Hey Folks!

Welcome back for Semester 2!!

This week we will begin Topic 14 World War II.

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Essential Question:

What were the reasons the allied countries chose to engage in a policy of appeasement?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.1 Rise of Aggressive Dictators

Objectives: Explain the rise of dictatorships in the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, and Japan in the 1930’s. Summarize the acts of aggression by Italy, Germany, and Japan. Analyze the responses of Britain, France, and the US to the aggressive regimes.

Topic 14.2 America Debates Involvement

Objectives: Understand the course of the early years of WWII in Europe. Describe FDR’s foreign policy in the mid-1930’s and the great debate between interventionists and isolationists. Explain how the US became more involved in the conflict.

Topic 14.3 The United States Enters World War II

Objectives: Explain why Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor, and describe the attack itself. Outline how the United States mobilized for war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Summarize the course of the war in the Pacific through the summer of 1942.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 14.1 Rise of Aggressive Dictators
2. Topic 14.2 America Debates Involvement
3. Topic 14.3 The United States Enters World War II
4. Pearl Harbor Primary Source Activity

Hey Folks!

This week we will finish Topic 13 The Great Depression and the New Deal. We will also be taking a quiz on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What is the legacy of the Great Depression?

Learning Objectives

Topic 13.4 The New Deal Expands

Objectives: Analyze the ways that the New Deal promoted social and economic reform and its long-term effects. Explain how New Deal legislation affected the growth of organized labor. Evaluate Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of US Supreme Court justices on the course of the New Deal.

Topic 13.5 Effects of the New Deal

Objectives: Identify the social and political contributions of Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, and other women involved in New Deal programs. Explain how the New Deal expanded economic opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. Analyze how the New Deal changed the shape of American party politics and lessened ethnic and social divisions with American society. Evaluate the effect of the New Deal on the historical role of the federal government and FDR on the presidency.

Topic 13.6 Culture During the Depression

Objectives: Trace the growth of radio and the movies in the 1930’s and how both mediums reflected the characteristics and issues of their time. Explain the relationship between the New Deal and the arts. Describe the major themes of literature of the Depression era.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 13.4 The New Deal Expands
2. Topic 13.5 Effects of the New Deal
3. Topic 13.6 Culture During the Depression
4. Topic 13 Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression
2. Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer
3. Topic 13.3 Two Presidents Respond

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 13 The Great Depression and the New Deal.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are some of the contrasting theories as to what caused the Great Depression?

Learning Objectives

Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression

Objectives: Identify how weaknesses in the economy in the 1920’s caused the Great depression. Explain why the stock market crashed in 1929 and the crash’s effect on the economy. Describe how the Great depression deepened in the US and spread overseas. Identify the causes of the Great Depression and discuss how historians differ about them.

Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer

Objectives: Examine the spread of unemployment in America’s cities. Analyze the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers. Analyze the impact of human and geographical factors that created the Dust Bowl. Describe how the Great Depression affected family life and the lives of African Americans and Mexican Americans.

Topic 13.3 Two Presidents Respond

Objectives: Contrast Hoover’s Approach to the economic crisis with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s approach. Describe the programs that were part of the first New Deal and the effect on the lives of Americans.

Topic 13.4 The New Deal Expands

Objectives: Analyze the ways that the New Deal promoted social and economic reform and its long-term effects. Explain how New Deal legislation affected the growth of organized labor. Evaluate Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of US Supreme Court justices on the course of the New Deal.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression
2. Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer
3. Topic 13.3 Two Presidents Respond
4. Topic 13.4 The New Deal Expands

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12 Quiz
2. Topic 13 Pre-Quiz
3. Topic 12.9 The Harlem Renaissance

Hey Folks!

This week we will take the quiz for Topic 12 World War I and the 1920’s on Tuesday. We will finish watching War Horse and begin Topic 13 The Great Depression and the New Deal on Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are some of the contrasting theories as to what caused the Great Depression?

Learning Objectives

Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression

Objectives: Identify how weaknesses in the economy in the 1920’s caused the Great depression. Explain why the stock market crashed in 1929 and the crash’s effect on the economy. Describe how the Great depression deepened in the US and spread overseas. Identify the causes of the Great Depression and discuss how historians differ about them.

Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer

Objectives: Examine the spread of unemployment in America’s cities. Analyze the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers. Analyze the impact of human and geographical factors that created the Dust Bowl. Describe how the Great Depression affected family life and the lives of African Americans and Mexican Americans.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12 Quiz
2. Topic 13 Pre-Quiz
3. Topic 13.1 Causes of The Depression
4. Topic 13.2 Americans Suffer

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.7 An Unsettled Society
2. Topic 12.8 The Roaring Twenties
3. Topic 12.9 The Harlem Renaissance

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue Topic 12 World War I and the 1920’s. We will talk about culture in the 1920’s and on Thursday we will have the Topic 12 Quiz.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

In your opinion, why were the 1920’s a great time for American heroes and celebrities? Did these heroes reflect values and expectations that American society created for itself?

Learning Objectives

Topic 12.7 An Unsettled Society

Objectives: Compare economic and cultural life in rural America to that in urban America. Analyze how foreign events after World War I and nativism contributed to the first Red Scare. Analyze the causes and effects of changes in US immigration policy in the 1920’s. Describe the goals and motives of the KKK in the 1920’s. Analyze the intended and unintended effects of Prohibition.

Topic 12.8 The Roaring Twenties

Objectives: Describe how increased leisure time and technological innovations led to a widespread shared popular culture in the 1920’s. Analyze the changing role of women in the 1920’s. Describe how the concept of modernism shown in art and literature reflected postwar disillusionment.

Topic 12.9 The Harlem Renaissance

Objectives: Analyze how the Great Migration and the philosophies of Marcus Garvey affected African Americans in the 1920’s. Trace the development of jazz and its impact on American society and the rest of the world. Discuss the themes explored by writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.7 An Unsettled Society
2. Topic 12.8 The Roaring Twenties
3. Topic 12.9 The Harlem Renaissance
4. Topic 12 Quiz
5. Topic 13 Pre-Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.3 The Home Front During World War I
2. Topic 12.4 The End of World War I
3. Topic 12.5 The Post War Economy Boom
4. Topic 12.6 Government in the 1920’s

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue Topic 12 World War I and the 1920’s. We will finish WWI and then move onto the 1920’s on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What is the legacy of World War I? Where mistake made in resolving the conflict or was it the best conclusion Europe could have hoped for at the time? Defend your answer.

Learning Objectives

Topic 12.3 The Home Front During World War I

Objectives: Analyze how the US government mobilized the public to support the war effort. Describe opposition to WWI and how the federal government responded to it. Analyze the causes and effects of migration and social changes that occurred during WWI.

Topic 12.4 The End of World War I

Objectives: Understand the contributions of the American Expeditionary Force to the Allied victory in WWI. Describe the issues raised by President Wilson’s Fourteen Points. Analyze the decisions made at the Paris Peace Conference and included in the Treaty of Versailles. Evaluate the pros and cons of US participation in the League of Nations. Explain why the US Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

Topic 12.5 The Post War Economy Boom

Objectives: Describe the economic problems the US faced after WWI. Explain the economic growth and prosperity of the 1920’s, including how Henry Ford and the automobile industry helped spark the boom. Analyze the consumer revolution and the bull market of the 1920’s. Compare the different effects of the economic boom on urban, suburban, and rural America.

Topic 12.6 Government in the 1920’s

Objectives: Analyze the policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge encouraged economic growth and prosperity in the 1920’s. Discuss the effects of political scandals, including Teapot Dome, on Harding’s presidency. Explain the role that the US played in the world during the 1920’s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.3 The Home Front During World War I
2. Topic 12.4 The End of World War I
3. Topic 12.5 The Post War Economy Boom
4. Topic 12.6 Government in the 1920’s

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.1 The Great War
2. Topic 11 Quiz
3. Topic 12 Pre Quiz
4. Topic 12.2 America Enters the War
5. They Shall Not Grow Old Questions

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 12 World War I and the 1920’s. We will take the Topic 11 Quiz on Tuesday and be watching the documentary “They Shall not Grow Old.”

