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June 2: Historical Presentations

June 1: Historical Presentations

28 May: Historical Presentations

27 May: Historical Presentations

26 May: Historical Presentations

22 May: Historical Presentations

21 May: All Quiet on the Western Front, Titanic.

20 May: All Quiet on the Western Front, Titanic.

19 May: Bonnie and Clyde, All Quiet on the Western Front

18 May: All Quiet on the Western Front

15 May: The Story of Stuff

14 May: Historical research

13 May: Historical research

12 May: Historical research

11 May: Choose historical powerpoint topics.

7 May: FInal AP exam prep.

6 May: Grading and discussion of practice exam.

5 May: AP Practice exam.

4 May: Review 20th Century.

1 May: Returned essays. Quiz game.

30 April: Review 1790-1914.

29 April: In-class essay.

28 April: Prompt: In 1945, Winston Churchill said that the US stood at the summit of the world. Discuss the developments in the thirty years following Churchill’s speech, which called the global preeminence of the US into question. Review 1790-1914.

27 April: AP Essay comparison.

24 April: Thesis prompt. Return Essays. Quiz game.

23 April: Review 1790 to 1914.

22 April: Essay.

21 April: Review Precolumbian Era to 1789.

20 April: Thesis prompt: In the 17th century, New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled in the 17th century? Review Precolumbian Era to 1789.

17 April: Review in shmoop.

16 April: Chapter 31 ppt

15 April: Thesis prompt, “1968 was a turning point for the US.” To what extent is this an accurate assessment? In your answer, discuss two of the following: National politics Vietnam War Civil Rights The Century. Review packet

14 April: Supreme Court cases. The Century: 1970s.

9 April: The Century 1970s.

8 April: Supreme court case presentations[|Landmark cases]

7 April: 1970s economics lecture. Stagflation.

6 April: Chapter 28 & 29 Multiple Choice Quiz. Landmark Cases assigned.

3 April: Fog of War. Presidents Quiz. Notecards due.

2 April: Fog of War

1 April: Fog of War

31 March: Vietnam war lecture. Fog of War.

30 March: Review Presidents. Intro to Vietnam Era.

27 March: Graded theses. [|SHMOOP]

26 March: Voices of the Civil Rights movement. Thesis prompt: “What immigrants from Europe wanted in coming to America, and what America gave them, both changed during the period 1607-1915.” Discuss changes both in what these immigrants wanted and what they found, giving equal attention to the periods 1607-1790 and 1820-1915.

25 March: Voices of the Civil Rights movement.

24 March: Civil Rights Movement timeline.

23 March: Test results. Civil Rights movement brainstorming. Thesis prompt: Describe the thesis advanced by Frederick Jackson Turner about the relationship of the frontier to political democracy, and stress the principal arguments that later historians have made to attack or defend the thesis.

13 March: 25,26,27 Multiple Choice test.

12 March: World War II DBQ.

11 March: Eisenhower and JFK. Foreign policy.

10 March: Life in the 50s. Ozzie and Harriet.

9 March: Life in the 50s.

6 March: Watched "The Atomic Cafe"

5 March: Watched "The Atomic Cafe"

4 March: Red Scare comparison. Marshall Plan. Thesis prompt: Compare the expansionist foreign policies of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James K. Polk. To what extent did their policies strengthen the US?

3 March: Truman Doctrine, containment, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift. Red Scare group research.

2 March: Europe after WWII. Origins of the Cold War Thesis prompt: Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of TWO of the following: Missouri Compromise Mexican War Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act

__27 February:__ American Homefront.

__26 February:__ Civilians at War.

__25 February:__ World War II timeline. Air War in Europe. Thesis prompt: Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.

__24 February:__ Test Recap. World War II Timeline

__23 February:__ 22,23,24 Multiple Choice exam

__20 February:__ Essay exam.

__19 February:__ Registration discussion. Election of 1932. Great Depression video.

__18 February:__ Thesis Prompt: How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the 19th century affected by technological developments and government actions? New Deal ppt.

__17 February:__ New Deal Program ppt

__13 February:__ New Deal program ppt

__12 February:__ Thesis prompt: “The Progressive movement of 1901-1917 was a triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism.” Assess the validity of this statement. Began New Deal powerpoint.

__11 February:__ Stock market game. Crash of 1929 ppt.

__10 February:__ Thesis prompt: "For the period before 1750, analyze the ways in which Britain's policy of salutary neglect influenced the development of American society as illustrated in the following: Legislative assemblies, Commerce, Religion." Stock market Game

__9 February:__ Discussion of impact of automobile on America in the 1920s.

__6 February:__ "The Jazz Age." Thesis prompt, "Account for the emergence of utopian communities from the mid-1820s through the 1840s, and evaluate their success or failure."

__5 February:__ "The Jazz Age."

__4 February:__ Thesis prompt: Andrew Carnegie has been viewed by some historians as the “prime representative of the industrial age” and by others “as an industrial leader atypical of the period.” Assess the validity of each statement. Ch 22 ppt

__3 February:__ Ch 22 ppt

__2 February:__ Episode 2, "The Century". World War I. Thesis prompt:Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: Foreign relations Economic conditions Western lands

__30 January:__ Episode 2, "The Century". World War I.

__29 January:__ Ch 21 Quiz. Thesis Prompt: Discuss the political, economic, and social reforms introduced in the South between 1864 and 1877. To what extent did these reforms survive the Compromise of 1877?

__27 January:__ Episode One, "The Century"

__26 January:__ Thesis prompt: “The South never had a chance to win the Civil War.” To what extent and why do you agree or disagree with this statement? Chapter 21 ppt.

__23 January:__ Thesis prompt: Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the nineteenth century used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery. Chapter 21 powerpoint.

__22 January:__ Thesis of the day. “This history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.” Evaluate this accusation made against George III in the Declaration of Independence. Student presentation of Chapter 21 powerpoint.

__21 January:__ Introduction. Discussion of historical significance of inauguration.

Beginning of Semester 2

__16 January:__ Final Exams

__15 January:__ Final Exams

__14 January:__ Final Exams

__13 January:__ Test Review. Newspaper Front page.

__12 January:__ Test Review. Newspaper Front page.

__9 January__: 1890s Newspaper Page.

__8 January:__ Peer Essay Review.

__7 January:__ .DBQ Essay. Western expansion and the environment

__6 January:__ Ch 19 ppt. Labor Unions life in the cities. Tenement Museum virtual tour

__5 January:__ Ch 19 ppt. Incorporation of America

__19 December:__ Christmas Party. Current Events quiz game

__18 December:__ Chief Joseph, "I Will Fight No More Forever."

__17 December:__ Chief Joseph, "I Will Fight No More Forever."

__16 December:__ Chief Joseph, "I Will Fight No More Forever."

__15 December:__ Discussion of the west-powerpoint

__12 December:__ Discussion of the Cattle Industry on the Plains.

__11 December:__ Native Americans on the Plains discussion.

__10 December:__ 15, 16, 17 MC Test

__9 December:__ Review for Test

__8 December:__ Reconstruction video

__5 December:__ Reconstruction video

__4 December:__ Reconstruction video

__3 December:__ Reconstruction powerpoint

__2 December:__ Debate, "Did Abraham Lincoln Free the Slaves?"

__1 December:__ Lincoln's last days.

__26 November:__ Valley of the Shadow website. Civil War Soldier's records

__25 November:__ 54th Massachusetts Regiment

__24 November:__ Civil War Brainstorm and Discussion.

__20 November:__ Free-response essay.

__19 November:__ Chapter 15 ppt. Discussed Essay.

__18 November:__ Discussion of Compromise of 1850

__17 November:__ The Causes of the Civil War video

__14 November:__ Reviewed test. Civil War video "The Cause".

__13 November:__ Ch 12,13, &14 Multiple Choice Test

__12 November:__ Debate, "Was the Mexican war an example of American imperialism?" Reviewed for test.

__11 November:__ Ch 14 powerpoint. Westward expansion.

__10 November:__ Test analysis. Why did Americans move West?

__6 November:__ Discussion of westward expansion

__5 November:__ Election results

__4 November:__ Political Satire

__3 November:__ CH 12 ppt. Industry and the North

__31 October:__ Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

__30 October:__ Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

__29 October:__ Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

__28 October:__ Work day.

__27 October:__ Electoral map. Passed back papers.

__24 October:__ Slavery ppt

__23 October:__ Slavery ppt

__22 October:__ How we elect a president in plain English. Africans in America.

__21 October:__ Africans in America video.

__20 October:__ Debate " Was Andrew Jackson's policy of Indian Removal motivated by humanitarian impulses?"

__16 October:__ Video about Nullification and the Bank Wars.

__15 October:__ Skits about Supreme Court cases.

__14 October:__ Biography of Jackson. Nullification Crisis discussion. Prepared for skits.

__13 October:__ Assigned debate teams. Discussed election of 1824.

__10 October:__ Essay test. "Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping American politics in the 1790s."

__9 October:__ Lewis and Clark documentary

__8 October:__ Great Awakening thesis statement. Lewis and Clark Documentary,

__Tuesday, Oct 7__: Discussion of Supreme Court cases. Research on Great Awakening.

__Monday, Oct 6:__ Discussion of Political Parties and Jeffersonian agrarianism

__Friday, Oct 3:__ 6,7,8 Multiple Choice test.

__Thursday, Oct 2:__ College fair.

__Wednesday, Oct 1:__ Introduced DBQ. Explained format and process. Wrote thesis statement.

__Tuesday, Sept 30:__ Chapter 8ppt.

__Monday, Sept 29:__ Newspaper front page presentations.

__Thursday, Sept 25__: Election discussion

__Wednesday, Sept 24:__ Newspaper front page from Revolution

__Tuesday, Sept 23:__ Discussion of obstacles to independence

__Monday, Sept 22:__ Liberty Episode 2.

__Friday, Sept 19:__ Strategies for answering essay questions.

__Thursday, Sept 18:__ Post high school planning

__Wednesday, Sept 17:__ Debate on the topic, "Was the Great Awakening a Key to the American Revolution?"

__Tuesday, Sept 16__: Liberty Episode 1, Reluctant Revolutionaries.

__Monday, Sept 15:__ Causes of the American Revolution. Liberty episode 1.

__Friday, Sept 12:__ French and Indian War. Debate schedule outlined.

__Thursday, Sept 11:__ Discussed test. Discussed French and Indian War.

__Wednesday, Sept 10:__ Chapter 3,4,5 Multiple Choice test.

__Tuesday, Sept 9:__ Great Awakening. Thesis writing practice.

__Monday, Sept 8__: British Colonies Chart.

__Friday, Sept 5:__ Advertisement presentations. Ch 4 ppt-Slavery.

__Thursday, Sept 4:__ Colonial advertisement-groups.

__Wednesday, Sept 3:__ Brainstormed about English colonies. Read the Mayflower Compact. Watched video on Jamestown colony.

__Tuesday, Sept. 2:__ Finished Ch 2 ppt. End of week 1.

__Friday, Aug. 29:__ Began Ch 2 ppt

__Thursday, Aug 28:__ I Have a Dream Speech and discussion. Concluded [|Ch 1 ppt] (click "faculty resources" on left then "powerpoint lecture outline")

__Wednesday, Aug 27:__ Chapter 1 ppt.

__Tuesday, Aug. 26:__ Introductions. Discussion of syllabus. Distribution of texts.