Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW Assignments for the week of 10/7/2013.
You can access the assignments by clicking here.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
APUSH Assignments Week of 9/23
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your assignments for the week of 9/23.
We are following the same assignment schedule, as we transition into the rigors of advanced placement work, as the RUSH students.
Click here to access the assignments
Here are your assignments for the week of 9/23.
We are following the same assignment schedule, as we transition into the rigors of advanced placement work, as the RUSH students.
Click here to access the assignments
Monday, September 16, 2013
HW Week of 9/16
APUSH'ers:
Here's your HW
Wednesday Night -
1. Click here to access the US History and Government Regents Website. .
2. Click on the link for the January 2010 US History Regents.
3. Download, and PRINT the DBQ, which appears on pp. 11 to 20 of the exam. Please note that you do not have to print the entire exam. I am only asking you to print the DBQ.
After printing out the DBQ section, please complete any questions that we did not finish in class.
Thursday - Begin writing a FIRST DRAFT of your DBQ essay. Your draft must consist of a minimum of FOUR paragraphs, including an introduction, and conclusion.
Friday- After revising your first draft, complete a second draft of your essay.
Monday 9/23 - Complete a FINAL DRAFT of your essay, to be handed in on TUESDAY 9/23.
LISTED BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ESSAY, AS WELL AS PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
1. PARENTAL SIGNATURE (YOUR ESSAY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A PARENT'S SIGNATURE) 2. COMPUTER PRINTED, OR NEATLY HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON LOOSELEAF PAPER. (-5 FOR SLOPPY HANDWRITING, OR IN PENCIL)
3. DOUBLE SPACED
4. 12 POINT FONT; BUSINESS FONTS ONLY
5. STAPLED (-5 FOR NOT STAPLED)
6. COPY OF DBQ RUBRIC (-5 FOR NO RUBRIC) CLICK HERE IN CASE THE OTHER LINK IS NOT WORKING
7. INCLUDE COMPLETED COPY OF DBQ SHORT ANSWER SECTION (-5 FOR NO DBQ)
8. UPLOADED TO E-PORTFOLIO (+5 Bonus)
9. DBQ Essay Checklist
***Please make sure that your work is arranged as follows: 1) Final Draft 2) Rough Draft(s) 3) DBQ Short Answers 4) Rubric. Make sure all work is stapled!***
Here's your HW
Wednesday Night -
1. Click here to access the US History and Government Regents Website. .
2. Click on the link for the January 2010 US History Regents.
3. Download, and PRINT the DBQ, which appears on pp. 11 to 20 of the exam. Please note that you do not have to print the entire exam. I am only asking you to print the DBQ.
After printing out the DBQ section, please complete any questions that we did not finish in class.
Thursday - Begin writing a FIRST DRAFT of your DBQ essay. Your draft must consist of a minimum of FOUR paragraphs, including an introduction, and conclusion.
Friday- After revising your first draft, complete a second draft of your essay.
Monday 9/23 - Complete a FINAL DRAFT of your essay, to be handed in on TUESDAY 9/23.
LISTED BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ESSAY, AS WELL AS PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
1. PARENTAL SIGNATURE (YOUR ESSAY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A PARENT'S SIGNATURE) 2. COMPUTER PRINTED, OR NEATLY HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON LOOSELEAF PAPER. (-5 FOR SLOPPY HANDWRITING, OR IN PENCIL)
3. DOUBLE SPACED
4. 12 POINT FONT; BUSINESS FONTS ONLY
5. STAPLED (-5 FOR NOT STAPLED)
6. COPY OF DBQ RUBRIC (-5 FOR NO RUBRIC) CLICK HERE IN CASE THE OTHER LINK IS NOT WORKING
7. INCLUDE COMPLETED COPY OF DBQ SHORT ANSWER SECTION (-5 FOR NO DBQ)
8. UPLOADED TO E-PORTFOLIO (+5 Bonus)
9. DBQ Essay Checklist
***Please make sure that your work is arranged as follows: 1) Final Draft 2) Rough Draft(s) 3) DBQ Short Answers 4) Rubric. Make sure all work is stapled!***
Monday, September 9, 2013
HW Assignments Week of 9/9/13
Hello, APUSH Students!
