Friday 11/30/18

Today in class we will be taking our Chapter 17 Quiz and discussing the Gilded Age.  The Gilded Age was a very interesting but very complex period of political and social corruption in this nation, but also a great period of expansion.   Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate content knowledge about the U.S. economy of the late 1800s from the perspective of both the laborers and the owners of corporations
2. Analyze the political, economic, and social changes that occurred during America's Gilded Age

Agenda:

1. Chapter 17 Quiz
2. Lecture #14

Homework:

1. Chapter 18 Quiz Monday
2. 2nd Research Paper due December 3 - bring hard/printed out copy TO CLASS on Monday. It is due on Wednesday Night before midnight to both Google Classroom and Turnitin.com!
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
3. Outside Reading Project due December 7 Friday Night!

11-30-2018 PPT

Wednesday 11/28/18

BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE FULL MOVIE from Indigenous RPTV on Vimeo

Today in class we will be watching and discussing the events surrounding the Native American experience in the late 19th century.  

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. View and discuss the plight of the American Indians and the U.S. policy towards this group during the late 1800s

Agenda:

1. View Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Homework:

1. Chapter 17 Quiz Friday (Adjusted)
2. 2nd Research Paper due December 3
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
3. Outside Reading Project due December 7

11-28-2018 PPT

Monday 11/26/18

Monday

Today in class we will be discussing an important American historian of the late 19th century, Frederick Jackson Turner and his Frontier Thesis. 

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Analyze Turner's Frontier Thesis through review of guided questioning and group discussion

Agenda:

1. Warm-Up #1
2. Discussion/Activity: Frederick Jackson Turner
   1. Edpuzzle Activity
   2. Frontier Thesis

Homework:

1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Permission Slip
   
   1. Return only if you CANNOT watch the film
2. Chapter 17 Quiz Friday (Adjusted)
3. 2nd Research Paper due December 3
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
4. Outside Reading Project due December 7

11-26-2018 PPT

News for today

Leland News

Monday 11/19/18

Today in class we will be taking our Unit 5 LEQ Exam and then we will be doing our Lecture on the 2nd Industrial Revolution.  

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Write a timed essay in alignment to the AP rubric on the topics of Civil War and Reconstruction
2. Analyze the impacts of industrialization on late 19th century American society

Agenda:

1. Turn in Unit Packet
2. Unit 5 LEQ Exam
3. Lecture #13 - the 2nd Industrial Revolution

Homework:

1. Download and print Unit 6 Assignment Sheet
2. Chapter 16 Quiz Wednesday
3. 2nd Research Paper due December 3
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
4. Outside Reading Project due December 7

11-19-2018 PPT

Unit Five Checklist

Our LEQ test is Monday!

Here is the checklist for the unit pack.

Friday 11/16/18

Today in class we will be having a Socratic discussion as a class on the topic of Reconstruction.  In particular we will be discussing whether or not African Americans were truly free during the Reconstruction era.  

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the reconstruction era through the examination of documents and the use of a Structured Academic Conversation

Agenda:

1. Warm-Up #4
2. SAC Reconstruction
   1. Read and Discuss Reconstruction Documents
   2. Research Outside Evidence
   3. Socratic Discussion with another table group
      1. SAC Reconstruction Packet
         1. SAC Original Documents
         2. SAC Edited Documents

Homework:

1. Unit 5 LEQ Exam on Monday
2. 2nd Research Paper due December 3
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
3. Outside Reading Project due December 7

11-16-2018 PPT​

Wednesday 11/14/18

Today in class we will be learning about Reconstruction and then we will be taking our last quiz for the unit, chapter 15. Reconstruction is an important topic for the future of social and racial relations in the United States. Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate content knowledge of the Reconstruction period through MC and SA responses
2. Analyze federal attempts to reconstruct the South and provide equal rights to African Americans

Agenda:

1. Lecture #12
2. Chapter 15 Quiz

Homework:

1. Unit 5 LEQ Exam on Monday
2. 2nd Research Paper due December 3
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
3. Outside Reading Project due December 7

Friday 11/9/18

Agenda:
-Chapter 4 Quiz
-Reconstruction Packet

Homework: annotated bibliography due Tuesday before midnight. Both to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com

Wednesday 11/7/18

I hope you all enjoyed our combined classes today. It is always a pleasure to listen to Mr. Marchetti speak.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the major aspects of the Civil War through lecture, questioning, and guided notes

Agenda:

1. Warm-Up #3
2. Lecture #11 - The Civil War
3. Closure #3

Homework:

1. Chapter 14 Quiz on Friday
2. 2nd Annotated Bibliography due November 12  (before midnight to both Google Classroom and Turnitin.com)
   
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
3. Chapter 15 Quiz on Wednesday
4. Outside Reading Project due December 7

11-7-2018 PPT​

Monday 11/5/18

Today in class we will be doing our Unit 5 Quick HIPP (remember to save this for the unit packet!).  We will then have some time to work on the Mapping Westward Expansion Packet that we passed out but did not work on last week. 

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Analyze documents using HIPP analysis

Agenda:

1. Quick HIPP
2. Mapping Westward Expansion

Homework:

1. Chapter 14 Quiz Friday
2. 2nd Annotated Bibliography due November 9
   1. Accelerated Students do NOT do this
3. Outside Reading Project due December 7

HIPPQ for 11/5/18