Thursday, September 27, 2007

The '20s and The Depression (completed, for now)

Obj: Demonstrate knowledge of the causes and effects of the late 19th-century Industrial Revolution, the prosperity of the 1920s, and the Great Depression

Assignment: Quiz 1.2

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The '20s and The Depression (cont'd)

Obj: Describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression

Assignment: (1) Practice Quiz (2) Video clips and discussion of Big Rock Candy Mountain and the photography of Dorothea Lange

Collected: ACE 32

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The '20s and The Depression (cont'd)

Obj: Describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression

Assignment: (1) Review causes of the Depression (Speed Dating) (2) Video clip and discussion of Hobo Culture during the Great Depression

Monday, September 24, 2007

The 1920s and The Great Depression

Obj: Describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression

Assignment: (1) Discuss the Boom and Bust cycle in American History (2) Graphic Organizer (notes) on the causes of the Depression

Collected: Outline 31/32

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Market Revolution (finished, for now)

Obj: same

Assignment: Finish Visual Essays, Video Summary

Collected: Visual Essays

(Next Week ... the Industrial Revolution)

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Market Revolution (cont'd)

Obj: same

Assignments: Visual Essay (Is the sun rising or setting?)

Collected: ACE 14

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Market Revolution (cont'd)

Obj: same

Assignment: Personal Dilemmas of the Market Revolution, Meet and Greet

Monday, September 10, 2007

The Market Revolution (intro)

Obj: describe the defining characteristics of the Market Revolution

"Essay" Question: The Market Revolution (1790-1860) had tremendous impacts on the lives of individual Americans. On the whole, did these changes improve or hurt the lives of the average American?

Assignment: Lecture/Notes on the Market Revolution

Collected: Chapter 14 OL

Friday, September 7, 2007

The Colonies (completed, for now)

Obj: same

Assignment: Quiz 1.1

Collected: Chapter 5 OL

Thursday, September 6, 2007

The Colonies (cont'd)

Obj: same

Assignments: New England Colonies Lecture/Notes (sorry, two lectures in one week); Navigation Acts Reading (handout)

Collected: Chapter 4 OL; ACE Quiz 4 or 5

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The Colonies (cont'd)

Obj: same

"Essay" Question: Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur?

Assignments: Jamestowne Lecture/Notes; Origins of Slavery in Chesapeake (handout)

Collected: Chapter 3 OL; ACE Quiz 3 or 4

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

The Colonies

Obj: describe the political, economic, geographic, and social differences between the Chesapeake and New England colonies

Assignment: PEGS worksheet

Due: Ace Quiz 3 or 4, tomorrow