US History
How and why did America build an empire both internally & externally? What were the consequences?
What were the culture wars of the 1920s?
How did the 20s lead to the Great Depression?
How did we "solve" the Great Depression?
What were the lasting effects of WW2?
How and why did America build an empire both internally & externally? What were the consequences?
What were the culture wars of the 1920s?
How did the 20s lead to the Great Depression?
How did we "solve" the Great Depression?
What were the lasting effects of WW2?
Friday, April 7
Last BQ of the year! BQ #16
Finish History of Rock 'n Roll
HW: make notecard for test on Wednesday April 19
Wednesday, April 5
BQ #15 (juniors only)
AHL key terms feedback
Finish Vietnam War lecture
Start Bottom-Up History: how rock 'n roll integrated America
HW: History 7B: From Reform to Revolution & AIM, Feminism, & Anti-Feminism lectures
Monday, April 3
Vietnam War lecture (see GC for ppt)
HW: History 7B: Building a Movement--Civil Rights pt. 1
Friday, March 31
Dot Game & de-brief
Intro to Vietnam War--video (see GC)
RUSH: Ch. 19.2-19.4
HUSH: Ch. 28 "A People of Plenty" & "Cracks in the Picture Window"
Wednesday, March 29
BQ
Cold war terms, ideology & perspectives (ppt. lecture)
HW all: History 7B: Vietnam War
HUSH: Ch. 27 "Another Red Scare" p. 1028-1031
RUSH: Ch. 18.3
Monday, March 27
Test on 20s/30s/WW2
RUSH: Ch. 18.1 & 18.2
HUSH: Ch. 27 pp. 1001-1011; 1022-1028
Friday, March 24
Brief ODIR on WW2
Watched selected segments of "The War"
HW: make notecard for test on Monday
Wednesday, March 22
1 hour classes due to SBAC
BQ only for seniors
Finished "Roosevelt" on impact of New Deal & FDR
Started "The War" about WW2 (see GC for note-taking guide)
RUSH: pp. 583-587
HUSH: pp. 988-993
Announcement: 20s, 30s, & WW2 test on Monday!
Monday, March 20
Rafael: Newtown
Friday, March 17
Turned in HW & book project benchmark
8 Hour project: a twist of fate, parallel edit, and a leprechaun
HW due next Wednesday:
HW all: History 7B: WW2 & Pacific Theater
HUSH: p. 942-end of chapter & Ch. 26 up to p. 973
RUSH: 550-557; 574-577 (should be review from World History class); 590-593
Wednesday, March 15
BQ
Watched segments from "The Roosevelts" (see GC for note-taking guide)
HW all: Pts. 3 & 4 of WHT
Friday, March 10
Reminders: American Historical Literature Benchmark due next Friday 8 am & 8 Hour Project also next Friday
BQ
Acronym for causes of the Depression
Human toll of the Great Depression: excerpts from Cinderella Man
Intro to FDR: The Roosevelts (video)
HW all: Pts. 1 & 2 of Worst Hard Time
RUSH: pp. 472-477
HUSH: pp. 905-909
Wednesday, March 8
Finish R & F JC: Moving North
Pictures of Tam in the 20s
Watch excerpt on bank crash from Story of US
ODIR
HW all: Great Depression & New Deal Pt. 2
Monday, March 6
African-American experience in the 1920s--excerpts from Rise & Fall of Jim Crow (video)
HW all: Great Depression & New Deal Pt. 1
HUSH: WOOS notes due; seminar Friday
Friday, March 3
Scharf lost voice so no BQ or ODIR
20s culture skits
HW Everyone: Warmth of Other Suns excerpt & Qs
RUSH: 13.4 Harlem Renaissance
HUSH: pp. 866-870
Wednesday, March 1
BQ on Scopes Monkey Trial
De-briefed SMT lecture
Watched "America's Right Feeling Wronged"
RUSH: 12.3 & 13.2 & "Youth in Roaring 20s"
HUSH: Ch. 23 up to "African American Life " & pp. 895-897
Monday, February 27
Breakthrough Day
New skillbuilder project groups
AIM: Preparation for "Sporting Life" doc. Watched & analyzed "Real Sports: Brain Games"
HW: Scopes Monkey Trial lecture
Friday, February 17
AIM breakfast
