April 30

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Band of Brothers:
Day of Days
Why We Fight

HW:
Text pp. 770-76
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US History
Focus:
1920s

CW:
review notes
video clips: Americans live with Prohibition
finish 1920s notes: Scopes Monkey Trial
discussion: intelligent design
primary source analysis: Scopes Monkey Trial

HW:
read 22:3 from the text

Films You Should Watch

Greetings students, I hope prom went well for those of you who went. I can't believe we only have one full month left of school. Crazy.


Below are the trailers for some films you should check out when you have the time.












If you've never heard of Jesse Owens, you should watch the following film about him on OPB this Tuesday night.

Watch Jesse Owens Preview on PBS. See more from American Experience.

I need to get this guy to be a guest speaker. 

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes/discussion: Fighting and Winning the War
Anti-semitism in America and the Holocaust
D-Day: What? When? Why?
video clips:
D-Day defenses
Saving Private Ryan video clip

HW:
Text pp. 770-76 (due Tuesday)
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US History
Focus:
1920s

CW:
return/discuss Unit 5 exam
preview Unit 6
discuss the Red Scare and the rise of KKK
(20:1 RG)
handout: 1920s social changes
video clip: Prohibition

HW:
22:1/22:2 RG

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Canada's Currency Coup
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive

April 26

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: The War at Home
handout: OWI and propaganda
video clip: rationing
handout/video clip: Dr. Seuss and Disney go to war
handout/video clip/audio clip: anti-Japanese imagery
discussion/primary source analysis: Japanese internment

HW:
Text pp. 767-70
Holocaust reading
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US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 5 exam

HW:
20-1 RG

April 25

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return old work and discuss the Unit 10 exam
the class from here
notes: The Road to War
handout: From isolationism to war
notes: Mobilizing for Victory

HW:
Text pp. 762-67
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US History
Focus:


CW:
Ch. 19 lotus
essay review/group work


HW:
STUDY

Hope the ACT was super fun! Tomorrow, there will be a grade reckoning, I mean, I'm giving back the Unit 10 exam. In the mean time, please take note of the following information:


1. Don't show up to prom on Saturday wearing a dress that resembles an incredibly divisive symbol from American history. 


2. Don't show up to prom tipsy from drinking... Well, just see for yourself. Gross. 


You're welcome. 

ACT

Is your computer safe?? 

April 23

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
DBQ-II

HW:
Text pp.
750-55;  758-62
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US History
Focus:
WWI

CW:
review notes
discuss: reasons for US intervention into WWI (19:1-2)
handout: President Wilson makes the case for war
discuss the War at Home (19:3)
handouts: Espionage and Sedition Act; African American soldiers; propaganda
Wilson's 14 Points

HW:
STUDY

DBQ Essay

Students, your essay question will address the effectiveness of the New Deal. You will need to cite two documents from your packet and two pieces of outside information (see your notes from the New Deal powerpoint). 


Good luck and I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful weekend. 

April 20

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
DBQ--I

HW:
Essay prep
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US History
Focus:
Imperialism

CW:
finish discussion of 18:3 RG (Boxer Rebellion and Open Door Notes)
discuss 18:4: TR, Taft, and Wilson's foreign policies
handout on foreign policies
Ch. 18 lotus

HW:
19:1/2 RG
19:3 RG

Debt clock


Track stimulus spending.

April 19

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
New Deal debate/discussion
letters to the Roosevelts

HW:
THINK
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US History
Focus:
Imperialism

CW:
review notes
Unit 5 study guide
discuss 18:3 RG (America becomes a world power)
Philippines War: 1899-1902
primary source analysis: accounts of soldiers in the Philippines (from Stanford)
video clips: Writing the Wartime Experience

HW:
18:4 RG

April 18

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Canada Fights Depression
debate instructions (class is divided up)

HW:
New Deal readings and gather evidence to support your argument
DEBATE IS TOMORROW!
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US History
Focus:
Imperialism

CW:
FORECASTING INFO
Progressive Era graphic organizer (fishbone)
primary source analysis and discussion: motivations behind US imperialism
discuss 18:1 RG
18:2 notes: Spanish-American War
primary source analysis: Why did the U.S. invade Cuba?

HW:
18:3 RG

BEHOLD THE SPORT OF THE FUTURE!!

April 17

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
finish Cinderella Man
new seating chart
distribute debate readings (divide class)

HW:
see previous night
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US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
review notes
discuss Progressive political reforms: initiative, referendum, recall, and the 17th Amendment
discuss: women's suffrage: examine anti-women's suffrage propaganda (from Stan. site)
discuss T.R.'s presidency (17:3 RG)
read excerpt from The Jungle
17:5 notes

HW:
18:1 RG

April 16--FOURTH QUARTER BEGINS!

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Cinderella Man

HW:
Bennet reading: 457-689; 469-79
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US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
new seating chart
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
discuss problems facing America at the turn of the century
discuss: Progressive reforms (17:1 and 17:3)

HW:
review notes
Read 17:5

History of Note

100 years ago today, an event took place that unfortunately led to this. I would love to read your comments. Thanks. 

April 12--FINAL DAY OF THE QUARTER!!

