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Week 9

Hi people! We will continue Topic 5 this week. 
 

This week's assignments:

-Topic 5.3 The End of WWI

-Topic 5.4 Economy and Government in the 1920s

-Topic 5 Assessment

 

Objectives:

 

Topic 5.3 The End of World War I

  • 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 5.4 Economy and Government in the 1920s

  • 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.
  • 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.

Topic 5 Assessment 

  • Analyze primary sources by examining WWI propaganda posters to identify their purpose, audience, message, and persuasive techniques.
  • Explain the historical context of World War I by connecting propaganda to major events, issues, and attitudes in the United States during the war.
  • Analyze perspective and point of view by evaluating how WWI propaganda reflected American attitudes toward patriotism, military service, the home front, and U.S. involvement in the war.
  • Use historical evidence to construct an interpretation by comparing primary sources and creating a historically accurate artifact that demonstrates what WWI propaganda reveals about American society.
Due:
-Reading #5 due 10/7
-Topic 5 assignments due 10/22
-Topic 5 Project due 10/22
 

Week 8

Hi people! We will conclude Topic 4 this week and begin Topic 5: World War I and the 1920s.
 

This week's assignments:

-Topic 4 Political Cartoon Assessment

-Topic 5.1 America Enters World War I

-Topic 5.2 The Home Front During World War I

 

Objectives:

Topic 4 Political Cartoon Assessment

  • Identify and explain common techniques used in political cartoons (symbolism, caricature, irony, labeling, exaggeration).
  • Interpret the main message or argument presented in political cartoons related to the Progressive Era.
  • Connect political cartoons to key historical themes.
  • Evaluate whether a cartoon supports or criticizes a particular reform, policy, or historical event.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking by drawing connections between visual sources and broader historical contexts.
  • Construct a well-organized written response that uses evidence from the cartoon and historical knowledge to support an interpretation.

Topic 5.1 America Enters World War I

  • Identify the causes of WWI.
  • Analyze the impact of technological innovations in weaponry that resulted in WWI stalemate on the Western Front.
  • Analyze reasons behind isolationism and neutrality in the United States before 1917.
  • Explain why the United States entered the The Causes of World War I conflict on the side of the Allies
  • 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.

Topic 5.2 The Home Front During World War I

  • 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.
 

Due Dates:

-Topic 5 assignments due 10/7

-Reading #5 (homework) due 10/7

 

Week 7

Hi people, this week we will continue Topic 4. 
 

This week's assignments:

-Topic 4.2 The Striving for Equality

-Topic 4.3 Reforms in the Whitehouse

-Topic 4.4 American Influence and the Spanish-American War

-Topic 4.5 The US Emerges as a World Power

Objectives:

Topic 4.2 Striving for Equality

  • 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
  • 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.

Topic 4.3 Reforms in the Whitehouse

  • 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 4.4 American Influence and the Spanish-American War

  • 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. 
  • 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 4.5 The US Emerges as a World Power

  • 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.
Due:
-Topic 4 assignments due 9/28
-Political Cartoon assessment due 10/1

Week 6

Hi people! This week we will conclude Topic 3 and start Topic 4: America Comes of Age in the Progressive Era. 
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 3.4 Farm Issues and Populism
-Topic 3 Essay
-Topic 4.1 Progressives Drive Reform
 
Objectives:

Topic 3.4 Farm Issues and Populism

  • 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.

Topic 4.1 Progressives Drive Reform

  • 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.
 
Due:
-Topic 3 Essay due 9/16
-Topic 4 assignments due 9/28
 
 

Week 5

Hi people! This week we will continue Topic 3 Challenges in the Late 1800s. 
 
This week's assignments:
-Topic 3.2 The West is Transformed
-Turner's Frontier Thesis
-Topic 3.3 Corruption Plagues the Nation
 
Objectives:

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 9/14
-Reading #4 due 9/14
-Topic 3 Essay due 9/16

Week 4

Hi people! This week we will wrap up Topic 2: Industry and Innovation in the Gilded Age. We will begin Topic 3: Challenges in the Late 1800s

This week's assignments: 

-Topic 2.4 New Immigrants, Cities, and New Ways Life 

-How the Other Half Lives Activity

-Topic 2 Quiz on 9/2

-Topic 3.1 Native Americans Under Pressure

Objectives:

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.

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.
Due:
-Topic 2 assignments due 9/2
-Reading #3 due 9/2
-Topic 3 assignments due 9/10
 

Week 3

Hi people! This week we will begin Topic 2: Industry and Innovation.

This week's assignments: 

-Topic 2.1 Industry Boosts Growth

-Topic 2.2 Big Business Rises

-Topic 2.3 The Organized Labor Movement

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.

Due:

-Topic 2 assignments due 9/1

-Reading #3 due 9/1

-Topic 2 Quiz on 9/1

Week 2 8/17-8/21

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

-Reading #2 in A People's History of the United States (homework to be done in class)

-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:

-Topic 1 assignments due 8/24

-Reading #2 due 8/24