Forging an Industrial Society

Today's Agenda:

• Review of Quarter 1: Blog changes moving forward
• Video clip
• Civil War Essays: Review Paragraphs/Edit
• Small groups: Last minute Blog review
• Chapter 24 Activity: Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?

Homework: Read Chapter 2 in the Jungle

For fun, here is a Halloween themed break-up note: "I think we should be other people"

Immigrant Life and Traditions

Today's Agenda:

Where did your tax dollar go?

• Progressives and Muckrakers
• The Jungle chapter 1 activity (45 minutes?)

Begin reading Chapter 24 in Pageant

More information on the Progressive movement from the same organization that created that tax dollar graphic.

Immigration Charts

Here are the two charts that I referenced today in class

Chart 1

Chart 2

Immigration/Big City Life

Today's Agenda:

• History Concepts:
• industrialization and its effects on
• city life
• immigration
• Muckraking
• Background on The Jungle:

• Discussion:  What is one family tradition you cherish?

HW:  Read chapter 1 in The Jungle -

*** My lecture is above.  I didn't get time to edit it, and I apologize for the background noise. 

New Unit: Forging an Industrial Society

Today's Agenda:

Reminder: Quarter 1 ends on Thursday, and there are two new blog postings.

Unit introduction/discussion: The Second Half of the 19th Century
Video Clip
Activity: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age (CH. 23)

Just in case you want to "see" Lilliputians...

Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• Civil War and Reconstruction Assessment
• Crash Course: US History Civil War Part I
• These videos are well done, but you do need to know your content in order to follow them.  At times, there are allusions that you may not get.   In addition, the thesis of these videos is sometimes slightly different from our focus in class.  However,  they could be a good way to review.  
• Have a great weekend!

Reconstruction Review

Today's Agenda:

The Unit Exam is tomorrow, so...

• Review chapters 20-22
• Prepare an outline for the essay question

Tonight: Study for the exam

Reconstruction

Today's Agenda:

• The Plight of Black People in America
• Reconstruction Review: Yale Professor Blight on Reconstruction
• Unit Review for the Exam on Friday: chapters 20-22 in Pageant
• Create an outline for the essay question

Today's Agenda:

• Video debriefing - last night's homework
• "Desiree's Baby" discussion
• Reconstruction: review Chapter 22

Upcoming:  Test Friday!

Essay Question:  What was the most significant technological innovation during the Civil War, and how did it impact the people of this time period.

Reconstruction

Today's Agenda:

• Reconstruction: the Impeachment of President Johnson/the election of President Grant
• "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin

Blog Assignment:

• What are Michelle Alexander's 3 key points?  (Remember, answers may vary on this)
• Do you agree with her notions about race in America during the Obama administration?  Support your ideas.

Reconstruction

Today's Agenda:


Reconstruction Discussion: the Southern Reaction
The American Spirit reading: the Ku Klux Klan
Poetry of Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Video clip: The New Jim Crow

Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems

HW: Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin

blog problems?

When I try to post a current event article to the current event blog it won't let me post it for some reason, it doesn't have the "New Post" tab on the top bar like it does on this blog and it does not show up in my dashboard. has anyone else had this problem/know how to fix it? I am sure that I am logged into my account correctly

Reconstruction

Today's Agenda:

• Taylor posted on the Race, Gender, Class Blog an article that you should read.
• Crane poems/visuals-present these.
• Walt Whitman poem-O Captain, My Captain 
• Reconstruction: President Johnson's plan and reactions
• Civil Rights Today

Finish Chapter 22 in Pageant

Reconstruction

Today's Agenda:

• Life after the Civil War
• Stephen Crane's poems
• "Man Said to the Universe"
• "War is Kind"
• Ideas about race/gender/class post war?
• Reconstruction notes: Moving America forward and the Death of Lincoln

Civil War Graph

Reconstruction

Today's Agenda:

• Kudos to Matt D for posting on the blog-you may respond as Jolicoeur has already done.
• Review the Civil War Prezi presentations: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

HW: read/take notes on Chapter 22 in Pageant.

There is a great article on Slate.com about affirmative action and the Supreme Court written by Emily Bazelon (who Jolicoeur loves!). I have linked a video from when she was on the Colbert report so you can see how awesome she is! The article would be great for the blog.

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Finish the Prezi presentations
Lecture/Discusssion: Sherman's March and the End of the Civil War
Discussion: "Life is a precious gift, thus all wars are immoral."

Great article from Slate criticizing the SAT writing section...very interesting.

Another insightful article from Grantland about the 6 things we can takeaway from the federal government shutdown.

This just feels good.

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Thank you to Mike P. for cleaning up our google doc!
Civil War Prezi presentations
Review the Civil War battles/Examine the Gettysburg Address

Kind of depressing but a current state of affairs for American education...

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

• Emily and Logan have blogs posted that you may respond to.
• Civil War prezi presentations
• Lecture/Discusssion: Antietem and Gettysburg

HW: use the following link to the Civil War Trust to complete the assignment on your particular battle.

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

• The Race, Gender, Class Blog-Emily Morris posted a link to an article from the Atlantic.
• Civil War Prezi Presentations
• Lecture/Discussion: The Geography of the Civil War

HW:

• Finish chapter 21 in Pageant if you have not done so.
• Here is a link to the Civil War Trust website to view your battle. 

Research Skills

Today's Agenda:

• Civil War Project Outlines due today.
• Any questions on research/topics?
• Library for research

HW:

• Civil War Prezis due Monday
• Continue reading chapter 21 in Pageant
• Long-term-post on the blog. (remember, we have opened up the discussion to anything about the government shutdown.)

Research Skills

Today's Agenda:

• Research concerns/problems 
• using book sources...how to
• Start to form a thesis for your presentation
• prepare an outline of the presentation, due Friday at the beginning of class
• you may have "open spots" - this will be things you need to research
• the purpose of the outline is so we can see what guidance you may need in researching
• Library for research 
• Start reading Chapter 21 in Pageant.

There were several questions about the current federal government shutdown the other day. Many different media outlets such the Atlantic, slate.com, and upworthy.com as well as the more mainstream media outlets like abc.com have current articles about this topic. If you find a good one, post it on the blog!

Research Skills

Today's Agenda:

• reputable websites - CRAP worksheet
• Navigating the libguides -  Using the databases - how to
• Research