December 21, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: Eisenhower and The Cold War; 1950s

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)
• The Cold War led to debates over the proper power of the federal government and the proper balance between personal liberty and maintaining order. They began with the Truman Administration and HUAC, then continued through Eisenhower’s two terms. (POL7) (ID3) (CUL5) (WOR-4)
• Rapid economic and social changes in American society led to a sense of optimism in the postwar years though there were also underlying concerns about how these changes were affecting American society.(WXT3) (WXT5) (CUL5) (CUL6) (CUL7) (PEO3)

Objectives:
1. Identify impact of the campaign and election of 1952 on defining the modern politics
2. Discuss the impact of the interstate highway system in uniting America geographically.
3. Describe Eisenhower's economic policy and period of prosperity in America during 1950s
4. Describe the impact of Eisenhower's policies towards The Cold War.
5. Identify Middle East conflicts in the Eisenhower administration and describe how they would impact the future of Cold War politics.
AGENDA:
1. Fact Check 12
2. 1960s Terms
3. Period 7 Exam Review
4. Critical Viewing:  Levittowns

December 19, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: Eisenhower and The Cold War; 1950s

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)
• The Cold War led to debates over the proper power of the federal government and the proper balance between personal liberty and maintaining order. They began with the Truman Administration and HUAC, then continued through Eisenhower’s two terms. (POL7) (ID3) (CUL5) (WOR-4)
• Rapid economic and social changes in American society led to a sense of optimism in the postwar years though there were also underlying concerns about how these changes were affecting American society.(WXT3) (WXT5) (CUL5) (CUL6) (CUL7) (PEO3)

Objectives:
1. Identify impact of the campaign and election of 1952 on defining the modern politics
2. Discuss the impact of the interstate highway system in uniting America geographically.
3. Describe Eisenhower's economic policy and period of prosperity in America during 1950s
4. Describe the impact of Eisenhower's policies towards The Cold War.
5. Identify Middle East conflicts in the Eisenhower administration and describe how they would impact the future of Cold War politics
AGENDA:
1. Reminders:

• Fact Check Quiz Monday
• Make Up Completions
• Chapter 27 MC Quiz Results

2. Critical Viewing: The Century:  "Happy Days" (Collected)

• Identify 5 similarities and 5 differences between then and now
• Summary Paragraph

3.Chapter 27 MC Quiz Review

4. Break Recommendations:  Read Chapters 28 and 29 and Review MC Questions

December 17-18, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: Eisenhower and The Cold War; 1950s

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)
• The Cold War led to debates over the proper power of the federal government and the proper balance between personal liberty and maintaining order. They began with the Truman Administration and HUAC, then continued through Eisenhower’s two terms. (POL7) (ID3) (CUL5) (WOR-4)
• Rapid economic and social changes in American society led to a sense of optimism in the postwar years though there were also underlying concerns about how these changes were affecting American society.(WXT3) (WXT5) (CUL5) (CUL6) (CUL7) (PEO3)

Objectives:
1. Identify impact of the campaign and election of 1952 on defining the modern politics
2. Discuss the impact of the interstate highway system in uniting America geographically.
3. Describe Eisenhower's economic policy and period of prosperity in America during 1950s
4. Describe the impact of Eisenhower's policies towards The Cold War.
5. Identify Middle East conflicts in the Eisenhower administration and describe how they would impact the future of Cold War politics
AGENDA:
1. Chapter 27 MC Questions 1-8 (Collected)
2. Notes and Discussion:  Eisenhower Years
3. Our Century: 1950s

December 16, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 
3. Identify structure and purpose of The United Nations
4. Identify the causes and results of the Korean War
5. Describe McCarthyism and the Red Scare in The United States in the post-war period
6. Identify and explain the impact of the GI Bill for veterans returning from war
7. Evaluate the historical shift from isolationism to internationalism for the US during the Cold War
AGENDA
1. Our American Century Truman Years (1946-1952)
2. Debate Final
* Read Eisenhower Years.  Review Multiple Choice Questions.

