The only things certain in life are death and...

Would love to hear your thoughts on this. We discussed this briefly in class last week.

Conservative Rapper

In case you haven't been watching C-Span like I do, you probably are not aware that conservatives from across the country are meeting in Washington, D.C. weekend. Conservative luminaries like Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, and of course, Joe the Plumber are in the nation's capital. I'm curious what you think of this guy:

Immigration websites

Irish:
http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html



Italian immigration:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEitaly.htm

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/italian_immigration.cfm

http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/kane98/kane_p3_immig/Italian/italian.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/italian3.html

http://www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/background/can_beginnings.html


Poles:
http://www.poloniatoday.com/immigration1.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/polish4.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC826391


Scandanavians:
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/scandinavian.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/swedish_migration.html



Russians:
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/polish2.html

http://www.russiantoronto.com/en-community/com002.htm



Ukrainians:
http://miziuk.daytona-beach.fl.us/faq1.html

http://www.trivia-library.com/b/people-races-ethnicity-in-the-u-s-ukrainian-americans.htm

http://www.infoukes.com/shevchenkomuseum/immigration.htm

Feb. 27

Adv. US History
Focus:
Immigration

CW:
return forecasting forms
notes: Jewish immigration
library prep: immigrant groups in the US and Canada

HW:
Reader: Paul Bennett: pp. 347-58
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Psychology (27; Mar. 2)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 1 exam

HW:
TQ-Psychodynamic theory

Adv. US History

Focus:
Urban life at the turn of the century

CW:
finish presentations
notes: City Life
video: Typhoid Mary

HW:
D. Boroff reading from the reader pp. 88-105

Would you buy this future car?

"$2 million design exercise?!?" I love the gas stove and portable ice chest.

Stand or sit?

Feb. 25

Adv. US History
Focus:
Urban life at the turn of the century

CW:
notes: Urbanization in Canada
group research: life at the turn of the century
groups present

HW:
Text pp. 557-63; p. 566
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Psychology (25-26)
Focus:
Cognitive learning

CW:
review sheet
discuss cognitive learning
essay writing 101

HW:
STUDY

Cabrini Green Housing Projects

Cabrini Green Housing Projects

Ghetto Life 101

Ghetto Life 101.
Hear stories from the present about living in impoverished conditions.

Tenement Museum

Take a tour of a tenement and share your thoughts.

Feb. 24

Adv. US History
Focus:
Modern America

CW:
notes: The Tenement Comes of Age
group research: life at the turn of the century
groups present

HW:
Reader: Linteau reading pp. 189-98

1900s America

Here's a link to some photographs by Jacob Riis, a photographer who documented the plight of the urban poor at the turn of the century.

Take it to the limit or take it to the max!

Why is Laura Bush in this commercial?

Here are two birthday ideas:

Psych students--Social Learning

Here's a cheesy but incredibly effective video about social learning.

Feb. 23

Adv. US History
Focus:
Life at the turn of the century

CW:
return old work
return and discuss Unit 7 exams
instructions for Oral History Project
notes: urban life

HW:
Roy Lubove reading in the reader; pp. 85-97
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Psychology (23-24)
Focus:
Operant conditioning

CW:
review essay questions
video clip
discuss pos/neg reinforcement, punishment, and schedules of reinforcement
graded discussion: positive punishment

HW:
TQ-Cognitive learning
*possible reading for cognitive learning
UNIT 1 EXAM FRIDAY AND MONDAY

Have a great weekend

Adv. US History

Focus:

CW:
Unit 7 exam

HW:
Text pp. 544-50
**INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORAL HISTORY PAPER ON MONDAY!**

Feb. 19

Adv. US History
Focus:
Race relations at the turn of the century

CW:
notes: Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accomodation
graded discussion

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 7 EXAM
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Psychology (19-20)
Focus:
Classical conditioning

CW:
class. cond. quiz
Unit 1 study guide/test prep sheet
operant cond. intro (p. 213)
notes: basics of operant conditioning
shaping activity
experiment (if time)

HW:
TQ-Reinforcers and schedules of reinforcement
reading for graded discussion

An "A" for effort?

Is this cartoon racist?

Knowing about this horrific event would help a person understand the cartoon.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Race relations at the turn of the century

CW:
notes: Shine Booker Shine: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee
video clip: America: 1900
begin reading and questions for graded discussion on Thursday
(answers to questions will be due on Friday)

HW:
Louis Harlan reading from reader: pp. 155-67

Feb. 17

Adv. US History
Focus:
Race relations at the turn of the century

CW:
notes: Racial politics in the South
reading; Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B Du Bois
notes: Hellhounds
lynching stats for each state
"Strange Fruit"

HW:
Spivey reading in the reader: pp. 146-54
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Psychology (17-18)
Focus:
Classical conditioning

CW:
finish experiment
discuss adaptive value of class. cond.
Baby Albert and video clip
class. cond, fears, and phobias: dental fears
what are you of afraid of?
fears checklist and phobia quiz

HW:
review notes for quiz

HAPPY 150th BIRTHDAY OREGON!

