Great Depression Webquest

CLICK HERE for the WEBQUEST

This is an INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT.

Classwork 3/28/16

Hello.

Here is your assignment for today's class, 3/28/16.

1. READ - Chapter 22 Section 1 of The Americans 
2. Complete the Guided Reading Questions below: 

1. Give specific examples to show how the superficial prosperity of the late 1920s hid troubling weaknesses in the country.
2. Identify reasons why agriculture suffered more throughout the 1920s than any other part of the country.
3. How was the distribution of income so unequal in the United States during the 1920s?  How was 
4. What does it mean to "buy on margin"?  How did this practice contribute to creating the Great Depression?
5. Why did so many banks fail so quickly during the early 1930s?
6. What happened to ordinary workers during the Great Depression?
7. How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 worsen the worldwide depression?
8. What role did the effects of World War I play in affecting the world economy?

HW Assignments Week of 3/28/16-4/5/16

Hello, APUSH'ers:

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/28/16.

MONDAY NIGHT: 
1.  Watch the Video, "America in the 20th Century: The Great Depression" 

2.  Complete the attached worksheet

***Please hand in the worksheet, on TUESDAY***

3. Begin Reading, Chapter 24 of the AMSCO APUSH Review Book, pp. 496-502 

4. Begin working on the Chapter 24 G.R.A.P.   Complete pp. 1-3 

TUESDAY 

1. Continue working on the Chapter 24 of the AMSCO book.   Read pp. 503-509.  
2. Continue working on the Chapter 24 G.R.A.P.   You should complete pp. 3-6 

WEDNESDAY 
1.  Read pp. 510-514 (Chapter 24 AMSCO) 
2.  Complete the Chapter 24 G.R.A.P., pp.  6-9.  Please note that you are only responsible for completing the GRAP, through p. 9.  
***PLEASE BE READY TO HAND IN THE Ch. 24 GRAP on THURSDAY! 

THURSDAY: 
1. Watch the video, "America in the 20th Century: World War II The Road to War" 

2. Complete the worksheet that accompanies the video.  ***PLEASE HAND IN THE WORKSHEET ON FRIDAY***

2. Begin Reading Chapter 25 of the AMSCO APUSH Review Book.  Read pp. 521-528. 

3. COMPLETE pp. 1-5 of the GRAP. 

FRIDAY: 

1. READ: pp. 529-536. 

2. COMPLETE pp. 6-10 of the GRAP 

3. Finish the Great Depression Web Quest. 

MONDAY APRIL 4: 

Read pp. 537-540

Complete pp. 11-14 of the GRAP.
Please be ready to hand in the Chapter 25 GRAP for TUESDAY APRIL 5th

***PRACTICE APUSH EXAM Tuesday*** 

Take Home Test - 1920's

Hello, All:

Please complete the following Take Home Test on the 1920's.

Due - MONDAY 3/28.

Here is a link to the exam. 

Here is a link to the answer sheet.  Complete all answers on the answer sheet.     YOUR ANSWERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ON THIS ANSWER SHEET.

HW Week of 3/21/16

TUESDAY NIGHT:
1.  Watch:  

2.  Answer the following questions, related to the video.  

1. Explain the Red Scare and its development.

2. Describe the state of labor workers and their difficulties during the 1920s.

3. Discuss the presidential election of Warren Harding, his policies, and his scandal.

4. Compare and contrast the changes in work in automobiles, farming, and other industries during the Roaring Twenties.

5. List some of the innovations created for the home and transportation and how they affected peoples’ lives.

6. Describe the changes in business practices and how they helped to fuel an economic explosion in the United States during the 1920s.

7. Summarize the social tensions found between American citizens and immigrants, as well as racial discrimination.

8. Give examples of the differing values and problems that developed as more people moved from rural to urban communities.

9. Discuss the cultural changes in the American society during the 1920s.

10. Explain why Americans had more leisure time, how they made use of it, and how it affected women's roles.

APUSH HW Week of March 14, 2016

Hello, APUSH'ers:

Here are your HW assignments for the week of March 14, 2016


***REMINDER - PROGRESSIVE ERA ESSAY REMIX IS DUE 3/16/16***
MONDAY NIGHT: 
1. WATCH CRASH COURSE #36 

2. Complete the attached worksheet. 

3. READ Chapter 30 of The American Pageant, pp. 696-703

4. COMPLETE GRQ's 10-13

TUESDAY: 

