US History
EQ:
What were the social, political, and economic changes of the 1920s?
CW:
Prohibition (1920-33)
video clip: America's love affair with drinking (first six or seven minutes from Prohibition; Disc one)
small group investigation: Why did Americans support Prohibition?
video clips:
Disc #2
1. Prohibition in reality (00:00--13:13-ish)
2. producing illegal alcohol (1:13:00--1:15:00)
Disc #3--Societal changes
the New Woman of the 1920s: 33:00--39:00
rise of organized crime--(1:05:00--1:12:00)
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Prohibition today--War on Drugs
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Scopes Monkey Trial--1925--religion in public schools
video clip from The Revisionaries (4:00--7:30-ish)
video clip from Constitution USA about sign in Rhode Island
discussion about public schools and religion
HW:
review notes
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Honors US History
EQ:
What were the political, economic, and social effects of industrialization in the Gilded Age?
CW:
test prep sheet #4
discussion: What is the definition of capitalism?
notes/discussion: Factors that gave rise to Big Business in the late 1800s
immigration
natural resources
gov't policy of laissez-faire
The Visible Hand-Powerpoint
discussion: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
Social Darwinism
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labor gets organized--rise of unions
world of work in the late 1800s
small group research: labor unrest in the late 19th and early 20th century
HW:
Text pp. 469-74
begin reading at Fate of the Indians
READING IS DUE FRIDAY
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Psych (29-30)
EQ:
What factors influence how we perceive others?
CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 2 exam
new seating chart
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define social psych
discuss: schemas, types of schemas; attributions, fundamental attribution error, actor-observer effect, and self-serving bias
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discuss: person perception--
Is there a beauty bias?
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discuss: stereotypes
HW:
Toy Assignment
If your number is 1-19, find a gift for a five year old boy.
If your number is 20-40, fin a gift for a fiver year old girl.