Wednesday

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
BFP #7
test prep sheet #7
discussion: are unions still necessary? teacher tenure?
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notes: Politics of the 1890s
Social Darwinism
rise of Populism/Populism documents
the currency issue: gold bugs vs. silverites
Wizard of Oz as political allegory

HW:
Text pp. 525-31; 534 SEE HINT ON TUESDAY'S AGENDA BELOW
Litwack reading from the reader: Hellhounds
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Honors US History
Focus:
The American Revolution

CW:
notes: Toward Independence
video clips: Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense, and the hope for women's equality (35:22-44:00)
secondary source analysis: Why was the Declaration written?
video clips from John Adams episode #2:
Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams revise the Declaration of Independence
the Second Continental Congress debates independence
primary source analysis: Declaration of Independence
Lord Dunmore's Proclamatio; video clip (7:08-9:39)

HW:
Text pp. 170-79; 182; 184