Listed below is a link to your HW assignments for this week. Please note that you will be following the same assignment schedule as the RUSH (Regents US H&G) students.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS
Listed below is a link to your HW assignments for this week. Please note that you will be following the same assignment schedule as the RUSH (Regents US H&G) students.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS
Monday, May 27, 2013
HW Assignments 5/27-6/7
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Your HW assignments for this week, and next will be the same as those for the RUSH students. Please go to www.mrteslersblog.blogspot.com for the assignments.
Your HW assignments for this week, and next will be the same as those for the RUSH students. Please go to www.mrteslersblog.blogspot.com for the assignments.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
HW Assignments Week of 5/13-5/21
Hello, APUSH'ers:
GOOD LUCK ON THE EXAM WEDNESDAY!
Here are your HW assignments.
HW Resources:
Chapter 37 GRQ's and ID's
Chapter 37 Online
Chapter 37 Audio Book
Chapter 37 VIDEO REVIEW
Thursday Night:
GOOD LUCK ON THE EXAM WEDNESDAY!
Here are your HW assignments.
HW Resources:
Chapter 37 GRQ's and ID's
Chapter 37 Online
Chapter 37 Audio Book
Chapter 37 VIDEO REVIEW
Thursday Night:
Read, Highlight, Outline Chapter 37 Notes
Complete lecture notes on
- Lesson 65 - End of Warfile
- Lesson 66 - Containmentfile
- Lesson 67 - Conflict in Asiafile
- Lesson 68 - Red Scare-Again
Friday Night:
1. Read Chapter 37 "The Cold War" pp. 858-870 in your TB
2. Complete GRQ's 39 to 47
3. Complete the Chapter ID's
Monday Night (5/20)
1. Read pp. 870-880
2. Complete GRQ's 48 to 55
Tuesday Night (5/21)
1. Finish Chapter 37
1. Finish Chapter 37
2. Finish the Chapter 37 ID's
Wednesday/Thursday Night: 5/22-5/23
Wednesday/Thursday Night: 5/22-5/23
Review for the Exam Friday (5/24) on Chapter 37
Sunday, May 5, 2013
APUSH Assignments Week of 5/6
Hello, APUSHers:
Here are your assignments for this week.
We are coming down to the "Home Stretch." It's not going to be easy. But, I am confident, and proud of all of you!
YOU CAN DO THIS! DO NOT QUIT!
Your assignment for this week is tough, but simple.
1. READ Chapters 27-30 in the RED APUSH Review Book.
2. Listen to Lectures 71-80
3. Complete the following questions:
24. To what extent did the boy band craze of the late 1990s represent all that is wrong with America?
Here are your assignments for this week.
We are coming down to the "Home Stretch." It's not going to be easy. But, I am confident, and proud of all of you!
YOU CAN DO THIS! DO NOT QUIT!
Your assignment for this week is tough, but simple.
1. READ Chapters 27-30 in the RED APUSH Review Book.
2. Listen to Lectures 71-80
3. Complete the following questions:
10. What were links between Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and Johnson’s “Great Society”?
11. To what extent was Cuba the sight of Kennedy’s greatest foreign policy success and worst foreign policy fiasco?
12. To what extent was Johnson more successful with his social programs than Kennedy?
13. Over the course of the 1960s, how did the African-American methods of attaining equality evolve?
14. Aside from African-American Civil Rights, what elements of the protest created the New Left?
15. How did Johnson’s handling of Vietnam differ from that of his predecessors?
16. Why was 1968 considered a turning point in American history?
17. What strategy was employed by Nixon to end American involvement in Vietnam?
18. What events led to Nixon’s resignation?
19. What foreign and domestic problems were blamed on Carter?
20. How did Ronald Reagan take America out of its “national malaise”?
21. What role did America have in third world nations during the 1980s?
22. What were the negative effects of Reaganomics?
23. What are the primary characteristics of the New Right?
24. To what extent did the boy band craze of the late 1990s represent all that is wrong with America?
Monday, April 29, 2013
HW Assignments Week of 4/29/2013
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/29/2013.
