Have an excellent break kiddies!!

If you are all caught up with your IA, you have NO HOMEWORK. If not, then your homework over break is to catch up-- make sure that you've completed:

• Section A- Plan of Investigation
• Section B- Summary of Evidence
• Section F- Your Annotated Bibliography

Fri., Dec. 18

Homework Reminders:

The Chapter 19 Test over WWI will be on next week!
B Period- Monday long block (first 1/2 of class will be set aside for review and questions)
E & F Periods- Tuesday (review on Monday)

Link: The United States and World War I: Review Guide


Section A of your IA, the Plan of Investigation is due to your IA-GoogleDoc Monday 12/21 by 3:10 p.m. (aka, by the end of school).

Link: Section A tips and guidelines from jhyer.com


Today in class we learned more about the Great Migration:

Here is the reading you started in class. If you were absent, please take a look at it:
The Great Migration
Web-site where the documents you looked at came from...
Web-site where your reading came from...
Web-site with images of the Great Migration...

Check them out, learn more, grow that brain of yours!!

E Period:
Today, Section A of the IA, the Plan of Investigation, was assigned.
USE THE STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS PROVIDED BY MR. HYER's IA SITE:(Take note of template provided by the, "Tips to writing a great Section A)
!!Here's the Link!!
Due Date:Your Plan of Investigation should be added under Section A of your IA GoogleDoc Monday 12/21 by 3:10 p.m.

In Class Today:
The Treaty of Versailles.
Link: PowerPoint, Wilson Fights for Peace
Link: Documentary Clip on Treaty of Versailles

Today, Section A of the IA, the Plan of Investigation, was assigned.

USE THE STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS PROVIDED BY MR. HYER's IA SITE:
(Take note of template provided by the, "Tips to writing a great Section A)
!!Here's the Link!!

Due Date:
Your Plan of Investigation should be added under Section A of your IA GoogleDoc Monday 12/21 by 3:10 p.m.

In Class Today:
In both B and F periods, we finished up talking about Civil Liberties. See yesterday's posts for the link to the PowerPoint and supplemental links.

F Period- We also started talking about the Treaty of Versailles.
Link: PowerPoint, Wilson Fights for Peace
Link: Documentary Clip on Treaty of Versailles

Reminders!

Your 20 pieces of evidence, properly cited with footnotes, should be added to your IA GoogleDoc by tomorrow morning (8:20 am)!

There was not additional homework, besides for B period to read about the Red Scare (reading you got in class today), so we can discuss tomorrow.

Here's today's PowerPoint! (this is a link)
Mark Ruffalo reading the Eugene V. Debs Speech
The NPR Clip

Thurs., Dec. 11

My post is late. I'm so ashamed! (as all people who don't do their homework on time should be)

So yesterday I introduced this assignment:

Begin gathering evidence for your historical investigation. Critically read your scholarly book and journal sources and begin taking notes for what you will begin listing as evidence under Section B on your I.A. document.

By Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8:20 a.m. you are to have at LEAST 20 separate pieces of evidence (and all properly cited.) These must come from at LEAST 3 different sources. They are to be placed under Section B on your IA GDoc.

For books your footnotes should follow this format: First Name Last Name, Title (City: Publisher, Year), 34.

For more citation guidance, here is a link to the Turabian Quick Guide

Subsequent references: After you've listed the full work once, you only list last name and page number: Hyer, 34.

For additional guidance on evidence, visit the Section B of the IA at Mr. Hyer's website.

Additional Homework:
Read and Complete, Worksheet 19-4
DUE TUESDAY

Wed., Dec. 9

Homework:

• Four Minute Man Worksheet, Read and Answer Questions (Attention, this is a link!)

• Reading, "What are Civil Liberties?" and the Red Scare (You'll notice that I only have the first page of this handout to share with you as a GoogleDoc, because the rest of the reading was photocopied from a book. Sorry!)

In Class:
The War at Home (Attention, this is a link to the PowerPoint!)

