February 10

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
notes/discussion: The Politics of the 1890s
handout: Problems of the Farmers
Populist graphic organizer (image from IB website)
gold bugs vs. silverites
video clips: Wizard of Oz
handout: Wizard of Oz as political allegory

HW:
1. Litwack reading from the reader: "Hellhounds"
2. Text pp. 525-31; 534
THERE WILL BE A READING QUIZ ON MONDAY 
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US History
Focus:
Revolution!


CW:
review notes
discuss: strengths/weaknesses of Great Britain and the American colonies
discuss: Struggling Toward Saratoga
video clip: winter of 1777-78 (Valley Forge and BVS)
discuss: Winning the War
map of American territory after the Treaty of Paris
Quiz #1


HW:
5:1 reading guide