Monday December 14, 2015

1.  Click HERE to submit your semester review

Thursday December 10, 2015

1.  Please open your Semester Review and answer the questions.
     A.  You may work with 1 partner, but you both            need to have the answers on your sheet.

     B.  You will have to answer them ALL                          correctly before being allowed to submit,                so when you finish bring it up to me for me            to look at.

     C.  If you are not working on this and only this            you will have to work on it by yourself, so              stay on Task! 

Wednesday December 9, 2015

1.  Please login to you skyward account and take Chapter 12 & 13 Test
- you may use your notes and book

2.  Begin working on your semester review
- Hint:  I'd use the index of the book to find out what page the topic is on in your book.

Tuesday December 8, 2015

-Describe the popular culture of the 1920's
-Explain why the youth-dominated decade came to be called the Roaring 20s
-Identify the causes and results of the migration of African Americans to Northern cities in the early 1900's
-Describe the prolific African-American artistic activity that became known as the Harlme Renaissance

1.  Click HERE to get section 3 & 4 Notes

2.  We will have Chapter 12 & 13 Test tomorrow

Monday December 7, 2015

-Explain how urbanization created a new way of life that often clashed with the values of traditional rural society
-Describe the controversy over the role of science and religion in American education and society in the 1920's
-Explain how the image of the flapper embodied the changing values and attitudes of young women in the 1920's
-Identify the causes and results of the changing roles of women in the 1920's

1.  Create a new folder
- Chapter 13- The Roaring Life of the 1920's
2.  Click HERE to get Section 1 & 2 Notes
- file-make a copy put in Ch 13 folder
3.  Semester Test REVIEW
- file make a copy
- This will be due next Tuesday

Thursday December 3, 2014

Summarize the reaction in the U.S. to the threat of communism
Describe some postwar conflicts between labor & managment
Contrast Hardings policy of normalcy with progressive era reforms
Identify scandals that plagued the Harding administratoin

1.  Section 2&3 NOTES
-file make a copy, put in Ch 12 folder

2.  Submit Section 1 QUIZ
3.  Submit Section 2 QUIZ
4.  Submit Sacco & Vanzetti WORKSHEET

Wednesday December 2, 2015

1.  Finish you work from yesterday, we will submit it first thing tomorrow!  It's 4 different grades so make sure it's complete

2.  Click HERE to get your work for today.  It's about the Sacco & Vanzetti trial.
-use your book and internet to answer questions.

Tuesday December 1, 2015

1.  Open your textbooks to Chapter 12
- if you cant remember your password, get a book from the cabinet.

2.  You will be working on Chapter 12 Section 1 WORKSHEET and Chapter 12 Section 1 QUIZ
- file and make a copy of both and put in Ch 12 folder

3.  Once you finish that, work on Chapter 12 Section 2 WORKSHEET and Chapter 12 Section 2 QUIZ

4.  You may use your books on both the worksheets and the quiz.

Monday November 30, 2015

-Summarize the following Post World War 1 Tensions:  Economic, Labor, Political, Social, & Race and Religious

1.  Create a New Folder
- Chapter 12- Politics of the Roaring Twenties

2.  Click HERE to get notes
- file-make a copy- put in Chapter 12 folder

Tuesday November 17, 2015

1.  SUBMIT chapter 11 Review 
2.  You have about 10 minutes to look over your chapter 11 notes or review
3.  Login to skyward and take chapter 11 test
* you may NOT use notes or review
4.  Sit quietly when finished, we will be watching Fly Boys when everyone finishes.

Friday November 13, 2015

1.  Click HERE to turn in your chapter 11 vocab
2.  Open Chapter 11 Vocab TEST
* file-make a copy-put in ch 11 folder
* you may use your vocab on test
3.  SUBMIT your vocab test
4.  Once you finish test, you need to complete Ch 11 Review
- if you werent here yesterday, get from the blog

Thursday November 12, 2015

1.  You need to finish your chapter 11 vocabulary if you have not done so
* it will be do at the beginning of class tomorrow before we take the test.