Tues., Dec. 8

Due Next Class
19-3 Worksheet

F Period, Today's PowerPoint, in 2 parts (GoogleDocs became overwhelmed by its awesomeness):
Taking Up Arms and Winning the War, Part I
Taking Up Arms and Winning the War, Part II

Homework!
Due Next Class (F Period=Wednesday, B Period=Tomorrow)
19-3 Worksheet

F Period, Today's PowerPoint, in 2 parts (GoogleDocs became overwhelmed by its awesomeness):
Taking Up Arms and Winning the War, Part I
Taking Up Arms and Winning the War, Part II

B Period, PowerPoint, also in 2 parts, due to excessive awesomeness:
Precarious Neutrality, Part I
Precarious Neutrality, Part II

A very special Saturday posting:

Good luck to the cast of Dino tonight!!!

Vicky, give it an 11! :)

This cat and I, both gave the show a resounding thumbs up last night. Nice work!

Happy Friday!!

Your homework for the weekend:
Read and complete worksheet for 19-2, "American Power Tips the Balance"
Link: Worksheet 19-2

Also, continue the research process. If you've found some helpful sources, keep reading! If you haven't been able to find any books/scholarly articles, get going. A trip to the library is necessary!

Here's the PowerPoint from class today, all about what events led the U.S. to formally declare war on the side of the Allies. It was a large file, so had to be split into two parts to cooperate with GoogleDocs.

Precarious Neutrality Power Point, Part I
Precarious Neutrality PowerPoint, Part II

Tues., Dec. 1

B Period-

Today we explored the MAIN causes of WWI, Militarism, Alliance Systems, Imperialism and Nationalism.

Here's a link to the PowerPoint:
Background, Causes of WWI ppt.

Here's that awesome video about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary which we washed and enjoyed....
"Days That Shook the World" The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

E & F Periods-

We finally returned to talking about WWI! We reviewed the main causes of the war, and have just begun talking about, oh you know, all the stuff that happened before the U.S. finally entered the war in 1917!

The materials I handed out to you today were all from this website. It is an AMAZING resource with maps, primary sources, the whole shebang...from PBS of course!
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

Homework:

The Annotated Bibliography, which is DUE FRIDAY by 8:20 a.m.
Link:
Assignment Description, Annotated Bibliography

AND

Worksheet 19-1
#6-12 by Friday
Link:
Worksheet 19-1

Also, since "In Oprah we Trust," I thought you might enjoy this clip:
25 Years of Oprah Screaming Celebrities' Names

Mon., Nov 30

Hello on this glorious last day of November!

You got two homework assignments today:

The Annotated Bibliography, which is DUE FRIDAY by 8:20 a.m.
Link:
Assignment Description, Annotated Bibliography

AND

Worksheet 19-1
#1-5 by Tomorrow
#6-12 by Friday
Link:
Worksheet 19-1

Mon. Nov 23 and Tues. Nov 24

It's almost Thanksgiving Break, woooooooooooooot, woooooooooot!!!!

Before your excitement overwhelms you, let me tell you your homework for said break:

• Send me your research question via e-mail by Wednesday, November 25, 2009!!! Because it is break and my bedtime of 8 pm does not need to be strictly enforced, the time does not matter. But your Thanksgiving present to me will be letting me know your final choice of a research question.
• You will receive a reply, either letting you know I have approved your research question or giving you feedback on what still needs to be tweaked.
• Once you've got a solid research question, I will then share a GoogleDoc with you that we will be sharing back and forth throughout the entire IA process. You will need to select "Make a Copy," and name it IA, (Your Last Name). Ex:) IA- Roselander
• On the very first page of this document, you will need to put your name where it asks for it, and fill in your "Research Topic," and "Research Question." DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER IN FILLING OUT THE DOCUMENT (aka, resist the urge to do your entire IA over break).
• Once these sections have been filled in, share the document back to me ASAP.
• READ AND BEGIN RESEARCHING. I cannot overstate the importance of using this time to give yourself a jump-start on the research process. Make a trip to the school/local library!!

