April

March 31
  • Reading: Norton 665-668
  • Presentation: Civil Liberties during/after WWI
  • Workshop: Compare Palmer Raids to Edward Snowden debate
April 2
  • Reading: Norton 699-703
  • Presentation: Culture in the 1920s
  • Workshop: La Vie Boheme
April 4
  • Reading: Norton 714-720
  • Presentation: Depression & Response
  • Workshop: Evaluating Gov't Response to Economic Crises
  • Due: 1 page of research on 3 government agencies/inititiatives started during New Deal and still in existence today.
April 8
  • Reading: none
  • Presentation: Life During the Depression
  • Workshop: Film
April 10
  • Reading: Norton 769-772; 785-792
  • Presentation: US Involvement in WWII
  • Workshop: Timeline
April 14
  • Reading: Norton 798-802
  • Presentation: Post-War Settlement
  • Workshop: Cold War term ids
  • Due: Detailed Timeline
April 16
  • Reading: Norton 802-806
  • Presentation: Intro to Cold War
  • Workshop: Berlin Airlift
  • Due: Cold War term ids
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March

Monday, March 3
  • Reading: review 598-604
  • Discussion: Progressivism
  • Workshop: Social Justice Project
  • Due: 4 term ids
    • 18th Amendment
    • Mann Act
    • John Dewey
    • Eugenics
  • Due: social justice project
    • topic
    • 3 destinations 
Wednesday, March 5
  • Reading: Norton 621-623; 634-637
  • Discussion: Spanish-American War
  • Workshop: Social Justice Project
Monday, March 10
  • Reading: Norton 639-644
  • Discussion: U.S. Imperialism
  • Workshop: Social Justice Vacation Presentations
  • Due: SJ Project, pt. 1
Wednesday, March 12
  • Reading: 649-654
  • Discussion: Woodrow Wilson & Isolationism
  • Workshop: Social Justice Vacation Presentations
    •  Lexi
    • Angelica 
    • Anna 
  • Due: GRQs, term ids OR reading notes
    • GRQs
      • Why did the United States prefer to stay neutral in the early years of WWI?
      • When, how and why did that position change?
    • Term ids
      • Triple Alliance/Entente
      • Archduke Franz Ferdinand
      • U-boats
      • Zimmermann Telegram
Friday, March 14
  • Reading: 654-661
  • Discussion: Americans in the Great War
  • Workshop: Social Justice Vacation Presentations
    • Tyler
    • Mat
    • Diana
  • Due: WWI GRQs
Tuesday, March 18
  • Reading: 661-668
  • Discussion: Effects of the Great War
  • Workshop: Social Justice Vacation Presentations
    •  Adam
    • Matt
    • Emerson 
  • Due: Timeline of 6-10 major events in WWI
    • one page
    • focus on US involvement
Thursday, March 20
  • Reading: 682-693
  • Discussion: Roaring Twenties
  • Workshop: Social Justice Vacation Presentations
    • Tristan
    • Grace
    • Alex
  • Due: Postwar GRQs
Tuesday, March 25
  • Reading: none
  • Discussion: Exam Review
  • Workshop: Social Justice Vacation Presentations
    • TJ
    • Kaylee
  • Due: Completed Review Sheets
Thursday, March 27
  • Exam 3

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Week of February 23

Tuesday, Feb. 24
  • Reading: none
  • Discussion: Race & Missionary Activity in 19th c. U.S.
  • Workshop: same
Thursday, Feb. 25
  • Reading: Norton 598-604
  • Discussion: Progressivism 
  • Workshop: Social Justice Travel Project
  • Due: Guided Reading Questions for 593-604
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Week of January 26

Monday, Jan. 27
  • Reading: Norton, 471-476
  • Discussion: U.S. Indian Policy
  • Workshop: Boarding Schools
Wednesday, Jan. 29
  • Reading: Stegeman reading
  • Discussion: U.S. Indian Policy, cont.
  • Workshop: TBD
  • Due: annotated Stegeman reading
Friday, Jan. 31
  • Reading: Norton, 481-492
  • Discussion: Ranching, Railroads & Mechanized Agriculture in the West
  • Workshop: Mapping links between East & West
  • Due: Guided Reading Questions
Tuesday, Feb. 4
  • Reading: Norton, 497-499
  • Discussion: Industrialization in the East
  • Workshop: Intro to Social Justice Sojourns
Thursday, Feb. 6
  • Reading: Norton, 510-515
  • Discussion: Labor Unrest
  • Workshop: Essay Preparation 
Monday, Feb. 10
  • Reading: Norton 593-598
  • Discussion: Progressivism Activity
  • Workshop: In-class essay
    • You will have 60 minutes to address the following prompt:
    • How did life in the Industrial United States change in the late-nineteenth century? In what ways did various groups react to those changes?
    • You may use your in-class assignment from last week and the homework due today to compose your response.
  • Due: 3-column chart on reactions to Industrialization
    • Government
    • Organized Labor
    • Women
Wednesday, Feb. 12
  • No Class - field trip
Friday, Feb. 14
  • Reading: Norton 598-604
  • Discussion: Progressivism
  • Due: Guided Reading Questions for 593-604
  • Shortened Class - Winter Carnival
  • Happy Valentine's Day
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January 2014