Check out the Oregon Historical Society's timeweb. It's packed full of historical goodness.

Classical Conditioning Video

Tip of the hat to Mitchell Dean for the link to this video.

W.E.B. DuBois--Talented Tenth

W.E.B. DuBois' believed in the talented tenth.

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Address.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Industrial America

CW:
finish Wizard of Oz
discussion of film and symbolism
test prep sheet #7

HW:
Hellhounds reading (not in the reader, must get from class)
Text pp. 525-31; p. 534
**YOU COULD HAVE A READING QUIZ ABOUT EITHER READING**

Feb. 12

Adv. US History
Focus:
Industrial Relations

CW:
review notes
notes: Crisis of American Politics
reading: Cross of Gold and the Wizard of Oz
begin Wizard of Oz

HW:
Hellhounds reading and text pp. 525-31; p. 534
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Psychology (12-13)
Focus:
Classical conditioning

CW:
review notes
preview rest of Unit 1
read intro p. 195
discuss basics of classical conditioning
"experiment"
discuss other conditioning concepts

HW:
TQ-Dental fears

I sincerely hope everyone had a good day. My day was LONG. Looking forward to deconstructing the Wizard of Oz with my history peeps and breaking down classical conditioning with my Psych shorties. Be glad this doesn't happen at THS.

See you tomorrow.

Feb. 10

Adv. US History
Focus:
Industrial America

CW:
notes: The Socialist Challenge
readings: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Imperial Foods Fire
labor union simulation

HW:
Text pp. 516-21; 523-25
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Psychology (10-11)
Focus:
Brains

CW:
review parts of the brain
video: teenage brain
begin homework on classical conditioning concepts

HW:
finish TQ

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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Adv. US History

Focus:
Industrial America

CW:
groups present
notes: The Labor Movement
labor union activity

HW:
Zinn reading: The Socialist Challenge

The Struggles of Organized Labor--Essay related

Haymarket Square Riot

















Pullman Strike

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Labor Union Links

United States:American Federation of Labor—http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?

HHID=228http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=835

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or “Wobblies”)http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAiww.htm

http://www.iww.org/projects/mayday/origins.shtml

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-IndustWW.html

Knights of Labor:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h933.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0827931.html

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=910


Canada:
Provincial Workmen’s Association
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/labour/labh10e.html

Knights of Labor:
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/labour/labh13e.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004354

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/labour/labh13e.shtml

Feb. 6

Adv. US History
Focus:
Industrial America

CW:
notes:
World of Work
group research: American and Canadian labor unions
lib. comp lab

HW:
TEXT pp. 505-12
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Psychology (6; 9)
Focus:
Brain

CW:
review approaches
group time and groups present
video clip: the brain
discuss the limbic system
Phineas Gage and video clip
discuss split-brain research; video clip

HW:
TQ-Classical Conditioning

Psych students

This is not good. We will discuss this in great detail in Abnormal Psych. I would love to hear your thoughts.

Psych students--Split brain experiment

Adv. US History

Focus:
Industrial America

CW:
notes: A Railway in Principle
graded discussion: Chinese Link a Continent
and reading

HW:
TEXT pp. 498-505

Feb. 4

Adv. US History
Focus:
Industrial America

CW:
notes: Great Race Part II
video: Transcont. RR

HW:
DN Sprague reading: pp. 34-38; 53-60; 80-85
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Psychology (4-5)
Focus:
Psych 101

CW:
return signed forms
discuss the four goals of Psych
discuss the five approaches
case study: "Billy"
Brain 101: group activity

HW:
TQ-Limbic system and split brain research
reading: Phineas Gage

Adv. US History

Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
group time to finalize main points
groups present
notes: The Great Race

HW:
finish Brown reading from the reader; pp. 117-35

Ethics debate--Open to all students

Okay, I'm dying to know your thoughts about this.

Psych students

Psychology students
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Feb. 2: Welcome to Second Semester

Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
new seating chart
what have you learned about American history
notes: Industrial capitalism
group activity on Industrial capitalism

HW:
D. Brown reading from reader pp. 100-17
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Psychology (2-3)
Focus:
class intro

CW:
class overview
general expectations
student information sheet
books

HW:
TQ- Goals and Approaches
parent signatures