December 15, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 
3. Identify structure and purpose of The United Nations
4. Identify the causes and results of the Korean War
5. Describe McCarthyism and the Red Scare in The United States in the post-war period
6. Identify and explain the impact of the GI Bill for veterans returning from war
7. Evaluate the historical shift from isolationism to internationalism for the US during the Cold War

AGENDA:
1. Warm-up- Review Terms
2. Fact Check 11
3. Truman and Cold War Notes Completion
4. Critical Viewing: Our Century 1946-1952 
5. Debate Final
*Reminder to READ and prepare for MC questions

December 12, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 
3. Identify structure and purpose of The United Nations
4. Identify the causes and results of the Korean War
5. Describe McCarthyism and the Red Scare in The United States in the post-war period

AGENDA:
1. Warm-up-  Identify who was present and what was determined for each of the following:
A. Atlantic Charter
B. Casablanca Conference
C. Teheran Conference
D. Yalta Conference
E. Potsdam Conference
2. Cold War Lecture
3. Debate Final (Time Permitting)
*Reminder to READ and prepare for Fact Check Quiz Monday.

December 11, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 

AGENDA:

1. Housekeeping: 

• Short Answer Scores
• Make-ups (12/11, 12/12)
• Fact Check 11 (12/15)

2. Debates

3. Cold War Lecture

*Cold War Introduction: Reading (pp. 557-573, Short Answer Assignments (#1 and 2, P.577), and MC 1-8, pp. 574-576)

December 9, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 

AGENDA:

1. Document Based Question

2. Cold War Introduction: Reading (pp. 557-573, Short Answer Assignments (#1 and 2, P.577), and MC 1-8, pp. 574-576)

3. DBQ Reminders

4. Debate Schedule

December 8, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 

AGENDA:

1. Long-Essay Question

2. Cold War Introduction: Fact Check 11 Terms (Page 573)

3. DBQ Reminders

4. Debate Schedule

December 4, 2014

OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify components, times, and scope of Unit 7 Exam
2. Review main content objectives of Unit 7
3. Finalize debates for Round 2

• Friday 12/4:   MC and Short Answer 
• Monday 12/7: Long Essay /DEBATE
• Tuesday 12/8: DBQ /DEBATE

AGENDA:
1. Reiterate testing protocols for Unit 7
2. Review assessment tasks and strategies
3. Contextualize Unit 7 content through chapter review questions
4. Student review work and questions

December 3, 2014

Topic:  America in World War II; The Home Front

The United States’ involvement in World War II vaulted the country into global political and military prominence. In the process, America’s relationship with the rest of the world was transformed. But what was happening at home? Here we look at the situation from three perspectives, wartime propaganda, the working woman and the Japanese interned on the West Coast. (WOR4) (WOR7) (ID3) (ID6) (POL5)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe the total mobilization of America on the home front during World War II

2. Identify civil rights abuses against Japanese-Americans during WWII

3. Explain the impact of media propaganda on the home front during WWII

AGENDA:

1. MC QUESTION REVIEW (542-544)

2. Debate 4 vs. 8

3. Next Round Match-Ups

4. Unit 7 Test/Debate Schedule:

• Friday 12/4:   MC and Short Answer / DEBATE
• Monday 12/7: Long Essay /DEBATE
• Tuesday 12/8: DBQ /DEBATE

December 2, 2014

Topic:  America in World War II; The Home Front

The United States’ involvement in World War II vaulted the country into global political and military prominence. In the process, America’s relationship with the rest of the world was transformed. But what was happening at home? Here we look at the situation from three perspectives, wartime propaganda, the working woman and the Japanese interned on the West Coast. (WOR4) (WOR7) (ID3) (ID6) (POL5)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe the total mobilization of America on the home front during World War II

2. Identify civil rights abuses against Japanese-Americans during WWII

3. Explain the impact of media propaganda on the home front during WWII

AGENDA:

1. Warm Up:  MC Questions 1-8 PP. 542-544 (Collected and Timed)
Critical Viewing:  Crash Course US History:  World War II Part II
2. Discussion Points
3. Debate 4 vs. 8
4. Test Format (December 5 and 8, 2014)