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: Hoover Confronts the Depression
FDR promises a New Deal (Powerpoint)
New Deal Hits "Speedbumps":
    critics of the New Deal: Long, Coughlin, Townsend
    Schechter Poultry vs. US (1935); FDR's Court Packing Plan
New Deal vocab handout
participation eval

HW:
Paul Bennett readings from the reader pp. 457-68; 469-79**
DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY; THERE WILL BE A QUIZ
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US History
Focus:


CW:
Unit 4 exam


HW:
17:1 RG
17:3 RG

IB UPDATE IB UPDATE IB UPDATE

TOMORROW'S CLASS WILL BE IMMENSELY IMPORTANT FOR THE NEXT EXAM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR OVERALL KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.


WE WILL BE WORKING FROM BELL TO BELL TOMORROW. IF YOU ARE ABSENT TOMORROW, PLEASE GET THE NOTES FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE. I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOUR NEXT EXAM WILL BE A DBQ EXAM. 

Food for Thought

As a professor at the University of Delaware, I read a lot of writing by college students, and in it a strong recent trend is reversion to comma-by-sound. I attribute this not so much to students’ love of the Constitution and the classics but to the fact that they don’t read much edited prose (as opposed to Facebook status updates, tweets and the like). Two things that you really need to read a lot to understand are punctuation and spelling. (Not coincidentally, spelling is the other contemporary writing disaster.)


Wanna job?

April 11

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Scottsboro Boys

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27
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US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
finish group presentations on life at the turn of the century
discuss urbanization and the rise of political machines
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discuss racial politics of the South (Ch. 16 RG)
discussion: lynching
handout:
Louisiana literacy test
Ch. 15/16 lotus

HW:
STUDY!

Class Five Mutants in Russia

Here's Your Phone from the Future!

Some really cool images of how the future (the present) would look. 

April 10

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
review notes
brief discussion: Great Recession: mortgage backed securities; clip from Inside Job
notes: Harder Times
Powerpoint and video clips:
Surviving the Dust Bowl

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27**
**DUE THURSDAY
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US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
review notes
video clip and discussion: illegal immigration
article and video clip on the Dream Act from The Atlantic
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small group activity: life at the turn of the century

HW:
Ch 16 RG

April 9-FINAL WEEK OF QUARTER THREE

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 9 exam
discussion: state of U.S. economy today
notes: causes of the Great Depression and Hard Times

HW:
Text pp. 707-11; 714
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US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
Ch. 13/14 lotus
discuss: immigration
primary source analysis: Chinese Exclusion Act

HW:
Ch. 16 RG (due Wed)

If you think this picture is good stuff, check out these historical pictures with a twist. 

April 6

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
Essay exam Unit 9

HW:
Text pp.
697-99
699; 701-07
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US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
review notes
discuss laissez faire capitalism and Social Darwinism
notes/discuss: rise of labor unions----->labor unrest
Pullman Strike; Ludlow Massacre
video: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
union simulation

HW:
Ch. 15 RG

April 5

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 9 exam (multiple choice)

HW:
essay prep
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US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
Unit 4 study guide
discuss 13:1/13:2
video clip: Wounded Knee
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discuss the rise of Big Business and labor unrest (Ch 14 RG)
handouts/discussion: Robber baron vs. captain of industry; Carnegie's views in Wealth; Laissez-faire capitalism and Social Darwinism
Pullman Strike Powerpoint
Ludlow Massacre

HW:
review notes

Essay Hints

Essay #1:

• I expect an examination of the causes of U.S. military action against Spain and the causes of U.S. involvement in WWI. That should be apart of your comparative analysis. 
• Make sure you discuss how both wars affected the global position of the U.S. as well. 
• Historiography should be embedded throughout your essay. Don't include it in separate paragraph. Helpful documents for this essay would be all of the documents you received for the Wilson graded discussion.

Essay #2:
Self explanatory.


Essay #3:
see above

Stuff For Your Brain

For my history nerds out there, here's a great podcast for you. I listen to it all the time. 

Wanna Buy Catniss Everdeen's Hometown?

It's only $1.4 million. Let us know when you move so we can come visit you. 

April 4

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
ACT registration
test prep

HW:
STUDY
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US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
grade reports
ACT registration
discuss 13-1/13-2
video clip: Wounded Knee Massacre

HW:
Ch. 14 TQ

PCC REGISTRATION!

CRNS FOR PCC REGISTRATION
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER FOR BOTH CLASSES--EIGHT CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE THIS SEMESTER


HST 202: 26019
HST 203: 26021


REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY!!!! 

April 3

IB US History
Focus:
1920s

CW:
handout/discussion: Great Migration and Henry Ford
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notes: Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict
video clip: evolution and intelligent design in public schools
handout: KKK in OR
Unit 9 essay questions (notes allowed essays)

HW:
review notes
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US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 exam

HW:
Ch. 13 TQ

More News

The Civil War was worse than we originally thought. 

News You Should Care About

If you get arrested for any minor crime, I hope you're not shy about being naked around strangers. 

PCC REGISTRATION!

ATTENTION: ONLY 34 STUDENTS HAVE REGISTERED FOR PCC CREDIT. THE FINAL DAY TO REGISTER IS FRIDAY!!


IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND I CAN TELL YOU. 

April 2

IB US History
Focus:
1920s

CW:
review notes
video clip: Prohibition and violating the law
notes: 1920s
America's Business is Business Powerpoint
handouts: psychology of advertising and Great Migration

HW:
Text pp. 681-92
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US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
review notes
discuss the end of Reconstruction
video clip: KKK

HW:
STUDY NOTES!