MONDAY NIGHT: DUE WEDNESDAY
1. READ CHAPTER 24 IN THE RED AMSCO TEXTBOOK (pp. 492-511), "The Great Depression, and the New Deal."
2. LISTEN and/or READ TEXT FROM LECTURE 59, and 60- "CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES" , and "The New Deal"
3. REVIEW the OPO ("One Page Outlines"), "The 1920s," and "The Great Depression".
4. COMPLETE the Following Questions Below:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/29/2013.
MONDAY NIGHT: DUE WEDNESDAY
1. READ CHAPTER 24 IN THE RED AMSCO TEXTBOOK (pp. 492-511), "The Great Depression, and the New Deal."
2. LISTEN and/or READ TEXT FROM LECTURE 59, and 60- "CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES" , and "The New Deal"
3. REVIEW the OPO ("One Page Outlines"), "The 1920s," and "The Great Depression".
4. COMPLETE the Following Questions Below:
The Jazz Age/The Roaring Twenties
1. In what ways did the policies of Harding, Coolidge and Hoover reverse the successes
of the Progressive Era?
2. What was the effect of the consumer products of the 1920s on social behavior?
3. How did the Harlem Renaissance represent a shift in the role of African-Americans in
society?
4. In the conflict of fundamentalism vs. modernism, what organizations and events
proved that America was not ready for changes in immigration, race relations, and social
change?
The Great Depression and the New Deal
1. What were five causes of the Great Depresson and what were the primary catalysts?
2. How did the homeless and farmers respond to the Great Depression, both passively and
actively?
3. What choices made by Herbert Hoover guaranteed that he would not be reelected in
1932?
4. What choices made by Roosevelt improved the banking situation?
5. How programs did Roosevelt create to deal with massive unemployment?
6. What complaints did both conservatives and liberals have with Roosevelt’s policies?
7. Why did Roosevelt attempt to “pack” the courts and what was the reaction to this
choice
8. Why did America reenter a recession in 1937?
9. To what extent was the New Deal successful? Unsuccessful?
WEDNESDAY: DUE FRIDAY!
Read: Red Book Chapter 25 Pages 518-537 (Diplomacy and World War II, 1929-1945).
Listen: Lectures 61-64
Listen: Lectures 61-64
COMPLETE: Review Questions
1. What steps in the 1920s were made to keep America isolationist and maintain peace?
2. How did America’s foreign policy toward Latin America change in the 1920s and
1930s?
3. What choices were made during Roosevelt’s administration to keep America out of
war?
4. Though America was technically neutral, what choices showed that they truly were
participating in the war?
5. What events led to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
6. How was 1944 a shift in where and how America fought Germany?
7. How did government take more control of America’s economy during the war?
8. In what ways was World War II a “total war” effort?
9. What were the goals of Yalta and Potsdam?
10. Why did America drop the atomic bombs? Why was this choice criticized?
FRIDAY: DUE MONDAY!
READ: Red Book Chapter 26 (Truman and the Cold War) and 27 (The Eisenhower Years)
Listen: Lectures 65-71, and
Review: OPO 25 and OPO 26
Complete: Review Questions
1. What were the two main foreign policy issues facing America following World War II?
2. To what extent were containment, NATO, and the Marshall Plan extensions of the Truman Doctrine?
3. What international and domestic conditions led to the Red Scare?
4. In what ways did Eisenhower’s “New Conservatism” translate to how the federal government dealt with labor relations?
5. During the 1950s in what ways was America taking steps forward toward racial integration?
6. How did MacArthur and Truman differ on the handling of the Korean War?
7. What domestic policies did Eisenhower undertake during the 1950s?
8. What were the various ideologies/policies of the 1950s to handle the spread of Communism?
9. In what ways did America respond to nationalism in Third World nations?
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
HW Week of 4/22
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/22/13
TUESDAY: Due Thursday!
1. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK to the OPO's, or "One Page Outlines."
2. Read, Highlight, and Outline OPO's 16-20.
***FOR FURTHER REVIEW, GOING THE EXTRA MILE!!!***
CLICK HERE . Lectures 45-56 will be very helpful. Use these as needed. If you need additional information about a topic, look it up here. Again, this part is optional.
3. Click here for the Key Questions 1876-1914. Complete the Questions. You may want to consider doing the questions with a partner.
WEDNESDAY:
Complete the Key Questions from Tuesday's HW.
THURSDAY: Due Monday
1. Read
Pages 470-485 (A New Era: The 1920s), in the RED AMSCO review books.
2. Listen
Listen (and/or read the text) to podcasts
#57 (Social Tensions)
and #58 (Causes and Consequences).
3. Complete the Key Questions (1914-1945), "The Jazz Age/Roaring 20's"
1. Why did the United States, which had welcomed so many millions of immigrants for nearly a century, suddenly become so fearful of immigration in the 1920s that it virtually ended mass immigration for two decades?
