Due Friday March 2nd

Revise your DBQ outlines to submit at the start of class.

In addition, read the hand out on the Spanish-American War!

Due Thursday Feb. 28th

Since you enjoyed it so much, here is the 2 Cow Philosophy of Government.

Notes on the year 1950 from your dates quiz:

For homework, please read and take notes pp. 580-583. In addition, complete your DBQ outlines to be handed in.

Due Wednesday Feb. 27th

Please read and take notes starting on page 569 through the top of page 580.

Actively read "20 Years at Hull House" by Jane Addams, which I will send to you as a PDF via email.

Due Monday Feb. 25th

Please complete reading Chapter 19 picking up on page 558 through page 565.

Next, please print out and actively read Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth.

And if you're feeling extra responsible, you can start working on your DBQs, handed out to you in class. Remember, our objective for this DBQ is to create an outstanding thesis statement, and to frame an outline:

I. Intro
   A. Thesis Statement:
II. First Body Paragraph
   A. Topic Sentence
       1. Make your point
       2. Use of document to support point
           a. Support point with outside information
...and so on!
V. Conclusion
   A. Restate thesis in a new manner.
   B. Sum up points of essay.

For those of you who want to learn more about John D. Rockefeller and horizontal combination beyond what we learned today, check it out:

Watch The Rockefellers on PBS. See more from American Experience.

Due Friday Feb. 22nd

Pick up on page 554 and read/take notes through page 558 stopping before "Children, Women and African Americans."

Due Thursday Feb. 21st

Please read and take notes starting on page 547 through page 554 stopping before "Corporate Critics."

Notes from today:

Due Wednesday Feb. 20th

Read and take notes starting on page 539 through page 547. Please learn about Bessemer, Edison & Eastman, Morse & Bell and "Robber Barons".

Notes from today:

Due Monday Feb. 18th

Please read and take notes starting on page 509 with "Indian Peoples and the Western Environment" through the end of the chapter on page 529.

Try to read and absorb as much as possible about Native American life and their struggle with white expansion and the US Army, and then mining and railroad construction, from pg. 509 to 522. While reading pp. 522-29, focus mostly on Boomers/Sooners, the Homestead Act, Boomtowns (like Denver), and the "Wild West."

Enjoy the long weekend!

Due Friday Feb. 15th

Study for your Civil War/Reconstruction assessment! Remember that it will take the form of an AP test style free-response essay. There will be 2 questions to choose from and you will select one.

To prepare, read the "Free Response" handout given to you today in class, and review the questions created by yours peers. It is likely that the questions will be an amalgamation of them.

Content-wise, review Civil War Days I-IV and Reconstruction Days I & II.

From the College Board website (don't be put off by the fancy language!):

Section II: Free Response — 3 questions; 1 hour and 55 minutes plus a mandatory 15 minute reading period

The free-response section covers the period from the first European explorations of the Americas to 1980.

• Part A: 1 Document Based Question (DBQ); 45 minutes
  • This section tests your ability to analyze and synthesize historical data and assess verbal, quantitative, or pictorial materials as historical evidence.
  • You will assess the value of a variety of documents and relate them to a historical period or theme to demonstrate knowledge of major periods and issues.
  • Documents will vary in length and format and may include charts, graphs, cartoons, and pictures, as well as written materials.
• Parts B: 2 Standard Essay Questions; 70 minutes
• The standard essay questions may require you to relate developments in different areas (e.g., the political implications of an economic issue); analyze common themes in different time periods (e.g., the concept of national interest in United States foreign policy); or compare individual or group experiences that reflect socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, or gender differences (e.g., social mobility and cultural pluralism).

Essays will be graded on the strength of the thesis developed, the quality of the historical argument, and the evidence used to support your argument, rather than on the factual information per se.

In the free response section, Part A is worth 45% and Parts B is worth 55% of your free response score.

Due Wednesday Feb. 13th

Actively read the "Murder at the Theater" handout you received in class.

Generate 3 thoughtful, thematic questions that pertain to material on the Civil War that you would like to see on your assessment (probably Friday morning!). Post them to the blog- make sure they are different that the ones posted before you.

Due Monday Feb. 11th

Revisit the Gettysburg Address and identify three recurrent themes. Clearly write the themes that you identify out on the paper, then assign them a corresponding letter. Match the appropriate letter to the section of the speech that includes that theme.

Next, in a written response published to this post, answer the following (pgh each):
1. What was the context for the Emancipation Proclamation--when did Lincoln write it, what was its purpose, what was its delivery like, and what did it accomplish, if anything?
2. What was the context for the Gettysburg Address--when did Lincoln write it, what was its purpose, what was its delivery like, and how was it received by the American public?

Finally, work on your recitation, to be completed by the end of lunch on Monday.

Due Thursday Feb. 7th

Print out the Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address and actively read both documents.

For Monday:

Gettysburg Address by s_w_rahilly

Due Wednesday Feb. 6th

Please complete the map handed out to you in class, following the directions on the front side.

*Be studying your flashcards!

Due Monday Feb. 4th

1. Please answer the 2 questions on your "A House Divided" sheet. Use the comment function on this post, but make sure you copy your writing before hitting "publish," as you don't want to lose it if something goes wrong.*

2. Go through Chapter 16 and look at all the pictures and maps, making sure to read the captions.

*You received an extension on your recitation. Be prepared to deliver "A House Divided" by the conclusion of class on Monday.