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Week 11 11/4-11/8

Hi People!
 
This week we will begin Topic 4: World War I and the 1920s. 
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 4.1 The Great War
-Topic 4.2 America Enters World War I
 
Objectives:
Topic 4.1 The Great War
  • Identify the causes of WWI.
  • Analyze the impact of technological innovations in weaponry that resulted in the stalemate on the Western Front.
Topic 4.2 America Enters World War I
  • Analyze the reasons behind isolationism and neutrality in the United States before 1917.
  • Explain why the United States entered the conflict on the side of the Allies.
Due:
-Topic 4 packet due 12/4
-Topic 4 homework due 12/4

Week 10 10/28-11/1

Hi People!
 
This week we will wrap up Topic 3: The Progressive Era. 
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 3.7 The US Emerges as a World Power
-Topic 3 Quiz
 
Objectives:
Topic 3.7 The US Emerges as a World Power
  • Analyze how economic concerns influenced the Open Door Policy and US relations with Japan. 
  • Examine what happened to Puerto Rico and Cuba after the Spanish-American War. 
  • Analyze the effects of “Big Stick” diplomacy and “Dollar Diplomacy.”
  • Compare Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy” with the foreign policies of his predecessors.
Due:
-Topic 3 packet due 10/30
-Topic 3 SPICE chart due 10/30
-Topic 3 Quiz on 11/1

Week 9 10/21-10/25

Hi People!
 
This week we will continue Topic 3: The Progressive Era.
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 3.4 Reformers in the Whitehouse
-Topic 3.5 American Influence Grows
-Topic 3.6 The Spanish American War
-Women Gain Rights Activity
 
Objectives:
Topic 3.4 Reformers in the Whitehouse
  • Analyze how Theodore Roosevelt influenced the changing relationship between the federal government and private business. 
  • Explain the impact of Roosevelt’s actions toward managing the environment. Compare Roosevelt’s policies with Taft’s and Wilson’s. 
  • Describe Wilson’s efforts to regulate the economy. 
  • Assess the legacy of the Progressive Era.
Topic 3.5 American Influence Grows
  • Identify the key factors that caused Americans to want to take a greater role overseas. 
  • Explain how the US took its first steps toward the position of a world power.
  • Evaluate the acquisition of Hawaii by the US.
Topic 3.6 The Spanish American War
  • Explain the causes of the Spanish-American War. Identify the major battles of the Spanish-American War. 
  • Describe the consequences of the war, including the debate over imperialism.
Due:
-Topic 3 packet due 10/30
-Topic 3 SPICE chart due 10/30

Week 8 10/14-10/18

Hi People! 
 
This week we will start a new topic, Topic 3: The Progressive Era. 
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 3.1 Progressives Drive Reform
-Topic 3.2 Women Gain Rights
-Topic 3.3 Striving for Equality
 
Objectives:
Topic 3.1 Progressives Drive Reform
  • Analyze the role that journalists and novelists played in the Progressive Movement. 
  • Evaluate some of the social reforms that Progressives tackled. 
  • Explain what Progressives hoped to achieve through political reform.
Topic 3.2 Women Gain Rights
  • Analyze actions taken by women to address social issues affecting workers and families. 
  • Evaluate the tactics reform leaders used to win passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Topic 3.3 Striving for Equality
  • Analyze Progressives’ attitudes toward minority rights.
  • Describe the political organizations formed by African Americans to promote civil rights. 
  • Examine the actions taken by minority groups to expand their rights.
Due:
-Topic 3 packet due 10/30
-Topic 3 SPICE chart due 10/30

Week 7 9/23-9/26

Hi People! 
 
This week we will finish Topic 2 Industry and Innovation in the Gilded Age. 
 
This week's assignments: 
-Topic 2.6 New Ways of Life
-Topic 2 Assessment: How the Other Half Lives
 
Objectives:

Topic 2.1 Industry Boosts Growth

  • Explain how new inventions, scientific discoveries, and technological innovations fueled growth and improved the standard of living.
  • Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800’s.

Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises

  • Analyze different management innovations that businesses used to increase their profits. Describe the public debate over the pros and cons of big business. 
  • Explain how the government took steps to block abuses of corporate power.