Watched "Chronicle of a Memorable Moment" films
HW: Listen to & take notes on Scopes Monkey Trial lecture (History 7B) for Wednesday, March 1
HUSH: Tamir Rice & Emmet Till aricle
GRL: Reel Injuns & Dances with Wolves due Friday 3.3
Wednesday, February 15
Test on American Empire
Monday, February 13
Collected notecards for test
Explained American Historical Literature Project
--key term exposition due March 17
--project due May 31
HW: Maps due Wednesday
HUSH HW: Emmet Till & Tamir Rice article & Qs (on GC)
Wednesday, February 8
BQ #10
Few more notes on Turner Thesis
PI Annexation Debate
Imperialism Political Cartoons
Due to flooding, test will be Wednesday Feb. 15. Notecard due Monday Feb. 13
Friday, February 3
ODIR on setting the West & SpanAm War lectures
video on Teddy Roosevelt
Started reading Philippine Island primary sources on question of annexation
RUSH: 10.2 & 10.3
HUSH: Ch. 20 "Imperial Rivalries in E. Asia"
Wednesday, February 1
Explained map assignment
Reviewed lecture
Read excerpts from Wilderness & the American Mind
HW: History 7B: Spanish American War; finish Wilderness reading & prompts (see GC)
Monday, January 30
Rafael: Bitter Legacy
Friday, January 27
BQ on Conquest of the West" lecture & book reading
Mini lecture on The West
Read excerpt from The Worst Hard Time about the Comanche
HW Everyone: History 7B: Settling of the West
RUSH: 10.1 pp. 342-345
HUSH: Ch. 20 up "Spanish-American War"
Wednesday, January 25
Took test on Gilded Age
HW Everyone: History 7B: Conquest of the West
RUSH: pp. 116-117; 130-131
HUSH: pp. 334-335; 466-469
Monday, January 23
Horatio Alger
Finished Matewan
HW: Read essay on Matewan; make 4 x 6 notecard for test Wednesday (due at 8 am)
Friday, January 20
Continued watching Matewan
Test on Gilded Age Wednesday--may use a 4 x 6 notecard, due at 8 am Wednesday
RUSH: 8.4 & "Going to the Show" (pp. 292-299)
HUSH: pp. 707-710 & excerpt (in HUSH crate)
GRL: 1) annotate excerpt from Coal; 2) Social Darwinism article & Qs (GC) & 3) Oxfam report & article & Qs (on GC)
Wednesday, January 18
ODIR on big business, labor, coal mining, immigration
Started film "Matewan"
HW Everyone: How the Other Half Lives webquest. Click here to go to website.
RUSH: 7.2
HUSH: pp. 699-703
Friday, January 13
No BQ!
Finished All Stars of the Gilded Age posters & presented/took notes
HW Everyone: History 7B "Immigrant Culture" & handout reading "Coal Mining"
HW HUSH: also read Ch. 19 "The New Immigration"
GRL: excerpt from Coal
Wednesday, January 11
Review semester grades & documentaries
BQ #8: Rise of Industry
Watched "La Belle Epoque" as intro to gilded age (1st 10 minutes only)
Read bios & made posters for "All Stars of the Gilded Age"
HW RUSH: Ch. 6.3
HW HUSH: 1) Listen to & take notes on History 7B: Workers & Unions 2) Read these sections of Ch. 17: "Rise of Big Business," "An Industrial Society," "Sand-lot Incident," "National Labor Union," "Pullman Strike" and pp. 710-712 "Impact of Darwinism"
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Friday, October 28
Announcements: 1) look for GRL opps on website in coming weeks, but also remember that a lot of your GRL comes from the doc project! 2) Start looking for good stories for your doc--check local papers (sf chronicle, oakland trib, marin ij, pacific sun...)
Took Civil War & Recon Test
Wednesday, October 26
Tied up loose ends--finished CW lecture, reconstruction videos
Discussed HW (Black life during reconstruction primary sources)
Addressed the question: How did the North win the war, but the South win the history?
