I hope everyone is enjoying yet another beautiful weekend. I thought everyone would enjoy this mash-up of Pocohantas and Avatar. I can't wait until one is done with Dances With Wolves and Avatar.

CFV 426 - Avatar/Pocahontas Mashup FINAL VERSION from Randy Szuch on Vimeo.

Psych students

Immigration links

Immigration Links:

Irish:

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

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/courses/ed311/kafai/Team%204/immigration

Italians:

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

Poles:

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

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Pa-Sp/Polish-Americans.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006364

Scandanavians:

Swedes:

http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/s13/2

Norwegians:

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

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:OzB4d43lYecJ:www.learningmigration.com/files/activity/2/CanadaMigrationNor.doc+norwegians+and+immigration+to+canada&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Finns:

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002817

http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/FinnsAmer/finchro.html

Ukranians:

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

Adv. US History

Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
notes: Jewish Diaspora in America
group work in lib. comp lab: immigrants in US and Canada

HW:
Paul Bennett reading pp. 347-58

History students

Take a tour of a real-life tenement building from the turn of the century. Let me know your thoughts.

History students

Here's a link to the photographs of Jacob Riis. Let me know your thoughts.

February 25

Adv. US History
Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
groups present information about life at the turn of the century
notes: The Tenement Comes of Age
handout: tenement in NYC
photographic analysis: immigrant life in NYC

HW:
David Boroff reading pp. 88-105 in reader (first period, this is a change to the homework for tonight!!)
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Psychology (25-26)
Focus:
Classical Conditioning

CW:
QUIZ!
grade part of quiz
discuss Baby Albert
fears checklist and phobia quiz
discuss acquisition of dental fears

HW:
TQ-Operant conditioning

VFW--OHP resources

VFW resources

Congressional Academy. Please use my name for your reference.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
what makes a city great? (discussion)
notes: urbanization in Canada
group research: life at the turn of the century
groups present (if time)

HW:
ROY LUBOVE READING IN YOUR READER!!!

History students

Lawmaker Seeks To Ban U.S. Currency

Mike Pitts, a representative in the South Carolina legislature, has proposed a law that would replace dollars with gold and silver in his state. What do you think?

Dana Asquith,
Systems Analyst
"My only hope is that they offer a favorable exchange rate with Confederate bills."

Mark Bonnie,
Barber
"I'm fine with it just as long as those fools at CVS melt me down the correct amount of change for once."

Samuel Briottet,
Apothecary
"Sing ho, for the glories of bimetallism! With South Caroline on the side of Free Silver, there's no stopping us from repealing the Coinage Act and putting William Jennings Bryan in the White House in 1896! Huzzah!"

Bloom Box: New Energy Reality?

Feel free to share your thoughts about this pretty amazing innovation that has huge potential to change the way in which we power our homes, schools, and cities.


Watch CBS News Videos Online

February 23

Adv. US History
Focus:
Rise of Modern America

CW:
return/discuss Unit 7 Exam
preview Unit 8
notes: urbanization
instructions for oral history paper
choose topic

HW:
Linteau reading from reader--pp. 189-98
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Psychology (23-24)
Focus:
Classical Conditioning

CW:
review notes
discuss other conditioning concepts
class experiment
share results

HW:
review notes for quiz
TQ-Phobias--entire packet

All students

Juniors, start getting your Youtube videos ready for college.

Adv. US History

Focus:


CW:
Unit 7 Exam


HW:
Text pp. 544-50
Oral history paper instructions TOMORROW!

February 19

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

CW:
graded discussion
no notes

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM
EMAIL DEADLINE IS 6:00 SUNDAY
**INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORAL HISTORY PAPER ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK
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Psychology (19;22)
Focus:
The Brain and classical conditioning

CW:
pink brain vs. blue brain reading and discussion
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notes: classical conditioning
practice classical conditioning concepts (handout)
"experiment" with one student

HW:
TQ-Other conditioning concepts
reading: classical conditioning

History students

Rodney King beating:



Article about Reginald Denny, the truck driver who was brutally beaten by a mob of citizens in L.A.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Race relations at the turn of the century

CW:
return old work
reading/discussion:
Chicago Race Riot
Tulsa, OK Race Riot
notes: The Black Overseer of Tuskegee
begin graded discussion reading

HW:
Harlan reading in the reader
Unit 7 Exam on Monday

Psych students

I present Phineas Gage.

All students

Would you like to see Oregon move to something like this? Please share your thoughts in the comments section.

Here's another article worth reading. Let me know your thoughts.