Fri., Nov 20

Over the weekend, your homework is to:

• Begin formulating research questions. I gave each of you worksheet titled, "Consider These Sample Questions." Use this as a guide.
• E-mail me what you've come up with by 9pm SUNDAY NIGHT. Your questions don't have to be perfect, but make sure you send me some ideas we can work with.
• Keep READING about your topic!! Use this time to keep researching and familiarizing yourself with the topic you've chosen.

Please e-mail me with question and concerns. I'll do my best to produce a timely response, although it is the weekend so cut me a little slack :)

Link:

Sample Research Questions Hand-Out

Forgive the delay!

We are in the midst of IA topic choosing and research!

What should you be doing to stay on track?

• Make sure you've e-mailed me your topic. If you've already done this, and I haven't put the kabash on it, then send me another message letting me know where you are in the process of narrowing your this general topic, and what you've found so far.


• READ, READ, READ about your topic!
• Tomorrow we will be in the library again. I will be sitting down with each of you to see where you are at, and how you plan to focus your investigation. Be ready to discuss the materials you've found!

Wed., Nov 18th

E and F Periods were in the library today, figuring out potential topics for your IA's. Use your time well to nose around and figure out what specific aspects of a broader topic might be worth further investigation.

Homework:

Your homework for tonight is to e-mail me your broad topic, and let me know where you are in the process. My e-mail is croselanderginn@sturgischarterschool.org.

The second part of your homework is to set up an account on delicious.com. This is a site, which allows you to access your saved bookmarks on any computer. It will also give me the power to stalk your web research choices and give you guidance if it looks like you are lost in the muck of the internet.

Once you set up your account, search for me--my user name is roseginnder. Add me to your network. Also add Mr. Hyer, whose user name is jeffhyer. He has a lot of bookmarks saved which will be helpful to you.

Tues., Nov 17

B Period-

We spent class today in the library. Hopefully you are feeling good about the process of choosing a topic and have found one that interests you. We will have more time in the library Thursday and Friday.


E & F Periods-

Today we explored the MAIN causes of WWI, Militarism, Alliance Systems, Imperialism and Nationalism.

Here's a link to the PowerPoint:
Background, Causes of WWI ppt.

Here's that awesome video about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary which we washed and enjoyed....
"Days That Shook the World" The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Homework:

Keep thinking about a topic for you IA! You need to have chosen a topic and be moving toward a focused research question by Friday!

Today we started talking about the IA (Internal Assessment), which will be taking over your lives this coming quarter...muhahahaha!

Your homework tonight is to check out all the information Mr. Hyer has put on his website, breaking down and explaining all the various sections of the IA. Here's the link:
IA Explanation on jhyer.com

You should start thinking about some general topics you may be interested. Once you've chosen a general topic, we will spend this week helping you refine a broad topic into a specific research question.

We will also delve into discussing WWI tomorrow, so much multi-tasking, I know! Here is your homework, which is due tomorrow:

Link:
Front Page, 19-1: World War I Begins
The back page of the worksheet is a handy-dandy graphic organizer that asks you to list and explain the four major causes behind World War I which your textbook discusses. Unfortunately, it didn't transfer into a GoogleDoc very well.

You do not have homework this weekend.

Next week we will be launching into talking about the IA, "Historical Investigation" you will be doing this quarter. This weekend I would like you to start thinking about some specific topics you might be interested in. Next week you will be given some time and direction to help you choose a suitable topic.

F Period-

You took your In-Class Essay Test today!! You are now rewarded with a weekend free of homework. You are welcome :)

B and E Periods-

You will be taking the In-Class Essay Test TOMORROW. If anyone feels they need some extra help/guidance in putting your outline together, please come see me. I'm available before school, during break, at lunch and during G & A Period Studies (G I'm in room 200, A I'm in 210).

Good luck and please keep me posted if you need help!