Topic 2.3 Organized Labor Movement

  • Assess the impact of business practices on workers in the late 1800’s. 
  • Compare the goals and strategies of the first labor unions. 
  • Analyze the causes and effects of strikes in the late 1800’s.

Topic 2.4 The New Immigrants

  • Compare the “new immigrants” of the late 1800’s to earlier immigrants. 
  • Explain the push and pull factors leading immigrants to America.

Topic 2.5 A Nation of Cities

  • Analyze urban growth in the late 1800’s. 
  • Explain how technology improved city life. 
  • Evaluate the problems caused by rapid urban growth and ways that city dwellers tried to solve them.
Topic 2.6 New Ways of Life
  • Explain how technology, new types of stores, and marketing changed Americans’ standard of living.
  • Analyze mass culture and education in the late 1800’s
  • Describe new popular cultural movements in the late 1800’s.
Due:
-Topic 2 packet due 9/25
-Topic 2 Assessment due 9/26

Week 6 9/16-9/20

Hi People!

This week we will begin Topic 2: Industry and Innovation in the Gidled Age. 

This week’s assignments:

  1. Topic 2.1 Industry Boosts Growth
  2. Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises
  3. Topic 2.3 Organized Labor Movement
  4. Topic 2.4 The New Immigrants
  5. Topic 2.5 A Nation of Cities

Objectives:

Topic 2.1 Industry Boosts Growth

  • Explain how new inventions, scientific discoveries, and technological innovations fueled growth and improved the standard of living.
  • Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800’s.

Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises

  • Analyze different management innovations that businesses used to increase their profits. Describe the public debate over the pros and cons of big business. 
  • Explain how the government took steps to block abuses of corporate power.

Topic 2.3 Organized Labor Movement

  • Assess the impact of business practices on workers in the late 1800’s. 
  • Compare the goals and strategies of the first labor unions. 
  • Analyze the causes and effects of strikes in the late 1800’s.

Topic 2.4 The New Immigrants

  • Compare the “new immigrants” of the late 1800’s to earlier immigrants. 
  • Explain the push and pull factors leading immigrants to America.

Topic 2.5 A Nation of Cities

  • Analyze urban growth in the late 1800’s. 
  • Explain how technology improved city life. 
  • Evaluate the problems caused by rapid urban growth and ways that city dwellers tried to solve them.

Due:

-Topic 2 packet due 9/25

-Topic 2 homework due 9/25

Week 5 9/9-9/13

Hi People! 
 
This week we will have 2 focuses. We will start with current events, specially looking at the events and attacks that unfolded on September 11th, 2001. We will then begin our next unit, Topic 2: Industry and Innovation in the Gilded Age.
 
Objectives: 
102 Minutes That Changed America
  • Examine how the attacks influenced American society, including changes in public perception, security policies, and the cultural responses.
  • Students will analyze the immediate and long-term impacts of the September 11 attacks on the United States and the world, including changes in national security policies, economic effects, and international relations.
  •  Students will discuss and write about specific changes such as the implementation of the Patriot Act, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and the onset of the War on Terror.
  • Students will explore the personal and societal responses to the attacks, including the reactions of first responders, the impact on affected families, and the collective national and global response.
Topic 2.1 Innovation Boosts Growth
  • Explain how new inventions, scientific discoveries, and technological innovations fueled growth and improved the standard of living.
  • Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800’s.
Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises
  • Analyze different management innovations that businesses used to increase their profits.
  • Describe the public debate over the pros and cons of big business. 
  • Explain how the government took steps to block abuses of corporate power.
This week's assignments: 
1. 9/11 Free Response Question
2. Topic 2.1 Innovation Boosts Growth
3. Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises
 
Due:
-9/11 Free Response Question due 9/20
-Topic 2 SPICE Chart due 9/23
-Topic 2 packet due 9/23

Week 4 9/3-9/6

Hi People!
 
This week we will finish Topic 1: Challenges of the Late 1800s.
 