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

WWI is generally considered to be the first instance of total war, where every of-age citizen and all possible resources are mobilized for the war effort. In light of this, do you believe that Britain’s blockade of Germany-which eventually extended to all goods, thereby violating international law-was justified?

Learning Objectives

Topic 12.1 The Great War

Objectives: Identify the causes of WWI. Analyze the impact of technological innovations in weaponry that resulted in the stalemate on the Western Front.

Topic 12.2 America Enters World War I

Objectives: Analyze the reasons behind isolationism and neutrality in the United States before 1917. Explain why the United States entered the conflict on the side of the Allies.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 12.1 The Great War
2. Topic 11 Quiz
3. Topic 12 Pre Quiz
4. Topic 12.2 America Enters the War
5. They Shall Not Grow Old Questions

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 11.4 Reformers in the Whitehouse
2. Topic 11.5 American Influence Grows
3. Topic 11.6 The Spanish-American War
4. Topic 11.7 The US Emerges as a World Power

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue Topic 11 Progressive Era.

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Learning Objectives

Topic 11.4 Reformers in the Whitehouse

Objectives: Analyze how Theodore Roosevelt influenced the changing relationship between the federal government and private business. Explain the impact of Roosevelt’s actions toward managing the environment. Compare Roosevelt’s policies with Taft’s and Wilson’s. Describe Wilson’s efforts to regulate the economy. Assess the legacy of the Progressive Era.

Topic 11.5 American Influence Grows

Objectives: Identify the key factors that caused Americans to want to take a greater role overseas. Explain how the US took its first steps toward the position of a world power. Evaluate the acquisition of Hawaii by the US.

Topic 11.6 The Spanish-American War

Objectives: Explain the causes of the Spanish-American War. Identify the major battles of the Spanish-American War. Describe the consequences of the war, including the debate over imperialism.

Topic 11.7 The US Emerges as a World Power

Objectives: Analyze how economic concerns influenced the Open Door Policy and US relations with Japan. Examine what happened to Puerto Rico and Cuba after the Spanish-American War. Analyze the effects of “Big Stick” diplomacy and “Dollar Diplomacy.” Compare Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy” with the foreign policies of his predecessors. 

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 11.4 Reformers in the Whitehouse
2. Topic 11.5 American Influence Grows
3. Topic 11.6 The Spanish-American War
4. Topic 11.7 The US Emerges as a World Power

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 11.1 Progressives Drive Reform
2. Topic 11.2 Women Gain Rights
3. Topic 11.3 Striving for Equality
4. Topic 10 Quiz
5. Topic 11 PreQuiz

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 11 Progressive Era. On Tuesday, we will take the quiz for Topic 10.

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Topic 11.1 Progressives Drive Reform

Objectives: Analyze the role that journalists and novelists played in the Progressive Movement. Evaluate some of the social reforms that Progressives tackled. Explain what Progressives hoped to achieve through political reform.

Topic 11.2 Women Gain Rights

Objectives: Analyze actions taken by women to address social issues affecting workers and families. Evaluate the tactics reform leaders used to win passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Topic 11.3 Striving for Equality

Objectives: Analyze Progressives’ attitudes toward minority rights. Describe the political organizations formed by African Americans to promote civil rights. Examine the actions taken by minority groups to expand their rights.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 11.1 Progressives Drive Reform
2. Topic 11.2 Women Gain Rights
3. Topic 11.3 Striving for Equality
4. Topic 10 Quiz
5. Topic 11 PreQuiz

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.4 The New Immigrants
2. Topic 10.5 - A Nation of Cities
3. Topic 10.6 – New Ways of Life
4. How the Other Half Live-Jacob Riis Photo Activity

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue with Topic 10 Industry and Innovation.

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Topic 10.4 The New Immigrants

Objectives: Compare the “new immigrants” of the late 1800’s to earlier immigrants. Explain the push and pull factors leading immigrants to America.

Topic 10.5 - A Nation of Cities

Objectives: Analyze urban growth in the late 1800’s. Explain how technology improved city life. Evaluate the problems caused by rapid urban growth and ways that city dwellers tried to solve them.

