Carlisle's Class

February 17--THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!

2012-02-17T07:13:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
return old work and discuss Unit 7 exam
discussion: cities
notes: urbanization
video clip: America's infrastructure today

HW:
PA Linteau reading from the reader
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US History
Focus:
Creating a New Gov't

CW:
review Constitution info
Electoral College
notes: Bill of Rights
video clip: Westboro Baptist Church
Amendment debate information

HW:
Bill of Rights review sheet

February 16

2012-02-16T07:26:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
Unit 7 exam

HW:
Text pp. 544-50
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US History
Focus:
Creating a New Gov't

CW:
QUIZ
primary/secondary source review and activity sheet
Constitution Scavenger Hunt!
share results
discussion: Electoral College
Amendment debate instructions and possible sign up

HW:
review notes!!

February 15

2012-02-15T07:26:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
Washington vs. DuBois graded discussion

HW:
STUDY FOR EXAM!!
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US History
Focus:
Creating a New Gov't

CW:
Quiz on 5:1
return Godilocks essays and discuss results
discuss: Creating the Constitution and Ratifying the Constitution (5:2/5:3 RG)
video: Creating the Constitution
primary vs. secondary source activity

HW:
REVIEW NOTES

February 14--Happy 153rd Birthday Oregon!

2012-02-14T07:19:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
discuss: Chicago Race Riot--1919 and the Tulsa Race Riot-1921
Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Address
notes: The Overseer of Tuskegee
begin graded discussion questions

HW:
finish graded discussion questions
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US History
Focus:
Creating a New Gov't

CW:
review notes
discuss the 5:1 RG
video: Shays's Rebellion (take notes)

HW:
finish the 5:2/5:3 RG

February 13

2012-02-13T06:55:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
notes: the racial politics of the South
examine a Louisiana state literacy test
notes: Hellhounds from the Litwack reading
examine pictures of lynchings
readings: Chicago (1919) and Tulsa Race Riots (1921)

HW:
Spivey reading from the reader
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US History
Focus:

CW:
essay writing 101

HW:
finish 5:1 reading guide

February 10

2012-02-10T07:10:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
notes/discussion: The Politics of the 1890s
handout: Problems of the Farmers
Populist graphic organizer (image from IB website)
gold bugs vs. silverites
video clips: Wizard of Oz
handout: Wizard of Oz as political allegory

HW:
1. Litwack reading from the reader: "Hellhounds"
2. Text pp. 525-31; 534
THERE WILL BE A READING QUIZ ON MONDAY
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US History
Focus:
Revolution!

CW:
review notes
discuss: strengths/weaknesses of Great Britain and the American colonies
discuss: Struggling Toward Saratoga
video clip: winter of 1777-78 (Valley Forge and BVS)
discuss: Winning the War
map of American territory after the Treaty of Paris
Quiz #1

HW:
5:1 reading guide

2012-02-09T16:45:00.001-08:00

Here's a little something to pick you up after today's depressing material.

February 9

2012-02-09T06:56:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
test prep sheet #7
laissez-faire handout
notes: The Socialist Challenge
video clip: the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
union simulation

HW:
skim pp. 516-21; 523-25
READ pp. 534-40
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US History
Focus:
Revolution!

CW:
review notes
finish 4:1 notes
notes: Ideas Help Start a Revolution
discussion: primary vs. secondary source
examine the Dec of Independence and share responses
video clip: Dec. of Independence

HW:
Read pp. 117-23 and complete reading guides for 4:3 and 4:4
QUIZ TOMORROW on colonization handout and Ch. 4

Zinn on the Ludlow Massacre

2012-02-08T14:13:00.001-08:00

Half-time in America?

2012-02-08T13:45:00.000-08:00

Here's the ad I described in class today:

Here's some info on the controversy the ad has created in the political world.

What are your thoughts?

February 8

2012-02-08T06:41:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
labor groups present
TAKE NOTES!!

HW:
Zinn reading
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US History
Focus:
Revolution!