2. To what extent was the Scopes Trial only about competing theories of human origins,
and to what extent was it a focal point for deeper concerns regarding the role of religion
and traditional moral authorities in American life and the new cultural power of science?
3. Was the new mass culture as reflected in Hollywood films and radio a source of moral and social change,
or did it really reinforce the essentially conservative business and social values of the time?
(Consider the role of commercial advertising in particular.)
4. Were the intellectual critics of the 1920s really disillusioned with the fundamental character of American life, or were they actually loyal to a vision of a better America, and only hiding their idealism behind a veneer of disillusionment and irony?
FRIDAY
Finish Thursday's HW, and please take notes on the PPT you received via email. In case you can't see it...
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1z6LjF1L-ewJiOIjAJcxYPi77K2m1zRyL0qHUV9gs4sM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/22/13
TUESDAY: Due Thursday!
1. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK to the OPO's, or "One Page Outlines."
2. Read, Highlight, and Outline OPO's 16-20.
***FOR FURTHER REVIEW, GOING THE EXTRA MILE!!!***
CLICK HERE . Lectures 45-56 will be very helpful. Use these as needed. If you need additional information about a topic, look it up here. Again, this part is optional.
3. Click here for the Key Questions 1876-1914. Complete the Questions. You may want to consider doing the questions with a partner.
WEDNESDAY:
Complete the Key Questions from Tuesday's HW.
THURSDAY: Due Monday
1. Read
Pages 470-485 (A New Era: The 1920s), in the RED AMSCO review books.
2. Listen
Listen (and/or read the text) to podcasts
#57 (Social Tensions)
and #58 (Causes and Consequences).
3. Complete the Key Questions (1914-1945), "The Jazz Age/Roaring 20's"
1. Why did the United States, which had welcomed so many millions of immigrants for nearly a century, suddenly become so fearful of immigration in the 1920s that it virtually ended mass immigration for two decades?
2. To what extent was the Scopes Trial only about competing theories of human origins,
and to what extent was it a focal point for deeper concerns regarding the role of religion
and traditional moral authorities in American life and the new cultural power of science?
3. Was the new mass culture as reflected in Hollywood films and radio a source of moral and social change,
or did it really reinforce the essentially conservative business and social values of the time?
(Consider the role of commercial advertising in particular.)
4. Were the intellectual critics of the 1920s really disillusioned with the fundamental character of American life, or were they actually loyal to a vision of a better America, and only hiding their idealism behind a veneer of disillusionment and irony?
FRIDAY
Finish Thursday's HW, and please take notes on the PPT you received via email. In case you can't see it...
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1z6LjF1L-ewJiOIjAJcxYPi77K2m1zRyL0qHUV9gs4sM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Sunday, April 14, 2013
HW Week of 4/15/13
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/15/13.
Monday Night:
Review Chapter 19 in The Americans textbook. Please check last week's posts for the chapter.
Complete the following reading study guides:
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/15/13.
Monday Night:
Review Chapter 19 in The Americans textbook. Please check last week's posts for the chapter.
Complete the following reading study guides:
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
TUESDAY 4/16:
1. Review Chapter 19
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 4/16:
2. Complete the Chapter 19 Section 1 Quiz
3. Complete Chapter 19 Section 2 Quiz
2. Complete the Chapter 19 Section 3 Guided Reading
3. Complete Chapter 19 Section 4 Re-Teaching Activity
THURSDAY NIGHT:
REVIEW FOR AN EXAM ON CHAPTER 19
FRIDAY: TBD
THURSDAY NIGHT:
REVIEW FOR AN EXAM ON CHAPTER 19
FRIDAY: TBD
Sunday, April 7, 2013
HW Assignments 4/8/2013
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/8/13. Just a reminder,
1. Homework is assigned every night, unless otherwise noted.
2.Homework is due by the following class period, unless otherwise
noted.
3. Homework must be signed by a parent, in order for a student to receive credit for an assignment's completion.
4. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of homework assignments, and due dates.
5. Homework is essential for learning, and mastering the materials cover
ed in this course.
***PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR WJPS EMAIL FOR THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS!!!***
Monday 4/8 and Tuesday 4/9:
Study your notes, HW, etc., for an exam on Chapter 18.
