Notes

Life in Citites
Gilded Age 

Homework 6/9

Respond to the following question on your blog: 

Think about the lives that average people had in the 1900s.  You probably would have worked in a factory - do you think you would have joined a union?  Would you have gone on strike?  What are the dangers/benefit of those choices?  

Industrialists

Leland Standford
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Collis P. Huntington

Read the bio for your Industrialists.

Complete the chart for your assigned Industrialist first, then work with others to complete the rest.

Homework:  For tonight, research Bill Gates and complete the Venn Diagram that compares him with Industrialists of the Guilded Age.

Homework 5/28

Read Section 14-1, and answer question #4 on your blog.

Reformers Facebook Project

Assignment Sheet

Google Presentation Template
Fakebook

Homework 5/5

Read part of Chapter 12, Section 2 (12.2 - pg 387-392)

On your blogs, write a thoughtful response to the following question:

Are share-cropping/tenant farming a real alternative to slavery? How are they different?  How are they the same? 

Test Review!

Civil War Class Notes 

April Vacation Homework

**Sorry everyone, I posted this assignment to period 2's blog instead of yours!**

Over vacation, please work on the R.A.F.T. writing assignment, linked HERE

Remember, you must have a ROLE, a AUDIENCE, a FORMAT, and a TOPIC (one from each of the columns).

Homework 4/15

Read Section 11.4 - Answer question #3 on your blog.

Homework 4/14

Homework for Monday: Read the packet "Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia" by Carlton McCarthy.  At the end of the packet there are three questions - answer the questions on your blog!  (remember to support your answer with evidence from the text!)

Homework from the weekend - using the roughdraft review from class on Friday, write a review on Touchcast and submit it to the appstore.  Make sure you are using proper grammar and that your spelling is correct!

To get to the view page, go to the app's download page (like if you were searching for the app and you were going to download it).  Click on 'Ratings and Reviews' and then 'write a review'.  Write your review and before you officially post your review, take a screen shot.  Then, post your screen shot to your blog as an image.

Homework 3/31

Using the excerpt below, fill in your Civil War Differences Chart - DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE BOXES THAT ARE GREY

Numbers tell an important story about the Civil War. Consider the North’s advantages. It could draw soldiers and workers from a population of 22 million, compared with the South’s 5.5 million. One of its greatest advantages was its network of roads, canals, and railroads. Some 22,000 miles of railroad track cold move soldiers and supplies throughout the North. The South had only about 9,000 miles of track. . . .

The Confederacy had advantages as well. With its strong military tradition, the South put many

brilliant officers into battle. Southern farms provided food for its armies. The South’s best advantage, however, was strategic. It needed only to defend itself until the North grew tired of fighting. Southern soldiers fought mostly on their home soil, while the North had to occupy [move in and control] large areas of enemy territory.”

Source: William Deverell and Deborah Gray White, United States History: Independence to 1914, California Edition (Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2006), pp. 474-5.

Homework 3/21

Watch the following video: Dred Scott Video

Answer the following questions on your blog:

• What was Dred Scott's argument for why he and his wife should be free? 
• What was the Supreme Court's decision? 
• How did many Northerners react to the decision?  Why?  

Homework for 3/18

No class tomorrow - Booooo! 

Until we meet again (Thursday) please read the 3 documents you were given in class today (either John Brown OR Nat Turner) 

Remember to read like historians - what questions are you thinking about as you read? Who wrote the document (what is their job? What connection do they have to the subject?) when was the documents written (what was going on at that time?) 

Homework 3/17

Step 1:  Watch the crashcourse video below:

Step 2:  Post the following on your blog - 

• 3 things from the video that you ALREADY knew 
• 2 things from the video that you LEARNED by watching it
• 1 thing that you WONDER about the topic discussed (if you don't wonder anything, what is something that you think someone might wonder).  

Homework 3/13

Unfortunately, a huge portion of the class was out today so we couldn't start our unit on the Civil War!  We will begin tomorrow - be prepared!

For homework last night, you should have read Section 8.2.  If you did not read it then, read it now!

For tonights homework,

• Read the Lucretia Mott reading packet.  You can find the reading packet HERE
• Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 34 on your blog.  

In order to understand Lucretia Mott's story, pay attention to the words that are bolded (they will be defined or explained at the bottom of the page) 

Other important words to know: 

• Abolish - to get rid of something (in this case, slavery)
• Abolitionist - someone who works to get rid of slavery; an activist 
• Quaker - members of a religious group who are anti-violence of any kind and against slavery

Homework for the Weekend 3/7

Happy Friday!  This weekend, please work on the following:

• Westward Expansion Project - you will have 15 minutes MONDAY to put the project together, but the entire project with all the portions is due Monday.  If you are going to be late or absent for Monday - make sure your portion of the project is shared with someone in your group! 
• QUEST (1/2 quiz, 1/2 test) on Westward Expansion on Tuesday!
• Study guide online can be found HERE  

WESTWARD EXPANSION NOTES

NATIVE AMERICANS CLASH WITH SETTLERS

Homework 3/6

For homework tonight, please complete Document B and questions from the worksheet in class.