CW:
review notes
video: John Adams
finish 4-1 notes on Stirrings of Rebellion

HW:
Text pp. 103-08
BRING BOOK TOMORROW!

Labor union links

2012-02-07T07:11:00.002-08:00

Labor union links

Unions:

AFL: Samuel Gompers

HHID=228http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=835

http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/gompers.cfm

http://www.ushistory.org/us/37d.asp

Knights of Labor: Uriah Stephens and Terrence Powderly

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h933.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0827931.html

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=910

Strikes/Labor unrest

Great Strike of 1877

http://binghamton.37j32b1.remote.schoolcenter.com/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=UmFpbHJvYWRfU3RyaWtlX29mXzE4NzcucGRmOjo6L3d3dy9zY2hvb2xzL3NjL2JpbmdoYW1wdG9uL2ltYWdlcy9kb2NtZ3IvOTRmaWxlMTA4MS5wZGY=

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=224

Pullman Strike:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=230

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1029.html

http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/pullman/events.html (AWESOME LINK--GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE EVENT—USE THIS!!!!)

Haymarket Square Riot:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=227

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Haymarket+Square+bombing

http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/haymarket/roediger_haymarket.html

Homestead Strike:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=229

http://binghamton.37j32b1.remote.schoolcenter.com/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=VGhlX0hvbWVzdGVhZF9TdHJpa2UucGRmOjo6L3d3dy9zY2hvb2xzL3NjL2JpbmdoYW1wdG9uL2ltYWdlcy9kb2NtZ3IvOTRmaWxlMTA4NC5wZGY=

Lawrence Textile Strike:

http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/iww/kornbluh_bread_roses.html

http://binghamton.37j32b1.remote.schoolcenter.com/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=VGhlX0xhd3JlbmNlX1RleHRpbGVfU3RyaWtlLnBkZjo6Oi93d3cvc2Nob29scy9zYy9iaW5naGFtcHRvbi9pbWFnZXMvZG9jbWdyLzk0ZmlsZTEwODUucGRm

February 7

2012-02-07T07:11:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
labor union research in the library

HW:
Zinn reading from the reader:
DUE ON THURSDAY
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US History
Focus:
Revolution!

CW:
collect parent signature forms
seating chart
review class rules and procedures
discussion: what are the traits of a successful student?
handout: how to use your textbook
handout: colonization overview
notes: The Stirrings of Rebellion

HW:
Text pp. 103-08
DUE ON THURSDAY!

2012-02-06T19:07:00.001-08:00

Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized

IB History students!!

2012-02-06T19:00:00.001-08:00

REPORT TO THE LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB TOMORROW WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOMORROW'S RESEARCH ACTIVITY.

DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!
DO NOT GO TO THE ROOM!

What are your thoughts on this political ad?

2012-02-06T11:30:00.001-08:00

Second Period U.S. History Students

2012-02-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

Posting Comments on the Blog

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This blog will tell you what is going on in class everyday. I will also post videos and links to articles that you may view and read. Commenting will only increase your overall participation grade.
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Thanks and enjoy!

February 6-Second Semester Begins!!

2012-02-06T06:47:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
new seating chart
distribute readers
review notes
discuss: primary/secondary source documents
notes: The World of Work
info on labor union activity; groups pick topic

HW:
Zinn reading from the reader: The Socialist Challenge*
*DUE THURSDAY!!
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US History
Focus:

CW:
who are you?
handouts:
course outline, class expectations, procedures, etc.
class reading/discussion
get books

HW:
Text pp. 97-102

Primary Source Awesomeness!!!

2012-02-01T17:43:00.000-08:00

In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter which, according to newspapers at the time, he dictated).

Rather than quote the numerous highlights in this letter, I'll simply leave you to enjoy it. Do make sure you read to the end.

(Source: The Freedmen's Book; Image: A group of escaped slaves in Virginia in 1862, courtesy of the Library of Congress.)