February 17

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

CW:
discuss the status of African Americans post-Reconstruction
notes: Racial Politics of the South
important handout on Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
discuss lynchings in the South
race riots: Chicago 1919 and Tulsa, OK 1921

HW:
Reader: Spivey reading pp. 146-54
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Psychology (17-18)
Focus:
The Brain

CW:
video: Phineas Gage
video clip: insight to the teenage brain
discuss the limbic system
split brain: information and video clip
reading/discussion: pink brain vs. blue brain

HW:
Text pp. 195-98

Adv. US History

Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
test prep sheet #7
finish Wizard of Oz

HW:
Text pp. 525-31; 534
Litwack reading in the reader: Hellhounds
***THERE WILL BE A READING QUIZ FOR BOTH CLASSES TOMORROW

Psych students--Split Brain

Would you ride the Internet Bus to school?

Have a great weekend

Be careful out there this Valentine's Day Weekend.

February 12--Three Day Weekend!!

Adv. US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
notes: The Politics of the Status Quo (1877-93)
notes: The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s (from the following textbook reading: pp. 534-40; was not assigned)
background on Wizard of Oz allegory
begin watching The Wizard of Oz

HW:
Text pp. 525-31; 534
Litwack reading in reader: Hellhounds (read entire reading)***
***BOTH READINGS WILL BE DISCUSSED ON WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK!!**
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Psychology (12; 16)
Focus:
The Brain

CW:
student info sheet (4A)
review approaches and goals
group research: parts of the brain
groups present
video #1: interaction among the parts of the brain
video #2: concussions and brain damage (60 Minutes news story)

HW:
TQ-Limbic system and split brain

Adv. US History

Focus:
Rise of Organized Labor

CW:
graded discussion: unions
labor union simulation

HW:
Text pp. 516-21; 523-25

Howard Zinn on the Ludlow Massacre

History students

Here are some just released aerial photographs from NYC on 9/11. Feel free to share your thoughts about the photos. They are pretty amazing. Once you get to the news article, look for the link showing the photographs.

February 10

Adv. US History
Focus:
Rise of Organized Labor

CW:
groups present on labor unions
notes: The Socialist Challenge
readings: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and Imperial Foods Fire

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

CW:
required parent signatures
textbook checkout
seating chart
discuss various approaches to Psych
case study: "Billy"

HW:
Text pp. 74-79

Adv. US History

Focus:
Rise of Organized Labor


CW:
grade map tests
notes: the labor movement
finish labor union research

HW:
Zinn reading: pp. 31-56; 72-75

New students

Here's how to post a comment on the blog:

1. Click on comments

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6. Post your comment.

This blog will tell you what is going on in class everyday. I will also post videos and links to articles that you may view and read. Commenting will only increase your overall participation grade. The blog IS NOT the forum to discuss your class grade or to complain about classwork, tests, etc. Thanks and enjoy!

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:
Canadian Federation of Labor

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

Welcome to Second Semester!

Adv. US History
Focus:
Rise of Organized Labor

CW:
map test
notes: World of Work
group research: US and Canadian labor unions**
**potential essay question

HW:
Text pp. 505-12
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Psychology (8-9)
Focus:
Welcome to the class

CW:
class intro
expectations
course overview
class policies
forms

HW:
Parent signatures
reading: approaches to Psychology

Well, we've come to the end of yet another semester at THS. Wow. Psych students, I hope you enjoyed your time in my class. I felt fortunate to have you as students, you are, as they say in my homeland, good people. History students, most of you are stuck with me for another semester. However, I hope you are enjoying your time in my class. There's so much interesting material we have yet to cover.

To everyone who is moving on next semester (Psych students or history students) if you finished this semester without enjoying the class, I still wish you the best of luck in life.

Over and out.

February 3

Adv. US History
Focus:
Modernization

CW:
notes: Canadian Transcont. RR
graded discussion: Chinese Build a Continent

HW:
Text pp. 498-505**
**DUE MONDAY
MAP TEST ON MONDAY!
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Psychology (3-4)
Focus:

CW:
FINAL EXAM


HW:
DON'T FORGET WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CLASS. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

What are your thoughts? All anonymous comments will be deleted.
Here's the article.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Modernization

CW:
participation evaluation
notes: Great Race Part II
work on graded discussion

HW:
D.N. Sprague reading pp. 34-38; 53-60; 80-85

Adv. US History

Focus:
Modernization

CW:
review states
notes: The Great Race Part I
video clip: impacts of the Transcontinental RR (from The West)

HW:
Brown reading pp. 117-35
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