Thursday

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
notes: The Racial Politics of Jim Crow:
the role of the federal gov't in perpetuating Jim Crow:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) video clip (47:24-conclusion)
harsh realities of the Jim Crow South: Jim Crow laws
disenfranchisement of African Americans: Louisiana literacy test; poll taxes; grandfather clause
black-white relations; lynching discussion and video clip
video clip: racist imagery of Jim Crow

HW:
1. complete reading on Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois from packet and complete Venn diagram
2. Shine, Booker Shine from the reader by Donald Spivey
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Honors US History
Focus:
American Revolution

CW:
test prep sheet #1
notes: The American Revolution (we covered the entire war in class today)
video clips:
the British and American armies
British use of African American soldiers (from Many Rivers to Cross DVD0
African American soldiers for the Patriot cause
Battle of Yorktown (1781)

HW:
Text pp. 196-205; 208-10
Constitution Scavenger Hunt