--Read Pt. V of Know Alabama & looked at how different people/groups were portrayed
--Read article "Romanticizing Confederate Cause Has No Place on Screen"--how Hollywood has portrayed the CW & Recon
--Background mini lecture to Birth of a Nation & watched clips of 1915 film
Monday, October 24
Saw "Hooligan Sparrow" at the Rafael
collected notecards for Civil War/Recon test Friday
Friday, October 21
Reminders: Rafael on Monday
Change: Test notecard due Monday (4 x 6, handwritten)
Finished Impact of Civil War lecture (except 6th)
Watched video on reconstruction & took notes
HW: Life for Blacks under Reconstruction--primary sources. Read docs & answer all Qs on a separate piece of paper. Typed. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 19
De-brief GBA (Gettysburg Address)
Finish KB's The Civil War
Start "Impact of CW" lecture
**Be prepared for a BQ on Reconstruction Friday!
Monday, October 17
Finish GBA documents--fragments on Constitution & re-read GBA
Friday, October 14
ODIR #3
In-depth look at Gettysburg Address
Continue watching Ken Burns' "The Civil War"
HW: Read "the Serenade" & answer Qs
Tuesday, October 11
Engaged with Nora Poggi, filmmaker of "She Started It"
Went to Rafael & saw "Circus Kid"
Collaboration time--bowling!
Friday, October 7
Collected $5 for bowling on Tuesday
Finished Glory & discussed
Watched Gettysburg Address & discussed significance of battle & address
HW due next Friday
--HUSH: UC Berkeley 7B: Reconstruction lecture
--RUSH: Ch. 4.4
Wednesday, October 5
Collected GRLs & HQs
Watched Glory. While watching, consider this: "Leon Litwack asserts that, "more than any act of Congress or any Presidential proclamation, the slaves freed themselves." How does the film Glory support this statement?
Monday, October 3
BQ on Glory reading
Continued Ken Burns' Civil War through Antietam and Emancipation Proclamation
HW changes: RUSH--read through 4.2 for Wednesday, 4.3 for Friday
HUSH--read up to for Wednesday, finish Ch. 15 for Friday
Friday, September 30
BQ #4: Start of the Civil War
CW geography--map due day of test
Ken Burns' Civil War series--intro & up to Antietam
HW: Glory reading
RUSH: Finish 4.2 & 4.3 for Wednesday
HUSH: Finish Ch. 15 by Wednesday
Wednesday, September 28
Test on History of Slavery
Announcement: workshops during tutorial on Friday on how to improve BQ/test scores & workshop on HUSH essay BQs. Optional but highly recommended if don't like scores!
RUSH: Read Ch. 4.2 up to "politics of war"
HUSH: Reach Ch. 15 up to "Emancipation"
Monday, September 26
GRL opportunities:
1) Watch presidential debate & type a 1-page reflection addressing your thoughts & impressions of both candidates. Next, explain how you think how the 8% undecided voters would view this debate--would it help them make a decision? Why or why not?
2) Read "Donald Trump's Secret? Channeling Andrew Jackson" and type a reflection showing their similarities and differences.
3) Read "Trump and Reconstruction Politics" and 1) describe reconstruction era racial politics 2) describe post-Obama election racial politics & Trump's connection to them.
Finish making notecard & turn in
Briefly discuss Emancipation Proclamation
Friday, September 23 Bruce Springsteen's Birthday (Happy Bday, Boss!)
Worked in RUSH/HUSH groups to organize major events of slavery into a timeline
Read & answered questions to 2 other Lincoln articles
HW: Make a 4 x 6 notecard for test on slavery next Wednesday. Due Monday.
Wednesday, September 21
BQ #3 on Apostles of Disunion & Cornerstone Speech
Watched "America: Story of US" as review of story of slavery
Discussed test on slavery--next Wednesday, Sept. 28; may use 4 x 6 notecard if handwritten & turned in Monday
HW: 2 articles on Lincoln & slavery
Friday, September 16
Finished watching 12 Years a Slave
HW: Read & answer Qs for 2 documents: 1) Cornerstone Speech (Qs on the document); 2) Apostles of Disunion (Qs on Google Classroom). Due Wednesday.
Heads Up: Test on History of Slavery next Monday, Sept. 26
Wednesday, September 14
ODIR on Ch. 14 & 4.1
Continue watching 12 Years a Slave
Monday, September 12
went to Rafael to see "Magic of Sound"
HW: HUSH: Ch. 14 by Wednesday
RUSH: Ch. 4.1 by Wednesday
Friday, September 9
Finished reviewing slave docs
Read excerpt from "Know Alabama"--how does its depiction of slave life compare to the docs you read? Which is more true? Why?
