Happy Cold War Test - Nazdorovje comrades - Link
Chapter 17 - Reconstruction
- Read 17.2 & Complete 4 SWBS's (Somebody Wanted But So's)
- Ku Klux Klan Article & Questions - Link (Due Wednesday 8/27/14)
- Reconstruction Powerpoint - Link
- Reconstruction Exam Review - Link
- Ku Klux Klan Article & Questions - Link (Due Wednesday 8/27/14)
- Reconstruction Powerpoint - Link
- Reconstruction Exam Review - Link
Chapter 18 - Westward Expansion
- Chapter 18 Vocabulary - All bolded, blue terms in the chapter (18 total) - read the section, create a definition and make two connections from that time period to the term
- Vocabulary Quiz on Monday 9/8/14
- Western Expansion - Mining & Cattle Kingdom PowerPoint - Link
-Homework for 9/9(due 9/10) : Read section 18.2 and complete the red subsection summaries. Include a summary for the blue section titled "End of Cattle Kingdom"
- Transcontinental Railroad Mini-Project due on 9/12 (Friday) YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMPLETE QUESTION #4 (PARAGRAPH)
-Transcontinental Railroad Interactive Map Activity - Link to assignment Interactive map Link
- In-class article "Chinese Labor" - Link to article
Homework for 9/17/14 (due 9/18/14) - Complete the Native American Mascot controversy activity - Link
Homework for 9/18/14 (due 9/19/14) - Read the two articles on Custer's Last Stand
Instructions - Link
Newspaper article - Link
Native American Account - Link
Native American Powerpoint - Link
- Vocabulary Quiz on Monday 9/8/14
- Western Expansion - Mining & Cattle Kingdom PowerPoint - Link
-Homework for 9/9(due 9/10) : Read section 18.2 and complete the red subsection summaries. Include a summary for the blue section titled "End of Cattle Kingdom"
- Transcontinental Railroad Mini-Project due on 9/12 (Friday) YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMPLETE QUESTION #4 (PARAGRAPH)
-Transcontinental Railroad Interactive Map Activity - Link to assignment Interactive map Link
- In-class article "Chinese Labor" - Link to article
Homework for 9/17/14 (due 9/18/14) - Complete the Native American Mascot controversy activity - Link
Homework for 9/18/14 (due 9/19/14) - Read the two articles on Custer's Last Stand
Instructions - Link
Newspaper article - Link
Native American Account - Link
Native American Powerpoint - Link
Chapter 19 - Urbanization
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- Historical Head Project (Due 10/14/14) - Link
- Historical Head Rubric - Link - Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - PBS - American Experience (left) - Question Set for "TSF" video - Link - Question Set for "The Real Cost of Clothes" - Link - Presentation #2 (Robber Barons, Captains of Industry, Social Darwinism & Rise of Labor Unions) Read through slides and write an entry slip, standard-sized paragraph (on a 1/2 sheet) whether you felt that the men listed( in addition to the information you received from the text and in-class discussion) should be considered Robber Barons or Captains of Industry in the historical eye? Entry Slip is for 10/22/14. You will not be allowed entry to class and have an alternate assignment instead. - Link |
Chapter 19 Exam Review - Link
SS Exam overall Objectives - Students Will be able to...
1. Determine the impact of inventions and industrialization on the individual, society, and the economy during the Gilded Age.
2. Evaluate the reasoning behind labor unions and their impact on individual workers, society and the economy.
3. Describe the Rise of Big Business and the major capitalists (tactics they used to become so powerful) and evaluate their domination of their industry (Robber Barons or Captains of Industry)
Presentation #1 - Link
Presentation #2 - Link
19.1 Student led notes - Link
SS Exam overall Objectives - Students Will be able to...
1. Determine the impact of inventions and industrialization on the individual, society, and the economy during the Gilded Age.
2. Evaluate the reasoning behind labor unions and their impact on individual workers, society and the economy.
3. Describe the Rise of Big Business and the major capitalists (tactics they used to become so powerful) and evaluate their domination of their industry (Robber Barons or Captains of Industry)
Presentation #1 - Link
Presentation #2 - Link
19.1 Student led notes - Link
Chapter 20 - Urbanization and Immigration
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Check out the video on the left for more information on the immigrant experience.
