The Response to the Great Depression: Assessment

Complete the processing assignment for Ch 31, "The Response to the Great Depression"
Keep in mind the information from "Great Myths" Phase I when completing this.

Lesson 31 - The Response to the Economic Collapse sec 3 and 4

Complete the following in class and read Phase 2 of "Great Myths of Great Depression" to add to your notes paying special attention to the difference between how your book describes Hoover and how he is pictured in "Great Myths"

Ch 31 - The Response to the Economic Collapse Sec 2

Complete in your notebook during class.

Homework Ch 32 - The Human Impact of the Great Depression

Complete the Reading Challenge for Ch 32 - The Human Impact of the Great Depression
Due Friday, March 22nd

Ch 30: Causes of the Great Depression Assessment

3rd and 4th Period - Due Tuesday, March 19th

5th and 8th Period - Due Wednesday, March 20th

Cool Examples - http://goo.gl/8i7LP -  http://goo.gl/Q9XXj
Be sure to add concepts from the "Austrian Business Cycle Theory.

 BIG TIME EXTRA CREDIT OPTION - Make a narrated video of a kinetic Sculpture and post it on Youtube.

Causes of the Great Depression Homework 2

Complete Reading Notes for sections 4 and 5 of Chapter 30, Causes of the Great Depression. Combined infromation from phase 2 of  "Great Myths" and your book.
Periods 3 and 4 - Due Thursday, March 14th
Periods 5 and 8 - Due Friday, March 15th.

Great Myths of the Great Depression

Watch the following to gain a real appreciation of this work. It is a reading of the full transcript. http://youtu.be/Ta2m3D9Ig0g

Austrian Business Cycle Theory

What causes the boom / bust cycle.


 How does the "Austrian Business Cycle Theory" explain the crash of 1929, and all other crashes?

Causes of the Great Depression Homework

Do reading notes for sections 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 30, Causes of the Great Depression. Leave plenty of room for notes from "Great Myths of the Great Depression"

Due March 11th for 3rd and 4th period.
Due March 12th for 5th and 8th period.

Read the first three pages of "Great Myths of the Great Depression" and supplement your notes with new ideas from this article. 

VIDEO: The Roaring 20's

Be ready to write about two things during this film.
1. Do you see signs of what might cause the depression at the end of the 1920's?
2. Would you have enjoyed living during this time? Give specific examples of why.

Compare Coolidge to the Progressives

Examine the page in your notebook where you compared the "Progressive" presidents, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. After the video contrast Coolidge's ideas to those of the progressive. What is Coolidge focusing on vs. focus of the progressives. Use examples and be as specific as possible.

Lesson 27 - The Politics of Normalcy

Complete the Lesson 27 Reading Challenge by Monday, March 11th.
Your score will be divided by 5 to determine the grade.
Examples: 20/5 = a "4", 16/5 = 3.2.
Sign in at http://www.learntci.com/student/sign_in

Intervention to Versailles Timeline

Complete the following in your journal. This will be graded as an assessment when you turn in your notebook after the test on Tues. March 5th / Wed March 6th.

Essay: Treaty of Versailles, Ratify or Reject

Should the United States have ratified or rejected the Treaty of Versailles?

The completed  graphic organizer is due Thurs. the 28th of February /  Fri. the 1st of March.

The  essay is due on Friday, March 8th. Make sure all the requirements are met.

Ch 25 Reading Notes

Due Tues 3/5 for periods 3 and 4 - Wed. 3/26 for periods 5 and 8.
I will grade you on them t the beginning of the period.

Rare Extra Credit Opportunity: Ch 24 Processiing

Complete the following for extra credit. To qualify it must be done in color with neat writing or typed words. I will use these as examples for future classes and for art work on my classroom walls. (Due no later than Monday, March 4th)

Ch. 24 Assessment

Complete the following in your notebook. This will be counted as an assessment.

Course and Conduct of World War One: Technology

Write the following terms in your notebook leaving 4 or 5 lines between each term.