B and F Periods- Your Paper 2 (In-Class Essay) Test will be on Thursday!
E Period- Since I won't be seeing you until Friday, that's when you will have the Paper 2 Test.

Prompt:
Analyze the causes and impact of the Spanish-American War (1898).

Link:
Assignment Description, Spanish-American War Essay and Review Sheet

Remember, you can use an outline for the In-Class essay!!!! Your homework is to prepare a detailed outline, which lays out how you will go about responding to the prompt and what evidence you will use!

If you have questions during the process of preparing, please e-mail me: croselanderginn@sturgischarterschool.org (longest e-mail EVERRRRRR)
I will do my best to check my messages frequently.

Have a great day off! See you soon.

Nov. 5

We went hunting for good sources to use for historical research today in the library.

Here is the assignment page, in case you had an unfortunate accident, or were absent today:
Link, Finding and Recording Sources

Homework:

Today in the library you found sources and recorded basic info on the "Source Worksheet." Your homework, which is DUE MONDAY is to turn that basic info into a working bibliography. All information to help you do so and specifics are on the assignment sheet!

An resource available to you is the Google Group set up by Mr. Hyer all about the Historical Investigation project. Joining this group will help you with this assignment and many others which will follow. There is a link to do so, right above this post.

As an incentive, there is a fully formatted Working Bibliography template available once you joing the site. DO IT!

Wed., Nov. 4th

Today in class, we finished debating the choices our nation faced at the close of the Spanish-American War, and discussed what actually ended up happening.

Homework:

Read Section 18-4 of your online textbook and complete worksheet 18-4.
Link to 18-4
B Period: Due Tomorrow
E and F Periods: Due Friday

Tues., Nov. 3

Everybody, (SASS members most especially), thank you for making this a terrific birthday!! Thank you times a million!!! Please inform me when all of your birthdays are, so I can make sure your day is just as fantastic.

Also, I found your "Townhall Meetings" to be informative, and certainly entertaining! I got a chance to meet some of E Period's multiple personalities. Lucky me!

Homework:

Read, Epilogue: Imperialism's Bitter Fruit and complete Study Guide--Epilogue
DUE TOMORROW

Wednesday, Oct. 28

I was a slacker and didn't post yesterday. Forgive me, because I know how loyally you all follow the blog...

So here's the deal. If you've been absent at all this week, unfortunately I don't have the assignments to upload to the blog (they're in a ginormous pdf). Come and see me straight away to get Study Guide--Part II and the reading on the Spanish-American War that accompanies it.

We went over Study Guide--Part II today in class.

There was no homework today for E and F period.

Mon., Oct.26

Homework:

Reading Packet, "Part II: The Spanish-American War"
Complete "Study Guide: Part II"
E,F- DUE WEDNESDAY
B- DUE THURSDAY

I only saw B Period because of the half day!

In Class:
We delved into the topic of American Imperialism.We first asked ourselves, "What is imperialism?"
Then we took a look at some nifty documents giving some insight into what lay behind the imperial impulse...
We discussed the continuing influence of the American belief in "Manifest Destiny," discussed in the Document 1, but did not get to the rest of the documents yet. I know you will be hanging on the edge of your seat, in anticipation for the rest of our discussion Monday!

Homework:
Reading Packet, Beyond Manifest Destiny...Complete "Study Guide-Part I" which goes along with the reading. DUE MONDAY.

Thurs., Oct.22

F Period-
Today, we delved into the topic of American Imperialism.
We first asked ourselves, "What is imperialism?"
Then we took a look at some nifty documents giving some insight into what lay behind the imperial impulse... We discussed the continuing influence of the American belief in "Manifest Destiny," Social-darwinist explanations of the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race, and the economic push to find new markets for American goods.

Homework:
Reading Packet, Beyond Manifest Destiny...
Complete "Study Guide-Part I" which goes along with the reading. DUE MONDAY.

B Period-
You can end your panic attack, the essay test is over! Go home, be happy. No homework is due for tomorrow.