Dayton, Ohio,

August 7, 1865

To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee

Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about you. I thought the Yankees would have hung you long before this, for harboring Rebs they found at your house. I suppose they never heard about your going to Colonel Martin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by his company in their stable. Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living. It would do me good to go back to the dear old home again, and see Miss Mary and Miss Martha and Allen, Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them all, and tell them I hope we will meet in the better world, if not in this. I would have gone back to see you all when I was working in the Nashville Hospital, but one of the neighbors told me that Henry intended to shoot me if he ever got a chance.

I want to know particularly what the good chance is you propose to give me. I am doing tolerably well here. I get twenty-five dollars a month, with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy,—the folks call her Mrs. Anderson,—and the children—Milly, Jane, and Grundy—go to school and are learning well. The teacher says Grundy has a head for a preacher. They go to Sunday school, and Mandy and me attend church regularly. We are kindly treated. Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master. Now if you will write and say what wages you will give me, I will be better able to decide whether it would be to my advantage to move back again.

As to my freedom, which you say I can have, there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the Provost-Marshal-General of the Department of Nashville. Mandy says she would be afraid to go back without some proof that you were disposed to treat us justly and kindly; and we have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you. This will make us forget and forgive old scores, and rely on your justice and friendship in the future. I served you faithfully for thirty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Add to this the interest for the time our wages have been kept back, and deduct what you paid for our clothing, and three doctor's visits to me, and pulling a tooth for Mandy, and the balance will show what we are in justice entitled to. Please send the money by Adams's Express, in care of V. Winters, Esq., Dayton, Ohio. If you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past, we can have little faith in your promises in the future. We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense. Here I draw my wages every Saturday night; but in Tennessee there was never any pay-day for the negroes any more than for the horses and cows. Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.

In answering this letter, please state if there would be any safety for my Milly and Jane, who are now grown up, and both good-looking girls. You know how it was with poor Matilda and Catherine. I would rather stay here and starve—and die, if it come to that—than have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their young masters. You will also please state if there has been any schools opened for the colored children in your neighborhood. The great desire of my life now is to give my children an education, and have them form virtuous habits.

Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.

From your old servant,

Jourdon Anderson.

IB US History

2012-02-01T07:18:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
review notes
finish Gilded Age industrialist presentations
discuss: federal attempts to stop trusts/monopolies
discuss: Microsoft: A monopoly?
discuss: philosophies of industrialists
video clip: The Giving Pledge
participation eval

HW:
primary/secondary source analysis (answer questions)
Text pp. 498-505

2012-01-31T14:50:00.001-08:00

Which candidate for president is most like you??
Take the quiz and reveal your results!

IB US History

2012-01-31T07:30:00.000-08:00

Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
discussion: America's biggest corporations (1955 and 2010) and America's profitable corporations (2011)
notes: Industrial Capitalism
handout: business cycle and the "invisible hand" of supply and demand
small group activity: robber baron or captain of industry
discuss results

HW:
read all handouts and answer ALL questions

I am not taking sides here or promoting a specific agenda

2012-01-30T16:32:00.001-08:00

However, I think it's pretty hilarious to watch Muppets get all political and stuff. Watch and feel free to comment. Oh, read carefully tonight.

January 30

2012-01-30T07:18:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Mid-term discussion

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
small group activity (answer/discuss mid-term review questions)
mid-term exam
participation eval
the class ahead

HW:
Text pp. 486-91; 494-98
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Psych (Jan. 30-Feb. 2)

CW:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
participation eval
FINAL EXAM!!

HW:
STUDY AND BRING BOOK ON FINAL EXAM DAY

2012-01-29T19:21:00.001-08:00

Birth control at THS??? Thoughts?

2012-01-28T10:36:00.000-08:00

Use this for Monday. Use quizzes 1-18 (obviously we didn't address everything single thing that some of the quizzes cover).

Did you miss the unit exam today?

2012-01-27T08:09:00.001-08:00

If so, I expect you in my room no later than 0715 on Monday to begin making up the exam. Failure to show up without notifying me will result in a loss of points on the exam.

