Week of April 7 - 11, 2k25

Hey Gang!

I am in DC, which is unfortunate because this is one of my absolute favorite units of the year...Native America 1865-1900.

“The whites were always trying to make the Indians give up their life and live like white men -- go to  farming, work hard, and they did not want to anyway...If the Indians had tried to make the whites live like them, the whites would have resisted, and it was the same way with many Indians…”

-Wamditanka (Big Eagle) of Santee Sioux

Read through the Native America Packet 1865-1900 and answer the Gold Q's in the document.

The answers will be handwritten on separate sheets of loose leaf paper.  The paper is located under The David and the pencil sharpener.  Staple the pages if you need to.  NO ONE is allowed to type the assignment...Work alone.

There are many videos in the document.  Please watch them.  I take it personal when you do not take the time to read the document and watch the videos.  I take a significant amount of time to create the readings & put together the documents.  When you do not read the document or watch the videos, I feel insulted and disrespected.  Please do the work.

Watch this video on the board as an entire class before you begin reading the packet.  

Answer this first Q for your Native America HW assignment:

What are three things you found interesting from the video that you did not know before watching?

"America is a stolen country..."

Native America Unit Doc

Week of Mar. 31-April 4, 2k25

The Gilded Age continues

Gilded Age Quiz - Friday, April 4

1. In what ways did the United States need to rebuild after the Civil War?
2. What does gilded mean?  Can you think of something gilded today?
3. What is a monopoly?
4. What is a trust?
5. How did companies take over America after the Civil War?  Do you think their practices were fair?
6. What are the differences between vertical & horizontal integration?
7. How are companies like Amazon & Apple not monopolies, but pretty darn close?!
8. What were the industries of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan & Ford
9. How did the Johnstown Flood change Carnegie's life & shape his public image?
10. How did Rockefeller change his public image?
11. How did the Chicago Fire of 1871 change the way modern cities were built?
12. What were some of the pros and cons of immigration in the late 19th century & how did/do immigrants contribute to society both then and now?
13. What are two pros and cons of urbanization in the late 19th century?
14. What were some new inventions in the late 19th century?  How did the inventions of the late 19th century make America a "modern" nation?
15. How do we still live in a "gilded" age?

Week of March 24-28, 2k25

 When finished with the Civil War Assignment...

Here is your Reconstruction Writing Assignment...

Your Introduction is due Monday, March 24 when you arrive to school...

Typed...Printed..No Exceptions

Thursday March 13 & Monday March 17, 2k25

Classes,

I am in New York City for the Nike High School Indoor Nationals as I am sure many of y'all know.  This is what I expect of you while I am gone...

ALL Classes need to watch the following video that is me "talking" about the Civil War and instructing you to read the last parts of the Civil War Unit Doc.  You must read the remainder of the Civil War Doc & answer the following Q's for a HW grade.  These Q's are due by the end of the class period Monday.  Please answer the Q's in your notebook & submit them.  No typing at all.  ALL of you...Handwritten.  ALL of you.

Answer these Q's in your notebooks...Watch the flicks...Seriously....Watch them.  I don't put them in there so you can skip them...

1. Who was William T. Sherman and how did his tactics practically end the rebellion in the South? – They need to watch the William T. Sherman video in order to answer the question  

2. Do you think Sherman’s tactics were too much? Not enough? Just right?  Explain your answer!

3. What was Andersonville?

4. What happened at Appomattox, Va in 1865?

5. If you could ask Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant about the surrender, what would you ask them & why?

6. What was the purpose of John Wilkes Booth's plan and was it successful? – They need to watch the video “April 1865” in order to answer this question.

7. Based on what we’ve learned, discussed, and read, explain how the Civil War was both a success and a failure for the United States.  Provide a specific example for each of your explanations.

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When finished with the Civil War Assignment...

Here is your Reconstruction Writing Assignment...

Your Introduction is due Monday, March 24 when you arrive to school...

Typed...Printed..No Exceptions