Started 12 Years a Slave
HW: HUSH: Ch. 14 by Wednesday
RUSH: Ch. 4.1 by Wednesday
Reminder: Rafael on Monday noon
Wednesday, September 7
BQ #2 on Africans in America
Met in expert groups for slave docs, then jigsawed
HUSH HW: Ch. 14 by next Wednesday the 14th
RUSH HW: Ch. 4.1 by next Wednesday the 14th
Reminder: Rafael on Monday (be there by noon)
Friday, September 2
BQ #1
Turn in article Qs (The Way We Weren't and America's Racial Divide, Charted)
Watch & take notes on Africans in America
Timeline review of evolution of slavery in colonial America
No Homework!
Wednesday, August 31
Read "American v. African Slavery" and "The constitution on slavery"
Practice ODIR--BQ on same reading for Friday
Continue watching "Africans in America" & take notes: why did we turn from indentured servitude to slavery? why race-based slavery?
HW: Slavery Documents--read and take notes on chart (see google classroom for documents and chart)
Monday, August 29
Started "Africans in America" video--looking at how & why slavery started, why it was based on race, and how it evolved and became institutionalized throughout the colonies
HW: See last Wednesday the 24th for reading assignments
Friday, August 26
AIM Pilgrimmage through Muir Woods
Wednesday, August 24
AIM pilgrimmage info--wear solid shoes, bring lots of water & sandwich/snacks, hat & sunscreen, moleskine, and good attitude (or choose not to go...)
Review of independent book reading project--read 50 pages before you decide
Overview mini lecture of themes in US history & how we will learn it
Discussion of 2 articles--America's Racial Divide & The Way We Weren't (not 7th)
Turned in "Getting to Know You"
HUSH HW: Read Ch. 2 "Slavery in the Colonies," "Race-based Slavery," & all of Ch. 11
RUSH HW: Read Ch. 1.4 up to "Commerce Grows.." & packet "Black Society in the South"
Monday, August 22
Took Course Overview Quiz
Went to library & selected books for independent reading
HW: Read & answer Qs for The Way We Weren't
Friday, August 19
Reviewed Course Overview--procedures, policies, etc.--BQ on Course Overview Monday
Introduced American Literature Book Project--find a book to read with a partner
Demonstrated Google Classroom, tam website (this one!) and Remind (except 7th period)
Read story about woman charged with kidnapping--is that equitable?
HW: 1) Read "America's Racial Divide, Charted" and answer Qs on Google Classroom & 2) Complete "Getting to Know You" Qs
Last BQ of the year! BQ #16
Finish History of Rock 'n Roll
HW: make notecard for test on Wednesday April 19
Wednesday, April 5
BQ #15 (juniors only)
AHL key terms feedback
Finish Vietnam War lecture
Start Bottom-Up History: how rock 'n roll integrated America
HW: History 7B: From Reform to Revolution & AIM, Feminism, & Anti-Feminism lectures
Monday, April 3
Vietnam War lecture (see GC for ppt)
HW: History 7B: Building a Movement--Civil Rights pt. 1
Friday, March 31
Dot Game & de-brief
Intro to Vietnam War--video (see GC)
RUSH: Ch. 19.2-19.4
HUSH: Ch. 28 "A People of Plenty" & "Cracks in the Picture Window"
Wednesday, March 29
BQ
Cold war terms, ideology & perspectives (ppt. lecture)
HW all: History 7B: Vietnam War
HUSH: Ch. 27 "Another Red Scare" p. 1028-1031
RUSH: Ch. 18.3
Monday, March 27
Test on 20s/30s/WW2
RUSH: Ch. 18.1 & 18.2
HUSH: Ch. 27 pp. 1001-1011; 1022-1028
Friday, March 24
Brief ODIR on WW2
Watched selected segments of "The War"
HW: make notecard for test on Monday
Wednesday, March 22
1 hour classes due to SBAC
BQ only for seniors
Finished "Roosevelt" on impact of New Deal & FDR
Started "The War" about WW2 (see GC for note-taking guide)
RUSH: pp. 583-587
HUSH: pp. 988-993
Announcement: 20s, 30s, & WW2 test on Monday!
