Week of February 29 -- March 4, 2016

The Gilded Age Continues!

What do you think of the gold font? Cool, huh?  This week, we'll continue with our Gilded Age unit then enter the Death of the West...The nation will become an industrial giant, the superpower of the world, the nation of innovation and inventions, but will also devastate the western peoples...

The Men Who Built America - The Gilded Age 1865-1900

John D. Rockefeller on Big Business and Enterprise!

Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park

How Edison Changed the World...

Thomas Edison Banished The Darkness..

Immigration to the United States 1880--1920

 How the Other Half Lives: Jacob Riis

Questions to Consider...

1. What does gilded mean?
2. What is a trust? A monopoly?
3. What enabled the tycoons like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan, etc. to do what they did in the business world?
4. What industries thrived in the Gilded Age?
5. What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
6. What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
7. How did men like Carnegie and Rockefeller spend their millions of dollars in retirement?
8. What is the greatest invention of all time? *I'm biased here :)
9. How did the inventions of the late 19th century revolutionize America?
10. What is urbanization and what are the effects of urbanization?
11. What contributions did immigrants bring to the United States from 1880-1920?
12. What was the Progressive Era?
13. Why did the Progressive Era take place? How do we see a Progressive Era today?
14. What were some progressive reforms in the early 20th century?
15. Who was the most progressive president..EVER!?
16. Who were Jacob Riis? Ida Tarbell? Upton Sinclair?
17. What is a muckraker?

Day 1

In Class:  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Project due!  -- Continue our Gilded Age/Immigration/Progressive Era discussions and readings:  Gilded Age Packet

HW:  Work on President Research paper Due March 7!!!

Notes:  Be sure to tackle Presidential Projects for March 4 and March 21 -- Johnson and Grant ... Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

Day 2
In Class:  The Men Who Built America -- Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, Edison, Vanderbilt -- Integration tactics in business -- Ruthless industry!! Gilded Age Packet
HW:  Work on President Research paper Due March 7!!!
Notes:  Be sure to tackle Presidential Projects for March 4 and March 21 -- Johnson and Grant ... Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

Day 3
In Class:  The Men Who Built America -- Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, Edison, Vanderbilt -- Integration tactics in business -- Ruthless industry!!  Gilded Age Packet
HW:  Work on President Research paper Due March 7!!!
Notes:  Be sure to tackle Presidential Projects for March 4 and March 21 -- Johnson and Grant ... Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

Day 4
In Class: Immigration of the 1880s-1920, Urbanization, and the Progressive Era  Gilded Age Packet
HW:  Work on President Research paper Due March 7!!!
Notes:  Be sure to tackle Presidential Projects for March 4 and March 21 -- Johnson and Grant ... Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

Week of February 22-26, 2016

Hey Gang!  The Civil War is over and now we move toward the 20th century!  We have a few things going on over the next few weeks including the Gilded Age 1865-1900, the President Research Paper, and the Native American West Struggles of 1865-1900 to maintain control over their lands...

John D. Rockefeller...What's going on here?

Bosses of the Senate

Day 1
In Class:  Civil War Test!  Huzzah!  -- Crash Course Civil War Google Form due today too!
HW:  None!
Notes:  Abraham Lincoln due Feb. 29 and President Paper due March 7

Day 2
In Class:  Go over Outlines and work on President Research Paper...
HW: None!
Notes:  Abraham Lincoln due Feb. 29 and President Paper due March 7

Day 3
In Class:  Work on President Research Paper...
HW: None!
Notes:  Abraham Lincoln due Feb. 29 and President Paper due March 7

Day 4
In Class:  The Gilded Age after the Civil War! --Gilded Age Document and the Men Who Built America: Men Who Built America
HW: 
Notes:  Abraham Lincoln due Feb. 29 and President Paper due March 7

Presidential Projects Notes

Below is the listed information for the upcoming Presidential Projects.  There is A LOT of information we will NOT learn in class about these presidents or the contents of their presidency.  The reason I have you doing these is because they are easy and the facts are interesting...  Johnson and Grant are due March 4 and R.B. Hayes through W. McKinley are due March 21 as a bundle...Each video below the president's name are one-minute videos... Enjoy!