• Friday:  Multiple Choice and Short Answer
• Monday:  Long Essay and DBQ

December 1, 2014

Topic:  America in World War II; The Home front

The United States’ involvement in World War II vaulted the country into global political and military prominence. In the process, America’s relationship with the rest of the world was transformed. But what was happening at home? Here we look at the situation from three perspectives, wartime propaganda, the working woman and the Japanese interned on the West Coast. (WOR4) (WOR7) (ID3) (ID6) (POL5)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe the total mobilization of America on the home front during World War II

2. Identify civil rights abuses against Japanese-Americans during WWII

3. Explain the impact of media propaganda on the home front during WWII

AGENDA:

1. Housekeeping:  Long Essay Due, Test Friday, December 5, Debate Schedule
2. Critical Viewing:  America in WWII
3. Debate 4 vs. 8

November 24, 2014

Key Concept 7.3: Global conflicts over resources, territories and ideologies renewed debates over the nation’s values and its role in the world, while simultaneously propelling the United States into a dominant international, military, political, cultural, and economic position.

Topic: FDR and the Shadow of War

Attempts at maintaining a position of neutrality and isolation ultimately failed. Yet the study of diplomacy and economics of the pre-war years illustrated the changing nature of America and her role in the world. This unit traces the evolution in thought from the Washington Naval Conference to the attack on Pearl Harbor. (WOR4) (WOR7) (ID3) (ID6) (POL6)

OBJECTIVES:

• Describe how Franklin Roosevelt slowly maneuvered the country toward involvement in World War II, even before the events of Pearl Harbor
• Identify FDR’s goals for US involvement in event that the country did become a part of war.

AGENDA:
1. Fact Check #10
2. Reminders (Debate schedule, long essay, exam)
3. Debates

November 20-21, 2014

Key Concept 7.3: Global conflicts over resources, territories and ideologies renewed debates over the nation’s values and its role in the world, while simultaneously propelling the United States into a dominant international, military, political, cultural, and economic position.

Topic: FDR and the Shadow of War

Attempts at maintaining a position of neutrality and isolation ultimately failed. Yet the study of diplomacy and economics of the pre-war years illustrated the changing nature of America and her role in the world. This unit traces the evolution in thought from the Washington Naval Conference to the attack on Pearl Harbor. (WOR4) (WOR7) (ID3) (ID6) (POL6)

OBJECTIVES:

• Describe how Franklin Roosevelt slowly maneuvered the country toward involvement in World War II, even before the events of Pearl Harbor
• Identify FDR’s goals for US involvement in event that the country did become a part of war.

AGENDA:

1. Warm Up:  New Deal MC Questions 1-10 (MAP Group)/ or MC 1-5 (542-543)
2. Debate Times:
ROUND 1: Monday (11/24):  1 vs 5 and 3 vs 7, Tuesday (11/25):  2 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 8
ROUND 2: Monday (12/1):    1 or 5 vs 2 or 6 and 3 or 7 vs. 4 or 8
FINAL:       Wednesday (12/3)

3. Assessment Dates

Fact Check #10- Monday, November 24, 2014
Long Essay- Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Unit Test:  Tentative Date:  Thursday, December 5, 2014

3. Writing the Long-Essay (Video)

     Long Essay Question #7 (Page 548) (Due Tuesday,, November 25)

4. World War II Part : 1936-1941 (Critical Viewing/Notes)

*Homework:  Debate Prep, Read Chapter 25, Long Essay. Terms 

November 19, 2014

Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)

      

Economic dislocations from the war led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Objectives:

1. Explain how The Great Depression and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)     
2. Describe economic dislocations from the war that led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)
3. Collaboratively develop a formal class debate and AP long essay response

AGENDA:
1. Fact Check Quiz 9
2. Debate Work

November 18, 2014

Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)

      

Economic dislocations from the war led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Objectives:

1. Explain how The Great Depression and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)     
2. Describe economic dislocations from the war that led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)
3. Collaboratively develop a formal class debate and AP long essay response

AGENDA:
1. Fact Check Quiz 9 Tomorrow
2. Fact Check 10 Key Terms (Page 541)
3. Debate Format and Procedure

November 17, 2014

Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)

      

Economic dislocations from the war led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Objectives:

1. Explain how The Great Depression and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)     
2. Describe economic dislocations from the war that led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)
3. Collaboratively develop a formal class debate and AP long essay response

AGENDA:

1. Warm Up: MC Questions 4-6 (Page 517) and Review

2. Crash Course:  The New Deal

3. AP Test Prep: Quarter 2 Transition:

• Assessments Q2
• Fact Check 9 Quiz:  Wednesday, November 19
• Fact Check 10 Terms (Quiz: Tuesday, November 25)

4. New Deal Debate: Documents and Debate Overview

5. Group Assignments

November 14, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

1. Analyze the ways in which the Social Security Act changed the role of the federal government in relation to the nation's workforce
2. Examine the way the Social Security Act reflected divisions in American society

AGENDA:

1. Warm Up:  Hamilton and Jefferson

2. Lecture:  Role of Federal Government in Context of US History

3. New Deal Completion
4. Capitalism vs. Socialism
5. Debate Introduction:  Long Essay Question #7 (Page 548)

*Homework:  Long Essay Question #7 (Due Tuesday)

November 13, 2014

Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal

• Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)   
• Economic dislocations from the war led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Objectives:

1. Explain how The Great Depression and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)
2. Describe economic dislocations from the war that led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Agenda:

1. The Great Depression:  Part I Notes Completion
2. Critical Viewing:  The Great Depression

*Homework:  Reading 

November 11, 2014

Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal

• Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)   
• Economic dislocations from the war led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Objectives:

1. Explain how The Great Depression and the New Deal transformed the United States into a limited welfare state. (WXT8) (POL2) (POL4) (ID3) (CUL5)
2. Describe economic dislocations from the war that led to greater migration within the United States as well as from elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)

Agenda:

1. MC Questions 4-6 (Pages 492-493)

2. DBQ Progressives Review/End of MP

3. The Great Depression:  Notes

*Homework:  Reading

November 10, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

• Explain how xenophobia swept the United States as the global impact of World War I became evident through social tensions over immigration issues involving Europe and Asia and the restrictive legislation that resulted. (WOR4) (PEO2) (PEO6) (PEO7) (POL7)
• Describe how the 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to this tension between old and new and in what ways was the tension manifested? Be sure to include an analysis of the immigration policy as well as the rise of the Klan.
• Discuss how The United States must reassess its new role in the world as the country sought  national security and tried to safe-guard American interests. 

AGENDA:
1. Warm Up:  MC Questions 1-3 (Page 491)
2. Critically Viewing:  The 1920s (Notes)
3. Short Answer Questions:  Answer TWO (2) of the four short answer questions (PP 494-495)
4. Great Depression and New Deal Terms (Page 515)
*Fact Check Quiz 8 (Wednesday, November 12)

November 4, 2014

Key Concept 7.2: A revolution in communications and transportation technology helped to create a new mass culture and spread “modern” values and ideas, even as cultural conflict between groups increased under the pressure of migration, world wars, and economic distress.

Topic:  The Twenties

• The “Red Scare” and immigration issues, a mass-consumption economy, the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, traditionalism versus modernism; economic dislocations caused by World War I led to migration both to and within the United States. (ID8) (PEO3) (WOR4)(CUL7)
• New technologies led to social transformations and changed the lives of many, while at the same time contributing to increasing political and cultural conflicts.(ID8) (WXT3) (WXT5) (CUL3) (CUL6)
• Harding and Coolidge; the Politics of Laissez-faire.
• Isolationism in the 1920s, foreign debt and diplomacy, the coming of the Great
• Depression, and a new role for technology brought changes to the United States. 

 OBJECTIVES:

• Explain how xenophobia swept the United States as the global impact of World War I became evident through social tensions over immigration issues involving Europe and Asia and the restrictive legislation that resulted. (WOR4) (PEO2) (PEO6) (PEO7) (POL7)
• Describe how the 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to this tension between old and new and in what ways was the tension manifested? Be sure to include an analysis of the immigration policy as well as the rise of the Klan.(CR8) (CR10) (SK5) (SK9)
• Discuss how The United States must reassess its new role in the world as the country sought  national security and tried to safe-guard American interests 
• (WOR4) (WOR7) (ID3) (ID6) (POL6)

