DECEMBER 21--WE MADE IT!!!

History of the Americas
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
return/discuss Unit 5 exams
notes: The Civil War Begins
map of secession
handouts:
Antebellum sectionalism: myth or reality?
What was the Civil War about?
Resources of the North and South and the Anaconda Plan

HW:
Text pp. 407-13
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
TBD

HW:
25-3 RG

ONE MORE DAY!!!!

ALL STUDENTS:

IF YOU ARE ABSENT FROM CLASS TOMORROW IT MUST BE EXCUSED. 

IB "HUMANS": TOMORROW IS THE FINAL DAY TO REGISTER FOR PCC CREDIT. 

Finally, I leave you with this:

December 20---ALMOST THERE

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
DBQ Essay Part II

HW:
Text pp. 398-407
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Episode One from the Pacific

HW:
25-3 RG--DUE ON JAN. 7

December 19

History of the Americas
Focus:

CW:
DBQ-PART I

HW:
prep for essay on the Fugitive Slave Act
You must cite two documents and two relevant examples of outside information from your class notes
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
historical investigation: Why Were the Japanese Interned?
map of internment camps
video from the War Relocation Department
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begin 25-2 notes: War in Europe and North Africa
map of the European theater 
D-Day landing
video clip: German defenses for D-Day

HW:
25-3 RG

Yet Another Sign of the Coming ROBOPOCALYPSE!!!

IB STUDENTS

DRED SCOTT THINKS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT A SAMPLE DBQ BEFORE TOMORROW'S EXAM. 




YOU SHOULD ALSO REGISTER WITH PCC FOR COLLEGE CREDIT.        

THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY!!!!

December 18

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: The End of the Union
video clip #1: Dred Scott decision and its aftermath
video clip #2: John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
electoral map of 1860
causes of the Civil War timeline activity
review values and limitations for documents

HW:
review notes
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
review notes
video: Germany's advances in Europe at the beginning of WWII
anti-Japanese imagery handout
discuss 25-1 RG (US Mobilizes for War)
handout: Office of War Information (propaganda)
video clips: rationing and gasoline rationing and scrap metal drives
cartoon/comics go to war handout
video clip: Donald Duck Pays His Income Tax

HW:
read 25-2

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

For Jo.

December 17-FINAL WEEK BEFORE BREAK--WE CAN DO IT!!

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return/discuss IAs
notes: The Crime Against Kansas Part II
Roots--FINAL DAY

HW:
Text pp. 390-94
**HINT: IF THERE IS A READING QUIZ TOMORROW, IT WILL NOT BE ABOUT JOHN BROWN. READ CAREFULLY. 
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return/discuss Unit 6 DBQ essay
discuss 24:1-2-- Dictators threaten world peace and WWII begins (1939)
discuss 24:3 Holocaust--video clips: Anti-Semitism in America in the 1930s and scenes from a death camp
discuss 24:4 RG: Japan Awakens a Sleeping Giant
American reaction to Pearl Harbor (if time)

HW:
25-1 RG

December 14

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
graded discussion: John Brown
video clip: If a Tree Falls (understanding the motives of direct action)

HW:
McPherson pp. 153-69
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
finish Cinderella Man

HW:
Ch. 24 RG

IB STUDENTS!!

UPLOAD YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM NOW OR THIS GUY WILL COME LOOKING FOR YOU!!!!

December 13

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
IA update (turnitin.com)
sample DBQ
video clip: Bleeding Kansas (from John Brown biography)
notes: The Crime Against Kansas
begin graded discussion reading/questions

HW:
finish graded discussion
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
turn in DBQ essay
Cinderella Man

HW:
Ch. 24 RG packet

JOHN BROWN SAYS:

UPLOAD YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM!!!

CLASS ID:

5805600

PASSWORD:

carlisle

UPLOAD YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM!!!

CLASS ID:

5805600

PASSWORD:

carlisle

UPLOAD YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM!!!

CLASS ID:

5805600

PASSWORD:

carlisle

UPLOAD YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM!!!

CLASS ID:

5805600

PASSWORD:

carlisle

UPLOAD YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM!!!