Topic 10.6 – New Ways of Life

Objectives: Explain how technology, new types of stores, and marketing changed Americans’ standard of living. Analyze mass culture and education in the late 1800’s. Describe new popular cultural movements in the late 1800’s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.4 The New Immigrants
2. Topic 10.5 - A Nation of Cities
3. Topic 10.6 – New Ways of Life
4. How the Other Half Live-Jacob Riis Photo Activity

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.1 Innovation Boosts Growth
2. Topic 10.2 Big Business Rises
3. Topic 10.3 Organized Labor Movement

Hey Folks!

This week we will start Topic 10 Industry and Innovation.

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Topic 10.1 Innovation Boosts Growth

Objectives: Explain how new inventions, scientific discoveries, and technological innovations fueled growth and improved the standard of living. Describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800’s.

Topic 10.2 Big Business Rises

Objectives: Analyze different management innovations that businesses used to increase their profits. Describe the public debate over the pros and cons of big business. Explain how the government took steps to block abuses of corporate power.

Topic 10.3 Organized Labor Movement

Objectives: Assess the impact of business practices on workers in the late 1800’s. Compare the goals and strategies of the first labor unions. Analyze the causes and effects of strikes in the late 1800’s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 10.1 Innovation Boosts Growth
2. Topic 10.2 Big Business Rises
3. Topic 10.3 Organized Labor Movement

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.4 Corruption Plagues the Nation
2. Frontier Thesis Analysis
3. Topic 9.5 Farm Issues and Populism
4. Topic 9 Quiz/ Topic. 10 Pre Quiz
5. Organized Labor Activity

Hey Folks!

This week we will finish Topic 9 Challenges in the Late 1800’s. There is a Quiz on Wednesday so be sure to study and we are closing out the week just in time for Labor Day with an activity on Organized Labor on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Topic 9.4 Corruption Plagues the Nation

Objectives: Analyze the issue of corruption in national politics in the 1870s and 1880s. Discuss civil service reform during the 1870s and 1880s. Assess the importance of economic issues in the politics of the Gilded Age.

Topic 9.5 Farm Issues and Populism

Objectives: Analyze the problems farmers faced and the groups they formed to address them. Assess the goals of the Populists, and explain why the Populist Party did not last.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.4 Corruption Plagues the Nation
2. Frontier Thesis Analysis
3. Topic 9.5 Farm Issues and Populism
4. Topic 9 Quiz/ Topic. 10 Pre Quiz
5. Organized Labor Activity

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.1 The Reconstruction Era
2. Topic 9.2 American Indians Under Pressure
3. Topic 9.3 The West is Transformed
4. Frontier Thesis

Hey Folks!

This week we begin Topic 9 Challenges in the Late 1800’s.

Have a great week!

Learning Objectives

Topic 9.1 The Reconstruction Era

Objectives: Explore how Congress and the President clashed over Reconstruction. Describe the impact of Reconstruction on the South. Explain how Reconstruction came to an end.

Topic 9.2 American Indians Under Pressure

Objectives: Compare the ways Native Americans and white settlers viewed and used the land. Describe the conflicts between white settlers and Indians. Evaluate the impact of the Indian Wars.

Topic 9.3 The West is Transformed

Objectives: Analyze the impact of mining and railroads on the settlement of the West. Explain the impact of physical and human geographic factors on the settlement of the Great Plains. Analyze the treatment of Chinese immigrants and Mexican I migrants in the West. Discuss the ways various groups used land in the West and conflicts among them.

Topic 9.4 Corruption Plagues the Nation

Objectives: Analyze the issue of corruption in national politics in the 1870s and 1880s. Discuss civil service reform during the 1870s and 1880s. Assess the importance of economic issues in the politics of the Gilded Age.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.1 The Reconstruction Era
2. Topic 9.2 American Indians Under Pressure
3. Topic 9.3 The West is Transformed
4. Topic 9.4 Corruption Plagues the Nation

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Historiography
2. ‘City Upon a Hill’ Primary Source Assignment