11/25 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Ever call "dibs" on something?  "Shotgun?"  Compare to Open Door Policy.  Discuss ethnocentrism and how it impacted Chinese history in the 20th century.
2.  Do you know anyone that is "old-fashioned" or not "with" the times?  Examples?  Compare this concept to Japan (& China) during the era of American Imperialism...The US in Japan.
3.  Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy (pg. 12)
4.  Coverage of Ferguson, MO.

HW -

11/24 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Analyze the political cartoon on the front of your packet...What are the symbols?  What is the message?  How does this cartoon represent nationalism?  
2.  Reconstruct the Spanish-American War:  Visual history
3.  Wrap up American Imperialism overview (pg. 5)

HW - pgs. 11a-11f

11/21 Class Agenda

PERIODS 2, 3
1.  Bellringer:  Do pgs. 9-10
2.  Causes of the Spanish-American War:  Do pgs. 8a-8b…using the primary sources provided to you in class.

HW - finish pg. 8b

PERIODS 6, 8, 9
1.  Bellringer:  Tell me about a time when you have taken advantage of or teased a younger sibling/cousin/etc...OR a time when an older sibling has taken advantage of, or teased you.  Why was this able to happen?  Bridge discussion into the vocabulary term imperialism. 

2.  America Becomes a Colonial Power (Notes:  pg. 5-7).  

HW - pg. 8c thru 8g:  Do questions on 8g

11/20 Class Agenda: American Imperialism

PERIODS 2, 3
1.  Bellringer:  Tell me about a time when you have taken advantage of or teased a younger sibling/cousin/etc...OR a time when an older sibling has taken advantage of, or teased you.  Why was this able to happen?  Bridge discussion into the vocabulary term imperialism. 

2.  America Becomes a Colonial Power (Notes:  pg. 5-7).  

HW - pg. 8c thru 8g:  Do questions on 8g

PERIODS 6, 8, 9
1.  Bellringer:  Do pgs. 9-10
2.  Causes of the Spanish-American War:  Do pgs. 8a-8b…using the primary sources provided to you in class.

HW - finish pg. 8b

11/19 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1
2.  TEST:  The Progressive Era

HW - none

11/18 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Share your Progressive Bear with your table partner.  Looking at your packet cover...let's do a metaphor exercise:  Why does the artist compare TR to a lion tamer?

2.  Brain-pop on Teddy Roosevelt.  Notes (pg. 20b).  

• How did John Muir impact the movement toward conservation?  

3.  Unit review exercise (pg. 1b and pg. 21).

HW - Study for Progressive Era Test TOMORROW

       - use flash cards?

11/17 Class Agenda

Mrs. Butler will be in class today to discuss and demonstrate Schooltool.

HW - finish "Bear" assignment
       - TEST on WEDNESDAY

11/14 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Looking at pg. 18 - make predictions on the blanks.  Who Could Vote?  (pg. 18).  Brain Pop:  Women's Suffrage.

2.  Watch this video.  What is the message for girls?

3.  Teddy Roosevelt Research:  Progressive Bear Assignment (pg. 20a).  We'll be using our class text book to gather research (...or at home:  use pg. 602-605 - OR - you can use this website)

HW - Progressive Bear Assignment due TUESDAY

        - UNIT TEST - WEDNESDAY

11/13 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Watch Susan B. Anthony clip and answer the questions on 15.  Discuss HW from pg. 19.

2.  Group Reading Activity..."Winning Votes for Women" (pg. 17a-17e).

• Discuss "Closure" questions.
• 1917 Imprisonment of Alice Paul:  How did the prison address her hunger strike?  Why was this important?  Discuss.
• In what ways does gender inequality exist today?  

HW -
        - Progressive Era Test WEDNESDAY

11/12 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  How did you spend your day off yesterday?
2.  Do pg. 16 - how is your day different from kids during the Industrial Era?

3.  Watch clip on Sam Gompers - then answer the questions on pg. 15.  Proceed to other Social Progressive reforms (pg. 15).
4.  Discuss the changes…What did unions want?  How did unions become politically powerful?  What are the origins of Labor Day?

HW - Do pg. 19

11/10 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 14a...Why do companies have to put these labels on their products?

Informing consumers about food ingredients wasn't always a priority for companies....

2.  Group Activity:  Read pages 9-11 and complete the column on pg. 14b titled "What was exposed?"  As a class, we will complete the column titled "What was the end result?"

3.  Rank the 3 muckrakers profiled today:  1 being the most important, 3 being the least important.  Which muckraker had the GREATEST impact on society?  Explain your ranking.
4.  Why do you think we celebrate Veterans Day?  A brief history of Veterans Day…or as other nations know it, Remembrance Day.

HW - none

11/7 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Review...Do primary source activity  

2.  Political Reform Notes (pg. 6b)

• "Mock" Primary Election:  You may only click ONE of the links below.  
• Click here to vote for a Republican candidate to run for president
• Click here to vote for a Democratic candidate to run for president

3.  Movie Clip:  How does this clip "spoof" the recall election of Gray Davis in 2003?  13:00

HW - none

11/6 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What are the pros/cons of Boss Tweed's political machine:  Bridge discussion to the yesterday's bell ringer.
2.  Sit with your group from yesterday, and review your MVPs on your "Act."  Then proceed to pg. 7b for "The Life and Death of Boss Tweed"…in 5 Acts.  

HW - 

11/5 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  As a machine, the car has advantages and disadvantages.  Create a "T" chart and list + and - of the car.  Bridge discussion into the + and - roles of political machines...

2.  Political Machine Case Study:  Boss Tweed (pg. 7a).  Answer the following for EACH box in your chart:  Did they/he like or hate him?  How do you know (text-based evidence)?  Group research activity (Textbook pgs. 596-97).  Review.
3.  Closure:  Why was Boss Tweed considered a villain by so many people?  Watch.

HW - Write 3 MVPs for the "Act" you were assigned in class.  

11/4 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Look at the pictures in this powerpoint:  Review...

• What was happening?
• What were the effects of this event?
• Identify similarities (watch)… What can we do…what can we NOT do?  Solutions?

2.  Bridge Bellringer discussion into....Progressive Era Unit Intro (notes...pg. 5)

3.  Table partner Activity (pg. 6a).  Review activity as a class...last page of slide show.  

• Charles Guiteau's assassination of President Garfield.  Why?  Amongst other reasons…he expected "spoils!"  

HW - none

11/3 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 1
2.  TEST:  Industrial Revolution

HW - none