Thursday 29 January 2015
Red Cloud and Dawes Act
Today we are going to look at Crash Course #24 Western Expansion, the primary sources of Red Cloud's speeches and the Dawes Act, and we will begin to outline the U.S. Presidents.
Wednesday 28 January 2015
Wednesday
Today we are going to finish chapter 23. If we get through it will watch Crash Course - Western Expansion.
HW: Outline chapter 23.
HW: Outline chapter 23.
Tuesday 27 January 2015
Tuesday
Today - we are going to begin chapter 23.
Homework: To listen to and outline the podcast on Edmodo.
Homework: To listen to and outline the podcast on Edmodo.
Monday 26 January 2015
Unit Six
Unit 6: 1865-1898 – The American Pageant, Chapters 22-28; Don’t Know Much About History pages 257-303
Content: The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural change. Includes: Rise of labor unions and the Populist Party; general themes of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and imperialism; Indian Wars, the Spanish American War, conquests in the Pacific.
Key Concepts:
6.1 The rise of big business in the United States encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and environment, and renewed debates over U.S. national identity.
6.2 The rise of big business and an industrial culture in the United States led to both greater opportunities for and restrictions on immigrants, minorities, and women.
6.3 The “Gilded Age” witnessed new cultural and intellectual movements in tandem with political debates over economic and social policies.
Activities:
History Log – notes and short answers on reading assignments.
Primary Source Analysis: Red Cloud’s Speech, Excerpts from Huck Finn, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, A Black Woman’s Appeal for Civil Rights, Populist Party Platform, Bosses of the Senate Cartoon, Images from How the Other Half Lives, Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth, Petition to the Ohio state legislature against women suffrage, Jane Addams Twenty Years at Hull House, map of the overseas possessions of the U.S.
Viewpoints: After reading excerpts from Jane Addams, Louise de Koven Bowen and Hilda Satt Polacheck students will decide if the progressive social reformers were generous and helpful or condescending and judgmental towards immigrants. Students will list 3 main points and evidence the support.
Populist Party Speech – Students will analyze documents on the Populist Party and create a speech on why they should be the Populist Party Presidential nominee in 1892.
Unit Test – Multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, DBQ, and Long Essay.
During this unit students will discuss possible answers to the following essential questions:
Identity: How did the rapid influx of immigrants from other parts of the world than northern and western Europe affect debates about American national identity?
Work, Exchange, and Technology: How did technological and corporate innovations help to vastly increase industrial production? What was the impact of these innovations on the lives of working people?
Peopling: How and why did the sources of migration to the United States change dramatically during this period?
Politics and Power: How did the political culture of the Gilded Age reflect the emergence of new corporate power? How successful were the challenges to this power? Why did challenges to this power fail?
America in the World: How did the search for new global markets affect American foreign policy and territorial ambitions?
Environment and Geography: In what ways, and to what extent, was the West “opened” for further settlement through connection to eastern political, financial, and transportation systems?
Ideas, Beliefs and Cultures: How did artistic and intellectual movements both reflect and challenge the emerging corporate order?
Content: The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural change. Includes: Rise of labor unions and the Populist Party; general themes of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and imperialism; Indian Wars, the Spanish American War, conquests in the Pacific.
Key Concepts:
6.1 The rise of big business in the United States encouraged massive migrations and urbanization, sparked government and popular efforts to reshape the U.S. economy and environment, and renewed debates over U.S. national identity.
6.2 The rise of big business and an industrial culture in the United States led to both greater opportunities for and restrictions on immigrants, minorities, and women.
6.3 The “Gilded Age” witnessed new cultural and intellectual movements in tandem with political debates over economic and social policies.
Activities:
History Log – notes and short answers on reading assignments.
Primary Source Analysis: Red Cloud’s Speech, Excerpts from Huck Finn, Dawes Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, A Black Woman’s Appeal for Civil Rights, Populist Party Platform, Bosses of the Senate Cartoon, Images from How the Other Half Lives, Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth, Petition to the Ohio state legislature against women suffrage, Jane Addams Twenty Years at Hull House, map of the overseas possessions of the U.S.
Viewpoints: After reading excerpts from Jane Addams, Louise de Koven Bowen and Hilda Satt Polacheck students will decide if the progressive social reformers were generous and helpful or condescending and judgmental towards immigrants. Students will list 3 main points and evidence the support.
Populist Party Speech – Students will analyze documents on the Populist Party and create a speech on why they should be the Populist Party Presidential nominee in 1892.
Unit Test – Multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, DBQ, and Long Essay.
During this unit students will discuss possible answers to the following essential questions:
Identity: How did the rapid influx of immigrants from other parts of the world than northern and western Europe affect debates about American national identity?
Work, Exchange, and Technology: How did technological and corporate innovations help to vastly increase industrial production? What was the impact of these innovations on the lives of working people?
Peopling: How and why did the sources of migration to the United States change dramatically during this period?
Politics and Power: How did the political culture of the Gilded Age reflect the emergence of new corporate power? How successful were the challenges to this power? Why did challenges to this power fail?
America in the World: How did the search for new global markets affect American foreign policy and territorial ambitions?
Environment and Geography: In what ways, and to what extent, was the West “opened” for further settlement through connection to eastern political, financial, and transportation systems?
Ideas, Beliefs and Cultures: How did artistic and intellectual movements both reflect and challenge the emerging corporate order?
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Unit 5 Review
For review - I want you to read through UNIT 5 on Shmoop and review chapters 14 and 15 in United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination.
Homework: Listen to the podcast on Edmodo on the Reconstruction and outline it.
Homework: Listen to the podcast on Edmodo on the Reconstruction and outline it.
Monday 19 January 2015
The Reconstruction
We need to finish chapter 22 today and outline it, so that we can begin to review for the Unit test on Thursday and Friday.
Friday 16 January 2015
Black Codes
Thursday 15 January 2015
The Civil War
Today - we will finish chapter 21.
HOMEWORK: Outline the chapter and post to your blog.
HOMEWORK: Outline the chapter and post to your blog.
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Chapter 21 - The American Pageant
Today - we will begin reading Chapter 21. After we go over yesterday's SOAPstone.
HW: Read the Lincoln/Douglas debate articles and write a paragraph about which argument you feel is more compelling and why. Make sure you use site specific examples from the text.
HW: Read the Lincoln/Douglas debate articles and write a paragraph about which argument you feel is more compelling and why. Make sure you use site specific examples from the text.
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Lincoln
Today we will look at Lincoln/Douglas debate and Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address.
Tomorrow we will read chapter 21 of The American Pageant.
Tomorrow we will read chapter 21 of The American Pageant.
Monday 12 January 2015
Friday 9 January 2015
Primary Sources
On Monday, we will look at primary sources on the Dred Scott decision, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Here are some links:
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
You can find the Dred Scott Case on Edmodo
Choose either the Compromise of 1850 or the Dred Scott decision and SOAPstone it!
Here are some links:
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
You can find the Dred Scott Case on Edmodo
Choose either the Compromise of 1850 or the Dred Scott decision and SOAPstone it!
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