Ultimate Guide to the Presidents 1865 -1901 History Channel

GREAT Video covering the Presidents 1865-1901

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Andrew Johnson – Quiz Grade

·       1866 - XIV Amendment

·       Civil Rights Act of 1866

·       1865 - KKK forms in Tennessee

·       1867 - Tenure of Office Act

·       1868 - Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment trial

·       1867- Alaska Purchase

·       1868 - James Buchanan dies - (no details needed)

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Ulysses S. Grant – HW Grade

·       1870 - XV Amendment

·       1869- Transcontinental Railroad completed

·       1869 - Franklin Pierce finally dies - (no details needed)

·       1874 - Millard Fillmore dies...Who was Millard Fillmore again? I forgot. - (no details needed)

·       1875 - Andrew Johnson finally dies - (no details needed)

·       1876- Custer’s Last Stand/Battle of Little Bighorn

·       1876 - Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

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Rutherford B. Hayes – HW Grade

·       1879 - Thomas Edison invents the light bulb

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James A. Garfield – HW Grade

·       1881 - Assassination – Explain how he died

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Chester A. Arthur – HW Grade

·       1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act

·       1883 - Pendleton Act

·       1883 - Standard Time Zones created

·       Standard Oil Trust forms (1881)  -- Explain who John D. Rockefeller was

·       1885 - Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer - (no details needed)

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Grover Cleveland Both Terms – HW Grade

·       1887 - Dawes Act

·       1886 - Coca-Cola invented

·       1886 - Chester A. Arthur dies - (no details needed)

·       1887 - Interstate Commerce Act

Grover Cleveland  #2 (Combine with the other Grover Cleveland Presidential Project) Grade

·       Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Benjamin Harrison – HW Grade

·       1890 - Wounded Knee Massacre

·       1893 - Rutherford B. Hayes dies - (no details needed)

·       1890 - Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives

·       1887 - Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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William McKinley – HW Grade

·       1898 - U.S.S. Maine explodes in Havana

·       1901- Assassination – Explain how he died

·       1901 - Benjamin Harrison dies - (no details needed)

Week of Feb. 15-19, 2016

Hey Gang!  Welcome to Week Two of the Civil War!  This week, we'll go over our Scavenger Hunt activity and discuss some of the major issues and events of the Civil War!

Study Guide for the Civil War Test:

• What were the four border states?
• Which border state was most important and why?
• Who was the greatest General for the Confederacy?
• What did Abraham Lincoln think the war was about BEFORE his Emancipation Proclamation?
• What were some advantages and disadvantages of BOTH Union and Confederacy entering the war?
• What was the deadliest weapon of the war?
• What was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?
• What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
• What was the battle did Ulysses S. Grant secure the Mississippi River for the Union in 1863?
• Approximately how many soldiers died during the Civil War?
• Where was the Battle of Antietam?
• What was the message of the Gettysburg Address?
• What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
• What happened at Appomattox Court House in April 1865?
• What did Lincoln mean when he said "With malice toward none, with charity for all" in his Second Inaugural Address?
• What was Sherman's "Total Warfare"?
• What did Matthew Brady do during the Civil War that was new to the nation?
• How did Matthew Brady's work change the way the nation looked at war?

MY Video Podcasts on the Civil War from last year which has the SAME content and details...

Civil War Part I- Civil War Part I Click Me!

Civil War Part II - Civil War Part II Click Me!

Watch the John Green Video and Answer the Google Form Questions by February 22!!!

John Green Civil War Google Form!

Day 1

In Class:  Civil War Scavenger Hunt -- Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Antietam, Ironclads, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Gettysburg Address, Conscription Act, Sherman's March to the Sea, Lee's Surrender, Lincoln's Assassination, Reconstruction....One Word.

HW:  Watch the John Green Video on the Civil War Part I and answer the questions in the Google Form by Feb. 22 (That's the day of the Civil War test BTW)...

Day 2

In Class:  Continue the Civil War Scavenger Hunt -- Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Antietam, Ironclads, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Gettysburg Address, Conscription Act, Sherman's March to the Sea, Lee's Surrender, Lincoln's Assassination, Reconstruction....One Word.

HW:  Watch the John Green Video on the Civil War Part I and answer the questions in the Google Form by Feb. 22 (That's the day of the Civil War test BTW)...John Green Civil War Google Form! Video is above...

Day 3

In Class:  Finish discussion of the Civil War Scavenger Hunt activity and dive deep into some of the major issues of the Civil War and summarize what the war stood for and what it did to the nation...

HW:  Watch the John Green Video on the Civil War Part I and answer the questions in the Google Form by Feb. 22 (That's the day of the Civil War test BTW)...John Green Civil War Google Form! Video is above...

                                         Videos we will watch in class this week and next...

Battle of Antietam, Maryland -- September 1862 -- HUGE Union Victory that lead to Emancipation Proclamation

Personally, this is one of the best videos and explanations of the Gettysburg Address...EVER!

Sherman's March...AKA...The Best Hiking Trip of All Time!

Rober E. Lee's Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant....Ending Southern resistance..1865

New HW Assignment due February 19, 2016

Hey Gang!  When I was your age, I honestly did not know anything about politics.  I could not tell you the differences between the political parties, who ran for president in 1996 against Bill Clinton, etc...I knew my parents cared, but I did not know why.  