45 Questions. 15 matching, 30 Multiple Choice. CLICK HERE for the study guide. It will be based only on Chapter 18 (America Becomes a World Power)
45 Questions. 15 matching, 30 Multiple Choice. CLICK HERE for the study guide. It will be based only on Chapter 18 (America Becomes a World Power)
Wednesday Night:
1. Watch the Video "America in the 20th Century - The Great War"
2. Complete the following questions:
http://www.bscsd.org/webpages/mowens/ustext.cfm?subpage=9522
A PDF file of ID's and GRQ's corresponding to this chapter will be sent to you via email. Please check your WJPS emails for this information.
2. Complete the following questions:
1. List and explain the four underlying causes of World War I.
2. Describe the event that catapulted Europe into World War I.
3. Explain why World War I was also known as the "Modern War" and give examples of technological advances.
4. Discuss why the United States wanted to stay neutral and the reasons why it decided to join.
5. Describe how the checks and balance system kept the war from starting before it did.
6. Explain the roles women and African-Americans had in fighting the war.
7. Describe the efforts made by the War Industries Board to control the economy in preparation for war.
8. List and explain some of the efforts the general public could do to support the government and the United States while at war.
9. Discuss the process the military used in getting ships made and transported over to Europe safely.
10. Explain the battles the United States fought against Germany and their outcomes.
Thursday/Friday Night:
We will be working out of the textbook The Americans. Please read Chapter 19. A link to the textbook has been provided below. http://www.bscsd.org/webpages/mowens/ustext.cfm?subpage=9522
A PDF file of ID's and GRQ's corresponding to this chapter will be sent to you via email. Please check your WJPS emails for this information.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
HW Week of 4/1/13
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/18/13. Please note that unless specified otherwise, homework must be completed by the next class session, and must be signed by a parent in order for you to receive credit. Late work will not be accepted. Additionally, homework is an essential part of this course, and a key to helping you learn, and master the material.
Wednesday Night:
1. Carefully Review the following presentation. You may take notes on it if you choose to do so.
2. Begin Reading Chapter 27 (Brief Edition). Check your email for the PDF files of the chapter.
3. Begin working on the GRQ"s and ID's for Chapter 27. Please check your WJPS emails, that you've been previously mailed for your APUSH workbook.
Thursday Night: Due MONDAY
Complete the Chapter 27 GRQ's and ID's.
Friday: Prepare for a Quiz Tuesday on Chapter 27
45 Questions. 15 matching, 30 Multiple Choice. CLICK HERE for the study guide.
1. Carefully Review the following presentation. You may take notes on it if you choose to do so.
2. Begin Reading Chapter 27 (Brief Edition). Check your email for the PDF files of the chapter.
3. Begin working on the GRQ"s and ID's for Chapter 27. Please check your WJPS emails, that you've been previously mailed for your APUSH workbook.
Thursday Night: Due MONDAY
Complete the Chapter 27 GRQ's and ID's.
Friday: Prepare for a Quiz Tuesday on Chapter 27
45 Questions. 15 matching, 30 Multiple Choice. CLICK HERE for the study guide.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
HW Assignments Week of 3/18
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/18/13. Please note that unless specified otherwise, homework must be completed by the next class session, and must be signed by a parent in order for you to receive credit. Late work will not be accepted. Additionally, homework is an essential part of this course, and a key to helping you learn, and master the material.
MONDAY NIGHT - FINAL ESSAY DRAFT DUE
LISTED BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ESSAY, AS WELL AS PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
1. PARENTAL SIGNATURE (YOUR ESSAY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A PARENT'S SIGNATURE)
2. COMPUTER PRINTED, OR NEATLY HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON LOOSELEAF PAPER. (-5 FOR SLOPPY HANDWRITING, OR IN PENCIL)
3. DOUBLE SPACED
4. 12 POINT FONT; BUSINESS FONTS ONLY
5. STAPLED (-5 FOR NOT STAPLED)
6. COPY OF DBQ RUBRIC (-5 FOR NO RUBRIC) CLICK HERE IN CASE THE OTHER LINK IS NOT WORKING
7. INCLUDE COMPLETED COPY OF DBQ SHORT ANSWER SECTION (-5 FOR NO DBQ)
8. UPLOADED TO E-PORTFOLIO (+5 Bonus)
9. MAKE SURE CHECK LIST IS INCLUDED! (CHECK WJPS EMAIL FOR DETAILS)!
***Please make sure that your work is arranged as follows: 1) Final Draft 2) Rough Draft(s) 3) DBQ Short Answers 4) Rubric. Make sure all work is stapled!***
***PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY STUDENT WHO CHOOSES NOT TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS A MAJOR ASSESSMENT PIECE, AND FAILURE TO COMPLETE IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO PASS THIS COURSE. STUDENTS WHO PLAGIARIZE THEIR ESSAY MAY BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
TUESDAY NIGHT: DUE FRIDAY!