2.  You need to use your notes and textbook to complete Chapter 11 REVIEW
* file-make a copy-put in chapter 11 folder
* will be due tomorrow at the end of class
* you know what happens if everyone doesnt turn it in :)

3.  You may listen to music as long as you are working....If anyone is watching videos, playing games, or not working on assignments, I've told the sub to make EVERYONE put their headphones up. (This is a privelage, don't be the one to ruin it!!)

Wednesday November 11, 2015

- Summarize Wilson's Fourteen Points
-Describe the Treaty of Versailles and international and domestic reaction to it
-Explain some of the consequences of the war

1.  Open your section 3 notes, we have a few things to finish up

2.  Click HERE to get section 4 notes
* file-make a copy- put in Chapter 11 folder

3.  Chapter 11 Vocab is due on Friday along with Chapter 11 Review
- we will be doing Chapter 11 Review tomorrow, so if you are going to be absent, you are still responsible for it!

Tuesday November 10, 2015

- Describe how the U.S. mobilized for war
-Summarize U.S. battefield success
-Identify the new weapons and the medical problems faced in WW1
-Describe U.S. offensives and the end of the war

1.  Turn in Section 2 worksheet HERE

2.  Chapter 11 Section 3 NOTES
* file-make a copy-put in Ch 11 folder

Monday November 9, 2015

1.  Open your section 2 notes, we will finish these today.

2.  Click HERE for section 2 Worksheet
* it is due at the beginning of class tomorrow

3.  Chapter 11 Vocabulary is due on Friday

Thursday November 5, 2015

1.  Please login to your skyward account and take Chapter 11 Section 1 Quiz
- you may NOT use any notes or resources, just your BRAIN!

2.  Once you finish, open Section 2 notes, we will finish these today.

Wednesday November 4, 2015

1.  You will have 20 minutes to complete Chapter 11 Section 1 Worksheet
- you will need to sumbit it through yesterdays blog

-Describe how the United States mobilized for war
-Explain how business and government cooperated during the war
-Show how the government promoted the war
-Describe the attacks on civil liberties that occured
-Summarize the social changes that affected African Americans and Women

2.  Section 2 NOTES
-file, make a copy, put in Ch 11 folder

Tuesday November 3, 2015

- Discuss how the Germans devised a plan to win the war quickly
-Identify the three (3) events that ultimately drew the United States in to Worl War 1
- United States declares war

1.  Please open part 2 of section 1 notes
- HERE they are if you dont have them

2.  Complete the WORKSHEET over section 1

3.  Turn it in HERE

Monday Novermber 2, 2015

- Identify the long term causes and the immediate circumstances that led to WW1
- Describe the first two years of the war
- Summarize U.S. public opinion about the war
- Explain why the United States entered the war

1.  Click HERE for Chapter 11 Section 1 notes            part 1
- file make a copy put in Chapter 11 folder

2.  Click HERE for Chater 11 Section 1 notes 
     part 2
- file make a copy put in Chapter 11 folder

3.  MAP of Europe at the start of 1914
- put in Chapter 11 folder

4.  MAP of Europe from beginning to end
- put in Chapter 11 folder

Friday October 30, 2015

-Identify the long term causes and the immediate circumstances that led to World War 1
-Describe the first two years of the war
-Summarize U.S. public opinion about the war
-Explain why the U.S. entered the war

1. You will not be needing your chrome books today, we will be watching a introduction video about World War 1.

- Please sit down and clear your desk
    
  

Thursday October 29, 2015

1.  Turn in Chapter 10 vocabulary HERE

2.  Login to skyward and take ch 10 vocab test

3.  Once you are finished, you have 2 choices:
     A.  Work on any missing work you have
     B.  Create a new folder: and work on chapter                11 vocabulary words
           - Title Chapter 11- World War 1
           - Click HERE for Vocabulary words
              * file make a copy and put in ch 11 folder
   

Wednesday October 28, 2015

1.  You need to SUBMIT you chapter 10 review if you have not done so yet
- I will not be excepting late work on this so submit what you have.

2.  Login to skyward and take Ch 10 Test

3.  Work on your chapter 10 vocabulary, it's due tomorrow.

4.  Have a great day, and be on your best behavior for the sum

NO HEADPHONES!!!