PROCEDURE:

1. Crash Course:  Women's Movement

2. Lecture and Notes:  1920s

November 3, 2014

Agenda:
1. End of MP
2. Debate Conclusion
3. Fact Check 8 Terms
4. Wilson vs. US Senate- Failure to Ratify the Treaty of Versailles
5. Political Cartoon:  League of Nations

October 30, 2014

Topic: The War to End War

• War in Europe and the impact of war on the home front involved issues of propaganda and civil liberties. Wilson faced the political frustrations of helping to create the Treaty of Versailles and then seeing its rejection by the US Senate. (WOR4) (WOR6) (WOR7) (POL6)
• World War I and its aftermath led to further questions about the nation’ role in the world and how to achieve national security and pursue national interests.(WOR4) (WOR7) (ID-30 (ID6) (POL6)

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify the provisions of the Versailles Treaty
• Discuss the impact that the Versailles Treaty on providing a foundation for WWII and Cold War
• Explain why the TOV was not ratified by the US Senate

PROCEDURE:

1. Warm-up:  MC#4-8 (pp. 471-472)

2. Crash Course: World War I

3. Notes: Treaty of Versailles

October 29, 2014

Topic: The War to End War

• War in Europe and the impact of war on the home front involved issues of propaganda and civil liberties. Wilson faced the political frustrations of helping to create the Treaty of Versailles and then seeing its rejection by the US Senate.(WOR4) (WOR6) (WOR7) (POL6)
• World War I and its aftermath led to further questions about the nation’ role in the world and how to achieve national security and pursue national interests.(WOR4) (WOR7) (ID-30 (ID6) (POL6)
• Xenophobia swept the United States as the global impact of World War I became evident through social tensions over immigration issues involving Europe and Asia and the restrictive legislation that resulted. (WOR4) (PEO2) (PEO6) (PEO7) (POL7)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Evaluate Wilson’s reasons for going to war and his hopes for what US involvement would bring about at the war’s conclusion. Was he a realist or an idealist and why?
2. Assess the seeming paradox between Wilson’s stated objectives and the economic statistics on trade in the time period 1914-1916.

PROCEDURE:

1. Fact Check Quiz
2. Critical Viewing:  WWI Completion

October 28, 2014

Topic: The War to End War

• War in Europe and the impact of war on the home front involved issues of propaganda and civil liberties. Wilson faced the political frustrations of helping to create the Treaty of Versailles and then seeing its rejection by the US Senate.(WOR4) (WOR6) (WOR7) (POL6)
• World War I and its aftermath led to further questions about the nation’ role in the world and how to achieve national security and pursue national interests.(WOR4) (WOR7) (ID-30 (ID6) (POL6)
• Xenophobia swept the United States as the global impact of World War I became evident through social tensions over immigration issues involving Europe and Asia and the restrictive legislation that resulted. (WOR4) (PEO2) (PEO6) (PEO7) (POL7)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Evaluate Wilson’s reasons for going to war and his hopes for what US involvement would bring about at the war’s conclusion. Was he a realist or an idealist and why?
2. Assess the seeming paradox between Wilson’s stated objectives and the economic statistics on trade in the time period 1914-1916.

PROCEDURE:

1. Warm-up:  Identify the Four Causes of World War I
2. Notes:  US Enters World War I
3. Critical Viewing:  WWI
4. Fact Check Quiz-Tomorrow

October 23, 2014

Topic 1:  Progressive reformers called for government intervention in the economy, greater social justice, and conservation of natural resources. (WXT6) (WXT7) (WXT8) (POL3) (ENV5) (CUL5)

Topic 2: The Lead up to War; Wilson and Neutrality

The United States found itself entering World War I in spite of Wilson’s efforts at Neutrality (WOR7)

OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify key components for DBQs on APUSH Exam
2. Review DBQ Scoring Rubric
3. Collaborate to develop thesis and DBQ argument on progressives
4. Identify key factors leading to US entrance into WWI

PROCEDURE:
1. WARM UP:  MC Questions 1-3 (P. 470)
2. Reiterate DBQ Task
3. Review DBQ Rubric
4. Apply 7 Steps to Assigned DBQ
5. Individual Student Conferences
6. World War I Notes Part 2
7. DBQ Work