IB US History

2012-01-27T07:11:00.001-08:00

Focus:

CW:
Unit 6 exam

HW:
REVIEW ALL NOTE FOR MID-TERM ON MONDAY

Students: What are your thoughts on this?

2012-01-26T15:16:00.001-08:00

Did a Wisconsin school district violate a student's First Amendment rights?

January 26

2012-01-26T07:25:00.001-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
Frontier House

HW:
STUDY
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Psych (26-27)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return Unit 5 exam
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

HW:
prepare for final exam

Reconstruction Resource

2012-01-25T14:29:00.000-08:00

More information on Reconstruction that can help you with essay #2.

Read this!!

2012-01-25T10:25:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe that 16 states banned interracial marriage less than fifty years ago. I plan on showing you a documentary about this couple when we get to the civil rights movement.

In the meantime, check out this article that features great photos of the Richard Loving and his wife, Mildred.

IB US History

2012-01-25T07:13:00.001-08:00

Focus:
The West

CW:
discuss: Interpreting the West (historiography of the West)**
***INCORPORATE THIS INFORMATION INTO ESSAY #3

video: Billy the Kid***
***POSSIBLE ID TERM AND COULD BE USED IN ESSAY #3 YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE. FOLLOW THE LINK.

HW:
STUDY

January 24

2012-01-24T07:02:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
notes: Reluctant Conquerors
group discussion: The West: Land of opportunity or oppression?

HW:
read and answer questions on Interpreting the Frontier
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Psych (24-25)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 exam

HW:
PREPARE FOR FINAL EXAM!!!

IB US History

2012-01-23T07:17:00.001-08:00

Focus:
The West!

CW:
review notes
notes: The Great Plains
video clip: Wounded Knee Massacre
begin reading/work for people of the West discussion

HW:
Leonard reading from the reader--Reluctant Conquerors

The New World Economy

2012-01-22T08:46:00.000-08:00

If you own an iPod, XBox, or almost any electronic device, it was probably made by a Chinese worker. The article below illustrates how this is affecting the American economy. You all are facing future employment in a world where high-tech jobs don't often stay in America.

Wanna live in a dorm and work 12 hours a day, six days a week?

Need something to pick you up?

2012-01-21T15:30:00.001-08:00

January 20

2012-01-20T07:30:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
review notes
test prep sheet #6
notes: The End of Reconstruction
video clip: the KKK
handouts: education and literacy rates in the South; end of Reconstruction; Reconstruction graphic organizer
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discussion: echos of the Civil War in the South today--the redneck shop, etc.

HW:
Text pp. 458-61; 464-74
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Psych (20; 23)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Kip Kinkel documentary

HW:
review notes/essay prep

Not really a fan of this

2012-01-19T17:00:00.000-08:00

2012-01-19T14:36:00.000-08:00

READ CAREFULLY TONIGHT. REDEMPTION FOR TODAY'S READING QUIZZES MAY BE COMING TOMORROW. OR IT MIGHT NOT.

IB US History

2012-01-19T06:45:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
video clip: Sherman and Stanton's Meeting in Savannah, GA--1864
notes: Presidential Reconstruction
video clip: Radical Republicans
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notes: Radical Reconstruction of the South
video clip: Radical Reconstruction
video clip: black codes and handout
examine sharecropping (Powerpoint slides)

HW:
Text pp. 444-45; 448-50

The Future of the Internet is at Stake

2012-01-18T11:07:00.000-08:00

Keep in mind that this video is very one sided, however, do some more research on your own if you're interested in this issue.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

More information here.

January 18

2012-01-18T07:13:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War--->Reconstruction

CW:
discuss: the human toll of the war
video clip/discuss Andersonville
video clips: the Assassination of Lincoln
Civil War becomes the Lost Cause and its aftermath
questions facing the country post-Civil War
discuss: General Schurz's report to President Johnson

HW:
Text pp. 430-33; 435-36
436-44
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Psych (18-19)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss: personality disorders
psychopath test and sociopathic traits handout
discuss schizophrenia; video clip
school shooters: Columbine
discuss treatments and therapies (handouts)

HW:
review notes for unit exam

IB History

2012-01-17T13:45:00.001-08:00

Everyone needs to be prepared to answer questions regarding tonight's reading. I will be calling on people randomly tomorrow. I also reserve the right to give a reading quiz on the reading as well. Read carefully and use the reading guide I gave you. See you tomorrow.