CLASS ID:

5805600

PASSWORD:

carlisle

December 12

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
turn in Part E
notes: Slavery, Rum, and Romanism
Roots

HW:
McPherson pp. 145-53
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
DBQ essay


HW:
Ch. 24 RG--ALL; DUE ON MONDAY

Thanks Louis!!

A little history humor:

Gadsden Purchase from Michael G on Vimeo.

December 11

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: An Empire for Slavery Part II
examine political cartoons
Roots (if time)

HW:
McPherson pp. 117-30
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
review notes
small groups: answer scaffolding questions for Great Depression DBQ
begin essay prep

HW:
review and organize notes for DBQ essay

He's Coming...

IB Students

Your complete IA must be uploaded to turnitin.com by Friday.

Please use your research question/topic as your title on turnitin.com

CLASS ID:
5805600

PASSWORD:
carlisle

December 10

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: An Empire for Slavery
video clip: Fugitive Slave Act-- from Slaver in America
complete Part E of the IA

HW:
McPherson pp. 103-16
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Ch. 22 graphic organizer (Depression fishbone)
examine pictures from the Great Depression
video clip: Germany during the Depression and the 1932 presidential election (from ABC series)
reading: Hoover vs. FDR and their approach to handling the Depression
New Deal Powerpoint
letters to the Roosevelts (if time)

HW:
organize Ch. 22 and New Deal notes

December 7--NEVER FORGET

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: Mexico Will Poison Us Part II
instructions on Part E of the IA
create a political cartoon

HW:
McPherson pp. 78-103
Helpful hint:
Pay close attention to the ways in which Northerners resisted the Fugitive Slave Law violently and peacefully. 
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
review notes
video clip: Riding the Rails
22-3 notes: Hoover Tackles the Depression
video clip: Bonus Army
video clips: The Dust Bowl

HW:
Read/skim Ch. 23 on the New Deal

Nerd Alert

Here's "Gandalf the Wizard" playing bagpipes on a unicycle in downtown Portland. Is that EJ?

December 6

History of the Americas
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 4 exams
grade reports
notes: Mexico Will Poison Us
political cartoon analysis

HW:
McPherson pp. 64-77
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US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
1920s graphic organizer
1920s quiz
discuss 22-1 RG: US economy struggles
22-2 notes: US faces hardship
video clip: Riding the Rails

HW:
Read 22-3

More on the Subway Incident in NYC

The photographer who took the photograph of man about to be struck by a subway train speaks out.

December 5

History of the Americas
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam

HW:
McPherson from the reader
pp. 3-5; 47-64
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US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
review notes
finish discussion of Scopes Monkey Trial and religion in public schools
reading: Leisure in Middletown
reading: mass advertising effects on American society in the 1920s
Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance (21-4 RG)
music clips from the HR
1920s graphic organizer

HW:
22-1 RG

This is just wrong

I really want to hear your thoughts on a horrible incident in NYC. 

December 4

History of the Americas
Focus:
Western Expansion

CW:
notes: Manifest Destiny
essay prep/review time

HW:
STUDY
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US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
notes: 1920s America
read/discuss 1920s social changes from 1920s packet:
cars, fads,
Scopes Monkey Trial--video clip and primary source investigation
changes for women

HW:
21-4 RG

Read. Think. Comment.

Very informative graphic about the growing income gap between men and women. Share your thoughts. 

EE peeps

http://tuhs.ttsdschools.org/pages/Tualatin_High_School/Academics/Library_Media_Center/IB_Extended_Essay_Information

IB STUDENTS

A few things:

1. PLEASE REGISTER FOR PCC CREDIT!!
DECEMBER 7 IS THE LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT ANY DOCUMENTATION ON YOUR TRANSCRIPT FROM PCC. 

2. BRING ESSAY OUTLINES, FLASH CARDS, ETC. TO CLASS TOMORROW. I HAVE TIME SET ASIDE TO HELP PEOPLE DURING CLASS. 

December 3

History of the Americas
Focus:
Slavery

CW:
examine IAs
notes: Abolitionist and Holy Warriors
Frederick Douglas's 4th of July speech from 1852
Roots (if time)

HW:
Text pp. 368-76
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US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
discuss 20-1 RG
begin notes on the 1920s
1920s slang exercise
1920s packet of social changes

HW:
review notes