Dec. 2-3

EQ:
How did Manifest Destiny transform the American West?

CW:
return/discuss Unit 2 exam
Unit 3 study guide
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Manifest Destiny ppt
video clips:
1. segment on the transcontinental RR from The West (Netflix)
2. clips Frontier House
map of Native American tribes in the US
letters from Capt. Silas Soule and Lt. Joseph Cramer
video clip:
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Little Bighorn--1876
video clip: 1887--Dawes Act
video clips from (The West--Episode 8--Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee Massacre)
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Native American issues in the present day:
Life on Indian reservations today 
BBC report: Life on the Reservation clip:
Redskins controversy
Native Americans react to Redskin 
High school and "redskin" controversy
Proud to Be

HW:
14:1
imperialism
origins of US imperialism
annexation of Hawaii and Samoa
14:2
Why war against Spain in 1898? (pp. 1-2)
Cuba vs. Spain
PP 5-6
Debate over the annexation of the Philippines
Rebellion in the Philippines

Nov. 21-22--THANKSGIVING BREAK FOR STUDENTS BEGINS NOV. 22

EQ:


CW:
UNIT 2 EXAM


HW:
11:3
Lives of the Plains Indians
1862 Dakota Sioux Uprising
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
Dawes Act
 

Nov. 19-20

EQ:
see powerpoint

CW:
Progressive Era notes Part III-Fight for Gender Equality
Comstock Law
Margaret Sanger primary sources (tan packet)
on family planning
Margaret Sanger docs
Women's Suffrage and gender inequality docs
video clip: "Iron Jawed Angels"
Bad Romance parody
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essay prep

HW:
STUDY FOR THE UNIT EXAM!

Nov. 15; 18

EQ:
see powerpoint

CW:
review notes
video clip: False health claims by Kellogg
Progressive Era notes Part II--(may not make it to women's suffrage)
TR, Taft, and Wilson
video clips from The Roosevelts DVD
TR attacks monopolies (trusts)
Google's economic power
Amazon's economic power
Facebook's economic power
presidential election of 1912
Progressives fight for women's rights
Margaret Sanger docs
Women's Suffrage and gender inequality docs

HW:
work on essay prep sheet
actively review notes

Nov. 13-14

EQ:
see powerpoint

CW:
complete the student reform sheet
small group--whole class discussion: what problems did the United States have in the Gilded Age? 
notes: Progressive Era-Part I
video clip: Lewis Hine attacked child labor
small group  activity: explore the photographs of Lewis Hine  (SHEG website)
read excerpt from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
video clip: Goop and wellness 
video clip: Chipotle food safety
initiative process in Oregon
small group activity: create an initiative for Oregon voters
possible 2020 ballot measures


HW:
15:2 pp 1-3
Roosevelt takes on trusts
Coal Strike of 1902
Regulation of BB
pp. 6-9
Conservation
Taft angers progressives

Nov. 7; 12--END OF THE FIRST QUARTER!

EQ:
What factors led to an increase in immigration to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
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
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discussion questions on immigration
notes: history of American immigration
video clip: video detailing history of immigration in the U.S.
visual history of Ellis Island
examination of documents related to the nativism
video clip: Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants from June 2015
clip of Jorge Ramos interview with Ann Coulter
video clip: seeking asylum protections 
video clip: asylum and immigrants at the border
video clip: zero tolerance policy at the border
video: effects of Trump administration's family separation policy
VICE story from HBO on Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigration
Jose Vargas--Define American
video clip: DACA explained
perils of crossing the border:
Bodies on the Border


HW:
15:1 (pages 1-8 only)
Who were Progressives?
Muckrakers
direct primary
inititiative
referendum
women fight for the vote

Nov. 5-6

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

CW:
groups meet to prepare labor unrest slideshow
slideshow instructions
groups present
video clip: Nissan workers reject UAW in Mississippi--2017
Burgerville workers
handout: Robber Baron or Capt. of Industry
income inequality today  
labor union simulation (if time)

HW:
13:1
Why did immigrants come to America?
Ellis Island
Asian immigration
Nativism
Chinese Exclusion Act