Monday, Jan. 6
  • Reading: none
  • Presentation: Review of Unit Themes
  • Workshop: Review Sheet Construction
Wednesday, Jan. 8
  • Reading: Norton 437-443
  • Presentation: Lincoln's Assassination & the Meaning of Freedom
  • Workshop: North-South comparison review
  • Due: Reading Notes
Friday, Jan. 10
  • Reading: Norton 443-452
  • Presentation: Johnson v. Congress
  • Workshop: Rising Tensions review
Tuesday, Jan. 14
  • Reading: Norton 452-457
  • Presentation: Reconstruction Policies and Their Failures
  • Workshop: Civil War review
Thursday, Jan. 16
  • Reading: Norton 457-462
  • Presentation: Postwar Southern Culture
  • Workshop: Exam Prep
  • Due: 1/2 of Term Ids from review sheet
Tuesday, Jan. 21
  • Reading: none
  • Presentation: Clean-up
  • Workshop: Exam Review
  • Due: Completed review sheet
Thursday, Jan. 23
  • Exam 2
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December

Tuesday, Dec. 3
  • Reading: Norton 369-374
  • Discussion: Mexican-American War
  • Workshop: presentation planning & preparation
  • NOTE: Research Paper due next class
Monday, Dec. 9
  • Reading: Norton 374-385 (read "effectively")
  • Discussion: Slave States & Free States
  • Presentations
    •  Diana
  • Due: Research Paper
Wednesday, Dec. 11
  • Reading: Norton 385-391
  • Discussion: Rising Tensions in the 1850s
  • Presentations
    • Anna & Emerson
Friday, Dec. 13
  • Reading: Norton 397-403
  • Topic: Civil War I
  • Presentations
    •  Alex, Lexi, Matt & Adam
  • Due: 6 id terms
    • Compromise of 1850
    • Kansas-Nebraska Act
    • Dred Scott Case
    • Assault on Harper's Ferry
    • 2 of your choice
      • each supported by at least 1 primary source
Tuesday, Dec. 17
  • Reading: Norton 411-415, 417-419
  • Topic: Civil War II
  • Presentations
    •  Mat, Tristan & Kaylee
Thursday, Dec. 19
  • Reading: Norton 424-430
  • Topic: Civil War III
  • Presentations
    •  Angelica, Grace, TJ & Tyler
**Essay Question:
  • In what ways did 19th century tensions between North and South represent competing notions of Progress? Discuss the issues of slavery, states' rights and economics.
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Mid-November

Tuesday, Nov. 12
  • Homework: Read Norton 287-292
  • Discussion: "Shuffle off to Buffalo" - The Erie Canal & Northern Cities
  • Activity: Erie Canal video
  • Due: list of sources for research paper
Thursday, Nov. 14
  • Homework: Watch this Video
  • Suggested Reading: Norton 313-319
  • Discussion: Burned-Over District - Revival & Reform
  • Activity: In-class essay
    • How and why did the North and South develop more distinct regional differences in the period 1812-1849?
Monday, Nov. 18
  • Homework: Southern Society Lecture
  • Suggested Reading: Norton 273-278
  • Discussion: Slave Culture in the South
  • Activity: Thematic Connections
  • Due: detailed outline of research paper
Wednesday, Nov. 20
  • Homework: Watch 1 of these 7 videos
  • Suggested Reading: Norton 357-361 
  • Discussion: The West in the American Imagination
  • Activity: lead class conversation on the video you watched
Friday, Nov. 22
  • Homework: email notes of your video segment (email to Stegeman by Thursday 5pm)
  • Suggested Viewing: Other 6 video segments
  • Discussion: bring discussion questions
*Note - research paper will be due December 3rd

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