1. READ CHAPTER 28 IN THE "BRIEF EDITION" (CHECK WJPS EMAIL FOR DETAILS)
2. COMPLETE CHAPTER 28 GRQ'S AND ID'S.
FRIDAY NIGHT: BEGIN THE SPRING BREAK ASSIGNMENT
DUE DATE TUESDAY MARCH 30TH
Sunday, March 10, 2013
HW Assignments Week of 3/11
Hello, APUSH'ers:
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/11/13. Please note that unless specified otherwise, homework must be completed by the next class session, and must be signed by a parent in order for you to receive credit. Late work will not be accepted. Additionally, homework is an essential part of this course, and a key to helping you learn, and master the material.
MONDAY NIGHT - Review for a "QUEST (Quiz/Test) on Chapters 24/25. Here are links to the packets to help you study.
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
TUESDAY NIGHT:
1. PRINT THE DBQ -
2. COMPLETE THE SHORT ANSWERS TO THE DBQ. YOU MUST HAVE A HARD COPY OF THE DBQ IN CLASS ON THURSDAY.
3. COMPLETE AN OUTLINE OF THE DBQ. YOU MUST DISCUSS AT LEAST TWO POLITICAL, TWO SOCIAL, AND/OR TWO ECONOMIC EFFECTS DESCRIBED IN THE DBQ.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
COMPLETE A FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR DBQ.
THURSDAY NIGHT:
COMPLETE A SECOND DRAFT OF YOUR DBQ
FRIDAY NIGHTFINAL DRAFT IS DUE MONDAY MARCH 19th.
LISTED BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ESSAY, AS WELL AS PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
1. PARENTAL SIGNATURE (YOUR ESSAY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A PARENT'S SIGNATURE)
2. COMPUTER PRINTED, OR NEATLY HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON LOOSELEAF PAPER. (-5 FOR SLOPPY HANDWRITING, OR IN PENCIL)
3. DOUBLE SPACED
4. 12 POINT FONT; BUSINESS FONTS ONLY
5. STAPLED (-5 FOR NOT STAPLED)
6. COPY OF DBQ RUBRIC (-5 FOR NO RUBRIC) CLICK HERE IN CASE THE OTHER LINK IS NOT WORKING
7. INCLUDE COMPLETED COPY OF DBQ SHORT ANSWER SECTION (-5 FOR NO DBQ)
8. UPLOADED TO E-PORTFOLIO (+5 Bonus)
***Please make sure that your work is arranged as follows: 1) Final Draft 2) Rough Draft(s) 3) DBQ Short Answers 4) Rubric. Make sure all work is stapled!***
***PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY STUDENT WHO CHOOSES NOT TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS A MAJOR ASSESSMENT PIECE, AND FAILURE TO COMPLETE IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO PASS THIS COURSE. STUDENTS WHO PLAGIARIZE THEIR ESS
Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/11/13. Please note that unless specified otherwise, homework must be completed by the next class session, and must be signed by a parent in order for you to receive credit. Late work will not be accepted. Additionally, homework is an essential part of this course, and a key to helping you learn, and master the material.
MONDAY NIGHT - Review for a "QUEST (Quiz/Test) on Chapters 24/25. Here are links to the packets to help you study.
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
TUESDAY NIGHT:
1. PRINT THE DBQ -
2. COMPLETE THE SHORT ANSWERS TO THE DBQ. YOU MUST HAVE A HARD COPY OF THE DBQ IN CLASS ON THURSDAY.
3. COMPLETE AN OUTLINE OF THE DBQ. YOU MUST DISCUSS AT LEAST TWO POLITICAL, TWO SOCIAL, AND/OR TWO ECONOMIC EFFECTS DESCRIBED IN THE DBQ.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
COMPLETE A FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR DBQ.
THURSDAY NIGHT:
COMPLETE A SECOND DRAFT OF YOUR DBQ
FRIDAY NIGHTFINAL DRAFT IS DUE MONDAY MARCH 19th.