Immigrant Project Guidelines & Rubric - Link Immigrant Project Resource Index - Link U.S. Immigration circa 1900's Presentation (Review by 11/4/14) - Link If you are having a hard time opening the power point, check out the slideshow below. More Sites to help you with your research Digital History (primary source documents) - Link Difficulties and coming to America - Link - This is a good resource for all immigration stories about life in the U.S. Mexican Immigration Source #1 - Link Mexican Immigration Source#2 - Link |
Chapter 21 - The Progressive Era
CHAPTER 21 - online chapter from THE AMERICAN JOURNEY textbook - Link (adobe acrobat file)
Presentation parts 1 & 2 (Progressive Reform & Muckrakers)
Presentation parts 1 & 2 (Progressive Reform & Muckrakers)
Sinclair's The Jungle and Chicago's meatpacking industry
- Current Meatpacking Article: "Dangers, Tensions Lurk in the Meatpacking Industry: A Century After The Jungle..." - Link
Answer the following questions on the same sheet as the answers from the ALA book article:
1). Describe the working conditions of the modern day stockyard according to "Dangers, Tensions" determine whether or not the conditions are safe for workers and consumers (You may use "I" in your statement) (3 examples).
2). Create a Venn Diagram, comparing and contrasting the stockyards of the Progressive Era to the Modern day stockyards (three in each category - nine total)
Due Tuesday 11/18/14
Summative Assessment (Part I)
- Bumper Sticker Project - Guidelines & Expectations - Link (Project is due Monday, 11/24/14)
Summative Assessment (Part II)
- Complete the following assignments for Monday's class (11/31/14) - Link
- Current Meatpacking Article: "Dangers, Tensions Lurk in the Meatpacking Industry: A Century After The Jungle..." - Link
Answer the following questions on the same sheet as the answers from the ALA book article:
1). Describe the working conditions of the modern day stockyard according to "Dangers, Tensions" determine whether or not the conditions are safe for workers and consumers (You may use "I" in your statement) (3 examples).
2). Create a Venn Diagram, comparing and contrasting the stockyards of the Progressive Era to the Modern day stockyards (three in each category - nine total)
Due Tuesday 11/18/14
Summative Assessment (Part I)
- Bumper Sticker Project - Guidelines & Expectations - Link (Project is due Monday, 11/24/14)
Summative Assessment (Part II)
- Complete the following assignments for Monday's class (11/31/14) - Link
Teddy Roosevelt and Taft
CHAPTER 22: American Imperialism
Chapter 23: WWI
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- Want to know more about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand? - Look here
- Read Chapter 23.2 - 5 SWBS's - Read Chapter 23.3 - Subsection Summaries -WWI propaganda activity: Open the following link and view and read about the various posters used during WWI. While viewing, create a list of ways or tactics the government (s) used to create support for the war or to turn the public against the "enemy". When finished with your seven item list, write a FAT paragraph explaining the effectiveness of those posters on the public at the time period and if you feel they would have the same effect today. If so, why? If not, What type of poster would be best effective. Be sure to use examples from the viewing to support. - WWI Exam Review - Link - WWI Power Point - Look Left |
The Roaring Twenties - Chapter 24
- Vocabulary - p.712 Self-generated definition from reading & two connections (from 1920's era)
- Video Overview - Look to the right (Assignment - create a list of 7 adjectives that describe the 1920's in the United States. Next to each adjective, provide evidence that supports your adjective. It can be a specific event or a more general idea (1-2 items per adjective). - 1920's Mini-Projects - Link - Projects 1-3 will be due on Thursday 1/29/15. You will be given two class periods of time to work on them. - 1920's Unit Exam Review - Link |
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The Great Depression - Chapter 25
- Stock Market Video (Right)- Take basic notes on function of stock market and answer the questions on the board in class.
- "Life in Hooverville" - Read the first period account and answer the questions at the end for Wednesday's class - Link - Read Chapter 25.2 (FDR & New Deal) and look at the chart of ND programs on page 722 (732 in the online version). Choose which four you think would have helped the people living in Will county the most during the Great Depression and for each offer up an explanation as to why you chose that. - Link to the online textbook. - Read Chapter 25.4 - Create 5 SWBS's Chapter 25 Exam topics: 1. Causes of Great Depression (immediate & far-ranging). What is a depression? 2. Hoover's response 3. Stock market problems & fixes 4. Banking problems & solutions 5. FDR & New Deal programs (general) What were the three big goals? 6. How did the ND programs affect America? 7. Causes & effects of the Dust Bowl 8. FDR's issues with court packing 9. Who didn't like the ND & why. 10. What ended the Great Depression. Chapter 25 Exam Essay Prompts(30 points / 15 points each) You need to answer two!!! Prompt #1 – Examine the CAUSES and EFFECTS of the Dust Bowl. Prompt #2 – Discuss the overall effectiveness of FDR’s New Deal(s) using three specific New Deal programs as evidence. Prompt #3 – Explain how Black Tuesday/Black Thursday was only the “spark” that caused the Great Depression. Prompt #4 – Justify the following statement: “While FDR championed himself as the supporter of the average American, not ALL Americans supported FDR.” |
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