WATCH 

READ CHAPTER 31 of The American Pageant pp. 705-712

CLICK HERE FOR THE WORKBOOK - THE GRQ's start on p. 55 

Complete GRQ's 1-8 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

1. READ PP. 713-719

2. COMPLETE GRQ's 9-14 

THURSDAY NIGHT:
1. READ PP. 720-725 

2. COMPLETE GRQ's 15-22 

3. PREPARE FOR A QUIZ/TEST on WWI on FRIDAY 

THESE VIDEOS WILL HELP YOU

World War One
The Palmer Raids Explained:
The Red Scare for Dummies
Schenck vs United States Explained
The 14 Points Explained

FRIDAY:
BEGIN READING CHAPTER 23 of AMSCO 

COMPLETE THE GRAP for TUESDAY

Progressive Era Essay - Remix

Hello, All.

I am certain that many of you would like a chance to review, and revise your essay on the Prog. Era.

You will have the opportunity to do that.

You will have until WEDNESDAY (3/16),  to complete a revision of your essay. Please take some time, and check out the following supplemental information to help you.

DBQ RUBRIC - Review the grading requirements.  Make sure you meet the mark!   Please print, and attach to your essay.  Make sure that you get HIPP with your DOCS!

Support Info  - Review this, carefully!

VIDEOS:  You don't have to watch 'em all, but it sure wouldn't hurt ! 

 

If you don't watch any other videos, WATCH THESE!!! 

MORE VIDEOS: 

The Pullman Strike of 1894 Explained
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act Explained
Populism and the Populist Movement 
The Assassination of William McKinley
Muckrakers for Dummies
The Square Deal for Dummies
Separate But Equal for Dummies
Booker T Washington vs W.E.B. DuBois
The Progressive Age 

America Becomes a World Power

America in the 20th Century America Becomes a World Power from Mike Tesler on Vimeo.

Imperialism DBQ

1.  CLICK HERE for a link to the DBQ's.

2.  Answer the scaffolding questions.

3.  Based on the documents, and your knowledge of US History, answer the writing prompt below...

Was imperialism a legitimate, and proper policy for the US to follow at the turn of the 19th Century. 

ALL WORK DUE BEOP, or you must complete with  YOUR HW!!!  

Document 1: 
What do the Anglo-Saxons possess that makes them qualified as “the fittest?”

What action or events is he referring to when he mentions moving down on Mexico, Central and South America? 

What does Strong mean when he mentions “survival of the fittest?” Explain

Document 2 

What three reasons does Mahan give for imperialism?

To what is Mahan referring when he cites “the growing production?

Realizing that Mahan is a naval officer, why is he concerned about our position between two great oceans and two Old Worlds?

Document 3

To whom is McKinley addressing his remarks?

What is ironic about McKinley’s desire to Christianize this former Spanish colony?

Doc. 4: 

To what two historic American documents does Hoar refer?

What does the Declaration of Independence say that supports Hoar? 

Doc 5: 

How did Senator Beveridge justify the policy of imperialism?  

Document 6 
How does Lodge defened Imperialism?  

Who do you think he means when he compares the Filipinos to others “who in a few years will be...unwilling to leave the shelter of the American flag?”

Document 7

What do the Anti-Imperialists fear if we pursue the policy of imperialism?

What are they referencing when they say that all men “are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?”

From where does the phrase that “governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed” come? 

APUSH Classwork 3/8/16

Hello, All:

Here is your assignment for class, 3/8/16.

1.  Carefully Review the following primary/secondary source documents in each section.  Use the VTS protocol to help you.   As you read the documents, or analyze any pictures, cartoons, etc., ask yourself:

• What's going on
• What do we see/read that makes us say that. 
• What more can we find.  

Open Door Policy (Station 1)

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (Station 2)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy  (Station 3)

Wilson's "Moral" Diplomacy  (Station 4)

FDR's "Good Neighbor" Policy  (Station 5) 2.  Based on the documents, and your knowledge of US History, answer the questions that follow, on the worksheet.

APUSH HW 3/7/16

Hello, All.

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/7

MONDAY NIGHT:  

1.  Review AMSCO CHAPTER 21 
2.  Complete the attached WORKSHEET 
3.  Using Chapter 27 of the American Pageant, begin working on the Guided Reading Questions.  Complete Questions 1-5.  

TUESDAY NIGHT:  
Complete Questions 6-10.  

Wednesday:
Questions 11-16 

Thursday:  
Begin Reading Chapter 22 of the AMSCO APUSH Review Book 
Complete the Chapter 22 GRAP for MONDAY