Which candidate for president is most like you?? 
Take the quiz and reveal your results!

IB US History

Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
discussion: America's biggest corporations (1955 and 2010) and America's profitable corporations (2011)
notes: Industrial Capitalism
handout: business cycle and the "invisible hand" of supply and demand
small group activity: robber baron or captain of industry
discuss results

HW:
read all handouts and answer ALL questions

I am not taking sides here or promoting a specific agenda

However, I think it's pretty hilarious to watch Muppets get all political and stuff. Watch and feel free to comment. Oh, read carefully tonight. 

January 30

IB US History
Focus:
Mid-term discussion

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
small group activity (answer/discuss mid-term review questions)
mid-term exam
participation eval
the class ahead

HW:
Text pp. 486-91; 494-98
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Psych (Jan. 30-Feb. 2)

CW:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
participation eval
FINAL EXAM!!

HW:
STUDY AND BRING BOOK ON FINAL EXAM DAY

Birth control at THS??? Thoughts?

Use this for Monday. Use quizzes 1-18 (obviously we didn't address everything single thing that some of the quizzes cover). 

Did you miss the unit exam today?

If so, I expect you in my room no later than 0715 on Monday to begin making up the exam. Failure to show up without notifying me will result in a loss of points on the exam. 

IB US History

Focus:


CW:
Unit 6 exam


HW:
REVIEW ALL NOTE FOR MID-TERM ON MONDAY

Students: What are your thoughts on this?

Did a Wisconsin school district violate a student's First Amendment rights? 

January 26

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
Frontier House

HW:
STUDY
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Psych (26-27)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return Unit 5 exam
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

HW:
prepare for final exam

Reconstruction Resource

More information on Reconstruction that can help you with essay #2. 

Read this!!

It's hard to believe that 16 states banned interracial marriage less than fifty years ago. I plan on showing you a documentary about this couple when we get to the civil rights movement. 

In the meantime, check out this article that features great photos of the Richard Loving and his wife, Mildred. 

IB US History

Focus:
The West

CW:
discuss: Interpreting the West (historiography of the West)**
***INCORPORATE THIS INFORMATION INTO ESSAY #3

video: Billy the Kid***
***POSSIBLE ID TERM AND COULD BE USED IN ESSAY #3 YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE. FOLLOW THE LINK. 

HW:
STUDY

January 24

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
notes: Reluctant Conquerors
group discussion: The West: Land of opportunity or oppression?

HW:
read and answer questions on Interpreting the Frontier
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Psych (24-25)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 exam

HW:
PREPARE FOR FINAL EXAM!!!

IB US History

Focus:
The West!

CW:
review notes
notes: The Great Plains
video clip: Wounded Knee Massacre
begin reading/work for people of the West discussion

HW:
Leonard reading from the reader--Reluctant Conquerors

The New World Economy

If you own an iPod, XBox, or almost any electronic device, it was probably made by a Chinese worker. The article below illustrates how this is affecting the American economy. You all are facing future employment in a world where high-tech jobs don't often stay in America. 

Wanna live in a dorm and work 12 hours a day, six days a week? 

Need something to pick you up?

January 20

IB US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
review notes
test prep sheet #6
notes: The End of Reconstruction
video clip: the KKK
handouts: education and literacy rates in the South; end of Reconstruction; Reconstruction graphic organizer
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discussion: echos of the Civil War in the South today--the redneck shop, etc.

HW:
Text pp. 458-61; 464-74
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Psych (20; 23)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Kip Kinkel documentary

HW:
review notes/essay prep

Not really a fan of this

READ CAREFULLY TONIGHT. REDEMPTION FOR TODAY'S READING QUIZZES MAY BE COMING TOMORROW. OR IT MIGHT NOT. 

IB US History

Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
video clip: Sherman and Stanton's Meeting in Savannah, GA--1864
notes: Presidential Reconstruction
video clip: Radical Republicans
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notes: Radical Reconstruction of the South
video clip: Radical Reconstruction
video clip: black codes and handout
examine sharecropping (Powerpoint slides)

HW:
Text pp. 444-45; 448-50

The Future of the Internet is at Stake

Keep in mind that this video is very one sided, however, do some more research on your own if you're interested in this issue.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

More information here. 

