Hi Everyone!
I wish you all a great summer and hope that you have some time to relax and rejuvenate after a long year! Congratulations on completing your junior year at LaGuardia HS! For anyone taking AP Government next year there is a summer assignment - Check the LAG webpage for details. Keep in touch via email! I'll keep my email address updated as I move. Warmly, Mrs. Hatlen :-D GOOD LUCK on your Regents Exams!!!
DO YOUR BEST!!! I believe in you!!! _______________________________________________ Regents Review Assignment #5 Due Monday June 13 "Geography and Current Events and some more Thematic Essays to Outline :-) " Part I: Multiple Choice After reviewing the topics assigned above, answer the following multiple choice questions. Click HERE for a .pdf of the questions. You do not need to print the questions, if you are unable to do so. Answer the questions by writing a list of your answers to the questions on a piece of loose leaf paper. You must bring your answers to the questions to class on Friday. Click HERE for the answer key. Part II: Thematic Essay Outlines Click HERE for a .pdf of three Thematic Essay questions. For EACH essay you must create an outline for how you would answer the Task. You must bring ALL 3 essay outlines to class with you on Friday. Part III: Regents Review Exam Practice!!!! :-) " Okay guys - THIS. IS. IT. You have just a few days left to practice for the Regents exam on Tuesday! This is very exciting, but that means it is also crunch time! So, let's put in a big effort here in the end to get ready for the test!! I want you to shoot for the moon with your scores because you've worked so hard this year! Don't throw it all away now! Here's your assignment - Use the following link: http://www.nysedregents.org/USHistoryGov/home.html Choose one exam to review in its entirety. Practice the multiple choice questions on the test and then use the answer key to check over those responses. Then, look over the thematic essay topics and DBQ's. You can also review the answer keys for these sections too. Even try to outline what you would write for the essays! Remember, the more you can write for each essay, the BETTER!! _____________________________________________________ Regents Review Assignment #4 Due Friday June 10 Part I: Supreme Court Decisions of the Warren Court Era Read the packet that you received in class and fill in the worksheet to summarize each case. Additionally, bring in any questions you have about Supreme Court Cases and we'll discuss them on Friday. Part II: Multiple Choice "Late 1800's - Early 1900's" After reviewing the topics assigned above (this is pretty much the start of your spring semester notes), answer the following multiple choice questions. Click HERE for a .pdf of the questions. You do not need to print the questions, if you are unable to do so. Answer the questions by writing a list of your answers to the questions on a piece of loose leaf paper. You must bring your answers to the questions to class. Click HERE for the answer key. Part III: Thematic Essay Outlines Click HERE for a .pdf of two Thematic Essay questions. For EACH essay you must create an outline for how you would answer the Task. You must bring BOTH essay outlines to class. ___________________________________________________ Regents Review Assignment #3 Due Wednesday June 8 "Civil War Multiple Choice Questions and The Cold War DBQ " Part I: Multiple Choice - Causes and Effects of the Civil War Review information from your early notes from the fall semester. You may also use a Review Book to read over the time period. Click HERE for a .pdf of the questions. You do not need to print the questions, if you are unable to do so. Answer the questions by writing a list of your answers to the questions on a piece of loose leaf paper. You must bring your answers to the questions to class on Wednesday. Click HERE for the answer key. Part II: DBQ Practice - "The Cold War" Click HERE for the Documents. Answer the questions for documents 1-8 on a piece of loose-leaf paper (or you can print the pages and write your responses in the lines provided). Each answer should be at least 1 sentence. Part III: DBQ Essay Outline Click HERE for a .pdf of the DBQ Essay Topic and Task. You must create an outline for how you would answer the Task. You must bring the essay outline to class with you on Wednesday. Your Essay should be outlined in a style like this: Introduction Paragraph: a.) Thesis statement = 1 sentence response to the essay theme and task. b.) Main ideas you will discuss in the intro. Body Paragraph 1: a.) Ways the Cold War affected the USA b.) Mention specific instances where the Cold War affected the USA with documents and outside information! c.) Mention one or two documents Body Paragraph 2: a.) Some other ways the Cold War affected the USA b.) Mention specific instances where the Cold War affected the USA with documents and outside information! c.) Mention one or two documents Body Paragraph 3: a.) And some other ways the Cold War affected the USA b.) Mention specific instances where the Cold War affected the USA with documents and outside information! c.) Mention one or two documents Conclusion: a.) Restatement of thesis statement b.) Summary of main ideas of essay that you will include in the conclusion. ____________________________________________________ Click HERE for a great article that reviews the Civil War and its impact on the US Constitution and the people. ____________________________________________________ Regents Review Assignment #2 - Due Tuesday June 7 "Checks and Balances and Early US Government" Part I: Multiple Choice - Washington through Lincoln Review information from your early notes from the fall semester. You may also use a Review Book to read over the time period. Click HERE for a .pdf of the questions. You do not need to print the questions, if you are unable to do so. Answer the questions by writing a list of your answers to the questions on a piece of loose leaf paper. You must bring your answers to the questions to class. Click HERE for the answer key. Part II: DBQ Practice - "Checks and Balances" Click HERE for the Documents. Answer the questions for documents 1-7 on a piece of loose-leaf paper (or you can print the pages and write your responses in the lines provided). Each answer should be at least 1 sentence. Part III: DBQ Essay Outline Click HERE for a .pdf of the DBQ Essay Topic and Task. You must create an outline for how you would answer the Task. You must bring the essay outline to class. Your Essay should be outlined in a style like this: Introduction Paragraph: a.) Thesis statement = 1 sentence response to the essay theme and task. b.) Main ideas you will discuss in the intro. Body Paragraph 1: a.) Main ideas addressing the way checks and balances functions. b.) Explain how this system works based on the Constitution - this would be outside information! c.) Mention one or two documents that show how it works. Body Paragraph 2: a.) Documents that address historical circumstances of the use of checks and balances (use two to three documents) b.) Specific historical details c.) OUTSIDE information (facts that you know from outside the documents = stuff we learned in class this year!!) d.) Analytical/Evaluative statements about the issue Conclusion: a.) Restatement of thesis statement b.) Summary of main ideas of essay that you will include in the conclusion. ____________________________________________________ Classwork from Monday June 5 Reviewing Events of the 21st Century via US Regents Exams Click HERE for a link to old US Regents Exams and Answer Keys June 2015 US Regents - Look at questions 43, 44, 45, 49, 50 June 2014 US Regents - Look at questions 44, 45, 49, 50 January 2016 US Regents - Look at questions 44, 47, 48, 49, 50 August 2015 US Regents - Look at questions 46, 47, 48, 49 January 2015 US Regents - Look at questions 46, 47, 49, 50 _____________________________________________________ Americans US textbook - Here is a link to the online version of our textbook, if you need it. Return your US textbook on Monday June 6th during class! Please bring in your textbook to make the return process easier! Thank you! _____________________________________________________ Regents Review Assignment # 1 - Due Monday June 6 "The Democratic Government of the USA" Go to the following link: http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/government/index.htm There is a list of topics on the left side of the page. Click on each one to read over the main ideas about the time period (Home, Foundation, Convention, etc.). These topics may also be reviewed in a Regents Review Book, if you purchased one. Part I: Multiple Choice After reviewing the topics assigned above, answer