Monday, March 20
Rafael: Newtown
Friday, March 17
Turned in HW & book project benchmark
8 Hour project: a twist of fate, parallel edit, and a leprechaun
HW due next Wednesday:
HW all: History 7B: WW2 & Pacific Theater
HUSH: p. 942-end of chapter & Ch. 26 up to p. 973
RUSH: 550-557; 574-577 (should be review from World History class); 590-593
Wednesday, March 15
BQ
Watched segments from "The Roosevelts" (see GC for note-taking guide)
HW all: Pts. 3 & 4 of WHT
Friday, March 10
Reminders: American Historical Literature Benchmark due next Friday 8 am & 8 Hour Project also next Friday
BQ
Acronym for causes of the Depression
Human toll of the Great Depression: excerpts from Cinderella Man
Intro to FDR: The Roosevelts (video)
HW all: Pts. 1 & 2 of Worst Hard Time
RUSH: pp. 472-477
HUSH: pp. 905-909
Wednesday, March 8
Finish R & F JC: Moving North
Pictures of Tam in the 20s
Watch excerpt on bank crash from Story of US
ODIR
HW all: Great Depression & New Deal Pt. 2
Monday, March 6
African-American experience in the 1920s--excerpts from Rise & Fall of Jim Crow (video)
HW all: Great Depression & New Deal Pt. 1
HUSH: WOOS notes due; seminar Friday
Friday, March 3
Scharf lost voice so no BQ or ODIR
20s culture skits
HW Everyone: Warmth of Other Suns excerpt & Qs
RUSH: 13.4 Harlem Renaissance
HUSH: pp. 866-870
Wednesday, March 1
BQ on Scopes Monkey Trial
De-briefed SMT lecture
Watched "America's Right Feeling Wronged"
RUSH: 12.3 & 13.2 & "Youth in Roaring 20s"
HUSH: Ch. 23 up to "African American Life " & pp. 895-897
Monday, February 27
Breakthrough Day
New skillbuilder project groups
AIM: Preparation for "Sporting Life" doc. Watched & analyzed "Real Sports: Brain Games"
HW: Scopes Monkey Trial lecture
Friday, February 17
AIM breakfast
Watched "Chronicle of a Memorable Moment" films
HW: Listen to & take notes on Scopes Monkey Trial lecture (History 7B) for Wednesday, March 1
HUSH: Tamir Rice & Emmet Till aricle
GRL: Reel Injuns & Dances with Wolves due Friday 3.3
Wednesday, February 15
Test on American Empire
Monday, February 13
Collected notecards for test
Explained American Historical Literature Project
--key term exposition due March 17
--project due May 31
HW: Maps due Wednesday
HUSH HW: Emmet Till & Tamir Rice article & Qs (on GC)
Wednesday, February 8
BQ #10
Few more notes on Turner Thesis
PI Annexation Debate
Imperialism Political Cartoons
Due to flooding, test will be Wednesday Feb. 15. Notecard due Monday Feb. 13
Friday, February 3
ODIR on setting the West & SpanAm War lectures
video on Teddy Roosevelt
Started reading Philippine Island primary sources on question of annexation
RUSH: 10.2 & 10.3
HUSH: Ch. 20 "Imperial Rivalries in E. Asia"
Wednesday, February 1
Explained map assignment
Reviewed lecture
Read excerpts from Wilderness & the American Mind
HW: History 7B: Spanish American War; finish Wilderness reading & prompts (see GC)
Monday, January 30
Rafael: Bitter Legacy
Friday, January 27
BQ on Conquest of the West" lecture & book reading
Mini lecture on The West
Read excerpt from The Worst Hard Time about the Comanche
HW Everyone: History 7B: Settling of the West
RUSH: 10.1 pp. 342-345
HUSH: Ch. 20 up "Spanish-American War"
Wednesday, January 25
Took test on Gilded Age
HW Everyone: History 7B: Conquest of the West
RUSH: pp. 116-117; 130-131
HUSH: pp. 334-335; 466-469
Monday, January 23
Horatio Alger
Finished Matewan
HW: Read essay on Matewan; make 4 x 6 notecard for test Wednesday (due at 8 am)
Friday, January 20
Continued watching Matewan
Test on Gilded Age Wednesday--may use a 4 x 6 notecard, due at 8 am Wednesday
RUSH: 8.4 & "Going to the Show" (pp. 292-299)
HUSH: pp. 707-710 & excerpt (in HUSH crate)
GRL: 1) annotate excerpt from Coal; 2) Social Darwinism article & Qs (GC) & 3) Oxfam report & article & Qs (on GC)
Wednesday, January 18
ODIR on big business, labor, coal mining, immigration
Started film "Matewan"
HW Everyone: How the Other Half Lives webquest. Click here to go to website.
