Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Monday 12/12/16

Agenda (PPT)

Submit Unit Pack
Test: Unit 6 DBQ (Practice Exam)

Homework: Study for the Final!

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Thursday/Friday 12/8/16-12/9/16

Agenda (PPT)

Quiz: CH 19
Warm Up #3
Primary Source Reading: Jane Addams
Review: DBQ Writing
CL: #2

Homework: Outside Reading Due Friday to Google Classroom, Assemble Unit Pack

Monday, December 5, 2016

Tuesday/Wednesday 12/6/16-12/7/16

Today we are going to have a discussion about immigration and urbanization as a product of industry.

After we discuss, we will then take a deeper look into the process of American manufacturing by reading an excerpt from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.


Agenda (PPT)

Finish Bury My Heart
Warm Up: #2
Discuss: Late 1800s Society
     Quick Notes
Primary Source Reading: The Jungle

Homework: CH 19 quiz block two, Readings, Outside Reading Due Friday to Google Classroom

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Monday 12/5/16

Agenda (PPT)

Quiz: CH 18
Finish: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Homework: Continue Readings, Outside Reading Due Friday to Google Classroom

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Thursday/Friday 12/1/16-12/2/16

Agenda:
•View: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
•Homework: Chapter 18 Quiz on Monday. Don’t forget the outside reading project is due next Friday.

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Tuesday/Wednesday 11/29/16-11/30/16

Today we will take a quiz and continue our discussion of Turner's Fronteir Thesis. By the end of today you will have created a nice argumentative paragraph defending one of the 5 major points Turner made.


Agenda (PPT)

Quiz: CH 17
Discussion/Activity: Frederick Jackson Turner
Closure: #1

Homework: Continue with nightly readings

Monday 11/28/16

Agenda: (PPT)

Warm Up: #1

Discussion/Activity: Frederick Jackson Turner




Homework: Read CH 17




1.What is the frontier? In your description provide 2 or more examples of the frontier at different points in time throughout U.S. History.
2.Why does Fredrick Jackson Turner believe the 1890 census is "proof positive" of the end of the American Frontier?
3.On page 2 of the reading excerpt, what is something that Turner believes that the Frontier provided to Americans?
4.On page 5, Turner makes mention of the relationship between the Frontier and the U.S. legislative branch. What is this relationship that he describes?
5.Page 6 describes the impacts of the Frontier on the eastern U.S. and Old World Europe. Describe 2 or more of the impacts that the Frontier had on society according to Turner.
What to do?
Discuss the answers to the questions in table groups (5 min)
1.Make sure you are referencing information from the text!!!
2.Share out responses as a whole class (5 min)
3.In your groups can you look through the excerpt and find ALL 5 of Turner’s arguments about the Frontier? (5 min)

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Wednesday 11/23/16

Agenda (PPT)

Quiz: CH 16

Homework: Theme Essay Due Tonight

Happy Thanksgiving 


Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Monday/Tuesday 11/21/16-11/22/16

Agenda (PPT)

Turn in Unit Pack
Unit 5 Test: LEQ
Preview: Unit 6 Assignment Sheet
Preview: Unit 6

Homework: CH 16 Quiz (Wednesday)

Friday, November 18, 2016

Unit Five Cover Sheet

Here is a link to the Unit 5 Cover Sheet. 

This is due block one next week.

Block one: LEQ
Block one: LEQ
Wednesday 11/23: Essays due for APUSH. Chapter 16 Quiz

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Thursday/Friday 11/17/16-11/18/16

Agenda (PPT)

Warm Up: #5
Review: Emancipation Proclamation
Review: LEQ Writing
Finish: SAC Reconstruction
     Organize Evidence
     Discuss
     Reach Consensus
Closure: #5

Homework: Unit Pack (Check for the checklist soonish!)

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Tuesday/Wednesday 11/15/16-11/16/16

Today we are engaging with a bunch of primary sources!

Yes, these all help better describe the process of Reconstruction in the South. We will take our time and answer the questions for each document as a whole class.

On Block 2 we will organize this information as evidence to help us better wrestle with and discuss our guiding questions:

  1. Were African Americans free during Reconstruction?  In what ways?
  2. What does it mean to be free?
  3. Based on these documents, was Reconstruction a success or failure?


Agenda (PPT)

Warm Up: #4
Start: SAC Reconstruction
     Read and Discuss: Reconstruction Documents
     Research: Outside Evidence

Homework: Emancipation Proclamation Assignment (Directions Below)

For the Emancipation Readings, please do the following:

  1. Read the documents
  2. Summarize the documents in your own works (3-5 sentences for each reading)
  3. Determine the purpose(s) of the Emancipation Proclamation and the intentions of Lincoln regarding abolition based on the documents
    1. In your unit pack you will submit a paper that has 3 summaries and the answer to that last question!
    2. I will stamp these on Thursday, so please do it!!!