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