Wed., Oct.21

E&F Periods-
Had the in-class essay today. If you were absent, please contact me ASAP to set up a make-up date/time.
Homework:
E Period, because I don't see you again until MONDAY, I gave you homework. I know, so mean, right after you had to write an essay.

Read the packet I gave you in class, and complete the accompanying worksheet, "Study Guide: Part I." I will collect these Monday.

I'm sorry, I don't have this available for you as a GoogleDoc, so if you were absent make sure you get it from me (or grab it yourself from the bin on my desk).

F Period, you're off the hook, no homework tonight.

B Period-
In Class: Discussion, When Reformers Become Bigots
FYI: Link, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, PBS
Homework: Keep working on your outlines for the in-class essay TOMORROW.
Reminder: You may use your outline during the in-class essay.

Tues., Oct.20

E&F Periods-
In Class:
Discussion, When Reformers Become Bigots
FYI:
Link, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, PBS
Homework:
Keep working on your outlines for the in-class essay TOMORROW.

B Period-
Finished watching Iron Jawed Angels
Got essay prompt, description and rubric.
Here's the link if you can't find that sheet:
Essay prompt, description and rubric
Homework:
Start working on your outline for in-class essay THURSDAY.

Mon., Oct.19

In Class-
We finished watching Iron Jawed Angels

Homework-
Prepare for In-Class Essay on Wednesday
Here is a link to the prompt, rubric and tips on writing a historical essay:
Essay Description and Rubric
You may use an outline for the in-class outline. Your homework over the next two nights is to prepare this outline.

FYI-
Interesting Episode of This American Life about our health care system:
More is Less

Fri., Oct.16

In Class-
Link:
Wilson's Progressive Program
Link:
Watch Iron Jawed Angels

Homework-
Reading:
When Bigots Become Reformers
Read, annotate (highlighting/notes) and come up with discussion questions.

Ch.17 Assessment
p.544 of Textbook
Complete:

• Terms and Names
• Main Ideas
• Critical Thinking

DUE MONDAY (or Tuesday for B Period)

Thom saw this clip last night, which references our portly friend, Taft: Colbert Report Clip

Thurs., Oct. 15

Today in Class:
Link:
The Jungle Excerpt

Link:
PowerPoint, Taft and the Election of 1912 Election

More info about the Election of 1912! Provided by PBS of course:
American Experience: Woodrow Wilson

Homework:
E Period: 17-4 and 17-5 DUE TOMORROW
B&F Period: Go home and be happy.

I only saw E Period today because of PSAT's!

E Period, take a look at yesterday's post, because it's exactly what you did today. Thanks bunches.

This picture of Geraldo is huge, and I can't get rid of it! Ahhhhh!! Geraldo Rivera...a Muckraker for our modern age??

Today in Class:

Link to today's PowerPoint:
Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency

Link to TR's thoughts on Muckrakers:

The Man With the Muck-rake

Link to Jungle Excerpt:

The Jungle, Excerpt and Questions

Homework:

17-4 and 17-5, Read and Complete Worksheets

DUE THURSDAY

Link:

Worksheet 17-4

Worksheet 17-5

Homework:
E&F- Read and complete worksheets 17-2 and 17-3, DUE TOMORROW.
B- Read and complete worksheet 17-3, DUE TOMORROW.

Wed., Oct. 7

Homework:

E Period- I forgot to hand it out, due to exhaustion from asking you to please stop talking 1 billion times. Don't worry, tomorrow, I will not forget :)

F Period- Read and Complete Worksheets 17-2 and 17-3. Due Friday.

Here's the PowerPoint we started:
Populism PowerPoint

Tues., Oct. 6

Guiding question of the day:

What was and is Populism?

Link:
Populism PowerPoint

Link:
Historian Nell Irvin Painter talks about historical and contemporary implications of Populist/Progressive Era ideas.

Notes on video clip were collected, along with response to warm-up "What is Populism?"