October 22, 2014

Topic: The Leadup to War; Wilson and Neutrality

The United States found itself entering World War I in spite of Wilson’s efforts at Neutrality (WOR7)

The national and global impact of World War I, including the push for increased immigration, led to restrictive legislation, limiting rights to come to the US, particularly for those from Asia and Southern and eastern Europe (WOR4) (PEO2) (PEO6) (PEO7) (POL7)   

Procedure:

1. DBQ Review and Materials (Prepare Materials for Homework)

2. World War I Notes Part I
3. DBQ Work

October 21, 2014

Objectives:  Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt        

• Explain how growth and consolidation of industries promoted urbanization and economic growth. Business cycles continued to fluctuate.  (WOR3) (ID7) (WXT5) (POL3)
• Describe how Progressive reformers called for government intervention in the economy, greater social justice, and conservation of natural resources. (WXT6) (WXT7) (WXT8) (POL3) (ENV5) (CUL5)  

Procedure:

1. Warm Up:  Short Answer #4 Page 453

2. DBQ Review
3. Progressives DBQ

5. Homework:  Read pp. 454-468, Fact Check Terms

October 17, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

Describe Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt        

Growth and consolidation of industries promoted urbanization and economic growth. Business cycles continued to fluctuate

(WOR3) (ID7) (WXT5) (POL3)

Identify ways that Progressive reformers called for government intervention in the economy, greater social justice, and conservation of natural resources.

(WXT6) (WXT7) (WXT8) (POL3) (ENV5) (CUL5)    

Describe how T. Roosevelt added executive clout to the efforts of Progressive reformers. (POL6) 

PROCEDURE:
1. Warm Up: Review terms
2. Fact Check 6
3. MC/Short Answer
4. Reinforcement: Crash Course Progressives
5. Primary Source Assignment: The Jungle

October 16, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

Describe Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt        

Growth and consolidation of industries promoted urbanization and economic growth. Business cycles continued to fluctuate

(WOR3) (ID7) (WXT5) (POL3)

Identify ways that Progressive reformers called for government intervention in the economy, greater social justice, and conservation of natural resources.

(WXT6) (WXT7) (WXT8) (POL3) (ENV5) (CUL5)    

Describe how T. Roosevelt added executive clout to the efforts of Progressive reformers. (POL6) 

PROCEDURE:
1. Warm-up:  Picture
2. Notes:  Progressivism
3. Primary Source:  The Jungle
4. Fact Check Quiz tomorrow

October 14, 2014

Objectives:  Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt        

• Explain how growth and consolidation of industries promoted urbanization and economic growth. Business cycles continued to fluctuate.  (WOR3) (ID7) (WXT5) (POL3)
• Describe how Progressive reformers called for government intervention in the economy, greater social justice, and conservation of natural resources. (WXT6) (WXT7) (WXT8) (POL3) (ENV5) (CUL5)   
• Discuss how T. Roosevelt added executive clout to the efforts of Progressive reformers. (POL6) 

Procedure:

1. Warm Up:  MC Questions PP. 427-428 #4-8 (Collected)

     -Letter choice and briefly explain why it is correct.

2. Fact Check 6 Terms (Page 448)

3. Lecture:  Progressive Era

4. Just The Facts:  Progressives

5. Homework:  Read pp. 431- 445, Fact Check Terms

October 9, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe how many Americans began to advocate overseas expansionism in the late nineteenth century, leading to new territorial annexations and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.(WOR6) (WOR7) (ENV5) (POL6)
2. Utilize primary documents to analyze the Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary

Topic: Empire and Expansion

Many Americans began to advocate overseas expansionism in the late nineteenth century, leading to new territorial annexations and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.

(WOR6) (WOR7) (ENV5) (POL6)

Procedure:

1. Fact Check #5

2. Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary Activity (Collected)

3. Dollar Diplomacy (Taft) and Moral Diplomacy (Wilson)

October 8, 2014

Topic: Empire and Expansion

Many Americans began to advocate overseas expansionism in the late nineteenth century, leading to new territorial annexations and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.

