Monday, October 31, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
What were the major social, political, and economic changes of the 1920s?

CW:
Marcus Garvey--UNIA-video clip from Many Rivers...
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conservative backlash to societal change of the 1920s:
nativism-Red Scare-Klan documents
rise of the new KKK; Klan symbols
Sacco and Vanzetti arrest and trial--1920
video clip
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Prohibition in the 1920s:
Disc #2 
1. Prohibition in reality (08:55---13:13-ish)
2. producing illegal alcohol (1:09:13--1:17:00)
Disc #3--Societal changes
the New Woman of the 1920s: 33:00--39:00

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Christian fundamentalism vs. modernism
Scopes Monkey Trial-1925-Butler Act
video clip from Constitution USA on First Amendment issues and public schools
discussion about public schools and religion 

HW:
review notes for 1920s quiz

Friday, October 28, 2016

MONDAY

EQ:
What were the major social, political, and economic changes of the 1920s?


CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
preview Unit 4
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First Red Scare (1919-20)
President Harding (1921-23): "A return to normalcy..."
President Harding's love letters to Carrie Phillips 
1920s overview
Marcus Garvey and the UNIA--video clip from Many Rivers
Charlie Chaplin--one of the stars of the decade
Charles Lindbergh
Babe Ruth

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HW:
Read pp. 618-22

Sacco and Vanzetti
Nativism and limitations on immigration: quotas 
KKK comes back

Thursday, October 27, 2016

FRIDAY

EQ:



CW:
UNIT 3 EXAM



HW:
Read pp. 652-55
Radio
Mass media
sports!
Charles Lindbergh

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

THURSDAY

EQ:
What was President Wilson's peace plan for the post-WWI Europe?
How did fear of communism impact the US post-WWI?

CW:
security vs. liberty discussion continued
1918 influenza outbreak
video clip: 1918 flu pandemic
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Wilson's 14 Points peace plan (docs)
opposition to Wilson's plan
Great Migration Docs and video clip from Many Rivers Harlem Renaissance
Louis Armstrong
Claude McKay--"If We Must Die" 
Red Summer--1919
Chicago Race Riot-possible Stanford activity
Tulsa Race Riot--1921--clip from Many Rivers
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ESSAY PREP

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
How did WWI impact life in the US?


CW:
view best examples of WWI propaganda
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African Americans answer the call to war
Harlem Hellfighters and Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson's Medal of Honor recognition
US forces: 4.3 million men were mobilized for war: 115,000 were killed
War at Home Part II:
question: Should citizens expect to give up their civil liberties during wartime?
handout: Espionage and Sedition Act
primary source analysis: Were critics of WWI anti-American? (Stanford activity)
security vs. liberty--Apple vs. FBI
response from Apple CEO Tim Cook
examples of anti-German attitudes during the war
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soldiers return changed men: clip from "Wartorn" on shell shock


HW:
Read pp. 604-08
Wilson's 14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
Opposition to the Treaty

Monday, October 24, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ: How did WWI impact life in the US?



CW:
War on the Homefront; USG steps up:
Selective Service Act of 1917; Food Admin; RR Admin; Fuel Admin; DST; CPI
examples of propaganda during the war
create a piece of WWI propaganda:
military recruitment; food conservation; anti-German; espionage


HW:
Read pp. 597--98
EXPECT A READING QUIZ!

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

MONDAY

EQ:
How did America's imperialist foreign policy impact other nations?

CW:
President McKinley's Open Door Policy with China
Boxer Rebellion 1900-01
imperialism under TR:
the Panama Canal--video clip from The Roosevelts (30:00--39:00)
Roosevelt Corollary
video clip: voting and citizenship in US territories today
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WWI: What do you know about the war?
MAIN---->Archduke Franz Ferdinand
warfare in WWI
trench warfare
notes: factors that led to US involvement in WWI
WWI Docs

HW:
Read p. 588--Raising an Army
Read pp. 594-97*
*Stop at Attacks on Civil Liberties Increase

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

WEDNESDAY--FALL CONFERENCES THURS AND FRI

EQ:
Why did the US become an imperialist power in the late 19th century?
What were the impacts of America's new approach to foreign nations?

