Watch. Think. React.

Do you agree with Senator Lamar Alexander (TN)?

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry

If you weren't able to get adequate notes from today's discussion, here are the bios of the men we examined in class today. They would make perfect ID terms and they will play a role in one of the essays for the Unit 7 exam.

J.P. Morgan

John D. Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie

Jay Gould

Gustavus Swift

January 31

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
review/finish notes
small group research: robber baron or captain of industry?

HW:
Zinn reading from the reader: The Socialist Challenge**
DUE TUESDAY!
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Psychology (31-Feb. 1)
Focus:
Approaches to Psych

CW:
return parent forms
seating chart
student info sheet
discuss: approaches to Psych
video clip: Are Babies Born Good?

HW:
Text pp. 73-79

Read. Think. React.

Beijing smog. Ugh. 

History students

Still don't understand the Invisible Hand of the market? Check this out:



Interlocking Directorates

Trusts

January 30

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
return goal sheets
define capitalism
images from the Gilded Age: Do the images show a democratic society?
notes: Industrial capitalism
discussion: supply and demand and the invisible hand of competition
growing crisis of the late 19th century
Powerpoint: The Visible Hand

HW:
Text pp. 498-505

Planning a Trip to North Korea??

Google's got you covered. Have fun!!

Tell this guy "hello" for me:

Psych students

Posting Comments on the Blog

This is a fairly easy process. Email me if you have difficulty with this.

mcarlisle@ttsd.k12.or.us

Here's how to post a comment on the blog:
1. Click on comments

2. Write your comment (please check spelling and grammar).

3. Click on NAME/URL (you don't need to type anything under URL).

4. Under name, type in your first name with your last initial and your class period.

5. Type in the crazy code.

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!

January 29--SPRING SEMESTER!!

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
reading: Average is Over
create goals for the third quarter
mid-term reflection on what you've learned so far in the class

HW:
1. Answer questions from packet
2. Text pp. 486-91; 494-98
(pay attention to the rise wealthy industrialists and the effects of mass marketing on the American consumer
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Psychology (29-30)
Focus:

CW:
class outline
class expectations/rules/procedures
class discussion

HW:
1. Parent signatures
2. Complete the Approaches to Psych Reading Guide

RESET

" We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life  waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come."

Joseph Campbell




"It is never too late to become what you might have been."

George Eliot

January 24

IB US History
Focus:


CW:
Unit 6 exam


HW:
Text pp. 486-91; 494-98
DUE WEDNESDAY
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US History
Focus:


CW:
FINAL EXAM

Read. Think. Comment.

This is BIG news. What are your reactions this decision? 

More Resources for Essay #2

Great overview of Reconstruction.

Resource #2. 

Part I of the video that I showed you about Reconstruction. Remember, I showed different clips from this video. 

January 23

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
discuss: Was the West a Land of Opportunity or Oppression?
historiography of the West
participation eval
review/essay prep

HW:
S-T-U-D-Y
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US History
Focus:
War on Terror

CW:
finish The Pat Tillman Story
participation eval
review

HW:
STUDY
TURN IN BOOK

Helpful Essay Tips

Essay #1:
Please avoid over-summarizing the four parts of the essay question. Make sure your ANALYSIS comes through when you explain how the election of Lincoln, the Dred Scott decision, the Compromise of 1850, and John Brown's raid pushed the North and South further apart.

Essay #2:
Have a strong thesis and support it with evidence. Go back and review your notes from readings and video clips. Don't forget to include information on the plight of African Americans in the South post-Reconstruction (hint: see handout on voting). 

Essay #3:
You've got more than enough information on the part of the essay question concerning Native Americans. You will need to incorporate information from the class discussion tomorrow in your essay as well. 

Read. Think. Comment.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed that women have a constitutional right to an abortion. 

January 22--FINALS WEEK

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
reading for class discussion:
Was the West a land of Opportunity or Oppression?
Frontier House

HW:
complete reading assignment and graphic organizer section for your reading
(Mexican-American group: textbook pp. 478-79 in addition to your handout)
read historiographical reading on the West and answer the questions
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US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
finish discussion of Vietnam War (30:5 RG)
Ch. 28-30 lotus diagrams
participation evaluation
review time

HW:
STUDY!!!

Please take a moment to reflect on the importance of today. Also, President Obama's second inauguration begins at noon today. He was sworn in yesterday per the 20th Amendment at noon by Chief Justice John Roberts. 

January 18--Three day weekend!!

NO LATE START ON TUESDAY!
IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
video clip: Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek
video: Billy the Kid

HW:
review notes/essay prep
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US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
discuss: origins of the Vietnam War (30:1)
reasons for U.S. involvement in SE Asia
video clip: origins
notes: U.S. involvement escalates (30:3-4)
video clip: draft lottery
War's impact on civilians (powerpoint)
video clip: lasting effects of Agent Orange

HW:
30:5 RG

January 17

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
notes: The West
examine the factors behind increased conflict in the West (homesteaders, hunters, etc)
video clip: Sand Creek Massacre
Homestead Act of 1862
video clip: loss of the buffalo
notes/video clip: Battle of Little Bighorn/Custer's Last Stand
notes: federal Indian policy
video clip: Ghost Dance


HW:
review notes
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US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
finish discussion of 29-2: Freedom Summer and video clip
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29-3 notes: Changes and Challenges in the Movement
video clips: Malcolm X
Black Panthers
death of Dr. King

HW:
30:1-2

January 16

IB US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
notes: The Collapse of Reconstruction
KKK and video clip
video clip: Redemption and Financial Panic of 1873
election of 1876
Reconstruction overview (powerpoint)
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SAC: Were African Americans Free during Reconstruction?