Homework:
B Period- Reading and worksheets for 13-1, 17-1 and 17-2 DUE THURSDAY
E&F Periods- Reading and worksheets for 13-1 and 17-1 DUE TOMORROW



For those who want to learn more:
Link to William Jenning's Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech, because I know you were itching to listen to the whole thing!

Mon., Oct. 5

Homework:
Read 13-3 (Chapter 13, Section 3 of your online textbook) and complete worksheet.
Read 17-1 and complete worksheet.
Both worksheets (which you got in a convenient, stapled together packet) will be
DUE WEDNESDAY.

If you were absent...
You missed group presentations on the documents relating to urbanization, and getting tests back and discussing them. Remind me to get you your test!

Here's the website where all your documents came from for the group activity...Thank you Library of Congress!
City Life in the 19th Century
On Monday we will have group presentations on the documents you were responsible for analyzing...should be interesting, as always ;)

Homework:
Over the weekend, start reading Chapter 17 of the Online textbook. We're moving on to the Progressive Era!

Have a good weekend. That's an order.

Thurs., Oct. 1

F Period:

Here's the website where all your documents came from for the group activity...
Thank you Library of Congress!
City Life in the 19th Century

Homework:
Over the weekend, start reading Chapter 17 of the Online textbook. We're moving on to the Progressive Era!

B Period:
Link:
Immigration PowerPoint

Link:
Jacob Riis Homework

Wed., Sept. 30

Here's the PowerPoint from class today: (E & F)
Immigration

Homework:

E & F-
How the Other Half Lives
Read excerpt and respond to questions 1-5.
Due tomorrow (or Friday for E).

B-
15-1 and 15-2, Reading and worksheet.
Due Tomorrow!

Amusing Link of the Day:
Mexico: Now Hiring 2.4 Million Busboys
Warning, it's The Onion. Use your analysis skills to identify intense sarcasm...

Tues., Sept. 29

E & F:
We had socratic seminar style discussions about the documentary we watched yesterday. As always, nice eavesdropping on you! I heard some good questions thrown out to the group. We will use our dialogue about the current immigration debate to better understand the period of immigration influx that occurred around the dawn of the 20th century.

Homework:

Read 15-1 and 15-2 of your Online textbook, and complete front and back worksheet that go along with those sections. Due tomorrow.

B Period:

See yesterday's post please :)

Link: (just for fun)
Could you pass the citizenship test?

Mon., Sept. 28

Day 1 of Immigration and Urbanization!

Beginning with our current national debate about immigration...

Link:
YouTube video, background info. set to a dance party soundtrack.
Warning: The discussion below the video gets pretty heated/innapropriate. This illustrates how contentious our national debate over immigration really is.

Warm-Up Question:
What are your own beliefs concerning the immigration debate? How does immigration play into your own family history?

Link:
Farmingville
We watched the first 30 minutes of this documentary, and took notes...
What did you see/hear? What did you think?

Tomorrow we will have a socratic-seminar style discussion about the film and the issues that it raises.

Homework:
Read Chapter 15-1 and 15-2 of your online textbook, and complete accompanying worksheets.
Due: Wednesday

Fri., Sept 25

Hey Everybody,

So you took a test today. Why don't you take some time to relax and laugh now. This always amuses me:
Link:
Flight of the Conchords Ep 3 Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

If you haven't taken the test yet, and we haven't already discussed a time for you to make it up, you need to get in touch with me ASAP!!!

Next week we will move into talking about Immigration and Urbanization. Here are the reading and accompanying worksheets for this topic:

Read 15-1 and 15-2 of your Online Textbook, and Complete Accomanying Worksheets:

Again, not necessarily homework, but you can get it out of the way...

15-1 Worksheet
15-2 Worksheet

Thurs., 9/24

Homework:

Same as yesterday... Study for the test tomorrow!

Please see yesterday's post for hints on what you should be studying etc.

Here's some extra review material from class today:

Links:
Review- Social Darwinism, The Gospel of Wealth and Big Business

Review- Labor Unions

Images to Practice OPVLing, Comparing/Contrasting, Getting info from...