CW:
history of U.S. military engagements up to the Spanish-American War
discussion: What role should the U.S. have in global affairs?
notes: roots of American imperialism
annexation of Hawaii--1898
18:2 notes--Spanish-American War (1898)
video clip from The Roosevelts DVD (1:21:00--1:35:38)--covers the S-A War in Cuba
Treaty of Paris--1898
notes: the Philippines War (1899--1902)
water cure
Why did some US soldiers treat Filipinos with brutality? (small group activity)
compose a paragraph answering the above question

HW:
Read
pp. 562-63: Open Door Notes in China and Boxer Rebellion
p. 566--TR and the Panama Canal
p. 568--Roosevelt Corollary

Monday, October 17, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
How did the belief in Manifest Destiny impact settlers and Native Americans?

CW:
Clash of Cultures on the Frontier:
Map of major tribes of the West 
discuss: cultural and social beliefs of the tribes
Sand Creek Massacre--Nov. 1864--video clip from The West--DVD (1:07:48--1:16:00)
letters from Capt. Silas Soule and Lt. Joseph Cramer
video clip from The West--buffalo slaughter--The West--episode #5 (1:11:58--1:22:47)--(Amazon Prime)
buffalo slaughter 
Battle of Little Bighorn--1876
George Armstrong Custer 
primary/secondary source analysis: Who was responsible for the Battle of Little Bighorn? 
1887--Dawes Act
video clips from (The West--Episode 8--24:25---41:30)
Ghost Dance
Wounded Knee Massacre--1890
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Native American issues in the present day:
Life on Indian reservations today
Redskins
Proud to Be

HW:
Read pp. 548--51
Know the four reasons for US imperialism
Why did the US want Hawaii?

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

MONDAY--OCT 17

EQ:
How did manifest destiny impact settlers and Native Americans?

CW:
return/discuss Unit 2 exam
preview Unit 3
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origins of Manifest Destiny (primary source analysis)
quick recap of the early years of westward expansion
OR Trail; Mexican-American War (1846-47); Donner Party; Transcontinental RR
notes: Homestead Act of 1862
video clips: Frontier House

HW:
read pp. 410--14 (stop at Cattle Becomes a Big Business)
REVIEW NOTES

THURSDAY

EQ:


CW:
UNIT 2 EXAM


HW:
Read pp. 420--21

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
How successful were Progressives at reforming the United States economically, socially, and politically?

CW:
Comstock Law
Margaret Sanger primary source on family planning
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major policies of Teddy Roosevelt (1901-08)
presidency as a Bully Pulpit: (6:00--17:00)
antitrust laws in the Progressive Era
"trustbuster"
TRUSTBUSTING!
muckrakers:
Lewis Hine and Upton Sinclair
Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
chicken farming today

pink slime
video clips:
TR and conservation
TR and the Brownsville riot 
William H. Taft (1908-12)
Taft harms TR's legacy
1912 presidential election: TR's New Nationalism (Bull Moose Party) vs. Woodrow Wilson's (Democrat) New Freedom (handout)
Progressive Era Amendments:
16th, 17th and 18th Amendments
ESSAY PREP and review

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 2 EXAM

Monday, October 10, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
How successful were Progressives at reforming the United States economically, socially, and politically?

