Tuesday 10/23

Mr Whitman taught today on political machines. Periods 2-5 had quickwrites in their notebook. Period 1 did theirs on the back of the paper.

Notes and Quickwrite
work

Monday 10/22

In class we went over friday's work on problems in cities. I talked a little bit about how conditions were made worse by massive immigration and urbanization. That led into the problem of water. Because a lot of water caused sicknesses, many people resorted to using a cheap alternative in the form of alcohol. This led to massive drinking in America. The temperance movement will come from this alcohol consumption.

Temperance reading and work if you need it

Friday 10/19

We finished the poem from yesterday and then talked about urbanization. It means people moving to cities because that is where the jobs were. At the end of class students had a short handout on problems in cities.

handout

Thursday 10/18

We finished the video from tuesday. Students had a quickwrite on Fievel and what the video clip showed about cats, streets filled with cheese ect. I talked a little on Ellis Island and Angel Island as well as immigration. We read the poem below that was put on the Statue of Liberty. It highlights what America means and what the statute of liberty symbolized. 

New Colossus Reading

Wed 10/17

No class for Parent Teacher Conferences

Tuesday 10/16

We began looking at Unit 3-The Gilded Age Students had a short handout to give an overview of the time period. Basically it is a time period where things seemed nice from the outside and everyone wanted to come to America, and yet once people got here they realized many of its problems.
We finished up class watching a clip from The American Tail. It was a mouse coming to America.

Friday 10/12-Monday 10/15

We took the Unit 2 test, monday we had to take the district first quarter writing assessment as well.

Thursday 10/11

We finished up unit 2 and briefly looked over the Reconstruction from when I was out tuesday. Students then put together their unit 2 notebook. Test is tomorrow

10/10 wed

Today is a college and career day. No students had regular class.

10/9

Students looked at the aftermath of the Civil War. Particularly the 13-15th amendments. After that they looked at the Reconstruction in America and how there were both good and bad for freed slaves. I was out sick so I am not sure where everyone got to by the end of the period.

Monday 10/8

We finished looking at the Emancipation Proclamtion then we transitioned to the Gettysburg address.
We watched this video clip: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-civil-war-the-civil-war-the-gettysburg-address/

We then talked about the speech and it how focused on America actually "giving birth" to a new country of liberty. We finished out the CIvil war after that and students had the last quickwrite of the unit.

Final Quickwrite:
What problems would America face now that close to 4 million slaves are suddenly free in the South?
What problems do you think you would have as a freed slave?
How could the North punish the South to avoid another succession? (keeping in mind they are also welcoming them back to America)

Friday

There will be a test next friday( I passed out a study guide this day) If anyone needs help studying lunch time tutoring is available.

We finished looking at Lincoln being elected President. There was a quickwrite and then we began looking at the Emancipation Proclamation. The war began to reunite the union, but in 1863 that reason would begin to change.

Quickwrite: Of the causes of the Civil War, Which one do you think was the defining moment in America's march toward war? Why? Please give a detailed description of why you think that was more important than the others

Thursday 10/4

Mr. Whitman taught class today. He is our student teacher and will be weekly teaching class once a week. He connected the time from Dred Scott to the Civil War. The main parts were how John Brown divided the nation. He murdered people, but did it for a greater cause. That paired with Lincoln's election was too much for the nation to get through. 

Powerpoint

Reading for Class and Questions

wed 10/3

Students had a few minutes to finish up their assignment from the past 2 days. I then went over and reviewed part of their assignment. The main ideas are the underground railroad leads to the necessity of the compromise of 1850, particularly the compromise of 1850. That leads to the Kansas Nebraska Act. That is made worse with the Dred Scott Decision. At the end of the day both sides are upset, Slavery has expanded to all parts of America, and the North is not allowing it.

Notes/Slides

Monday and Tuesday Oct 1-2

Both days students were working on their Google Classroom Assignment. The below link is just for students who couldn't play the youtube video on the chrome book.
On monday there was a quickwrite: •What do you think made people suddenly start taking issue with slavery? 
Why would some people find it acceptable at one point in their life and then change their mind on it? 
Do you think it was gradual or a single event? Think of something else that society has changed their minds on over time, how did things change? 


https://qa.pbs.org/video/underground-railroad-william-still-story-coded-spirituals/