Tank, Artillery, Machine Gun, Flame Thrower, Trench System, Poisonous Gas, Airplane, Battleship, Submarine

Follow the directions below while watching the video.

You are responsible for doing the reading notes for sections 2 and 4 on your own. Pay special attention to the "Selective Service Act" (Hint, Hint)

From Neutrality to War Assessment

The processing assignment from from Ch. 22 (Described below, and also on the notebook guide) will be scored as an assessment. Complete it in your notebook and it will be evaluated it when notebooks are collected.

Homework:Due Friday, February 15th

Go to the link on the right and sign up for the online text. Before class on Friday complete the reading challenge for Lesson 23 - The Course and Conduct of World War I

Acquiring and Managing Global Power

Today, Thurs Feb. 7th  or Fri. Feb. 8th you will be using your visual metaphors on the walls and your books to complete sections 3 and 4 of chapter 21 and the processing assignment. 

This is due on Monday, February 11th,. If it is not complete you can only get 1/2 credit. 

Remember, the quality of your notes mill most likely determine your score on the open notebook test.

U.S. Intervention Visual Metaphore

The Chapter 21 Visual Metaphor is your first assessment of the new semester and is due on Thurs. Feb. 7th / Fri. Feb. 8th.

Each person in your pair will be responsible for the final draft of one of the metaphors you are creating. 

EXTRA CREDIT  is available for a creative and colorful version suitable for putting up on the classroom walls.

Acquiring and Managing Global Power HW

First homework of the second semester
Complete "Reading Notes" for Chapter 21 Section 2.
Due Tues. February 5th / Wed. February 6th

I WILL BE CHECKING FOR ON TIME COMPLETION. 50% off if not completed on time.

THE FINAL

Your final for this class will be based on Chapters 16, 17, and 18, The Progressive Era.. It will include a 5 paragraph essay.

It will be open notebook.

Progressivism on the National Stage

The reading notes for this chapter are due on Monday January 28th.

The processing assignment is due on Finals day and will be counted as 10 percent of your final grade. Turn in both the article and your paragraph.

Tomorrow's Children

This was made in 1934 as an education film.

1. What were the reasons why the authorities wanted sterilize the family?
2. What was different about Alice's case?
3. Is this about positive or negative eugenics, or both? Site evidence from the film to justify your answer?
4. What do you think the film maker's (Dr. Brooks) opinion was concerning forced sterilization? Why? Site evidence from the film to justify your answer?


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Homework

Due Tues Jan 22nd / Jan 23rd

 EUGENICS AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

 Answer all questions, that are underlined and italicized

Forced Sterilization

War On The Weak

Eugenics and the Progressives

Remember our main question.

Who were the Progressives and how did they address the problems they saw?
Today you will analyze how something called eugenics was used in their pursuit.

What is Positive Eugenics?
What is Negative Eugenics?
How do these ideas fit into the progressive agenda?

An Operation

Use the information provided in this document to write a short (One Paragraph) story about Fred  Burr and what happened to him. Work with the partners at your table and be ready to share your “Story” in 12 minutes. This can be a narrative or first person account.

Please write your all names on the written copy you will turn in.

Due on 1/17 - 1/18

Finish the section 6 and the processing assignment for "The Progressives Respond" notebook guide.

January 11th - 16th

We have been studying how "The Progressives" responded to problems of the late 19th and early 20th century. All work is being done in class. No homework unless you have missed class, see chapter 17 resources on the right.

Video

The Unfinished Nation The Progressive Era

Set up your notebook to take notes identifying some specific things the "Progressives" did to try to solve some of the problems in the 3 of the areas we have studied.

1. Solutions to the problems in Cities and Workplaces
2. Solutions to the Problems in Politics
3. Solutions to the Problems in Society

Is the solution a government or private effort?

Writing An Investigative Newspaper Report

Have the rough draft of your article ready to share at the beginning of class on Tuesday 1/8 for 3rd and 4th period, Wednesday, 1/9 for 5th and 7th period.