Tuesday October 27, 2015

1.  Click HERE to get chapter 10 Review
- file make a copy put in Ch 10 folder

2.  You need to SUBMIT it once you finish

3.  Work on Chapter 10 vocabulary, it will be due on Thursday.

4.  We will be taking Chapter 10 Test tomorrow

Monday October 26, 2015

-Explain how Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy promoted American power around the world.

-Describe how Woodrow Wilson's missionary diplomacy ensured U.S. dominance in Latin America

1. Share your Spanish American War essay with me if you have not done so yet

-mswenson@ipisd.net

2. Click HERE to get section 3 notes

-file-make a copy- put in Ch 10 folder

* if you have already done this, open section 3 notes

3.  Your Vocabulary is due on Thursday

Thursday October 22, 2015

1.  Today you will be working with 1 partner.  Using your notes as a reference, you must write an essay describing the Spanish American War.  Only one person will need to type up the essay, but be sure to include both names on the paper.  After you finish it, you need to share it with your partner and then share it with me

2.  Click HERE for the terms that must be used throughout the essay.

Wednesday October 21, 2015

-Explain the Open Door Policy in China

-Summarize the views regarding U.S. imperialism

-Explain how Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy promoted American power around the world

-Describe how Woodrow Wilson's missionary diplomacy ensured U.S. dominance in Latin America

1.  Chapter 10 Section 3 NOTES

-file make a copy and put in Ch 10 folder

Tuesday October 20, 2015

1.  Login to your skywary account and take a quiz over Section 1 & 2

2.  You need to finish your SAS assignment #1263 from Friday and submit it to me.

3.  If you have finished that, begin working on Chapter 10 vocabulary.
- if you were not here yesterday, go to yesterday's blog to get vocab words.

Monday October 19, 2015

1.  Open your section 2 notes...we will start with these
HERE they are if you don't have them

2.  We will have a quiz tomorrow over section 1 and 2- may want to look over your notes

3.  Here are your Ch 10 VOCABULARY words
- file make a copy- put in Ch 10 folder

Friday October 16, 2015

1.  All of your worksheets are due today, please go to Monday's blog to submit them

2.  Login to www.sascurriculumpathways.com
- if you were absent yesterday, you will need to create an account, get someone to help you.
- get some headphones

3.  In the search box: type in #1263 to take you to the activity

4.  Here is the WORKSHEET you will need to fill out as you go through the activity.
- file-make a copy and put in Ch 10 folder

5.  SUBMIT your worksheet here

Thursday October 15, 2015

1.  Some of you need to submit your progressive era WS...do it HERE
2.  Open your Chapter 10 Section 1 notes....we will finish these up today

2.  - Begin Section 2: The Spanish American War
* Contrast American opinions regarding the Cuban revolt against Spain
* Identify events that escalated the conflict between the U.S. and Spain
* Trace the course of the Spanish-American War and its results

3.  Chapter 10 Section 2 NOTES
* file-make copy- put in Ch 10 folder

Wednesday October 14, 2015

-Explain the economic & cultural factors that fueled the growth of American imperialism.
- Describe how the U.S. acquired Alaska.  Summarize how the U.S. took over the Hawaiian Islands

1.  Create a New Folder
Chapter 10:  American Claims an Empire

2.  10.1 TRANSPARANCY
- file- make copy- put in ch 10 folder

3.  Chatper 10 Section 1 NOTES
- file-make copy- put in ch 10 folder

Monday October 12, 2015

1.  Finish Chapter 9 Vocabulary
- We will take vocab Test on Thursday

2.  Complete Section 2 WORKSHEET
- SUBMIT

3.  Complete Section 3 WORKSHEET
-SUBMIT

4.  Complete Section 4 WORKSHEET
-SUBMIT

Friday October 9, 2015

1.  We will be coding for the PSAT today

2.  Click HERE to submit your video worksheet from yesterday
- I need everyone to submit, even if you did it yesterday.

Thursday October 8, 2015

1.  You are going to watch a VIDEO over the progressive era and answer questions as you watch

2.  Click HERE to get the questions
- file make a copy and put in ch 9 folder
- split screen the video and questions so you can answer the questions as you watch

3.  Click HERE to submit assignment
4.  Work on you Chapter 9 Vocab when you finish
- if you dont have it in your folder its on Monday October 5 blog.