CW:
discuss: What reforms would you make at Tigard High School?
discuss: economic and social problems of the US at the turn of the century
origins of the Progressive movement: Who? When? Why?
discussion on Progressive political reforms (initiative, referendum, recall)
ballot measures--Nov 2016
TTSD school bond measure
primary source analysis: Lewis Hine's photos of child workers (filing cabinet)
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origins of the women's rights movement from the mid-19th century
suffrage and the fight for family planning:
anti-suffrage arguments--primary source handout; anti-suffrage postcards
the fight for women's suffrage
video clips from Iron Jawed Angels--Silent Sentinels and Alice Paul's hunger strike
Bad Romance parody
Comstock Law
Margaret Sanger primary source on family planning

HW:
Read 525--trustbusting
p. 526--Railroad regulation; Health and the Environment--Meat Inspection Act
p. 528--Pure Food and Drug Act; efforts to protect the environment
REVIEW NOTES
REVIEW YOUR NOTES

Friday, October 07, 2016

MONDAY

EQ:
How has nativism impacted American political and social life in the past and the present?

CW:
brief overview of life in urban America at the turn of the century
notes: history of American imimigration--PPT
examination of documents related to the nativist response
video clip: illegal immigration and its economic impact--clip from VHS tape
VICE story from HBO on Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigration
Senator McCain: complete the 'dang' fence ad
video clip: Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants from June 2015
clip of Jorge Ramos interview with Ann Coulter
perils of crossing the border: Bodies on the Border
Jose Vargas--Define American
small group discussion on illegal immigration---->large class discussion

HW:
Read pp.  512-15
516: Protecting Children
518: entire page


Thursday, October 06, 2016

FRIDAY

EQ:
How were the social and political advancements of African Americans eradicated in the Jim Crow South?
CW:
Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk--"double consciousness"
Trayvon Martin case--2012
President Obama speaks out on Trayvon Martin--July 2013
video clip--President Obama speaks out on the Trayvon Martin case
racial stereotyping
code switch
Key and Peele clip
Jim Crow docs--HELPFUL FOR ESSAY #1!!
Supreme Court upholds Jim Crow: Plessy decision
video clip from Many Rivers
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informal rules between whites and blacks in the US
racial violence against African Americans--lynching
race riots: Chicago and Tulsa, OK
video clip from Many Rivers
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convict leasing in the South--video clip from Slavery by Another Name
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video clip from Many Rivers: racist imagery of Jim Crow

HW:
Read pp. 460-65
factors that brought immigrants to the US
Ellis Island; Angel Island
nativism
anti-Asian sentiment
Chinese Exclusion Act--1882 

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

THURSDAY

EQ:
What were the competing visions for racial equality offered by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?

CW:
Social Darwinism discussion (brief)
wealth inequality in America today
labor union simulation
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educational gains for African Americans: (primary source docs)
Booker T. Washington's vision for African Americans--Atlanta Compromise address--1895
W.E.B. DuBois' vision for AAs: talented tenth; liberal arts education
video clip: Du Bois (from Many Rivers)
The Souls of Black Folk--"double consciousness"
Trayvon Martin case--2012
President Obama speaks out on Trayvon Martin--July 2013
video clip--President Obama speaks out on the Trayvon Martin case
racial stereotyping
code switch
Key and Peele clip
K/P: phone call
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HW:
LYNCHING READING

Tuesday, October 04, 2016

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
How did workers/labor organize to  fight against the power of big business?


CW:
Unit 2 study guide
handout: Robber Baron or Capt. of Industry
income inequality today 
groups meet for labor unrest presentations
groups present
college athletes attempt to unionize
labor union simulation


HW:
Read pp. 491-95
Booker T. Washington; Tuskegee; W.E.B. DuBois
voting restrictions on African Americans; Jim Crow laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
 

Monday, October 03, 2016

TUESDAY

EQ:
1. What factors led to the creation of big business in the late 1800s?
2. Why is this era known as the Gilded Age?


CW:
return old work/Unit 1 exam
preview Unit 2
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notes:
America becomes an industrial power:
abundant natural resources
wave of new innovations
transcontinental RR completed in 1869
Rise of Big Business in the Gilded Age
handout: Robber Baron or Capt. of Industry
income inequality today


HW:
small group research project--MUST BE PRESENT TO GET INFORMATION