the following multiple choice questions. Click HERE for a .pdf of the questions. You do not need to print the questions, if you are unable to do so. Answer the questions by writing a list of your answers to the questions on a piece of loose leaf paper. You must bring your answers to the questions to class. Click HERE for the answer key. Part II: Thematic Essay Outlines Click HERE for a .pdf of two Thematic Essay questions related to the topics you just studied. For EACH essay you must create AN OUTLINE for how you would answer the Task. (You do NOT have to write the essays, just outline them). You must bring BOTH essay outlines to class. Your Essays should be OUTLINED in a style like this: Introduction Paragraph: a.) Thesis statement = 1 sentence response to the essay theme and task. b.) Main ideas you will discuss in the intro. Body Paragraph 1: a.) Main ideas addressing Task. b.) Specific historical details c.) Analytical/Evaluative statements about the issue Body Paragraph 2: a.) Main ideas addressing Task. b.) Specific historical details c.) Analytical/Evaluative statements about the issue Body Paragraph 3 (if necessary): a.) Main ideas addressing Task. b.) Specific historical details c.) Analytical/Evaluative statements about the issue Conclusion: a.) Restatement of thesis statement b.) Summary of main ideas of essay that you will include in the conclusion. ___________________________________________________ US Regents Tutoring Schedule: Thursday June 2 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - Geography of US, Early Thirteen Colonies through American Revolution Monday June 6 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - Articles of Confederation through Jackson Tuesday June 7 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - Civil War - causes through Reconstruction Wednesday June 8 - 4:15 to 6:15 (room 645) - Late 1800's through Progressivism Friday June 10 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - WWI through WWII Monday June 13 - 4:15 to 6:15 (roomTBA) - Cold War through present (US foreign relations) & General Test Prep Monday June 13 - 4:15 to 6:15 (room 645) - 1950's through present (US domestic affairs) & General Test Prep ______________________________________________ Homework - Clinton and Current Events Due Friday May 27 Read Pages: 860 - 868 and pages: 882 - 887 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Homework - Reagan's Presidency Due Thursday May 26 Read Pages: 834 - 838 and pages: 839 - 845 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Homework - Presidencies of Ford and Carter Due Wednesday May 25 Read pages: 810 - 817 and pages: 820 - 825 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Final Exam Tuesday May 24, 2016 It's a ONE period exam (there is no second part). It’s multiple choice questions from THIS semester, only! Cumulative from February to May. Topics of Dates covered for your Last Test Review Sheet: May 9th - present, including readings assigned for Homework. Your last Test Review Sheet should include the following: 1.) Civil Rights Movements (chart from class) 2.) Lyndon Johnson and Great Society 3.) Warren Court Decisions and Supreme Court cases of 1970's (see homework on Johnson and Great Society) 4.) Vietnam War 5.) Nixon • Make a review sheet or flashcards for the most recent topics listed above. • I AM collecting the LAST Test Review Sheet! It counts as a homework grade. You should ALSO study Test Review Sheets 1, 2, and 3 from the spring semester to be prepared for earlier topics that we studied. ____________________________________________________ Homework - Nixon's Presidency Due Monday May 23 Read pages: 794 - 801 and pages: 802 - 807 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Homework - A Nation Divided Over Vietnam Due Friday May 20 Read pages: 742 - 747 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ___________________________________________________ Homework - Moving Toward Conflict in Vietnam Due Thursday May 19 Read pages: 730 - 735 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ **** Field Test **** *** Tuesday May 17, 2016 *** I will explain what this means in class... _____________________________________________________ Homework - Johnson and The Great Society Due Monday May 16 Read pages: 686 - 693 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ___________________________________________________ **TEST**TEST**TEST**TEST** Test # 3 on Friday - May 13th If you are taking the AP Human Geography test that day you will be allowed to make up the exam at another time. Please see Mrs. Hatlen to discuss when you can take the make-up exam. You must MAKE YOUR OWN test review sheet by using your class notes, homework, and textbook to create a concise study guide for the topics listed below. You can write out a list on loose leaf paper with your proper heading. I will also accept flash cards, as long as you have completed the assignment for all topics. You must also include the FDR's New Deal Programs chart (as a .pdf) and HERE (as a .doc) with your Test Review Sheet. Your homemade review sheet WILL BE COLLECTED and will count as a homework assignment for your report card grade! Major Topics for this test include: Classwork dates: March 23th - May 6th (including HW#19 - 37) a) The Great Depression (all of it!) b) World War II (everything we studied!) c) Start of the Cold War (April 18-22) d) 1950's through JFK (May 2-6) The test will be multiple choice questions, including: maps, graphs, and charts. Please note the following about make-up exams: Failure to appear in class on Tuesday May 10th will mean that your make-up exam will not be given the same exam as your classmates took on May 10th. Instead, you will be given a thematic essay to write in the time allotted. No make up exams will be given without an absence note and you will receive a zero for your exam grade. Exception: Students taking the AP Human Geography exam are EXEMPT from the above rule. Those students have an excused absence and will take the multiple choice version of the exam on the individual date specified by Mrs. Hatlen. ____________________________________________________ Homework Readings about Civil Rights Due Thursday May 12 Reading 1 = African American Civil Rights Movement Reading 2 = Women's Rights Movement Reading 3 = Latin American Civil Rights Movement Reading 4 = Other Civil Rights Movements Click HERE for the chart that you should make in your notebook. Use the reading you have been assigned to fill in notes for your ASSIGNED reading, ONLY! You must come to class prepared with notes for your assigned reading to be able to share out that information with others. PLEASE be sure to complete this assignment in advance! This chart will be added to your Test Review Sheet for the Final Exam! ____________________________________________________ Homework - Latinos, Native Americans, and Women Seek Equality Due Wednesday May 11 Read pages: 768 - 773 and pages: 776 - 780 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. _____________________________________________________ Classwork from Monday May 9 Click for Brown v. Board of Education worksheet _____________________________________________________ Homework - Triumphs of a Crusade & Changes in the Movement Due Tuesday May 10 Read pages: 710 - 716 and pages: 717 - 723 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Homework - Taking on Segregation Read by Monday May 9 Read pages: 700 - 707 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Homework # 37 - Kennedy and the Cold War Due Friday May 6 Read pages: 670 - 678 Answer: Page 675 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 678 # 1 "Limited Test Ban Treaty", "Berlin Wall", "Fidel Castro", "hot line", and # 3 (answer in a minimum of four sentences) ____________________________________________________ Classwork Thursday May 5 Click for JFK Biography Click for JFK Inaugural Address _____________________________________________________ Homework # 36 - Kennedy and The New Frontier Due Thursday May 5 Read pages: 679 - 683 Answer: Page 681 Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs and Charts #1, 2 Page 683 # 1 "New Frontier", "Peace Corps", "Alliance for Progress", "Warren Commission", and # 3 and # 4 (answer in a minimum of four sentences, each) ____________________________________________________ Homework # 35 - Two Nations Live on the Edge Due Wednesday May 4 Read pages: 622 - 627 Answer: Page 624 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 626 Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 Page 627 # 1 "John Foster Dulles", "brinkmanship", "Eisenhower Doctrine", and # 3 (answer in a minimum of four sentences) ____________________________________________________ Homework # 34 - The American Dream in the Fifties Due Tuesday May 3 Read pages: 641 - 651 Answer: Page 643 Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 Page 651 # 1 "baby boom", "Dr. Jonas Salk", "consumerism", and # 3 and # 4 (answer in a minimum of four sentences, each) ____________________________________________________ Classwork from Monday May 2 Click for the POWERPOINT with instructions. Click for the DOCUMENTS we used in class. ___________________________________________________ Mandatory Homework for Spring Break Homework # 33 - Postwar America Due Monday May 2 Read pages: 634 - 640 Answer: Page 636 Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 Page 638 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 640 # 1 "GI Bill of Rights", "suburb", "Fair Deal", and #2 (make the timeline and write the paragraph about one event) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Optional readings for over Spring Break Part 1: The 1950's: An Era of Conformity Read by Monday May 2 Read pages: 1-6 of excerpt from the book "The Fifties" (note: the .pdf is large so it may take time to download). This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. Some suggested questions for note-taking: 1. What adjective is used to describe the 1950's? Do you agree or disagree with this description based on what you just read? Explain. 2. How would you characterize the 1950's? Explain your opinion. 3. Make a list of the issues that are mentioned in the passage. 4. List several ways life changed during the 1950's. Which change do you think was the most significant? Explain why. 5. Look at the images at the end of the document and write a reaction to two or three of the photographs that you found the most interesting. Be sure to give the title of the photos you choose. Part 2: The Other America Read by Monday May 2 Read pages: 660 - 663 This homework requires you to read the pages above but does not require you to hand in responses to questions or any notes. You are strongly encouraged to take notes as you read because you will be responsible for the information included in the chapter. ____________________________________________________ Homework # 30 - 32 will be collected on Thurs 4/21 Homework # 32 - The Cold War At Home Due Thursday April 21 Read pages: 616-621 Answer: Page 620 Skillbuilder Analyzing Political Cartoons #1, 2 Page 621 Skillbuilder Interpreting Charts #1, 2 Page 621 # 1 "HUAC", "Hollywood Ten", "blacklist", "Ethel and Julius Rosenberg", "Joseph McCarthy", "McCarthyism" and # 3 (minimum of 4 sentences each) ____________________________________________________ Homework # 31 - The Cold War Heats Up Due Wednesday April 20 Read pages: 609-615 Answer: Page 613 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 615 # 1 "38th Parallel" and # 3 and # 4 (minimum of 4 sentences each) ____________________________________________________ Homework # 30 - Origins of the Cold War Due Tuesday April 19 Read pages: 602-608 Answer: Page 604 Skillbuilder Interpreting Charts #1, 2 Page 605 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 606 Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 Page 608 # 1 "United Nations", "containment", "Truman Doctrine", "Berlin Airlift" ____________________________________________________ The Impact of Nuclear Weapons It is very important for us to consider and discuss the impact of nuclear weapons. Please use the links below to learn more about the experiences of the Hibakusha and the impact of using nuclear weapons. And, you can watch the remainder of the full length, National Geographic special, "24 Hours After - Hiroshima", which was shown in class. It features Shigeko Sasamori in their presentation of the atomic bombing and the bombs' impact. The Hibakusha are survivors of the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of WWII. Shigeko Sasamori, a Hibakusha tells of her experiences in a full-length interview. She was 13 at the time of the attack in 1945. In this interview, Ms. Sasamori talks about some of the same experiences she mentioned during the assembly. Talk by Clifton Truman Daniel (grandson of President Harry Truman): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD-lsBLz74E If you want to know more about how the atomic bomb works, click HERE. If you want another short video about nuclear weapons and how they work, click HERE (this also features the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated). For more information about the current status of nuclear weapons click HERE. Additionally, here is information about the ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. For information about "Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon History of Hiroshima" click HERE. ____________________________________________________ Homework #29 - "The War in the Pacific" Due Wednesday April 13 Read pages: 784 - 793 (click for .pdf of home textbook) Answer: Page 786 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 791 Thinking Critically #1, 2 Page 793 # 1 "Douglas MacArthur", "kamikaze" "Nuremberg Trials", and # 3 (answer in one paragraph of 8 or more sentences) ___________________________________________________ Homework # 28 - "The Holocaust" Due Tuesday April 12 Read pages: 542 - 549 (home textbook pgs: 748 - 755) Answer: Page 545 (pg. 751) Skillbuilder Interpreting Charts # 1 Page 549 (pg. 755) #1 "Holocaust", "genocide", "concentration camp", and # 3 and # 5 If you can't see #5 in your home textbook, here it is: How might concentration camp doctors and guards have justified to themselves the death and suffering they caused other human beings? ___________________________________________________ Resources about WWII and Japanese-American Internment that you might look into: Click HERE for a video of George Takei talking about being interned during World War II. And HERE for a video of Pat Morita talking about his internment. Click HERE for a link to an article from The Atlantic magazine that includes photographs taken at the Japanese Internment camps. Some of the photographs were taken by Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. If you like podcasts, or are interested in listening to one, then I would check out this one from Radiolab called "Nazi Summer Camp". (If you have an iPhone you can download this for free through the podcast app). Super interesting when you compare the treatment of Japanese American citizens to Japanese Prisoners of War. At the end of the podcast they make a statement about there being rules from the Geneva Convention for how to treat Prisoners of War (POWs) but there not being rules for how to treat citizens. An interesting statement, but perhaps we cannot forget the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights are still in effect. Allegiance - a Broadway musical (had its last performance on Feb 14, 2016) set during the period of Japanese-American internment. Produced by and starring George Takei (actor and Japanese American who was interned in the prison camps during WWII). The War - a Ken Burns documentary that can be viewed on Netflix. It covers the entirety of World War II from the US perspective and experience. Has a chapter about Japanese American servicemen (442nd regiment). Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - by Jamie Ford - is a novel (fiction) set in the 1980's with a backstory and flashbacks during WWII and the period of Japanese American Internment. The Women Who Wrote the War - by Nancy Caldwell Sorel - is a non-fiction account of the American women who chronicled WWII. And, not related to the war but here is an interesting video that highlights microaggressions against Asian-Americans. ___________________________________________________ Homework # 27 - "Japanese American Internment" Due Monday April 11 Click HERE for the .pdf reading of Chapter 4 from the book, Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Read pages 117-122 (if you have time, read the whole chapter). Nikkei = reference to any person of Japanese descent Issei = 1st generation Japanese Americans Nisei = 2nd generation Japanese Americans Answer in complete sentences: 1.) What was the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act? Explain its function. 2.) Describe the economic losses suffered by the Nikkei (people of Japanese ancestry) as a result of their forced internment. 