RUSH: 7.2
HUSH: pp. 699-703
Friday, January 13
No BQ!
Finished All Stars of the Gilded Age posters & presented/took notes
HW Everyone: History 7B "Immigrant Culture" & handout reading "Coal Mining"
HW HUSH: also read Ch. 19 "The New Immigration"
GRL: excerpt from Coal
Wednesday, January 11
Review semester grades & documentaries
BQ #8: Rise of Industry
Watched "La Belle Epoque" as intro to gilded age (1st 10 minutes only)
Read bios & made posters for "All Stars of the Gilded Age"
HW RUSH: Ch. 6.3
HW HUSH: 1) Listen to & take notes on History 7B: Workers & Unions 2) Read these sections of Ch. 17: "Rise of Big Business," "An Industrial Society," "Sand-lot Incident," "National Labor Union," "Pullman Strike" and pp. 710-712 "Impact of Darwinism"
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Friday, October 28
Announcements: 1) look for GRL opps on website in coming weeks, but also remember that a lot of your GRL comes from the doc project! 2) Start looking for good stories for your doc--check local papers (sf chronicle, oakland trib, marin ij, pacific sun...)
Took Civil War & Recon Test
Wednesday, October 26
Tied up loose ends--finished CW lecture, reconstruction videos
Discussed HW (Black life during reconstruction primary sources)
Addressed the question: How did the North win the war, but the South win the history?
--Read Pt. V of Know Alabama & looked at how different people/groups were portrayed
--Read article "Romanticizing Confederate Cause Has No Place on Screen"--how Hollywood has portrayed the CW & Recon
--Background mini lecture to Birth of a Nation & watched clips of 1915 film
Monday, October 24
Saw "Hooligan Sparrow" at the Rafael
collected notecards for Civil War/Recon test Friday
Friday, October 21
Reminders: Rafael on Monday
Change: Test notecard due Monday (4 x 6, handwritten)
Finished Impact of Civil War lecture (except 6th)
Watched video on reconstruction & took notes
HW: Life for Blacks under Reconstruction--primary sources. Read docs & answer all Qs on a separate piece of paper. Typed. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 19
De-brief GBA (Gettysburg Address)
Finish KB's The Civil War
Start "Impact of CW" lecture
**Be prepared for a BQ on Reconstruction Friday!
Monday, October 17
Finish GBA documents--fragments on Constitution & re-read GBA
Friday, October 14
ODIR #3
In-depth look at Gettysburg Address
Continue watching Ken Burns' "The Civil War"
HW: Read "the Serenade" & answer Qs
Tuesday, October 11
Engaged with Nora Poggi, filmmaker of "She Started It"
Went to Rafael & saw "Circus Kid"
Collaboration time--bowling!
Friday, October 7
Collected $5 for bowling on Tuesday
Finished Glory & discussed
Watched Gettysburg Address & discussed significance of battle & address
HW due next Friday
--HUSH: UC Berkeley 7B: Reconstruction lecture
--RUSH: Ch. 4.4
Wednesday, October 5
Collected GRLs & HQs
Watched Glory. While watching, consider this: "Leon Litwack asserts that, "more than any act of Congress or any Presidential proclamation, the slaves freed themselves." How does the film Glory support this statement?
Monday, October 3
BQ on Glory reading
Continued Ken Burns' Civil War through Antietam and Emancipation Proclamation
HW changes: RUSH--read through 4.2 for Wednesday, 4.3 for Friday
HUSH--read up to for Wednesday, finish Ch. 15 for Friday
Friday, September 30
BQ #4: Start of the Civil War
CW geography--map due day of test
Ken Burns' Civil War series--intro & up to Antietam
HW: Glory reading
RUSH: Finish 4.2 & 4.3 for Wednesday
HUSH: Finish Ch. 15 by Wednesday
Wednesday, September 28
Test on History of Slavery
Announcement: workshops during tutorial on Friday on how to improve BQ/test scores & workshop on HUSH essay BQs. Optional but highly recommended if don't like scores!
RUSH: Read Ch. 4.2 up to "politics of war"
HUSH: Reach Ch. 15 up to "Emancipation"
Monday, September 26
GRL opportunities:
1) Watch presidential debate & type a 1-page reflection addressing your thoughts & impressions of both candidates. Next, explain how you think how the 8% undecided voters would view this debate--would it help them make a decision? Why or why not?