Iowa and New Hampshire are in the books...The candidates are spending MILLIONS of dollars trying to win the votes to earn their places on the Republican and Democratic tickets for the 2016 Presidential Election.

We had a great Civics Unit earlier this year, and now you are witnessing a historic election.  The first African-American president's time is nearly over, and President Obama will hand the torch of leadership over to a new president.  The stakes are high.  Instead of a rich, white, Protestant presidential candidate who grew up in a political family and occupied the Senate or served as a Governor, we could something new...

There have been some historic moments in "Election History" since the first election in 1789...

-Washington was our first unanimously elected president in 1789...
-James Monroe ran unopposed in 1820...
-John Quincy Adams became the first president to be the son of a former president
-John Tyler became the first vice president turned president...
-James K. Polk's inaugural address was telegraphed to the outposts of California in 1845!
-Abraham Lincoln won the presidency with only 39.8% of the vote!
-Rutherford B. Hayes was the nation's first Civil War veteran president in 1877
-Woodrow Wilson delivered the first State of the Union Address as a public speech since Thomas Jefferson in 1800!
-FDR was the first, and only president to be elected to a third term in 1940!
-John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic president elected in 1960
-Gerald Ford became the first non-elected president in 1974
-George W. Bush became the second president to ever win the Electoral College but not win the majority vote in 2000 (Hayes was the first in 1877)
-Barack Obama was the first African-American president elected in 2008
-Now in 2016...What will we see?

Those who vote in elections do vote for "people", but what drives us voters are the candidate's stances on the issues...

-Gun Regulation    -Immigration     -Abortion     -Same-Sex Marriage    -Climate Change

-The Economy      -Middle Eastern Policies    -Taxes    -Healthcare    -Death Penalty

-Role of Government       -Equal-Rights/Civil Rights        and much more!

Optional Article on Issues:  The Issues of 2016 Election 

For HOMEWORK due Friday, February 19, I want you to type up a one page summary on what you think are the three most important issues in the election.  You may have an issue that is dear to you that is not listed above, and that is fine!!! You might even wish to include an issue that you think the candidates should not even talk about or discuss.  Even I plan on doing this assignment and will post my summary on the board for you to read... Consider this an easy HW grade where you voice YOUR opinion on what issues YOU think are the most important and what the candidates SHOULD focus on in this year's 2016 Election...

Here is MY summary:  MY Three Important Issues

The Test...

I will say this nicely...You guys are driving me insane asking me "what is on the test tomorrow"...I've said it a gajillion times and even posted it on the blog where the post was visible for ONE FULL WEEK!  This tells me how much attention y'all pay to the blog...Below is what's "On the test"..

-Manifest Destiny - Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Mountain Man era stuff

-Temperance and Seneca Falls Convention

-Road to Civil War - ALL the stuff in the Road to Civil War Packet...I'd pay attention to the pictures too

-Some Civil War stuff that we covered last week...

Please get it together gang...

Week of February 8-11, 2016 CIVIL WAR WEEK!!!

Welcome to Civil War Week!!!

Civil War:  The Cause

This week, y'all will be on another museum walk around the classroom and hallway answering some of the following Q's:

  

The Dead at Antietam

-Which side had the clear advantage entering the Civil War?

-How did most soldiers die during the war?

-What was the deadliest weapon of the war?

-Who were the leaders of the Union and Confederacy?

-Where were the bloodiest days of the war?

-What was the bloodiest battle of the war?

-Who was the "average soldier" of the war?

-What was the turning point of the Civil War?

-What did Sherman do to our beloved city and state? (Which I totally approve of by the way)

-What impact did the war have on the citizens?

-How did medical practices improve (or lack thereof) change over the course of the war?

-What was daily life like for the average soldier?

-What impact did the Gettysburg Address have on the nation?

-How much did the average soldier's backpack weigh?

-Did the Emancipation free the slaves?

-What impact did photography and technology have on the Civil War?

My favorite photograph from the Civil War (Below)

Click Here: Civil War Museum Packet

The entire week will entail the packet, eating some Civil War food, examining artifacts from the Civil War, and navigating through the four bloodiest years in American history...Bring your packets and headphones to class!  It's Civil War Week!!!

The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

Xtra Credit...Happy 100th Day!

This is generally the time of year where I like to "re-evaluate and reflect" on the year.  The Google Form below is an Xtra Credit assignment worth TWO A for the Days!  IF you would like to answer the questions below, I would sincerely appreciate it and I will not share any of your information.  Please fill out the Google Form by Thursday, February 11, 2016. 

Your answers are 100% Confidential and will be used to BETTER the class...

Thank you for your honesty and time!

The 100th Day Google Form