Final draft due Thursday, 1/10 for 3rd and 4th period and  Friday 1/11 for 5th and 8th period.

THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER

During the last few weeks of the semester we will be studying Unit 5: The Progressive Era.

The last week of this this month is finals week and the last day of the term is is Friday, January 31st.
Your final in this class will consist of the Unit 5 test (50%) plus an open notebook test covering previous units.

You will only turn in your notebook one more time this semester, when you finish the open notebook portion of the final.

ALL LATE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH.

HOMEWORK DUE Tues/Wed. 12/11-12

Read Chapter 15, Define key content terms and complete sections 2 through 6 of the notebook guide.

Labor's Response

On Thursday and Friday Dec 6th and 7th Classes worked on ch. 14 Notebook Guide, Labor's Response.

UNIT 4 TEST "GROWING PAINS AND GAINS"

On the last day before Christmas break  (12/13-14)there will be a test covering chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15. Make sure you know, and are able to use, the vocabulary from each chapter. You should also be able to write a comprehensive answer that includes the vocabulary for each of the main chapter questions.

Ch 12 - Change and Conflict in the American West

Monday and Tuesday/Wednesday 12/3 -12/5 we completed research exploring 8 different groups of people and their experience during the move west.

MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA

Reflection Questions: Use details from the films to answer the following questions.
 Part 1: Cornelius Vanderbilt: Captain of Industry or Robber Baron?
 Part 2: Was John D. Rockefeller good for America?

Below is a quote from our text book.

By 1882, Standard Oil had become a monopoly, a company that completely dominates a particular industry. It controlled 90 percent of the nation's oil production. With its competitors out of the way, Standard Oil could raise its prices and reap great profits.

Does this graph support or refute the claim of the text? Why and hhow?

HOMEWORK DUE NOV 26th

Complete the "Reconstruction" Processing Assignment - Turn in separately from your notebook. This will be graded as an Assessment

Notebooks will be collected on Monday the 26th. Be sure that Reconstruction guide is complete as well as...
Complete "Age of Innovation and Industry" Notebook Guide. All sections, including processing.

Reconstruction

 If you were not in class take notes on the Reconstruction PowerPoint available to the right.

 The video below is from a film made in 1915 by D.W. Griffin, a southerner who thought the south was threatened by Reconstruction and freed slaves. What do you think were the purposes of this clip of the film?

 

The Civil War Notebook Guide Homework

Reading Notes
Section 2: Due Tues. 30th Wed. Oct 31st

A Dividing Nation: ASSESSMENT

Due Th. Nov. 1st / Fri. Nov. 2nd

Write an article for a European newspaper reporting on
the April 1861 attack on Fort Sumter. Your newspaper
article must be at least three paragraphs and must
include
• a headline that will attract readers.
• an introduction that outlines who was involved,
what happened, where it happened, when it happened,
and why it was important.
• a description of at least two events that led up to the
attack. Explain how these events showed a spirit of
compromise or of conflict between the North and
the South at the time of the event.
• a conclusion that discusses whether you think a civil
war was inevitable.

Tariff of 1828

This was 22 years before the time period we are studying but it should be considered when analyzing conflicts between the North and the South before the Civil War.

Why was this tariff a source of conflict between the North and the South?

Seminar questions: We Who Dare Say No.

Primary Question:
Was it morally justified for the "North" to fight the "Civil War?"

Secondary Question:
How might things be different now if the advice given in this article was followed by the government of the United States of America?

We Who Dare Say No: Vocab

Review the article.
Underline words that you do not understand.
Circle words that you NOW understand because of the context.



Summarize the article in a 5 sentence paragraph.

Civil War: We Who dare Say No to War

Read the short essay and respond in your notebooks to the following questions.
Was the Civil War needed to end slavery?
Was the Civil War inevitable? (How could this essay effect a persons opinion on this question?)