September 16, 2015

Agenda:

1. Warm Up:  "Thinking as an Historian, Page 338.

2. AP Skill Development:  HISTORICAL THEMES (Intro- xvii- xix)

2. Lecture Topic:  The Last West and the New South:  The West was no longer seen as The Great American Desert. And the opportunities offered to the miners, farmers and ranchers altered the landscape. But the mythical “frontier” popularized by dime store novels and movies bore little resemblance to these images.  Topics related to the solidification of Southern segregation through the Plessy Case, as well as the impact of Western settlement on Native Americans and farmers.  Transcontinental railroads and the destruction of the buffalo and the Plains Indian culture pushed a government policy of increased reservations and assimilation (PEO4) (ENV5) (POL6)

3. Crash Course:  The West

4. Multiple Choice Questions 1-6, pp. 355-356.  Students will explain why they selected each response (collected)

5. Fact Check 2 Quiz (Wed)

Objectives:

1. Examine the Amerindian cultures which existed in the region prior to the movement west.
2. Explore the other cultural factors which altered the landscape. These include: Indians, Mexicans, French, British Canadians, and Asians.
3. Examine the “myth of the yeoman farmer” as discussed by Hofstadter.
4. Familiarize the students with the work of Frederick Jackson Turner and his “Frontier Thesis.”