3.) Considering their economic losses and the rights of the 5th Amendment, were the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans violated by their forced internment? Explain your answer. A note about the book: Personal Justice Denied tells the extraordinary story of the incarceration of mainland Japanese Americans and Alaskan Aleuts during World War II. Although this wartime episode is now almost universally recognized as a catastrophe, for decades various government officials and agencies defended their actions by asserting a military necessity. The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment was established by act of Congress in 1980 to investigate the detention program. Over twenty days, it held hearings in cities across the country, particularly on the West Coast, with testimony from more than 750 witnesses: evacuees, former government officials, public figures, interested citizens, and historians and other professionals. It took steps to locate and to review the records of government action and to analyze contemporary writings and personal and historical accounts. The Commission’s report is a masterful summary of events surrounding the wartime relocation and detention activities, and a strong indictment of the policies that led to them. The report and its recommendations were instrumental in effecting a presidential apology and monetary restitution to surviving Japanese Americans and members of the Aleut community. ___________________________________________________ Homework # 26 - "The Home Front" Due Friday April 8 Read pages: 796 - 801 (click for .pdf) Answer: Page 797 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 800 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 Page 801 #1 "GI Bill of Rights", "internment", #3, #4 Here is #4 if it is not in your textbook: 4. Do you think that the government's policy of evacuating Japanese Americans to camps was justified on the basis of "military necessity'? Explain your answer. __________________________________________________ Homework # 25 - "Mobilizing for Defense" Due Thursday April 7 Read pages: 768 - 774 (click for .pdf of home textbook) Answer: Page 770 Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 Page 772 Skillbuilder Interpreting Visual Sources #1, 2 Page 774 #1 "Office of Price Administration (OPA)", "War Production Board (WPB)" "rationing", #3 Here is #3 if it is not in your textbook: 3. How did government regulations impact the lives of civilians? Explain using details from the reading. __________________________________________________ Homework # 20 - 24 will be collected in class on Weds 4/6/16 ____________________________________________________ Homework # 24 - "America Moves Toward War" Due Wednesday April 6 Read pages: 550-557 (or pgs. 756 - 763 in home textbook) Answer: Pg. 552 (pg. 758) "Thinking Critically" #1 Pg. 557 (pg. 763) #1 "Axis powers" "Lend-Lease Act", "Allies", "Atlantic Charter", #2 (recreate the timeline with notes and answer the question below the timeline) ___________________________________________________ DBQ Essay - In Class Tuesday April 5 Click HERE for the Documents and Task for the DBQ Essay. Instructions: 1.) You are encouraged to print these documents so that you can bring them with you on the day of the in-class essay. 2.) Complete the document questions before you come to class on Tuesday April 5. 3.) Prepare a one-page outline with a thesis statement and facts, examples, and details that you will want to include in your essay. 4.) Be sure to include OUTSIDE information in your outline which includes relevant facts, examples, and details that you will put into your essay that you DID NOT get from the documents. 5.) Click HERE for the generic Regents DBQ Rubric which will be used for grading. Please note that the score of a "5" will mean that you successfully use the documents AND outside information in your essay AND are more analytical than descriptive. 6.) You will only be allowed to have the documents and your one-page outline on the day of the in-class essay. All papers will be checked at the start of class. 7.) Click HERE for some guidelines and advice for preparing for the in-class DBQ. ____________________________________________________ Classwork from Friday April 1 If you are interested in learning more about National Parks - click http://www.nps.gov/index.htm And, if you want to see some places protected by the National Park System - New York Harbor has some spots to visit! And, if you have a Netflix account you can watch a documentary series by Ken Burns called "The National Parks: America's Best Idea". The second to last chapter has information about FDR's impact on the National Park System. And, if you're interested in this and just want to chat, please stop by to see me during a lunch or a free period! I love to talk about the outdoors! Oh, and below I've attached the video of the pika in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. (see below) And a cool video about the American pika in Alaska: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8edS07_Cys#t=181.086871 And click for cute video of a pika eating a leaf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJGmSG8M5M ___________________________________________________ Homework # 23 - "The Impact of the New Deal" Due Thursday March 31 Read pages: 721 - 725 (click for pages in home textbook) Answer: Page 725 #1 "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)", "Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)", "National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)" "Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)", and #3, #4 and #5 (minimum of 4 sentences each answer) Here are #4 and #5, if they are not in your textbook: 4. How successful do you think Franklin Roosevelt was as president? Explain in at least one paragraph. 5. Look at the cartoon on the top of page 725. What does it suggest about Roosevelt's leadership and the role of Congress? Explain. ___________________________________________________ Homework # 22 - "The New Deal Comes Under Attack" Due Wednesday March 30 Part 1: Read pages: 698 - 700 (click for pages from your home textbook) Answer: pg. 699 Skillbuilder Analyzing Political Cartoons #1,2 Answer: 1.) How and why did Roosevelt attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court? 2.) Do you think Roosevelt was wrong to try to "pack" the Supreme Court? Explain in one paragraph. 3.) Who were Roosevelt's worst critics? For each one, explain why they criticized FDR's New Deal. Part 2: Click HERE for a set of political cartoons to analyze. ___________________________________________________ Homework # 21 - "The Second New Deal Takes Hold" Due Tuesday March 29 Read pages: 495 - 501 (or 701 - 707 in your home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 497 Skillbuilder Interpreting Visual Sources #1, 2 pg. 501 (pg. 707) #1 "Eleanor Roosevelt", "Works Progress Administration (WPA)", "National Youth Administration" "Wagner Act" #2 (make sure you answer the question below the chart in one paragraph) and #3 ___________________________________________________ Homework # 20 - "The New Deal Fights the Depression" Due Monday March 28 Read pages: 488 - 494 (or 694 - 698 in your home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 494 (pg. 700) #1 "Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)", "Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)", "National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)" and #2 (answer the question below the chart in one paragraph) ___________________________________________________ Extra Credit Due Wednesday March 30 You may do 2 out of 3 options, maximum of extra credit, if you want. Option 1: Watch one of the following films from the Great Depression and write a minimum of a two paragraph critique of the film. Worth 5-10 points. (You will only receive credit for a critique of one film). Films from the Great Depression: The Public Enemy (1931) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Modern Times (1936) Of Mice and Men (1939) Option 2: The Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned artists to make posters about all kinds of topics. Look at the following website to see some examples: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html For extra credit (Worth 5 - 10 points), make your own WPA-style poster. It should be no larger than 8.5"x 11" paper. (I personally own a collection of the WPA poster series of the National Parks: http://www.printcollection.com/category/categories/collections/wpa-posters) Option 3: Click HERE for an article titled "Women at Work" that was published in National Geographic magazine in August 1944. This article includes many pictures of American women working during WWII. Read the article and look at the images and write a minimum of 2 paragraph reflection on the article - (worth 5-10 points). Consider the language used, the jobs women had, the ways the women felt about their work, anything that surprised you, angered you, caught your attention, etc. __________________________________________________ Homework # 19 - "Hoover Struggles with the Depression" Due Wednesday March 23 Read pages: 478 - 483 (or 684 - 689 in your home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 483 (pg. 689) #1 "Bonus Army"#2 (be sure to explain which of the responses was most helpful), #3 and #4 (answer in one full paragraph) Here is #4, if it is not in your textbook: 4. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt heard about the attack on the Bonus Army, why was he so certain that he would defeat Hoover? Think about:
**TEST**TEST**TEST**TEST**TEST** Test # 2 Tuesday March 22 Click HERE for the Test Review Sheet as a .pdf file. Click HERE for the Test Review Sheet as a .doc file. The Review Sheet is Due Tuesday March 22 You must complete the review sheet by filling in information about each topic. Use your class notes, homework, and textbook to complete the assignment. You may print a copy of the review sheet and write on it, or you can write out the list on loose leaf paper with your proper heading. I will also accept flash cards, as long as you have completed the assignment for all topics. IT WILL BE COLLECTED and will count as a homework assignment for the 2nd Marking Period!! The test will be multiple choice questions, including: maps, graphs, and charts. ____________________________________________________ Classwork from Friday March 18 Click HERE for the PowerPoint. Click HERE for the handout. ____________________________________________________ Homework # 18 - "The Nation's Sick Economy" Due Friday March 18 Read pages: 464 - 471 (or 670 - 677 in your home textbook, pages are the same) Answer: pg. 467 (pg. 673) Skillbuilder Analyzing Political Cartoons #1, 2, 3 pg. 471 (pg. 677) #1 "speculation", "buying on margin", "Black Tuesday" and #3 (Answer each "Think About" question in at least 3 sentences) ___________________________________________________ Homework # 17 - "The Harlem Renaissance" Due Thursday March 17 Read pages: 452 - 457 (or 658 - 663 in your home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 457 (pg. 663) #1 "Langston Hughes", "Duke Ellington" and #3, #4, #5 (each, in one paragraph of 5-8 sentences) Here are questions 4 and 5 if they're not in your textbook: #4 How did popular culture in America change as a result of the Great Migration? #5 What did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to both black and general American history? ___________________________________________________ Classwork from Monday March 14 Click HERE for the Document set we used in class. Finish up your answers to today's questions: 1. What were 3 causes for the Red Scare? 2. Describe the “Palmer Raids”? What resulted? 3. Summarize the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. What was the significance of the trial? 4. Analyze the images (cartoons, advertisements, etc) and record the common theme among them. What general sentiments do you see? 5. Overall, how do you think nativism affected American society in the 1920’s? Explain. _____________________________________________________ Homework # 16 - "The Twenties Woman" Due Tuesday March 15 Read pages: 644 - 649 (click for pages) Answer: Page 649 #1 "flapper", "double standard" and #3 (in one paragraph) and #4 (in one paragraph of 5-8 sentences) [Question #4 appears in the scanned pages above, if it is not in your textbook] ___________________________________________________ Homework # 15 - "America Struggles with Postwar Issues" Due Monday March 14 Read pages: 412 - 418 (or 618 - 624 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 416 (pg. 622) Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 pg. 418 (pg. 624) #1 "nativism", "anarchists", "quota system" and #3 (in one paragraph of 5-8 sentences) and #4 (in one paragraph of 5-8 sentences) Here is question 4 if it's not in your textbook: #4 In the various fights between management and union members, what did each side believe? ___________________________________________________ Classwork from Thursday March 10 Click HERE for the link to the film we watched in class. And, if you're interested, check out Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary "Prohibition" on Netflix. ___________________________________________________ Homework # 14b - "The Treaty of Versailles - Senate Debate" Due Thursday March 10 Answer the following: Should the US Senate have ratified the Treaty of Versailles? Your answer should be 2-3 paragraphs long and should include information from the documents listed with #14a, from notes taken during the debate, and from reading HW #13. You may also include other knowledge you have about what resulted from the Treaty and the events that came after this event. This IS an OPINION question! SO, give me your opinion by presenting an argument for why the Senate should OR should not have ratified the treaty! _____________________________________________________ Homework # 14a - "The Treaty of Versailles - Senate Debate" Due Wednesday March 9 Prepare to participate in a debate (on Weds). In order to prepare I want you to create a two-column chart for you to take notes. (These notes will be collected after the debate!) Do this in your class notes section (separate from the paragraph you wrote above). The chart will show the TWO viewpoints regarding ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. Use the materials below, to fill in your chart. Column 1 - Pro-Ratification Column 2 - Anti-Ratification List the evidence that supports List the evidence that ratification (Wilson's ideas) opposes ratification (Lodge's ideas) Read over page 607 - the text on the top of the page and the two column chart on the bottom of the page. Click HERE for a reading about the debates within the US Senate. Look at the following handout that presents two viewpoints in the debate over ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. I encourage you to PRINT a copy of this handout to use in class tomorrow (Though you cannot submit this paper for credit). Be prepared to debate in class (on Weds). You will need your own two-column chart with notes to be ready. When you arrive in class you will be assigned either pro-ratification (Wilson) or anti-ratification (Lodge). You will NOT get to choose, so you must be prepared for either scenario. _____________________________________________________ Homework # 13 - "Wilson Fights For Peace" Due Monday March 7 Read pages: 398 - 403 (or 604 - 609 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 402 (pg. 608 Skillbuilder Interpreting Visual Sources #1, 2 pg. 403 (pg. 609 #1 "Fourteen Points", "reparations", "Treaty of Versailles",and #3 and #4 (answers should be a minimum of 4 sentences) ____________________________________________________ Classwork from Thursday March 3 Cartoon is Due by Monday March 7 Click HERE for a copy of the "cartoon" worksheet about US entry into WWI. _____________________________________________________ Homework # 12 - "The War at Home" Due Friday March 4 Read pages: 388 - 395 (or 594 - 601 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 391 (pg. 597) Skillbuilder Analyzing Political Cartoons #1, 2 pg. 395 (pg. 601) #1 "War Industries Board", "Espionage and Sedition Acts", "Great Migration" and #2 (don't forget to answer the question below the graphic organizer! "Explain how each group benefited from or was disadvantaged by these changes.") _____________________________________________________ Homework # 11 - "World War I Begins" Due Thursday March 3 Read pages: 372 -380 (or 578 - 586 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 377 (pg. 583) Skillbuilder Interpreting Graphs #1, 2 pg. 380 (pg. 586) #1 "militarism", "Allies", "Central Powers", "Lusitania", "Zimmerman note" and #3 and #4 (minimum of 4 sentences each) ___________________________________________________ **TEST**TEST**TEST**TEST**TEST** Test # 1 Tuesday March 1 Click HERE for the Test Review Sheet as a .pdf file. Click HERE for the Test Review Sheet as a .doc file. The Review Sheet is Due Tuesday March 1 You must complete the review sheet by filling in information about each topic. Use your class notes, homework, and textbook to complete the assignment. You may print a copy of the review sheet and write on it, or you can write out the list on loose leaf paper with your proper heading. I will also accept flash cards, as long as you have completed the assignment for all topics. IT WILL BE COLLECTED and will count as a homework assignment for the 1st Marking Period!! The test will be multiple choice questions, including: maps, graphs, and charts. ____________________________________________________ Homework # 10 - "America as a World Power" Due Monday Feb. 29 Read pages: 359 - 365 (or 565 - 571 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 362 (pg. 568) Skillbuilder: Analyzing Political Cartoons #1, 2 pg. 365 (pg. 571) #1 "Panama Canal", "Roosevelt Corollary", "dollar diplomacy", "Francisco "Pancho" Villa ", and #3 (Answer in 5-8 sentences). ______________________________________________________ Classwork - Fri Feb. 26 Spanish American War Click HERE for the PPT (in .pdf form) of today's lesson. Click HERE for the textbook pages needed to complete the timeline. _____________________________________________________ Homework # 9 - "Acquiring New Lands" Due Friday Feb. 26 Read pages: 325 - 358 (or 558-564 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 354 (pg. 560) Skillbuilder Analyzing Political Cartoons #1, 2, 3 pg. 358 (pg. 564) #1 "Platt Amendment", "protectorate", "Emilio Aguinaldo", "Open Door notes (policy)", and #4 (should be a minimum of 4 sentences) _____________________________________________________ Homework # 8 - "Imperialism and America" Due Thursday Feb. 25 Read pages: 342 - 345 ( or 548 - 551 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 345 (pg. 551) Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 pg. 345 (pg. 551) #1 "imperialism", "Alfred T. Mahan", "William Seward", and #3 (this answer should be a minimum of 4 sentences) _____________________________________________________ Extra Credit # 1 Due Thursday February 25 This assignment is to celebrate Black History Month. Click HERE to download the assignment. (Disregard the due date on the .pdf, this activity is due on THURS 2/25). Worth 10 points for the 1st Marking Period. Extra Credit #2 Due Thursday February 25 Write song lyrics for "Trustbusters" (to the tune of "Ghostbusters"). Make it historically relevant to the actions of presidential trustbusters like Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. If you would like to sing it or share it (on your own or with a partner) with the class that is great, but I won't put anyone on the spot! :-D (May count as 5-7 points for the 1st Marking Period) ____________________________________________________ DBQ Essay - In Class Tuesday February 23 Click HERE for the Documents and Task for the DBQ Essay. Instructions: 1.) You are encouraged to print these documents so that you can bring them with you on the day of the in-class essay. 2.) Complete the document questions before you come to class on Tuesday February 23. 3.) Prepare a one-page outline with a thesis statement and facts, examples, and details that you will want to include in your essay. 4.) Be sure to include OUTSIDE information in your outline which includes relevant facts, examples, and details that you will put into your essay that you DID NOT get from the documents. 5.) Click HERE for the generic Regents DBQ Rubric which will be used for grading. Please note that the score of a "5" will mean that you successfully use the documents AND outside information in your essay AND are more analytical than descriptive. 6.) You will only be allowed to have the documents and your one-page outline on the day of the in-class essay. All papers will be checked at the start of class. 7.) Click HERE for some guidelines and advice for preparing for the in-class DBQ. ____________________________________________________ Take Home Quiz Due Monday February 22 This will count as a quiz grade out of 20 points for the 1st Marking Period. Create a PROPAGANDA POSTER in favor of the: a.) 18th Amendment (Prohibition of alcohol, read pg. 642) OR b.) 19th Amendment (Women’s Suffrage=right to vote, read textbook pgs. 520-522). A propaganda poster is like an advertisement that is created to persuade the audience to think or act in favor of the idea that is presented. Poster Guidelines: 1.) You must create only ONE poster in FAVOR of the Amendment you choose (18 or 19). Your poster should be a minimum of 8.5” x 11” sized paper and a maximum of 14” x 14” sized paper/poster board (Legal sized paper or construction paper is acceptable, too). But, please, no big posters :'( 2.) You must include the following: The words "18th Amendment & Prohibition" or "19th Amendment & Women's Suffrage", a slogan (a catchy phrase or title) and may include pictures (drawn by you or from another source), and other words you think help convey your message. Your poster must be created with the idea that you are trying to convince other people to support the Amendment. 3.) Can be done by hand or using a computer. If you are working by hand you can use pen, pencil, markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc. If you are using a computer it is not acceptable to just find something on the internet and print it out – YOU must create the poster! Consider collaging or multi-media if you can't or don't like to draw. 4.) This assignment will count as a Quiz grade for the 1st Marking Period. Keep in mind that neatness and creativity will also be factors for grading. If you are not artistically inclined, remember that your words show creativity! Here are some examples of propaganda posters from the time period: Click HERE. DO NOT reprint a poster and try to hand it in for credit! You will receive a zero for the quiz grade! ____________________________________________________ Homework # 7 - "Wilson's New Freedom" Due Friday Feb. 12 Read pages: 332-337 (or 538 - 543 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 336 (pg. 542) Skillbuilder Interpreting Visual Sources #1, 2 pg. 337 (pg. 543) #1 "Carrie Chapman Catt", "Clayton Antitrust Act", "Federal Trade Commission", "Federal Reserve System" and #2 (Don't forget the question below the timeline for #2!) _____________________________________________________ Homework # 6 - "Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal" Due Thursday Feb. 11 Read pages: 317-325 (or 523 - 531 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 323 (pg. 529) Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 pg. 325 (pg. 531) #1 "Upton Sinclair", "Square Deal", "Meat Inspection Act", "Pure Food and Drug Act", "NAACP" and #2 (Do all letters a-e and Don't forget the task below to make a news headline for each event) ____________________________________________________ Homework # 5 - "The Origins of Progressivism" Due Wednesday Feb. 10 Read pages: 306-312 (or 512 - 518 in home textbook, the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 311 (pg. 517) Skillbuilder Interpreting Visual Sources #1, 2 pg. 312 (pg. 518) #1 "initiative", "referendum", "recall", "17th Amendment" and #2 (Don't forget the question below the web for #2!) and # 4 (minimum of 4 sentences) _____________________________________________________ Homework # 4 - "The Challenges of Urbanization" Due Tuesday Feb. 9 Read pages: 262-266 (or 468-472 in home textbook - the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 263 (pg. 469) "Geography Skillbuilder" # 1, 2 pg. 266 (pg. 472) #1 "Americanization movement", "tenement", "Social Gospel movement", "settlement house", "Jane Addams" and # 3, # 4, # 5 (answers for #3, 4, 5 should be a minimum of 4 sentences each!). ____________________________________________________ Click HERE for a 3 minute video about Andrew Carnegie. ____________________________________________________ Homework # 3 - "Politics in the Gilded Age" Due Friday Feb. 5 Read pages: 267-271 (or 473-477 in home textbook - the pages are the same) Answer: pg. 269 (pg. 475) "Analyzing Political Cartoons" # 1, 2 pg. 271 (pg. 477) #1 "graft", "political machine", "patronage", "civil service", "Boss Tweed" and # 2 (make the word web) and # 3, # 5 (answers for #3 and 5 should be a minimum of 4 sentences each!). ____________________________________________________ Here is a funny scene of an assembly line from the television show: "I Love Lucy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPzLBSBzPI And, a funny scene of an assembly line from the television show: "Drake and Josh" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQjEzSqlq30 ____________________________________________________ Homework # 2 - "Captains of Industry or Robber Barons" Due Thursday Feb. 4 Captain of Industry = successful business leader, who helps the economy and the country to grow through their business developments. Robber Baron = Business leader who uses ruthless tactics (practices) to destroy competition/smaller businesses. Click HERE for the instructions as a .pdf and HERE for a .doc. You do not have to print the handout but make sure you follow the instructions for both Parts of the assignment. If you are writing your answers by hand you should put your responses on looseleaf and attach the handout (if you decide to print it). If you decide to type your answers you can do it separately or format it into the Word Doc. _____________________________________________________ Homework # 1 - Immigration Late 1800's Due Weds Feb. 3 Directions: You MUST read the excerpts about Chinese Immigration and complete the chart as you are reading. Then, you must choose ONE of the other immigrant groups, Irish, Mexican, or Russian to complete the second part of the chart. Click for the chart as a .pdf or as a Word .doc file. If you can't print the chart then you can recreate it on looseleaf paper. Click for the Introduction to Ronald Takaki's book. You MUST read the following: Click for Chinese Immigration Reading Part 1 and Part 2 Choose ONE of the other groups: Click for Irish Immigration Reading Part 1 and Part 2 Click for Mexican Immigration Reading Click for Russian Immigration Reading ___________________________________________________ Clean out your notebook for the Spring! Get a binder to keep your notes at home - you will need to keep these notes until the end the year after you take the United States History and Government Regents in June! Instructions for cleaning out your notebook: 1.) Take out ALL of the Major Assessments section 2.) Take out ALL of the Homework Section 3.) Take out ALL of your classwork EXCEPT for class notes and handouts from Jan 20, 21, 22, and 25, and your Bill of Rights/Amendments handout, Marbury v. Madison handout, Dred Scott v. Sandford handout, and Plessy v. Ferguson handout which will remain in your classwork section for the Spring Semester. ____________________________________________________ Notebook Quiz - Thurs. Jan. 21st Please come to class with your complete binder for your last notebook quiz of the semester. Instructions will be provided about what you will do with the fall semester notes after the notebook quiz is over. Any Makeup Work is due by Fri. Jan 22nd Check your Pupilpath account to see if you are missing any work. The work must be submitted in class - NO work will be accepted via email. ____________________________________________________ Final Exam - Tues. Jan. 19th The final exam will be a one-period multiple choice test that will be administered during the class period. The test will be cumulative and will include the topics we studied from Sept - Jan. 15, 2016. You should study Test Review Sheets 1-3 and complete the last test review sheet below: Click HERE for the Test Review Sheet in .pdf form. Click HERE for the .doc (Word) form. You must complete the study sheet by filling in information about each topic. Use your class notes, homework, and textbook to complete the assignment. You may print a copy of the review sheet and write on it, or you can write out the list on loose leaf paper with your proper heading. I will also accept flash cards, as long as you have completed the assignment for all topics. IT WILL BE COLLECTED and will count as a homework assignment! The test will be 50 multiple choice questions, including: maps, graphs, and charts. _________________________________________________ Here is a copy of a "Literacy Test" that would have been given in the south following Reconstruction: Click HERE to download a copy of the test. Here is the answer key - Click HERE. And here is a link to an interactive website about voting in the south before the Voting Rights Act of 1965: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html __________________________________________________ Homework #43 - "Settling on the Great Plains" Due Thursday Jan. 14 Read pages: 420-424 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 423 "Science and Technology" - How did these inventions improve farming on the Great Plains? Explain. pg. 424 #1 "Homestead Act", "exoduster", "soddy", "Morrill Act", "bonanza farms", and #3 #5 How did the railroads take advantage of farmers? _____________________________________________________ Homework #42 - "Cultures Clash on the Prairie" Due Wednesday Jan. 13 Read pages: 408-417 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 415 "Geography Skillbuilder" #1, 2 pg. 417 #1 "Great Plains", "Dawes Act", "assimilation", and #3 #5 Identify the reasons for the rise and the decline of the cattle industry. _____________________________________________________ If you're interested... Here are some links to the PBS series The American Experience "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War" (Part 1 of 2) (Part 2 of 2) _____________________________________________ Homework #41 - "The Collapse of Reconstruction" Due Tuesday Jan. 12th Read pages: 393-401 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 391 "Sharecropping - Skillbuilder Interpreting Charts" #1 (There is only one question to answer). (Look in textbook to pg. 391 or use pages from HW #44). pg. 400 Point and Counterpoint Chart "Thinking Critically" #1 (Your answer should be at least 5 sentences). pg. 401 #1 "Compromise of 1877", and #4 ______________________________________________ Homework #40 - "Reconstructing Society" Due Monday Jan. 11 Read pages: 383 - 392 (home textbook) Answer: Based on the reading: 1.) What were the worst problems African Americans faced following the Civil War? (Your answer should be a minimum of 8 sentences). 2.) How did African-American voters change the south? (Answer should be a minimum of 5 sentences). 3.) Did African Americans gain land ownership following the Civil War? What was sharecropping? How did sharecropping affect African Americans? (Answer should be a minimum of 6 sentences). _____________________________________________ Homework #39 - "The Politics of Reconstruction" Due Friday Jan. 8 Read pages: 376 - 382 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 382 #1 "Andrew Johnson", "Freedmen's Bureau", "black codes", and #2 (make sure to answer the question below the chart too!) and #5 (answer should be a minimum of 4 sentences) ______________________________________________________ Work For the Winter Break - Due Wednesday January 6, 2016 (all 4 assignments and any Extra Credit (Due Jan 8th) you choose to do) (Note: You can do ALL of these assignments by hand!) Assignment # 1 - "The Emancipation Proclamation" This will count as a Quiz Grade and will be worth a maximum of 30 points. Read pages: 347 - 348 (home textbook) Then, read the complete "Emancipation Proclamation" Then, read this secondary source assessment of the Emancipation Proclamation. Complete the following: In 3 - 4 paragraphs answer the following question: Should Lincoln have issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863? Your answer should address: a. The reasons Lincoln issued the proclamation. b. Who was effected by the proclamation. c. The effects of the proclamation after it was issued. Assignment # 2 = Homework # 36 - "The Civil War Begins" Read pages: 338 -345 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 339 Skillbuilder "Interpreting Graphs" #1 and #2 pg. 340 Geography Skillbuilder "Maps" #1 and #2 pg. 345 #1 "Fort Sumter", "Antietam", "Ulysses S. Grant", " Robert E. Lee" Assignment # 3 = Homework # 37 - "Lincoln Expands Presidential Power" Read page: 349 (home textbook) Then, read the "Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus" Finally, read "This Day in History" Answer: 1.) What is habeas corpus? 2.) Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus? (Cite reasons from the readings above and answer in at least one paragraph). 3.) How did this action expand presidential power? 4.) Do you think a modern day president could suspend habeas corpus? (Explain in at least one paragraph). Assignment # 4 = Homework # 38 - "The North Takes Charge" Read pages: 357 - 365 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 358 Geography SKillbuilder #1 and #2 pg. 363 Geography SKillbuilder #1 and #2 pg. 365 #1 "Gettysburg Address", "Appomattox Court House", and #2 and #5 - Why do you think Lincoln urged generous terms for a Confederate surrender? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extra Credit - You can earn a maximum of 30 points by completing the following (each assignment is worth a max of 10 points). Extra Credit is also due on Friday January 8th. You can do all of them or some, or none - your choice. 1.) Watch the following video: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pa11.vhssocst.us.indust.sainthom/ Copy down the title of the video you watched and write down your reaction to the film, in at least one paragraph. This can be personalized and you can use "I" in your response (ex: "I feel that..." "This was interesting because..."). 2.) Civil War (and Pre-Civil War) in film: (I will ONLY accept ONE movie review, but feel free to watch all of them!) Get some friends together and have a movie night! ;-D Watch the movie "12 Years a Slave" try Redbox, Itunes, or Netfilx to see where it is available. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northrup. OR Watch the movie "Lincoln" (may find it at Redbox or for rental on websites like Amazon.com or Itunes or Netflix). Starring Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln. OR Watch the film "Glory" (may find it on websites like Amazon.com or Itunes for rental). Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Cary Elwes. Then: Write your opinion of ONE of the films - include things that you liked or disliked. Essentially, I want you to act like a movie critic and judge the film AND the historical content. Your answer should be at least one paragraph up to a maximum of 3 paragraphs. In your writing, explain how this helped you to have a better understanding of the Civil War. 3.) Pretend you are a civilian - free or enslaved (not a politician or soldier) living in either the North or the South at the outbreak of the Civil War. a.) Compose a poem or song lyrics in which you address your opinion of the start of the war. You must indicate at the top of the paper, which side you are pretending to be from - North or South. Give your poem or lyrics a title. If they are song lyrics and go along with music or a tune that is already composed, please indicate the song (example: My lyrics would go to the tune of "Row Row Row Your Boat"). OR b.) Create a dance in which you address your opinion of the start of the war. You can film the dance and write a paragraph reflection explaining the dance. Give the dance a title. You may include music or not, depending on what you prefer. ____________________________________________________ Homework # 35 - "Lincoln- Douglas Debates" Due Friday Dec. 18 Read the following handout. Answer: Questions 1 - 8 that are listed under "Review Questions". __________________________________________________ Homework # 34 - Protest, Resistance, and Violence Due Thursday Dec. 17 Read pages: 310 - 317 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 314 Geography Skillbuilder #1, 2 pg. 317 #1 "personal liberty laws", "Harriet Beecher Stowe", "Underground Railroad", and #3 and #4 (each should be a minimum of 4 sentences) __________________________________________________ Homework # 33 - The Divisive Politics of Slavery Due Wednesday Dec. 16 Read pgs: 304 - 309 (home textbook) Answer: pg. 308 Skillbuilder Interpreting Charts # 1, 2 pg. 309 #1 "secession", "Compromise of 1850", "popular sovereignty", "Stephen A. Douglas" and # 3 (answer in minimum of 4 sentences) ____________________________________________________ **** In-Class Essay Test **** *** Tuesday December 15, 2015 *** You will write a Thematic Essay on Tuesday, in class (topic is Early Reform Movements). To prepare for the essay you will be allowed to see the topic, create an outline, and have those notes with you in class. Please review the Thematic Essay Rubric which will be used for grading, located in the right hand column of the page. You may write notes and an outline on the essay topic paper that was provided on Friday. Meaning, you will be allowed to bring that one sheet of paper (8.5x11 paper) to use on Tuesday while writing the essay. Click HERE for a website that includes analytical phrases and words you can use in your writing. You will NOT be allowed to bring class notes, homework, or other papers. I will be checking this at the start of the period and will take any prohibited papers or outlines that look like essays! _____________________________________________________ Homework # 32 - "War with Mexico" Due Monday Dec. 14 Read pages: 293 -299 (click for pages from home textbook) Answer: pg. 299 #1 "Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo", "Gadsden Purchase", "forty-niners", "gold rush", and #3 Also Answer: a.) Read these two sources and create a T-chart outlining the reasons for and against going to war with Mexico. b.) Would you have supported the controversial war with Mexico? Why or why not? Explain your answer using details from the chapter in a minimum of 8 sentences. Here is a cool interactive map of the history of US Expansion: http://animatedatlas.com/movie Click on the movie to review the details of the Mexican - American War. Here is a link to a youtube video of the old Oregon Trail video game from the 1970's and 1980's: (the song playing in the background is not the original soundtrack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjPL9jwDdhA ____________________________________________________ Homework # 31 - "Slavery in the South" Due Friday Dec. 11 Read the following documents (click blue letters) and answer the questions after each one. There are four questions total. Consider the different opinions of slavery and the justifications that people attempted to use to explain why it was used. _____________________________________________________ Here are the images of the CD cover and the list of songs if you are interested in the music from the Abolitionist Museum Walk. Here are the songs: Track 1, Track 2, Track 3, |
US Regents Tutoring Schedule:
Thursday June 2 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - Geography of US, Early Thirteen Colonies through American Revolution Monday June 6 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - Articles of Confederation through Jackson Tuesday June 7 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - Civil War - causes through Reconstruction Wednesday June 8 - 4:15 to 6:15 (room 645) - Late 1800's through Progressivism Friday June 10 - 4:15 to 5:15 (room 645) - WWI through WWII Monday June 13 - 4:15 to 6:15 (roomTBA) - Cold War through present (US foreign relations) & General Test Prep Monday June 13 - 4:15 to 6:15 (room 645) - 1950's through present (US domestic affairs) & General Test Prep ______________________________________________ Information about asking for College Recommendations: 1.) You must complete the following application to request a recommendation from me. Click HERE for the .pdf form. Click HERE for the .doc (Word) form. This form must be handed to me - IN PERSON - on or before Friday May 20th. (I will NOT accept ANY emailed applications and NO LATE applications. NO EXCEPTIONS). 2.) I am not required to write you a recommendation and it is my right to refuse to do so. Filling out the application does NOT mean that I will agree to write you a recommendation. 3.) I spend between 1-2 hours writing EACH recommendation, if you cannot complete the application for the recommendation then I cannot write one for you. If you feel the application is too much, I am not the right person to ask. • If I agree to write the recommendation I will tell you – in PERSON – by June 6th. I get MANY requests for recommendations and I may not be able to take on more requests. Please be understanding of this. Thank you. ____________________________________________________ Proper Heading: Name:___________ Date: ______ Per: ________ Mrs. Hatlen HW #___ Title: _________________ Remember: a. Use your proper heading for homework. b. You don't have to copy the questions but be sure to rephrase it in your answer. c. Answers should be a minimum of 4 sentences each. Refer to the Homework Rubric above, to get full details for grading. Homework Rubric This rubric will be used to grade your homework assignments. Please print a copy to keep in your notebook with your syllabus and contract. (Click the words "Homework Rubric" to download the .pdf) _____________________________________________________ Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay Rubric Click the words above for the rubric that will be used for grading all DBQ Essays. This is the same rubric used for grading the state Regents exams. I will give you both grades so you can know the score out of 5 marks, while the test grade will be used in formulating your report card grade. Essays are included in the "Major Assessments" section of your grade, which is 50% of the total. Click HERE for a list of transition and analytical phrases. Thematic Essay Rubric Click the words above for the rubric that will be used for grading all Thematic Essays. This is the same rubric used for grading the state Regents exams. I will give you both grades so you can know the score out of 5 marks, while the test grade will be used in formulating your report card grade. Essays are included in the "Major Assessments" section of your grade, which is 50% of the total. _____________________________________________________ Poster Rubric This rubric is used to grade poster projects/quizzes. _____________________________________________________ Here is the link for the School Library website: http://laguardia.wikispaces.com/ If you are asked for a username and password, use the following: User name: laghs Password:10023 When you click on Social Studies and American History, you can access the Databases like Proquest to do academic research. _____________________________________________________ |