Movie Extra Credit format
Date |
In Class Activity |
AP Homework |
Homework for All |
Mon
9/16
|
Lecture: Reconstruction main issues (3 slides) Reconstruction: Were blacks truly free? Was it a success? Film/Reading and table debate
Reconstruction Debate: Traditional v Revisionist
The Successes/failure of Reconstruction (Afterward reflect on the best point of the opposition in your notes). |
Read Ch14 Summary and Review and take Notes and then write a SAQ on the following: a) Briefly explain why ONE of the following developments best represents the cause of the Civil War in the United States. 1. Abolitionism 2. Tariffs 3. Kansas-Nebraska Act
b) Provide at least ONE example of a specific historical event or development to support your explanation in part (a). c) Briefly explain why ONE of the other options is not as persuasive as the one you chose in part (REMEMBER TEA for your answer)
Watch, take notes on, and write a summary on the video clip: Ken Burns: The Transcontinental Railroad End with a thesis statement addressing the question - To what extent did the Transcontinental Railroad transform America? |
I did not remind you to turn in your Jury papers last class so I will give you a one day grace - they will be late if not turned in Wednesday. Next time the responsibility is on you.
Interactively read and write a summary for Historians & the West
Make sure you've finished the first page of Guiding Questions in your blue packet. |
Wed
9/18
|
Lecture: Reconstruction and play acting: Impeachment
Film: Many Rivers to Cross. |
Watch Crash Course 23 take notes and summarize
Read and take notes on 517-519 and answer the SAQ on 519, 546-547, Read 527-528 & do questions |
Print out and take a look at the Family history immigration projects and decide who to interview
Extra credit for watching one of these movies (Molly Maguires, In America, Avalon, Joy Luck Club, ) over the weekend and turning in the following form/paper by the end of the unit |
Fri
9/20
|
Finish:Many River
Discuss Immigration Projects
Review Lecture: America Moves West: Native Americans, The Homestead Act, the Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad
Start Lecture: Farmer Problems 1860s-1880s |
Interactively read and summarize: Populism & Historians |
Continue working on Family history immigration projects
Read and do: How the Other Half Lives
Note: If you received less than a 70% on the test you can do a debrief |
Tues
9/24
|
Finish Lecture: West and discuss the Plight of the Farmers (Wizard of Oz)
Choose an Immigration Debate Group for the upcoming hotseat, debate, & workshop |
Watch & Take Notes on Crash Course #25: Growth, Cities, and Immigration
Print out the brief excerpt of Bryan's famous Cross of gold Speech and interactively highlight it. Does Bryan sound like anyone today? Explain
 |
Download this document and take notes on the video. You will complete the document with a group in class so have some ideas
Family history immigration projects due next a week from Monday.
Here is a studyguide for Reconstruction and the West for the brief upcoming quiz.
Go to new Unit Gilded Age |
Thurs
9/26
|
Double English Day: Meet in MAP Annex -
Film: 12 Years a Slave & class analysis |
Watch and take interactive notes and summarize Crash Course #24 the American West |
Make sure you're working on your immigration project
Go to the new site
Study for Quiz |