IB US History

2012-01-17T07:52:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
Civil War slang
photographic analysis of the Civil War dead
notes: Civil War ends
video clips: Sherman's March to the Sea

HW:
Gen. Schurz's report to President Johnson (1865)

The reason why you're out of school today

2012-01-16T08:06:00.001-08:00

Watch and reflect.

‎"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's
pretty important."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Racism, still alive and kicking

2012-01-13T11:19:00.000-08:00

Read the story and share your thoughts.

Friday the 13th!!

2012-01-13T07:24:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
Glory

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
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Psych (13; 17)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss mood disorders
video clips:
living with depression (from DVD)
bipolar disorder
ECT and ECT handout
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discuss anxiety disorders
handout: OCD and CBT
video clips:
perfectionism
hoarding
clips from Dateline and Oprah's OCD Bootcamp for CBT

HW:
TQ:
Schizophrenia and Personality disorders

IB US History

2012-01-12T07:23:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
discuss collective memory
video clip: African American soldiers and the Emancipation Proclamation
"Glory"

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
DUE ON TUESDAY, JAN 17

This is how I read the paper each day

2012-01-11T11:12:00.001-08:00

January 11

2012-01-11T07:16:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
notes: 1863: Turning Point in the War
Gettysburg--Day 3
Civil War Home Front activity (multiple groups analyze primary source documents)
share responses
video clip: African American soldiers and the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War slang (if time)

HW:
review notes
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Psych (11-12)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Wartorn documentary on PTSD

HW:
TQ: anxiety disorders and mood disorders

IB US History

2012-01-10T07:15:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
notes: Toward Total War
read Sullivan Ballou's letter
notes: major battles 1861-62: First and Second Battles of Bull Run and Antietam
handout and video clip: Antietam (from 10 Days That...)
reading/discussion: Emancipation Proclamation
reading: life of a Civil War soldier
video clips/discussion: battlefield medicine: past and present
Civil War slang (if time)

HW:
Text pp. 413-16

January 9

2012-01-09T07:11:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
return/discuss Unit 5 exams
what do you know about the Civil War and Reconstruction?
antebellum sectionalism: myth or reality
handout: North vs. South: Anaconda Plan
notes: Secession and Military Stalemate: 1861-62

HW:
Text pp. 407-13
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Psych (9-10)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 study guide
notes/discussion: PTSD
video clip origins of PTSD and military reaction to it (from A Soldier's Heart)
video: Private Needham's War

HW:
TQ-Mood disorders and anxiety disorders
A class: due Friday
B class due: next Tuesday

Your comments are required below

2012-01-08T19:36:00.000-08:00

As William Faulkner once said, "The past is not dead. It's not even past."

IB US History

2012-01-06T06:58:00.001-08:00

Focus:

CW:
DBQ-essay

HW:
Text pp. 398-407 (read carefully)
pp. 407-13 (skim)

Why Can't All Political Ads be Like This?

2012-01-05T14:58:00.001-08:00

Don't touch her yard signs!!

DBQ UPDATE

2012-01-05T13:08:00.000-08:00

Students,

1. You only need to study/review information on the Fugitive Slave Act for tomorrow's essay. You will need to cite two pieces of outside information and use two of the documents from your test to answer the essay question.

I strongly encourage you to bring your book tomorrow so you can get a head start on your large weekend reading assignment. We go to war on Monday!

January 5

2012-01-05T06:57:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
DBQ

HW:
prep for essay (topic is Fugitive Slave Act)
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Psych (5-6)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
handout: shades of abnormality
discuss the DSM-IV and problems with labeling
discuss: Susan Smith and the clinical assessment
video: Andrea Yates and discussion of insanity during a crime

HW:
reading--PTSD

2012-01-04T13:16:00.000-08:00

More info on the alleged nine foot tall North Korean super soldier.