Objectives:
Topic 1.1 Reconstruction Era
  • Explore how Congress and the President clashed over Reconstruction. 
  • Describe the impact of Reconstruction on the South. 
  • Explain how Reconstruction came to an end.
Topic 1.2 American Indians Under Pressure
  • Compare the ways Native Americans and white settlers viewed and used the land.
  • Describe the conflicts between white settlers and Indians. 
  • Evaluate the impact of the Indian Wars.
Topic 1.3 The West is Transformed
  • Analyze the impact of mining and railroads on the settlement of the West. 
  • Explain the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains. 
  • Analyze the treatment of Chinese immigrants and Mexican Immigrants in the West. 
  • Discuss the ways various groups used land in the West and conflicts among them.
Topic 1.4 Corruption Plagues a Nation
  • Analyze the issue of corruption in national politics in the 1870s and 1880s. 
  • Discuss civil service reform during the 1870s and 1880s. 
  • Assess the importance of economic issues in the politics of the Gilded Age.
Topic 1.5 Farm Issues and Populism
  • Analyze the problems farmers faced and the groups they formed to address them. 
  • Assess the goals of the Populists and explain why the Populist Party did not last.
This week's assignments: 
1. Topic 1 review
2. Topic 1 test on 9/6
 
Due:
-Topic 1 SPICE chart (25 points) due 9/4
-Topic 1 packet (50 points) due 9/4
-Turner's Frontier Thesis (15 points) due 9/4
 

Week 3 8/26-8/30

Hi People!
 
This week we will continue Topic 1 Challenges in the Late 1800s.
 
Objectives:
Topic 1.3 The West is Transformed
  • Analyze the impact of mining and railroads on the settlement of the West. 
  • Explain the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains. 
  • Analyze the treatment of Chinese immigrants and Mexican Immigrants in the West. 
  • Discuss the ways various groups used land in the West and conflicts among them.
Topic 1.4 Corruption Plagues a Nation
  • Analyze the issue of corruption in national politics in the 1870s and 1880s. 
  • Discuss civil service reform during the 1870s and 1880s. 
  • Assess the importance of economic issues in the politics of the Gilded Age.
Topic 1.5 Farm Issues and Populism
  • Analyze the problems farmers faced and the groups they formed to address them. 
  • Assess the goals of the Populists, and explain why the Populist Party did not last.
Turner's Frontier Thesis Analysis
  • Explain Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis, including main arguments about the impact of the frontier on American democracy and culture.
  • Assess the historical context in which Turner developed his thesis and how it reflects the socio-political climate of 19th century America. 
  • Discuss the influence of the Frontier Thesis on the development of American historical scholarship and its implications for understanding American identify and expansionism. 
  • Critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of Turner's Frontier Thesis, considering alternative perspectives and contemporary critiques.
This weeks assignments:
  1. Topic 1.3 The West is Transformed
  2. Topic 1.4 Corruption Plagues a Nation
  3. Topic 1.6 Farm Issues and Populism
  4. Turner's Frontier Thesis Analysis
Due: 
-Topic 1 SPICE Chart (25 points) due 9/4
-Topic 1 packet (50 points, 10 points per lesson) due 9/4
 
Upcoming:
-Topic 1 test 9/6
 

Week 2 8/19-8/23

Hi People!
 
This week we will begin Topic 1: Challenges in the Late 1800s
 
Objectives:
City Upon a Hill
  • Analyze and articulate John Winthrop's vision of the "City Upon a Hill" by examining its historical context, rhetorical strategies, and its impact on American identity. 
  • Evaluate how Winthrop's sermon reflects and shapes the values of Puritan society and its enduring influence on American political and cultural ideals. 
Topic 1.1 The Reconstruction Era
  • Explore how Congress and the President clashed over Reconstruction. 
  • Describe the impact of Reconstruction on the South. 
  • Explain how Reconstruction came to an end.
Topic 1.2 American Indians Under Pressure
  • Compare the ways Native Americans and white settlers viewed and used the land.
  • Describe the conflicts between white settlers and Indians. 
  • Evaluate the impact of the Indian Wars.
 
This week's assignments:
1. City Upon a Hill
2. Topic 1.1 The Reconstruction Era
3. Topic 1.2 American Indians Under Pressure
 
Homework: 
-Topic 1 SPICE Chart (25 points) due 9/4
 

Week 1 8/12-8/16

Hi People!
 
This week we will get to know each other as well as the course.
 
This week's assignments:
1. First Day Get to Know You and Me
2. Syllabus 
3. Lunchroom Fight
 
Homework:
-Signed Syllabus (10 points)
 
Events: 
-Field Trip to MSU on August 13th