(WOR6) (WOR7) (ENV5) (POL6)

Agenda:

1. WARM UP:  MC Questions 1-3 on Page 426

2. Notes:  Spanish American War

3. Crash Course:  Imperialism

*Fact Check 5 Quiz (Tomorrow)

October 7, 2014

Topic: Empire and Expansion

Many Americans began to advocate overseas expansionism in the late nineteenth century, leading to new territorial annexations and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.

(WOR6) (WOR7) (ENV5) (POL6)

Agenda:
1. Warm Up:  Using the Social Darwinism reading:

• Identify Josiah Strong's argument and discuss how it connects to Social Darwinism.

2. Tennyson Quote

3. Primary Source Document:

• "The White Man's Burden"- Activity and Application to Philippines, China, etc.

3. Notes:  Spanish American War

• Guiding Question

4. Crash Course:  Imperialism

October 6, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

Describe the extent to which the late nineteenth and early twentieth century expansionism was a continuation of past American expansionism and to what extent it fit into a global context.

Key Concept 7.1: Government, political and social organizations struggled to address the effects of large-scale industrialization, economic uncertainty, and related social changes such as urbanization and mass migration.

                       

Topic: Empire and Expansion

Many Americans began to advocate overseas expansionism in the late nineteenth century, leading to new territorial annexations and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.

(WOR6) (WOR7) (ENV5) (POL6)

Procedure:

1. WARM UP:  Define the following in your notebooks

     The Argument From Design
     Natural Selection
     Selective Breeding
     Sexual Selection
     Thomas Henry Huxley
     Herbert Spencer
     Social Darwinism
     Phrenology
     Eugenics
     Social Gospel Movement
   
2. Lecture:  The Darwinian Paradigm  
     

3. Application:  Social Darwinism and "The White Man's Burden" Activities

4. Enrichment:  React to the following:
“Man…
Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed.”
                               Tennyson, In Memoriam, Canto 56

October 3, 2014

OBJECTIVES:
Describe the extent to which the late nineteenth and early twentieth century expansionism was a continuation of past American expansionism and to what extent it fit into a global context.

Key Concept 7.1: Government, political and social organizations struggled to address the effects of large-scale industrialization, economic uncertainty, and related social changes such as urbanization and mass migration.

                       

Topic: Empire and Expansion

Many Americans began to advocate overseas expansionism in the late nineteenth century, leading to new territorial annexations and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.

(WOR6) (WOR7) (ENV5) (POL6)

Procedure:
WARM UP:  
Identify the following in your notes:
Manifest Destiny
Mexican War 1848
Indian Removal Policy
Imperialism
Social Darwinism
"The White Man's Burden"

1. DBQ Collection

2. Terms for Fact Check 5 (Wednesday)

3. Introduction to Spanish American War

4. Social Darwinism and "The White Man's Burden" Activity

4. Multiple Choice Review:  Work collectively to review objective part of Gilded Age test.

October 1, 2014

OBJECTIVES:
Review previously identified objectives for Period 6 Exam

Reiterate process of completing DBQ.

Complete DBQ 

Key Concept 7.1: Government, political and social organizations struggled to address the effects of large-scale industrialization, economic uncertainty, and related social changes such as urbanization and mass migration.

Procedure:
1. Fact Check 4 Quiz
2. Period 6 Exam Format
3. DBQ Review
4. DBQ Completion
5. Introduce Period 7 and World Power Terms (Page 425)

September 30, 2014

OBJECTIVES:

• Review previously identified objectives for Period 6 Exam
•  Reiterate process of completing DBQ.
•  Complete DBQ 

PROCEDURE:

1. Just the Facts: Gilded Age- Completion
2. Dissecting the DBQ: The Question
3. Dissecting the DBQ: The Documents
4. Compiling TheDBQ: The Thesis
5. Completing the DBQ: The Argument
6. DBQ work
7. Fact Check 4 (Wednesday)

Topic: The Gilded Age

The rise of big business along with massive migration and urbanization led to efforts to reshape both the economy and the environment of the country. The “Gilded Age” brought mass marketing, increased consumption, and the creation of monopolies

(WXT3) (WXT6) (WOR3) (CUL3) (CUL5)