Here's a picture of the former dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong il:

IB US History

2012-01-04T07:14:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: The End of the Union: Dred Scott, John Brown, and the election of Lincoln
video clip: John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
video clip: Dred Scott and the election of Lincoln
electoral map of 1860
causes of Civil War (place in chronological order)

HW:
prep for DBQ essay

January 3

2012-01-03T06:53:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return old work
return/discuss IA
REVIEW
notes: The Crime Against Kansas Part II

HW:
Text pp. 390-94
UNIT FIVE EXAM IS THURSDAY-FRIDAY!!
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Psych (3-4)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
discuss Kohlberg's theory of moral development
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discuss: factors that contribute to mental illness
discuss/handout: what is abnormal behavior?

HW:
TQ-DSM-IV

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T07:14:00.000-08:00

Hope your holiday has been a great one. Get your brains ready for some more learning. Here's the catch phrase of 2012: pus acne (don't search for this on Google or you will be sorry).

See you soon.

Looking for a last minute Christmas gift?

2011-12-17T07:00:00.001-08:00

Look no further! I would like the camo version please.

I hope everyone has a great vacation. See you in 2012.

IB US History

2011-12-16T07:56:00.001-08:00

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
John Brown graded discussion

HW:
McPherson pp. 153-69

TURNITIN.COM INFO

2011-12-15T09:29:00.001-08:00

STUDENTS, IF YOU HAVEN'T UPLOADED YOUR IA TO TURNITIN.COM, YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. DO IT BY TOMORROW!!!!

CLASS ID:
4629481

PASSWORD:
carlisle

December 15

2011-12-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
examine a sample DBQ
notes: The Crime Against Kansas
video clilp: John Brown
begin work on graded discussion questions

HW:
finish graded discussion questions
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Psych (15-16)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam

HW:
TQ-Abnormal behavior

What up?

2011-12-14T17:54:00.000-08:00

1. I was right Mr. Rood!!!

2. We are playing forces we don't understand!

Boom. Done. Two more days!!!!

He's coming!

IB US History

2011-12-14T07:11:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
conclusion due for IA
notes: Slavery, Rum, and Romanism
"Roots"

HW:
McPherson pp. 145-53

IA-Final Update!!!

2011-12-13T18:48:00.000-08:00

I only need your conclusion with total IA word count, bibliography, and title page. I DO NOT WANT YOUR NOTES. DO NOT TURN THEM IN. Word count for the IA is 1500-2000 words.

Are you working as hard as this cat?

December 13

2011-12-13T07:10:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
examine political cartoons from students
notes: An Empire for Slavery

HW:
McPherson pp. 117-30
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Psych (13-14)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss prosocial behavior
readings/ video clips:
The Tire Iron and the Tamale
why people don't help or help; helping scenarios
discuss deindividuation and diffusion of resp.
Kitty Genovese reading
discuss group membership and reasons for joining groups

HW:
STUDY FOR EXAM

If you were absent from history today...

2011-12-12T15:15:00.001-08:00

please make sure to get the notes from someone. Today's discussion will be very, very important for the DBQ exam coming up next year.

IA INFORMATION

2011-12-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

Due on Wednesday:

1. Conclusion (include total IA word count on this page)

2. Title page

3. Works cited page

4. All of your notes from your research

Turnitin.com info:

class ID: 4629481

password: carlisle

PAPER MUST BE UPLOADED BY FRIDAY!!

IB US History

2011-12-12T07:08:00.001-08:00

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: An Empire for Slavery Part I
video clip: FSA of 1850
turnitin.com info
IA work in the lab

HW:
McPherson pp. 103-16

Weekend Update

2011-12-11T07:59:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone is staying warm this weekend. It's the perfect weekend to curl up by the fire with your history reader and read about Northern reactions to the harsh Fugitive Slave Act passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. Yeah!