LISTED BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ESSAY, AS WELL AS PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
1. PARENTAL SIGNATURE (YOUR ESSAY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A PARENT'S SIGNATURE)
2. COMPUTER PRINTED, OR NEATLY HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON LOOSELEAF PAPER. (-5 FOR SLOPPY HANDWRITING, OR IN PENCIL)
3. DOUBLE SPACED
4. 12 POINT FONT; BUSINESS FONTS ONLY
5. STAPLED (-5 FOR NOT STAPLED)
6. COPY OF DBQ RUBRIC (-5 FOR NO RUBRIC) CLICK HERE IN CASE THE OTHER LINK IS NOT WORKING
7. INCLUDE COMPLETED COPY OF DBQ SHORT ANSWER SECTION (-5 FOR NO DBQ)
8. UPLOADED TO E-PORTFOLIO (+5 Bonus)
***Please make sure that your work is arranged as follows: 1) Final Draft 2) Rough Draft(s) 3) DBQ Short Answers 4) Rubric. Make sure all work is stapled!***
***PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY STUDENT WHO CHOOSES NOT TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS A MAJOR ASSESSMENT PIECE, AND FAILURE TO COMPLETE IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO PASS THIS COURSE. STUDENTS WHO PLAGIARIZE THEIR ESS
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Chapter 25 ID's and GRQ's
Chapter #25 Identifications
Modernist In 1859 Charles Darwin
published On the Origin of Species which dealt with the idea of evolution, an
idea that strictly conflicted with the literal interpretation of the Bible.
This idea was called Darwinism and those who believed in it were called
Modernists. They were disgraced by the church but as time went by more liberal
thinkers were able to reconcile Darwinism and Christianity.
Women's Christian Temperance
Union organized in 1874 and the white ribbon was the symbol of
purity; led by Frances E. Willlard; the league was for prohibition; 1919 the
18th Amendment was passed for national prohibition-was only a temporary
solution
Eighteenth Amendment In 1919 this amendment did
away with all Liquor, making it illegal.
Settlement House a house where immigrants came to live upon entering the U.S. At Settlement
Houses, instruction was given in English and how to get a job, among other things.
The first Settlement House was the Hull House, which was opened by Jane Addams
in Chicago in 1889. These centers were usually run by educated middle class
women. The houses became centers for reform in the women's and labor movements.
Nativism a philosophy in which you hate immigrants and have much patriotism
Philanthropy Philanthropy is when wealthy
millionaires give back some of the money they have earned to benefit society.
The money would be sent to benefit the libraries, the arts, and the colleges.
An example of two of the most famous philanthropists would be Andrew Carnegie
and John D. Rockefeller.
Social Gospel preached by many people in the 1880s and
said that due to the social environment poor people sometimes could not help
their situation. This caused some churches to get involved in helping the poor,
but some disagreed and didn't think that they should be helped because it was
their fault.
Horatio Alger a popular writer of the Post-Civil War time period. Alger was a Puritan
New Englander who wrote more than a hundred volumes of juvenile fiction during
his career; the famous "rags to riches" theme.
Mark Twain He was America's most popular author, but also renowned platform lecturer.
He lived from 1835 to 1910. Used "romantic" type literature with
comedy to entertain his audiences. In 1873 along with the help of Charles
Dudley Warner he wrote The Gilded Age. This is why the time period is called
the "Gilded Age". The greatest contribution he made to American
literature was the way he captured the frontier realism and humor through the
dialect his characters use.
Carrie Chapman Catt She was a leader of the women's suffrage movement. She was not successful
in accomplishing her goal, but she did spark a movement that would eventually
lead to women's right to vote.
Mary Baker Eddy She founded the Church of Christ (Christian Science) in 1879. Preached
that the true practice of Christianity heals sickness. (No need for a doctor,
if have enough faith can heal self). Wrote a widely purchased book,
"Science and Health with a key to the Scriptures".
Charles Darwin An English Naturalists who wrote the Origin of the Species in 1859. His
theory stated that in nature the strongest of a species survive, the weaker
animals died out leaving only the stronger of the species. Through this process
of natural selection the entire species improved.
Booker T. Washington An ex-slave who saved his money to buy himself an education. He believed
that blacks must first gain economic equality before they gain social equality.
He was President of the Tuskegee Institute and he was a part of the Atlanta
Compromise. Washington believed that blacks should be taught useful skills so
that whites would see them as useful.
