam from Newsweek. Display 92. The Vietnam War is Long and Unpopular, 1964-1973. Discuss Bellwork and Transparency 87. Background to Vietnam War. Jigsaw learning groups generate list of preconditions, aggravators, and trigger for Vietnam War. Discuss group findings using Inspiration and: 1)Transparency 91: Cause and Effect: The Vietnam War 2) 93. South Vietnamese Civilians Need and Get Help, 1964-???? Debate Question of the Day and discuss: 40. The Vietnam War 2) Transparency 88. Conflicting Interests in Vietnam 3) Transparency 89: Technology of Warfare, 1968 4) Transparency 90: Impact of the Tet Offensive 5) Figure 1. The Vietnam Generation 6) Time Man of the Year 1965 - William Westmoreland 7) Time Man of the Year 1966 - Under 25. Homework: Read JFK\'s Inaugural Address and LBJ\'s Howard University Address. Answer Questions. Study: Supreme Court Cases.
Apr 25 -
Presidential Administrations and Their Themes. Question of the Day: What should presidents consider when creating a theme for their administrations, and what should we expect? Bellwork: 1961 Time Man of the Year: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and 1964 and 1968 Time Man of the Year: Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduce JFK and LBJ. Jigsaw learning groups list accomplishments of New Frontier and Great Society. Discuss jigsaw learning group findings using Inspiration and: 1) Transparency 81: Berlin Wall 2) 89. Russian Missiles in Cuba Nearly Cause War, 1967 3) 91. President John F. Kennedy is Assassinated, 1963 4) Transparency 82. The Nation Mourns 5) Transparency 83. LBJ\'s Policies 6) 94. Attempts are made to solve social problems, 1964-1968 Answer Question of the Day. Homework: Read Ch. 40 - The Stalemated Seventies (1968-1980). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: A-C. Study: Review 9: 1919-45.
Apr 28 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is America in decline or in resurgence? The Stalemated Seventies. Question of the Day: What killed these presidencies? Share Time Man of the year - 1971: Richard Milhous Nixon and Time Man of the Year 1976: Jimmy Carter. Watch The Century - Approaching the Apocalypse (1971-75). Complete video worksheet. Homework - Complete Presidential C.S.I. worksheet.
Apr 29 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is America in decline or in resurgence? The Stalemated Seventies. Question of the Day: What killed these presidencies? Bellwork: 1971 Time Man of the Year: Richard Nixon and 1976 Time Man of the Year: Jimmy Carter. Discuss Presidential C.S.I. and 1970s presidents. Homework: Ch. 40 - The Stalemated Seventies (1968-1980). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: D-H and Part III. Study: Review 10: 1945-1961 & Review 11: 1961 to 1969.
Apr 30 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is America in decline or in resurgence? The Stalemated Seventies. Question of the Day: What killed these presidencies? Watch The Century - Starting Over (1976-1980). Complete video worksheet. Homework: Read Ch. 41 - The Resurgence of Conservatism (1980-92). Complete Student Guidebook Par II: A-C. Study: Review 12: 1969 to 2004.
May 1 -
The Resurgence of Conservatism. Question of the Day: What is the Reagan legacy? Watch The Century: A New World. Homework: Complete Ch. 41 - The Resurgence of Conservatism (1980-92). Complete Student Guidebook Part II: E-H & Part III. Study: Review: Women.
May 2 -
Making Modern America. Question of the Day: Is America in resurgence or decline? The Resurgence of Conservatism. Question of the Day: What is the Reagan legacy? Bellwork: 1980 Time Man of the Year: Ronald Reagan and Time Man of the Year: The Two Bushes. Discuss Reagan presidency after students brainstorm legacy of Reagan. Discuss: 1) Transparency 103 - Cause and Effect: The Conservative 1980s 2) Transparency 101: The United States in Central America and the Caribbean, 1981-84 3) Transparency 100: Theory of Supply-Side Economics 4) Transparency 102: Environmental Protection 5) 55. the Continued Shift to the Sun Belt in the 1970s and 1980s 6) 54. Recent Immigration by Area of Origin (1960-88) 7) Transparency 106: Greenhouse Effect. Listen to Cool Cold War Tunes and discuss Transparency 77 - Life in a Fallout Shelter. Students brainstorm how George H.W. Bush does or does not fit the Reagan mold. Discuss Bush presidency. Homework: Read Clinton & FDR and Clinton & JFK. List 5 supports for each analogy. Study: Review: American Art.
May 5 -
Making Modern America. Unit Question: Is America in resurgence or decline? Discuss President George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Homework: Study for AP U.S. History Test.
May 6 -
AP U.S. History Pre-Test. Homework: Study for AP U.S. History Test.
May 7 -
DBQ. Homework: Study for AP U.S. History Test.
May 8 -
AP U.S. History Test Review. Homework: Study for AP U.S. History Test.
May 9 -
AP U.S. History Test
May 12 -
Watch Pearl Harbor. Homework: Complete Pearl Harbor Historical Background questions.
May 13 -
Watch Pearl Harbor. Homework: Complete Do violent films shape or reflect? Answer Questions.
May 14 -
Watch Pearl Harbor. Homework: Read Pearl Harbor: The Reviews. Write own review.
May 15 -
Watch film #4. Homework: Complete Film #4 background questions.
May 16 -
Watch Film #4.
May 19 -
Watch Chicago. Homework: Complete Chicago Background questions.
May 20 -
Watch Chicago. Homework: Read Chicago: The Reviews and write own review.
May 21 -
Watch Film #3. Homework: Read The Facts. Answer Questions.
May 22 -
Watch Film #3.
May 23 -
Watch Film #3. Homework: Read Film #3 Reviews. Write own review.
