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Ms. Parisi, US History

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Weke 5 9/8-9/12

Hi people! This week we will begin Topic 3: Challenges in the Late 1800s. 
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 3.1 American Indians Under Pressure
-Topic 3.2 The West is Transformed
-Topic 3.3 Corruption Plagues the Nation
-Turner's Frontier Thesis Debate
 
Objectives:
Topic 3.1 American Indians Under Pressure
  • 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 3.2 The West is Transformed
  • 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 Immigrants in the West. 
  • Discuss the ways various groups used land in the West and conflicts among them.
Topic 3.3 Corruption Plagues the Nation
  • 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.
Due:
-Topic 3 assignments due 9/17
-Homework reading #3 9/16
-Topic 3 essay due 9/22

Week 4 9/2-9/5

Hi people! This week we will wrap up Topic 2: Industry and Innovation.in the Gilded Age.

 

This week's assignments:

-Homework #2- reading pages 264-285

-Topic 2 quiz

 

Objectives:

Topic 2.1 Innovation Boosts Growth

  • 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 2.2 Big Business Rises

  • 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 2.3 Organized Labor Movement

  • 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.

Topic 2.4 The New Immigrants

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

Topic 2.5 A Nation of Cities

  • 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.
Due:
-Topic 2 assignments due 9/3
-Reading #2 due 9/2
-Topic 2 quiz on 9/4

Week 3 8/25-8/29

Hi people! This week we will begin Topic 2: Industry and Innovation in the Gilded Age.
 
This week's assignments: 
-Topic 2.1 Industry Boosts Growth
-Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises
-Topic 2.3 The Organized Labor Movement
-Topic 2.4 New Immigrants, Cities, and New Ways Life 
 
Objectives:

Topic 2.1 Innovation Boosts Growth

  • 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 2.2 Big Business Rises

  • 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 2.3 Organized Labor Movement

  • 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.

Topic 2.4 The New Immigrants, Cities, and News Ways of Life

  • Compare the “new immigrants” of the late 1800’s to earlier immigrants. 
  • Explain the push and pull factors leading immigrants to America.
  • 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.
  • 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.
 
Due:
-Topic 2 assignments due 9/3
-Reading #2 due 9/2
 

Week 2 8/18-8/22

Hi people! This week we will begin Topic 1: Reconstruction. 
 
This week's assignment's:
-Topic 1.1 Plans for Reconstruction
-Topic 1.2 Reconstruction Changes the South
-Homework: read pages 188-210 in A People's History of the United States
-Topic 1.3 Reconstruction's Impact
 
Objectives:
Topic 1.1 Plans for Reconstruction
  • Explain the reasons why a plan was needed for Reconstruction of the South. 
  • Compare the strengths and weaknesses of the plans of Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress.
  • Describe Johnson’s political difficulties and impeachment. 
Topic 1.2 Reconstruction Changes the South
  • Explain how Republicans gained control of southern state governments. 
  • Analyze how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
  • Evaluate the South’s new economic system and its impact on poor farmers.
  • Summarize efforts to limit African Americans’ rights and the federal government’s response.
Topic 1.3 Reconstruction's Impact
  • Explain why Reconstruction ended. 
  • Evaluate the successes and failures of Reconstruction.
  • Describe the experiences of African Americans in the changing South. 
  • Assess how whites created a segregated society in the South and how African Americans responded.
Due:
-Homework: read pages 188-210 in A People's History of the United States due 8/20
-Topic 1 assignments due 8/25

Week 1 8/11-8/15

Hi people! This week we will begin with our US History class. 
 
This week's assignments: 
-Signed Syllabus
-Map of US
-The Civil War Rages on documentary
 
Objectives: 
  • Students will be able to create a map of the United States that accurately identifies and labels all 50 states, their capitals, and major geographic features (such as mountain ranges, rivers, and lakes), demonstrating an understanding of U.S. political and physical geography.
  • Students will be able to explain the key events, figures, and turning points of the American Civil War as presented in the documentary “The Civil War Rages On,” and analyze how the war impacted the political, social, and economic landscape of the United States.
Due:
-Signed Syllabus due 8/18
-Map of US due 8/18
-The Civil War Rages on Documentary due 8/18