William James a philosopher on Harvard faculty, wrote Principles of Psychology, The Will
of to Believe, Varieties of Religious Experience, and Pragmatism; 1842-1910:
Helped to express philosophy of the nation.
Henry George He was a journalist-author and an original thinker. he saw poverty at its
worst in India and wrote the classic Progress and Poverty. this book in 1879
broke into the best-seller lists. he believed that the pressure of a growing
population with a fixed supply of land pushed up property values.
Florence Kelley A lifelong battler for the welfare of women, children, blacks, and
consumers. Served as a general secretary of the National Consumers League. Led
the women of Hull House into a successful lobby in 1893 for an Illinois
antisweatshop law that protected women workers and prohibited child labor. A
leader in women's activism and social reform.
bor. A leader in women's activism and social reform.
Chapter #25: Guided Reading Questions
The Urban Frontier
Know:
Louis
Sullivan, Walking Cities, Department Stores, Tenements
1. What
factors led to the growth of cities in the second half of the 1800's?
The New Immigration
2. How
were the new immigrants different from the old immigrants?
Southern Europe Uprooted
3. Why
did the new immigrants come to America in such large numbers?
Reactions to the New
Immigration
Know: Political
Bosses, Social Gospel, Jane Addams, Hull House, Settlement houses, Lillian
Wald, Florence Kelley
4. How
did political bosses help immigrants?
Narrowing the Welcome Mat
Know:
Nativists,
Anglo-Saxon, American Protective Association, Statue of Liberty
5. In
1886, what was ironic about the words inscribed on the base of the Statue of
Liberty?
Churches Confront the Urban
Challenge
Know:
Dwight
Lyman Moody, Cardinal Gibbons, Salvation Army, Mary Baker Eddy, YMCA
6 What
role did religion play in helping the urban poor?
Darwin Disrupts the Churches
Know:
Charles
Darwin, Origin of the Species, Fundamentalists, Modernists, Colonel Robert G.
Ingersoll,
7. What
effect did the theory of evolution have on Christian churches?
The Lust for Learning
Know:
Normal
Schools, Kindergarten, Chautauqua
8. What
advances took place in education in the years following the Civil War?
Booker T. Washington and
Education for Black People
Know: Booker
T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Accomodationist, George Washington Carver,
W.E.B. Du Bois, NAACP
9. Explain
the differences in belief between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
The Hallowed Halls of Ivy
Know:
Vassar,
Howard, Morrill Act, Land Grant Colleges, Hatch Act
10. What
factors allowed the number of college students to dramatically increase?
The March of the
Mind
Know:
William
James
11. Describe
some of the intellectual achievements of the late 1800’s.
The Appeal of the Press
The Appeal of the Press
Know:
Joseph
Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Yellow Journalism
12.
How
did the ability to produce newspapers inexpensively change their content?
Apostles of Reform
Know:
Edwin
L. Godkin, Henry George, Edward Bellamy
13. How
did writers in the 1870's and 1880's try to address the problems of their time?
Postwar Writing
Know:
Dime
novels, Horatio Alger, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson
14. Did
the trends in writing after the Civil War make it a good period for literature?
Explain.
Literary Landmarks
Know: Kate
Chopin, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, William Dean Howells, Stephen Crane, Henry
James, Jack London, Frank Norris, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chestnut,
Theodore Dreiser.
15. What
did many writers in the late 1800's have in common?
The New Morality
Know:
Victoria
Woodhull, Anthony Comstock
16. What
evidence demonstrated a battle raging over sexual morality?
Families and Women in the
City
Know: Charlotte
Perkins Gilman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt,
National Women Suffrage Association, Ida B. Wells
17. What
changes were occurring in the women's rights movement?
Prohibition of Alcohol and
Social Progress
Know: Women's
Christian Temperance Union, Carrie Nation, Anti-Saloon League, 18th Amendment,
Clara Barton
18.
What
social causes were women (and many men) involved in the late 1800's?
Artistic Triumphs
Know: James
Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, George Inness, Thomas Eakins,
Winslow Homer, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Metropolitan Opera House, Henry H.
Richardson, Columbian Exposition
19. Why
is this section titled "artistic triumphs?"
The Business of Amusement
Know:
Vaudeville,
P.T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill Cody, Annie Oakley, James Naismith
20. What
forms of recreation became popular from 1870 to 1900?
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