Wed., Sept. 23

Homework:

Study for our test Friday!

What should you be studying?

*Study your I.D.'s and review The Machine Age reading

*Practice working with documents (use the packet I gave you Monday).

• Comprehension Questions (are you able to get important info out of document?)
• Can you analyze the Origin, Purpose, Value and Limitations from a document?
• Can you compare and contrast two documents?
• Are you prepared to answer a historical question using a number of documents as well as your own knowledge?

Review the sample Paper 1 questions I gave you last week. This is the same format your test will be in on Friday.

PLEASE TRY TO THINK OF ANY QUESTIONS YOU STILL HAVE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO ADDRESS THEM DURING REVIEW TOMORROW!

Tues., Sept. 22

F Period-

Today we spent some time in the library, and started our Socratic Seminar.

• On Thursday we will pick up where we left off with the Socratic Seminar, and also review for the test on FRIDAY.
• If we haven't heard from you yet in the discussion, be prepared to pose a question and jump in with your ideas! We need to hear from everyone.

Homework:

Study for our test Friday!

What should you be studying?

• I.D.'s from The Machine Age
• Practice working with documents (use the packet I gave you Monday).
• Compare/Contrast
• OPVL
• Use the documents and your own knowledge to answer a historical question.

B Period-

Homework:

Prepare for Socratic Seminar tomorrrow!

Link:

Socratic Seminar, Assignment Description

ADMISSION TICKET TO CLASS WILL BE A HEALTHY LIST OF DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND NOTES FOR THE SEMINAR.

Mon., Sept. 21

Link:
Labor Violence and Unrest: The Dawn of the American Labor Movement (Lecture Notes)

Link:
The Haymarket Affair, Video

Homework:

E Period- Read document packet and study your Machine Age reading to prepare for the Socratic Seminar on Wednesday.

YOUR TICKET INTO CLASS WILL BE WELL PREPARED NOTES AND A LIST OF DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.

B&F Periods- Read and annotate documents in packet. (annotate=notes in margins, highlighting, etc...)

Fri., Sept. 18

My post for yesterday is late...please forgive me!

On Friday we finished watching China Blue, and had some great discussion on the issues it raised.

Homework:

Finish the reading packet, The Machine Age
p.504 "Standards of Living" through p.510 is optional reading...you don't have any I.D.'s from that section. Pick back up on p.510 at "The Corporate Consolidation Movement."

Reminders:

Friday 9/25 is an important day!!

• Our first test is on Friday
• Identifications from The Machine Age are due (these are a study aid for you!!)
  
• I will be collecting notebooks
  

Thurs., Sept.3

B Period- We are on hiatus until Friday. Hope you are enjoying the "China Price" reading and generating lots of questions and points for discussion.

E & F Periods-

Sorry I skipped out on your today. I got to tag along on a field trip to the Plimoth Plantation. Contain your jealousy people!

I hope you enjoyed China Blue, and were able to draw connections to the era of rapid industrialization in our own nation's history that we have been studying.

Link to watch China Blue

More Information about the Film


Homework:

"China Price" Reading (full article version)

Read carefully and be ready to discuss on Friday. Come armed with questions and points to raise in discussion.

Wed., Sept.16

Hello E Period! I have a special message for you...

What you did on Tuesday is listed under today, since on Wednesday is your computer lab day.
AHHHH! Mass confusion! Work with me here, and we'll figure it out.

Hello Everybody Else (B&F):

The Ingredients of Industrialization Power Point


B Period Homework:

China Price Reading... be ready to discuss on Friday when we meet again!


F Period Homework:

Inventions and Innovations Worksheet (which I gave you at the VERY end of class!)
*Use 14-1 of the Online Textbook and The Machine Age reading packet.
*Shoot for 5-6 of the most important inventions/innovations.

Tues., Sept. 15

Computer Lab Day for Period's B&E...

wooooooot woooooot!!!!!!!