HW:
Text pp. 469-74 (begin reading at Fate of the Indians)
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US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
video clip: Freedom Riders and follow up clip from Eyes on the Prize
finish discussion of 29-2: Birmingham and video clip

HW:
30-1:2 RG

January 15

IB US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
finish notes on Presidential Reconstruction
discuss the Schurz Report to President Johnson
video clips:
Presidential Reconstruction under Johnson
black codes and black code handout
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notes: Radical Reconstruction
video clip: sharecropping
sharecropping contract

HW:
Text pp. 444-45--448-50
ESSAY APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE TOMORROW AT 0730
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US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
return/discuss Unit 7 exam
discuss JFK's presidency
Zapruder clip
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discuss the early years of the movement (29-1-2)
video: either Emmett Till or Freedom Riders

HW:
read 29:3

Should we arm Dr. Harris?

The only weapon I need is my withering stare. 

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

What do you think? Should school personnel (e.g., custodians, principals, teachers) be armed? 

January 14

IB US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
video clip: Sherman and Stanton's meeting in Savannah, GA--1865
Reconstruction quotes from Race and Reunion (see notes)
begin notes: Presidential Reconstruction
video clip: the plot to kill President Lincoln
General Schurz's report to President Johnson
video clips: Radical Republicans and black codes

HW:
Text pp. 436-44
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US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 7 exam


HW:
29:1-2 RG

The Week Ahead

The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. 

We start the week examining Reconstruction, one of the most difficult periods in American history. We'll also explore the settlement of the West and its impacts upon the environment, Native Americans, and settlers. 

Here are some people that you'll see this week:

       

Have a great weekend

This is one stinky story. 

January 11

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
grade Civil War slang
notes: The Union Victorious (1864-65)
battle map
video clip/notes from the Civil War series (episodes 6-8)
1. The Wilderness
1. summer of 1864
2. The Crater/Petersburg
3. Ft. Pillow Massacre and Andersonville Prison
4. Sherman's March: Total war

HW:
READING CORRECTION: TEXT PP. 430-33; 435-36
Schurz report to President Johnson (email me for the reading if you were absent today)
mcarlisle@ttsd.k12.or.us
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US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
discuss 26-4 RG: Two Nations on the Brink
clips from Cold War series
nuclear war simulation (bomb shelter)
essay prep

HW:
STUDY

January 10

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
finish Glory

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
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US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
26-3 notes: Cold War at Home
video clip: How to Spot a Communist
activity: Find the Commie!
video clips from Atomic Cafe

HW:
26-4 RG

Please Don't Try This

January 9

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
video clips:
A Soldier's Heart
Bottom Rail on Top from Civil War series (black soldiers)
begin "Glory"

HW:
see yesterday's post
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US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
review notes on atomic bomb
finish discussion of 25-3
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discuss the early years of the Cold War (26-1)
video clip from Atomic Cafe
map of satellite nations
Marshall Plan in action--Greece
Cold War Heats Up--Korean War (26-2) RG
North Korea at night
video: Escape from Camp 14

HW:
Read 26-3: Cold War at Home

Read. Think. Comment.

This article sheds some light on Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War. As always, thoughtful comments are welcome and will help your grade. 

January 8

History of the Americas
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
handout: Lincoln and Civil Liberties during the Civil War
notes: Turning Point: 1863
video clip: Day Three of Gettysburg (from Civil War series)
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images of Civil War amputees (warning: very graphic; look at your own risk)
reading: Battlefield Tragedy and letter from Sullivan Ballou
discussion/notes: Civil War healthcare (Under the Knife)
health care handout
video clips: Dances With Wolves clip and CASH unit in Iraq

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
DUE FRIDAY
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
review notes on Japan
examine photos of atomic bombs
video clip: Atomic Cafe
primary source analysis: dropping the atomic bomb

HW:
26-1/26-2 RG

January 7--Welcome Back!

History of the Americas
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
Civil War slang
notes: Toward Total War
significant battles (1861-62): First and Second Battles of Bull Run
video: Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation

HW:
READ BOTH READINGS CAREFULLY
Text pp 413-16
reading: Under the Knife
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
review notes
discuss 25-3: War in the Pacfic
video clips: War in the Pacific

HW:
26-1 RG

It's Over (your break)--Now with video

Turn your brains on. THINK. READ. Busy week ahead. We will cover the Civil War. Final unit exam of the semester is on Jan. 23. 

REMEMBER, YOUR GRADE IS TRANSCRIPTED AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. GET READY. 

I hope you can find some inspiration from this video: