2/28/14

Warm-Up: Panama Canal Video Clip - What is positive about the canal for the US, and how could the building of the canal also be seen as a negative?

Lesson: Diplomacy

Political Cartoons Imp.
Diplomacy Definition
Presidents

HW: Vocab

2/27/14

Warm-Up: I believe yesterday's assignment teaches a life lesson, what is the lesson? Also, regarding the USS Maine, do you believe the image shown and the article read by Hearst Papers could insight the nation towards war? Why?


Lesson: US Imperialism

Brief Info and Film Clip
Map
Political Cartoons

HW: Get caught up, table of contents etc...

2/26/14

Warm-up: Online, I would like for you to find a current event in the US; hopefully one related to labor, urban conditions, or pollution. The catch is, you need to find this event from two different sources.

Example sources for one interpretation of the current event:

1) Fox News
2) Wall Street Journal
3) The Drudge Report
4) New York Post
5) WorldNetDaily
6) Newsmax
7) The Washington Times
8) National Review

 Other sources for another interpretation of the event:

1) CNN
2) The Huffington Post
3) Time
4) NPR
5) Newsweek
6) U.S. News & World Report

7) New York Times

8) Sacramento Bee

After you have found your event from two different sources, write a 1-3 sentence summary for the event from both sources. Then print and circle all description/adjective words, statistics and words that bring about emotions. Did you notice any difference in the information provided about the event? Do you feel  more inclined to beleive one story over the other and why? 

Class Activity: 

Maine Explosion and Yellow Journalism

Film Clip Spanish American War

HW: Next Reading and Quiz. 

2/25/14

Warm-Up: List all the negative aspects of the Industrial/Gilded Age
   Think about: Farmers, Children, Immigrants, Wages, Working/Labor Conditions, Big Business

Activity: Progress Changes

Coal Mine Reading
Discussion
Quiz

HW: Next Readings and Quiz

2/24/14

Warm-Up: none

Activity:
 Finish Film
 Populist
 Wizard of Oz

Homework: Next Readings and Quiz

2/14/14

Warm-Up: Did anyone love the farmers? What were some of the problems the farmers were facing?

Lesson: Farmers - Cross of Gold

Film: Heartland

HW: Nothing, just have a fun and super safe break! If you are behind, get caught up.

2/13/14

Warm-Up: Skip - turning in tomorrow.

Lesson:

1. Check last's nights quiz 1)B, 2)B, 3)A, 4)B, 5)B, 6)D

2. Read/ Annotate Andrew Carnegie Biography in Homework packet and complete the bottom readings. (1st Bio Reading in Homework Packet) 10 minutes.

3. Watch Steelmill Strike Carnegie, Labor's response to "ruthless" business tactics, Robber Baron
15 min. Vocab:
Union-United Labor Force to collective bargin for labors with managment;
Collective Bargin-To negotiate, wages, hours, conditions;
Scabs- Substitute employess to come in and work while employees strike
Strike- When Laborers protest, organize, purposfuly not working to send a message
Yellow Dog Contracts- Managment contract forcing potential employess to not join unions

4.Populism - Farmers response to the changes; complete the changing labor force worksheet and populism gained support map.

HW: Reading/Quiz Progressivism and Bio

2/12/14

Warm-Up: How do you think Walmart became on of the largest corporations in American? What business strategies did they use?

Lesson:

Industry Growth

Captains or Robbers - Monopolies

HW: Populism / Reading /Quiz / Homesteader

2/11/14

Warm-Up : Move Seats / Review Quiz

Lesson:

Chinese Exclusion Act

Labor / Factory / Urbanization

HW: urban political machines / boss tweed

2/10/14

Warm-Up: Read Americanization Movement reading and quiz

Lesson Question: What was the Purpose and Effects of the Americanization Movement?

Activity- Chinese Exclusion Act

Film-Cities

HW:  Trust and Cartels Reading + Birth of the Telephone / Quiz

2/7/14

warm-up: Mother Jones said "The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs." Expalin the meaning of the quote, referencing bread, hours of toil, visons, and clubs.

Lesson Question: Describe the Effects of Industrilization on living, working, and consumer conditions.

American Story of US- Cities
Jacob Riis Photo Tour - Library
Jungle Introduction

HW: Finish Reading the Jungle

2/6/14

Warm-Up: Jane Addams pointed out that women should be used in government, why do you think she felt this way?

Lesson: How did the growth of industry lead to more diversity and limitation on Diversity?

1. Immigration Discussion
2. Political Cartoon Analysis Attitudes

HW: Read Effects of Industry / Quiz / Mother Jones

2/5/14

Warm-up: Skip Rally Schedule

Lesson: How did the United States emerge as an industrial power, including geography and trade?

1. Discussion / Reading Carnegie
2. Graphing the Industrial Revolution

3. Generalizations from the graphs / predictions

Hw: Read Changing Landscape of the 19th Century / Quiz / Jane Addams

2/4/14

Warm-Up: What did you learn from this journal assignment?

Lesson: Wrap-Up

Collect Everything

Film Civil War

Reconstruction lesson

HW: NA

2/3/14

Warm-Up: Why do you think the NFL played a tribute for the Declaration of Independence before the game?

Lesson: Wrap-up

Activity:
1. Put together classwork packet
2. Quiz
3. Journal Qs
4. Civil War Film

HW: Journal Entry
Cover Sheet (think visuals to illustrate your journal entries)
#1 Bio Journal with view points of the American Revolution
#2-3 Principle and Event
#4 Reflection first 100 years, What would your founding father think?