Tuesday, October 31, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. In Shell Shock, Donald Hodge said “Nobody wins in a war, they lost but we didn't win.” What did he mean?
    2. What is nativism?
    3. What is isolationism?
    4. What is conservatism?

  2. Discuss 1920s Test, Part 1 (Homework--Due Monday, November 6th)
    • You will randomly be given a history topic: an individual from the 1920s (an artist, athlete, actor, musician, writer, etc.).
    • First, research your topic. Use a MINIMUM of three sources. As you research, take notes and cite your source directly on your notes. You will turn these notes in after you present.
    • Use the questions on your slide to guide your research.
    • After you research, complete the ONE slide for your topic.
    • DO NOT cut and paste information from an internet source onto your slide.
    • DO use bullet points. Keep it brief. Most of your information will come out in your presentation by what you SAY, not what is written on your slide! You do NOT need to write all of the information on the slide.
    • Focus on editing the areas outlined in purple.

  3. Consumerism in the 1920s
    Use the included sources to answer the questions (Canvas)

Monday, October 30, 2023

  1. Finish The Century: Shell Shock Video
    Answer questions

  2. Politics of the 1920s
    Use reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  3. Begin work on 1920s Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Friday, October 27, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What argument did Irreconcilables use for not supporting the Treaty of Versailles?
    2. What argument did Reservationists use for not supporting the Treaty of Versailles?

  2. America as a World Power Test

Thursday, October 26, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the Espionage and Sedition Acts affect civil liberties in the United States?
    2. What was Woodrow Wilson’s vision for the postwar world?

  2. Finish Discussing Wilson Fights For Peace
    Take Notes

  3. Review Essential Question #6

  4. The Century: Shell Shock Video
    Answer questions

  5. Finish Essential Questions and Study for Test (Homework)

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the positive and negative effects of the Great Migration?
    2. How did propaganda bring out the worst in Americans during World War I?

  2. Finish Discussing Civil Liberties
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World War I--On the Home Front Video

  4. Review Essential Question #5

  5. Discuss Wilson Fights For Peace
    Take Notes

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the economic effects in the United States of the influenza epidemic that erupted during the war?
    2. How did W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter differ on the war?

  2. Finish Discussing Social Changes
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World War I--On the Home Front Video

  4. Discuss Civil Liberties
    Take Notes

Monday, October 23, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the United States help secure enough food and supplies to fight the war?
    2. How did the United States attempt to sway public opinion in favor of the war effort?

  2. Review Essential Question #4

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World War I--On the Home Front Video

  4. Discuss Social Change
    Take Notes

Friday, October 20, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How was the Zimmermann Note one of the reasons for the U.S. declaration of war?
    2. How did the United States secure enough men to fight the war?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: World War I--War in Europe Video

  3. Finish American Power Tips the Balance
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  4. War at Home and Influenza
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Thursday, October 19, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Which of the MANIA causes of the war do you think was most instrumental in starting it?
    2. How did the sinking of the Lusitania change American public opinion?

  2. Imperialism Quiz

  3. Finish Discussing Causes and the Start of War
    Take notes from the video and from lecture

  4. American Power Tips the Balance
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”?
    2. Where was it first exercised?
    3. What was Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy”?
    4. Where was it first exercised?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video

  3. Review Essential Question #3

  4. Discuss Causes and the Start of War
    Take notes from the video and from lecture

  5. Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Teller Amendment?
    2. What was Roosevelt’s “Big Stick Diplomacy”?
    3. Where was #2 first exercised?

  2. Finish Discussing Foreign Policy in Latin America
    Take Notes

  3. Panama Canal Document Analysis
    Use the documents (Canvas) to answer the questions

Monday, October 16, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the causes and consequences of the Boxer Rebellion?
    2. Why did many Filipinos feel betrayed by the United States?

  2. Review Essential Question #2

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video

  4. Discuss Foreign Policy in Latin America
    Take Notes

Friday, October 13, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did some Americans have a strong economic interest in Cuba?
    2. What were the consequences of the war for Spain and the United States?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video

  3. Review Essential Question #1

  4. Acquiring New Lands
    Use information sheets (Canvas) on China, Cuba, Philippines and Puerto Rico to fill out the chart

Thursday, October 12, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the economic factors that contributed to the growth of American imperialism?
    2. What were the cultural factors that contributed to the growth of American imperialism?

  2. Finish Discussing Imperialism and America
    Take Notes

  3. Clip from America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power Video

  4. Spanish-American War
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    Copy: Imperialism--Policy in which stronger nations extend their political, economic, or military control over weaker territories
    1. List examples of imperialism throughout history.

  2. Discuss Imperialism and America
    Take Notes

  3. Begin work on America as a World Power Unit Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Monday, October 9, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the most progressive president? Why?

  2. Progressivism Test

Friday, October 6, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What three things made up Wilson's "Triple Wall of Privilege"?
    2. What were Wilson's views on race?
    3. What was sharecropping?

  2. Finish Discussing Social Changes
    Take Notes

  3. Review Essential Question #4

  4. GimKit Review

  5. Finish Essential Questions and Study for Test (Homework)

Thursday, October 5, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did Roosevelt come to oppose Taft for the presidency in 1912?
    2. How was Wilson able to win the election of 1912?

  2. Clip from America in the 20th Century: Progressive Era Video

  3. Review Essential Question #3

  4. Discuss Social Changes
    Take Notes

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Theodore Roosevelt become president?
    2. How did Roosevelt’s intervention in a coal strike set a precedent for federal arbitration?

  2. Finish Discussing Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal"
    Take Notes

  3. Progressive Presidents: Taft and Wilson
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What caused the split in the women’s suffrage movement?
    2. How did the tactics of Carrie Chapman Catt and the Nation Woman’s Party differ?
    3. How was World War I connected to the Nineteenth Amendment?

  2. Review Essential Question #2

  3. Discuss Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal"
    Take Notes

Monday, October 2, 2023

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the Declaration of Sentiments?
    2. What was the first state to grant women's suffrage?
    3. What was the result of women attempting to use the Fourteenth Amendment to get the right to vote?

  2. Finish Discussing Women's Suffrage
    Take Notes

  3. Bad Romance Parody: Women's Suffrage Video