2) Read "Donald Trump's Secret? Channeling Andrew Jackson" and type a reflection showing their similarities and differences.
3) Read "Trump and Reconstruction Politics" and 1) describe reconstruction era racial politics 2) describe post-Obama election racial politics & Trump's connection to them.
Finish making notecard & turn in
Briefly discuss Emancipation Proclamation
Friday, September 23 Bruce Springsteen's Birthday (Happy Bday, Boss!)
Worked in RUSH/HUSH groups to organize major events of slavery into a timeline
Read & answered questions to 2 other Lincoln articles
HW: Make a 4 x 6 notecard for test on slavery next Wednesday. Due Monday.
Wednesday, September 21
BQ #3 on Apostles of Disunion & Cornerstone Speech
Watched "America: Story of US" as review of story of slavery
Discussed test on slavery--next Wednesday, Sept. 28; may use 4 x 6 notecard if handwritten & turned in Monday
HW: 2 articles on Lincoln & slavery
Friday, September 16
Finished watching 12 Years a Slave
HW: Read & answer Qs for 2 documents: 1) Cornerstone Speech (Qs on the document); 2) Apostles of Disunion (Qs on Google Classroom). Due Wednesday.
Heads Up: Test on History of Slavery next Monday, Sept. 26
Wednesday, September 14
ODIR on Ch. 14 & 4.1
Continue watching 12 Years a Slave
Monday, September 12
went to Rafael to see "Magic of Sound"
HW: HUSH: Ch. 14 by Wednesday
RUSH: Ch. 4.1 by Wednesday
Friday, September 9
Finished reviewing slave docs
Read excerpt from "Know Alabama"--how does its depiction of slave life compare to the docs you read? Which is more true? Why?
Started 12 Years a Slave
HW: HUSH: Ch. 14 by Wednesday
RUSH: Ch. 4.1 by Wednesday
Reminder: Rafael on Monday noon
Wednesday, September 7
BQ #2 on Africans in America
Met in expert groups for slave docs, then jigsawed
HUSH HW: Ch. 14 by next Wednesday the 14th
RUSH HW: Ch. 4.1 by next Wednesday the 14th
Reminder: Rafael on Monday (be there by noon)
Friday, September 2
BQ #1
Turn in article Qs (The Way We Weren't and America's Racial Divide, Charted)
Watch & take notes on Africans in America
Timeline review of evolution of slavery in colonial America
No Homework!
Wednesday, August 31
Read "American v. African Slavery" and "The constitution on slavery"
Practice ODIR--BQ on same reading for Friday
Continue watching "Africans in America" & take notes: why did we turn from indentured servitude to slavery? why race-based slavery?
HW: Slavery Documents--read and take notes on chart (see google classroom for documents and chart)
Monday, August 29
Started "Africans in America" video--looking at how & why slavery started, why it was based on race, and how it evolved and became institutionalized throughout the colonies
HW: See last Wednesday the 24th for reading assignments
Friday, August 26
AIM Pilgrimmage through Muir Woods
Wednesday, August 24
AIM pilgrimmage info--wear solid shoes, bring lots of water & sandwich/snacks, hat & sunscreen, moleskine, and good attitude (or choose not to go...)
Review of independent book reading project--read 50 pages before you decide
Overview mini lecture of themes in US history & how we will learn it
Discussion of 2 articles--America's Racial Divide & The Way We Weren't (not 7th)
Turned in "Getting to Know You"
HUSH HW: Read Ch. 2 "Slavery in the Colonies," "Race-based Slavery," & all of Ch. 11
RUSH HW: Read Ch. 1.4 up to "Commerce Grows.." & packet "Black Society in the South"
Monday, August 22
Took Course Overview Quiz
Went to library & selected books for independent reading
HW: Read & answer Qs for The Way We Weren't
Friday, August 19
Reviewed Course Overview--procedures, policies, etc.--BQ on Course Overview Monday
Introduced American Literature Book Project--find a book to read with a partner
Demonstrated Google Classroom, tam website (this one!) and Remind (except 7th period)
Read story about woman charged with kidnapping--is that equitable?
HW: 1) Read "America's Racial Divide, Charted" and answer Qs on Google Classroom & 2) Complete "Getting to Know You" Qs