Homework for 3/5

For tonight, read pg 408-414 (until the 'cattle' part) in section 13.1 about the clash of Native American and White cultures on the Prairie

This section is one of the reasons we should be careful about using textbooks as the ABSOLUTE truth. As you read, pay attention to how the book describes the events (Sand Creek, Wounded Knee, etc).


On your blog, post your opinion/response:  Do you think the textbook tells both sides of the story (From the American perspective AND the Native American perspective, or just one side)?  Why do you think this is the case?  If you were the editor of our textbook, what else would you like to know about this topic?

If you can think of other comments or questions you have about this topic, add it in to your response! It's kind of a 'free-write' opportunity 

Your response should be at least a paragraph long and show that you have read the section and have an opinion on it!

Requirements for Project

Article: 1-2 pages, typed, double spaced
Editorial:  Letter format, 1pg, double spaced

Cartoon: multiple frames ('squares') or one big picture, colored, neat
Advertisement: designed on the computer or handdrawn, image(s) necessary!

Westward Expansion Post

Assignment Page  (rubrics link are in the assignment)

Westward Expansion Notes

Homework for the Weekend

For this weekend, please read section 13.2.  After you've read, please complete the vocab for the section. 

Reminder, to get full points for the vocab you must have the book definition and a personal (in your own words) definition.  

Post this to your blog! 

Phineas Gage

In our conversation today about how dangerous railroad construction can be, we brought up an interesting man named Phineas Gage.  HERE you can find an excellent telling of the story of Phineas by Hank Green from the vlogbrothers.  And, if you are interested, HERE is a Hank Green music video about Phineas Gage (the internet is awesome).  

Atlas Project 4

Atlas Assignment 4

When you're finished, post an image of your map to your blog!

Homework 2/24

Please read and do vocab (once book definition, once your own words) on Section 9.3!

Andrew Jackson Project

Should Andrew Jackson be on the $20?

Graphic Organizer
Assignment Sheet
Rubric

Homework 1/29

Please read Section 7.4 in your textbook and write the vocab words like you normally do (book definition and in your own words)  POST ON BLOG

In case you'd like to watch the Jacksonian Democracy video again

State of the Union Homework 1/28

Although you got a paper copy in class, here is the link to the State of the Union Handout

and the State of the Union - Issues Chart  (only need the first page!) 

Homework: 

Watch at least 30 minutes of the President’s State of the Union Address.  It will begin at 9:00 pm and will be on all major news channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, FOX, C-SPAN, etc - aka it will be on instead of your favorite Tuesday night shows ;) ) You can also livestream the event from a computer, your iPad, or a smartphone from CSPAN.org. The White House also does an 'enhanced' streaming version with statistics.

As you watch, complete the CSPAN State of the Union chart!

Homework 1/27

For tonight's homework, please read Ch 7.3 in your textbook.  This week we'll take an in-depth look at the nation's 7th president, Andrew Jackson (the guy on the $20 bill!)

Vocabulary Assignment:
For each bolded term in 7.3, write the book definition AND a definition in your own words.  Post these definitions to your blog!

Extra Credit Assignment

 Extra Credit Assignment - Due Thursday when you come to take your exam!

In Class 1/16

Hello all! Unfortunately, I will be out sick today January 16. Today is long period, and for the most part you will spend the class reviewing.

FIRST - Get back into your groups from yesterday and finish your charts on the big paper.  If the sub can't find the big paper, they are rolled up behind the stack of US history textbooks.

SECOND - Work on your study guides that were handed out yesterday in class.  If you don't have a paper copy, the link is HERE

Tonight for homework - write 5 questions to ask tomorrow in class.  Make sure the questions will help clarify things you don't understand from the study guide!

Midyear Exam!

It's that time of the year again...Midyear Exams! 

Your exam will be on Thursday, January 23rd from 10:55 - 12:25

Please bring pencils for a Scantron sheet and your completed study guide for 5 bonus points!  

Please be on time for the exam.  When you finish your exam, you will not be permitted to leave until the exam period is over. 

US1 Study Guide 

Homework 1/13

Answer the questions on the back of the grid sheet we worked on on Friday.

If you cannot find the sheet, the questions are below:
1) What could have happened if Missouri was allowed to enter the Union as a free state in 1817?  How about as a slave state?  How would that have affected Congress?
2)  Why might the Northern states have allowed Alabama to join the Union as a slave state?
3)  What was the Missouri Compromise?

In Class 1/9

Map of the World

Homework 1/6

Tonight's reading:  [will add by the end of the day]

Answer the following questions on your blog: 

1.  What are the five requirements for a successful mill?

2.  Why would the South be a logical place to build a mill?  Why wouldn't they work there? 

3.  Why were mills built in New England? 

4.  What is unique about the Merrimack River? 

5.  Why was it difficult for F.C. Lowell workers to find jobs at first? 

6.  What was the problem with the English mills built in Rhode Island by Samuel Slater?  

Chapter 7 Notes

North vs South and Industrialization

Homework 1/8

Questions from the other night because you now have the correct reading! 

1.  What are the five requirements for a successful mill?

2.  Why would the South be a logical place to build a mill?  Why wouldn't they work there? 

3.  Why were mills built in New England? 

4.  What is unique about the Merrimack River? 

5.  Why was it difficult for F.C. Lowell workers to find jobs at first? 

6.  What was the problem with the English mills built in Rhode Island by Samuel Slater?