January 18

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War--->Reconstruction

CW:
discuss: the human toll of the war
video clip/discuss Andersonville
video clips: the Assassination of Lincoln
Civil War becomes the Lost Cause and its aftermath
questions facing the country post-Civil War
discuss: General Schurz's report to President Johnson

HW:
Text pp. 430-33; 435-36
436-44
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Psych (18-19)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss: personality disorders
psychopath test and sociopathic traits handout
discuss schizophrenia; video clip
school shooters: Columbine
discuss treatments and therapies (handouts)

HW:
review notes for unit exam

IB History

Everyone needs to be prepared to answer questions regarding tonight's reading. I will be calling on people randomly tomorrow. I also reserve the right to give a reading quiz on the reading as well. Read carefully and use the reading guide I gave you. See you tomorrow. 

IB US History

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
Civil War slang
photographic analysis of the Civil War dead
notes: Civil War ends
video clips: Sherman's March to the Sea

HW:
Gen. Schurz's report to President Johnson (1865)

The reason why you're out of school today

Watch and reflect. 



‎"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's 
pretty important."


- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Racism, still alive and kicking

Read the story and share your thoughts. 

Friday the 13th!!

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
Glory

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
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Psych (13; 17)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss mood disorders
video clips:
living with depression (from DVD)
bipolar disorder
ECT and ECT handout
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discuss anxiety disorders
handout: OCD and CBT
video clips:
perfectionism
hoarding
clips from Dateline and Oprah's OCD Bootcamp for CBT

HW:
TQ:
Schizophrenia and Personality disorders

IB US History

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
discuss collective memory
video clip: African American soldiers and the Emancipation Proclamation
"Glory"

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
DUE ON TUESDAY, JAN 17

This is how I read the paper each day

January 11

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
notes: 1863: Turning Point in the War
Gettysburg--Day 3
Civil War Home Front activity (multiple groups analyze primary source documents)
share responses
video clip: African American soldiers and the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War slang (if time)

HW:
review notes
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Psych (11-12)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Wartorn documentary on PTSD

HW:
TQ: anxiety disorders and mood disorders

IB US History

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
notes: Toward Total War
read Sullivan Ballou's letter
notes: major battles 1861-62: First and Second Battles of Bull Run and Antietam
handout and video clip: Antietam (from 10 Days That...)
reading/discussion: Emancipation Proclamation
reading: life of a Civil War soldier
video clips/discussion: battlefield medicine: past and present
Civil War slang (if time)

HW:
Text pp. 413-16

January 9

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
return/discuss Unit 5 exams
what do you know about the Civil War and Reconstruction?
antebellum sectionalism: myth or reality
handout: North vs. South: Anaconda Plan
notes: Secession and Military Stalemate: 1861-62

HW:
Text pp. 407-13
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Psych (9-10)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 study guide
notes/discussion: PTSD
video clip origins of PTSD and military reaction to it (from A Soldier's Heart)
video: Private Needham's War

HW:
TQ-Mood disorders and anxiety disorders
A class: due Friday
B class due: next Tuesday 

Your comments are required below

As William Faulkner once said, "The past is not dead. It's not even past." 

IB US History

Focus:

CW:
DBQ-essay

HW:
Text pp. 398-407 (read carefully)
pp. 407-13 (skim)

Why Can't All Political Ads be Like This?

Don't touch her yard signs!!

DBQ UPDATE

Students,


1. You only need to study/review information on the Fugitive Slave Act for tomorrow's essay. You will need to cite two pieces of outside information and use two of the documents from your test to answer the essay question.


I strongly encourage you to bring your book tomorrow so you can get a head start on your large weekend reading assignment. We go to war on Monday!

January 5

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
DBQ

HW:
prep for essay (topic is Fugitive Slave Act)
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Psych (5-6)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
handout: shades of abnormality
discuss the DSM-IV and problems with labeling
discuss: Susan Smith and the clinical assessment
video: Andrea Yates and discussion of insanity during a crime

HW:
reading--PTSD

More info on the alleged nine foot tall North Korean super soldier.


Here's a picture of the former dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong il:

IB US History

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: The End of the Union: Dred Scott, John Brown, and the election of Lincoln
video clip: John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
video clip: Dred Scott and the election of Lincoln
electoral map of 1860
causes of Civil War (place in chronological order)

HW:
prep for DBQ essay

January 3

IB US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return old work
return/discuss IA
REVIEW
notes: The Crime Against Kansas Part II

HW:
Text pp. 390-94
UNIT FIVE EXAM IS THURSDAY-FRIDAY!!
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Psych (3-4)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
discuss Kohlberg's theory of moral development
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discuss: factors that contribute to mental illness
discuss/handout: what is abnormal behavior?

HW:
TQ-DSM-IV

Happy New Year!

Hope your holiday has been a great one. Get your brains ready for some more learning. Here's the catch phrase of 2012: pus acne (don't search for this on Google or you will be sorry). 


See you soon.