The Triangle Factory Fire

Follow the link everybody, it's your assignment for today. Do it. Now.


Homework:

• Of the documents you examined today, choose 2 to do OPVL write-ups on.
• This website featured a variety of different forms of evidence, including photographs, trial transcripts and personal accounts.
• Try to choose two different kinds of sources for your two OPVL write-ups.

Feeling lost about OPVL?? Never fear:

OPVL Guidance

I will collect this assignment, along with your notes from the activity, tomorrow during class.

Mon., Sept. 14

Homework:

"Inventions Dramatically Alter Industry in the US," Worksheet
-Had time to work on in class, please finish for homework.
-Pull all important inventions you can find from "The Age of Mechanization" reading and from Section 14.1 of your Online Textbook.

Sept.10-11, Thurs. and Fri.

In Class:

Group Work/Presentations, Documents-
*Gov't Policy shifts to Assimilation
*The Dawes Act (1877)
*The Massacre at Wounded Knee (1890)

Film Clip on Gov't Boarding Schools
This clip is part of an episode of the PBS series on the history of U.S. relations with Native American tribes, We Shall Remain. This episode is specifically about the 1973 stand-off at the sight of the Wounded Knee Massacre. Discussion of government run boarding schools and assimilation of Native American youth is about 35 minutes into this episode, but I would encourage you to watch the whole thing.

Lecture and Discussion-
Railroads, Homesteaders and Cowboys (...oh my!)

Lecture Outline
PowerPoint of Images

Homework:

Reading Packet, "The Machine Age"
Read to p.499 by Monday and get started on Identifications
Identifications for "The Machine Age"


Have a great weekend! See you Monday.

Wed., Sept. 9

Homework:

E & F Period- Take Home Reading, p.187-190,
"Robber Barons and Rebels," A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

B Period- See homework for September 8

Tues., Sept. 8

Warm Up:

OPVL Practice. Excerpt, The Buffalo Harvest by Frank H. Mayer and Charles B. Roth

Reservation Policy and the Indian Wars:

Class PowerPoint, Indian Policy
Lecture Outline

Homework:

What is assimilation?

Is assimilation still a relevant issue today? If yes, how? If not, why?

In what ways, if any, should groups have to assimilate into mainstream society?

Fri., Sept. 4

Examining the Myth and Reality of the "Wild West"

*Warm-Up Question:

1. Why do you think the "Wild West" has been such an enduring fascination?

2. When thinking about the settlement of the West, how do we separate myth from reality?

*YouTube clip:

"Western Montage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QuV6u-y38m

If this was the only information you had about the American West 1877-1900 what would you believe to be true?

*Discussed the reading "The Development of the West" that was homework 9/3:

Be able to discuss the contrasting views of the significance of the West held by Frederick Jackson Turner and his frontier thesis, and Buffalo Bill Cody and his "Wild West Show."

*More about Buffalo Bill Cody: (B Period)

American Experience- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/cody/

Sections 1,3,4

I asked you to please write down what was surprising and information that was new to you.

Homework:

Read Chapter 13

Section 13-1 and 13-2

A reading guide was handed out in class, which tells you what you will need to know from Chapter 13. While it is not a homework assignment, please use it to structure your notes from the chapter.

I hope everybody has a great long weekend!

Thurs., Sept. 3

Discussion: Does history matter?

Homework:

Reading- "The Development of the West"

What I need to see tomorrow-

*That you are prepared for discussion (key points, questions, etc...)
*You have highlighted key ideas, facts and that there are notes in the margin.

I will check to see evidence of careful reading during warm-up tomorrow!

Wed., September 2

First day of school! I think it's going to be a good year.

Things to remember from today:

If you are seeing this, I'm probably preaching to the choir, but by Friday you need to have completed the Online Registration and gotten all set with the Online Textbook.

Tomorrow, those lovely bright orange parent slips are due to me, and we will actually be talking about HISTORY! Contain your excitement.