Anywho, tomorrow we will discuss this weekend's reading, watch a video clip, and then head to the computer lab to finish up your IA!! The rest of week will feature your political cartoons, notes on the McPherson readings, the final viewing of Roots, and we end the week with a graded discussion on John Brown's murderous actions in the Kanas Territory in 1856.

First period, I sincerely hope you got some sleep this weekend. I fear you may end up like this:

That is all for now. See you tomorrow. Five more days!!!

December 9

2011-12-09T07:15:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
discuss conclusion of the IA
notes: Mexico Will Poison US Part II
video clip: Fugitive Slave Act
create a political cartoon

HW:
THINK ABOUT YOUR CONCLUSION!!
McPherson pp. 78-103
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Psych (9; 12)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Jonestown: Life and Death in the People's Temple

HW:
TQ-Prosocial behavior

IB US History

2011-12-08T06:53:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
notes: Mexico Will Poison Us Part I
video clips: Guadalupe-Hildago and Effects of the War
examine political cartoons

HW:
McPherson pp. 64-77

The tests are graded!

2011-12-07T20:10:00.001-08:00

The exam results remind me of this video.

Exam Make ups

2011-12-07T12:33:00.001-08:00

Will begin at 0700 tomorrow morning. Failure to show up will result in a loss of points on your exam. Please contact me if you can't make it tomorrow morning due to illness.

December 7

2011-12-07T07:08:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam

HW:
McPherson from the reader
pp. 3-5; 47-64**
DOING THE READINGS AND TAKING GOOD NOTES WILL BE VITAL TO YOUR SUCCESS ON THE NEXT EXAM. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW.
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Psych (7-8)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Unit 4 study guide
video clip/discussion: McDonald's incident
video/discussion: Stanford Prison Experiment
handout/discussion/video clip:
cults and David Koresh

HW:
review notes; begin essay prep

IB US History

2011-12-06T07:12:00.001-08:00

Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
notes: the Industrial North
notes: Manifest Destiny
video clip: the Donner Party

HW:
STUDY

If you made an essay appointment for after school tomorrow...

2011-12-05T22:21:00.000-08:00

I would like to see your outlines either before school or at the end of class. I need to leave school by 2:30 tomorrow for an appointment. Thanks for your understanding.

December 5

2011-12-05T06:59:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
notes: Abolitionists
readings: obstacles faced by Abolitionists
William Lloyd Garrison
notes: Holy Warriors
video clip: Frederick Douglas' 4th of July speech from 1852
reading/discussion: What Was the True Nature of Slavery?

HW:
Text pp. 368-76
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Psych (5-6)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss conformity: what? why?
Asch experiment and video clip
discuss compliance: foot-in-the-door technique
discuss: Milgram experiment
video: modern version of the Milgram experiment
video: interview with one of the original subjects of the Milgram experiment (if time)

HW:
review notes

MAJOR UNIT 4 EXAM UPDATE!!!

2011-12-04T13:59:00.000-08:00

Because I am unhappy with how I worded essay on Andrew Jackson's presidency, I've decided to ELIMINATE that essay. That means you only have TWO ESSAYS to prep for the exam.

I will also be able to see people's outlines on Tuesday morning starting at 0745.

That is all.

2011-12-03T17:09:00.001-08:00

I don't know what's stranger, the host's "hair" or the Dog Disco. Choose wisely.

IB US History

2011-12-02T07:24:00.001-08:00

Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
Roots
IA conferences

HW:
Text pp. 352-58; The Holy Warriors by Stewart from the reader

Do you want to work for British Intelligence?

2011-12-01T07:37:00.000-08:00

Can you crack the code?

December 1

2011-12-01T07:18:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
notes: The Slave South: An Interpretation
IA conferences
"Roots"

HW:
1. Text pp. 352-58
2. James Brewer Stewart reading from your reader
BOTH READINGS ARE DUE ON MONDAY!
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Psych (1-2)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss perceiving others: schemas
case study: "Reggie"
discuss attributions

HW:
TQ-Conformity and compliance

IB US History

2011-11-30T07:09:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
return old work
test prep sheet #4
notes: The Proslavery Argument Revisited
readings: the myth of the happy slave/political cartoon
video clip: Louis Hughes and family

HW:
E. Genovese reading: The Slave South: An Interpretation

Reading tips for tonight's homework:
1. Genovese is a neo-Marxist historian. Basically this reading is about slavery from a communist perspective.

2. Look closely at how Genovese describes the economic problems of the South that were caused by slavery.

3. Examine how slaveholders viewed those who were critical of slavery.

History peeps

2011-11-29T10:05:00.000-08:00

Choose your own adventure on the Underground Railroad! Let me know what you experience please.

November 29

2011-11-29T07:28:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
slavery powerpoint: quantitative vs. qualatative analysis
examine data on slavery
notes: A Troublesome Property
video: Nat Turner's Rebellion

HW:
Morrow reading from the reader: The Proslavery Argument Revisited
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Psych (29-30)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
what is sexism?
discuss: questions on gender identity
video clip: young kids and the formation of gender identity
media depictions of females:
Killing Us Softly 4
ads geared for boys and girls (from Consuming Kids doc)
discuss: "Seeing Pink"
male privilege checklist

HW:
TQ-Person perception (schemas)

Psych students

2011-11-28T16:56:00.000-08:00

Here's the link to the IAT. I'm interested in your results for race and gender.

Here's more info on the IAT:

IB US History

2011-11-28T07:11:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
PCC registration info
Powerpoint from IB website: quanatative vs. qualatative analysis on slavery
examine data about slavery
notes: The Black Slavedriver

HW:
K. Stampp reading: "A Troublesome Property"

PCC REGISTRATION CLOSES ON DECEMBER 16
DROP DATE IS DECEMBER 9

Hello again

2011-11-27T15:36:00.000-08:00

I sincerely hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break. The week ahead will feature a close examination of slavery. Come ready to THINK and DISCUSS tomorrow.

I'll leave you with this:

Be careful what you tweet, you never who's reading your posts. By the way, Sam Brownback is the current governor of Kansas.

Happy Thanksgiving Break

2011-11-18T09:28:00.000-08:00

Pretty incredible image from yesterday's protests in downtown Portland:

Image from The Oregonian

Keep this channel open during break. Enjoy your time off. Get some sleep, recharge and come back ready to finish out 2011 strong.

November 18

2011-11-18T08:04:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
turn in Part D
notes: The Slave South: A Distinctive Society
Slavery Fact sheet
video clip: slavery in America

HW:
Randal Miller reading from the reader: The Black Slavedriver
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Psych (18; 28)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discuss: "Can a Black Name Affect Job Prospects?"
racial discrimination and prejudice
video clips: racism?

HW:
readings: sexism and answer the six questions

ATTENTION IB CARBON BASED LIFE FORMS

2011-11-17T20:12:00.000-08:00

ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO PART D CAN BE FOUND HERE!!!!

IB US History

2011-11-17T06:48:00.001-08:00

Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
notes: Early Women's Rights Movement
reading/discussion:
"Empire of Woman"
Declaration of Sentiments
Cult of domesticity
video clip: sexism today (from Youtube under social psych bookmarks)

HW:
PART D

November 16

2011-11-16T07:23:00.000-08:00

IB US History
Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
notes: Individualism
work on Part D

HW:
Text pp. 358-59; 362-64
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Psych (16-17)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
small group activity: stereotyping and follow up discussion
reading: Stuff White People Like
nuclear war simulation

HW:
Reading: Can a Black Name...

IB "people-like beings"

2011-11-15T14:48:00.001-08:00

Pay close attention to the individuals discussed in the assigned readings for tonight and tomorrow. Oh, and any other big concepts too. That is all.

IB US History

2011-11-15T07:59:00.000-08:00

Focus:
Jacksonian Era

CW:
IA work

HW:
Text pp. 342-45