5.  Be on your best behavior

Wednesday October 7, 2015

1.  Finish Section 1 Notes

2.  Guided READING 9.1
- file and make copy, put in ch 9 folder
- use book and notes to answer

Tuesday October 6, 2015

-Explain the 4 goals of Progressivism
-Summarize progressive efforts to clean up government
-Identify progressive efforts to reform state government, protect workers, and reform elections

1.  Click HERE for section 1 notes
- file, make copy and put in Ch 9 folder

2.  Progressive Era WEB
- file and make a copy and put in Ch 9 folder
- fill in after we finish section 1 notes

Monday October 5, 2015

The 2nd 6 Weeks Begins Today
: It's only a 5 week period, so dont fall behind

1.  You have about 10 minutes to look over your review and notes for the Test

2.  Login to your skywary account and take Chapter 8 test

3.  You need to work on Chapter 9 VOCAB
- Create a new folder in your U.S. History Folder
- Title it Chapter 9: The Progressive Era
- put your vocab in Ch 9 folder

Friday October 2, 2015

1.  You need to have the following work completed by the end of the period:
- 8.1 Guided Reading
- 8.2 Guided Reading
- Chapter 8 Review

2.  You need to submit them to me by the end of the day today!!!
- make sure I can open and edit them

3.  Click HERE to find topics that will be coverd on your test!!
- These are topics that may or may not be on your review....hint hint- I'd answer them if I were you

4.  You need to study for your test if you have all work completed

5. IF THE SUB LEAVES A BAD REPORT ON YOU OR YOUR CLASS----YOU ALL WILL PAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday October 1, 2015

1.  Click HERE to submit your Chapter 8 Vocab

2.  Login to your skyward account to take Chapter 8 Vocabulary Test

3.  You need to work on your chapter 8 section 1 and 2 guided readings if you have not finished.
* you will need to submit it through the blog

4.  If you have finished, click HERE to get chapter 8 review. 

Wednesday September 30, 2015

-Give examples of turn of the 20th century leisure activities and popular sports
-Analyze the spread of mass culture in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century
-Describe turn of the 20th century innovations in marketing and advertising

1.  Chapter 8 Section 4 NOTES
-file-make copy put in Ch 8 folder

2.  Work on guided readings from yesterday
- due tomorrow!!

3.  We will take chapter 8 vocab test tomorrow

Tuesday Septmeber 29, 2015

-Trace the of segregation and the African American struggle against racism in the U.S.
-Summarize turn of the 20th century race relations in the North and South
-Identify discrimination against minorities in the American West

1.  Please click HERE to get Ch 8 Seciton 3 Notes
- file-make a copy- put in Ch 8 folder

2. Section 1 Guided READING
* Click HERE to submit

3.  Section 2 Guided READING
* Click HERE to submit

Monday, September 28, 2015

1.  Open your books to pg 274

- cick on Resources

- click Chapter Level Resources

-Multimedia Connections:  Life in Cities

2.  Pleas click HERE to get the activity over Life in Cities

- file-make a copy and put in Chapter 8 folder

3.  SUBMIT assignment

4.  Work on your vocabulary if you finish

Thursday September 24, 2015

-Describe the impact of technological advances on turn of the 20th Century urban planning
-Summarize turn of the century communication innovations
-Analyze the expansion of public education at the turn of the 20th century
-Describe the growth of higher education

1.  Create a new folder if you havn't done so
-Title it Ch 8- Life at the turn of the 20th Century

2.  Click HERE to submit Ch 7 Review
-remember I will take off it not done correctly

3.  Section 1 & 2 NOTES
- file-make a copy put in Ch 8 folder

4.  Section 1 HOMEWORK
-file-make a copy put in Ch 8 folder
- use pgs 276-281 to complete it if needed
-due TOMORROW

Wednesday September 23, 2015

1.  Please login to your skyward account and take Chapter 7 Test


2.  Once you finish your test, open to pg 274 in your books and begin working on Chapter 8 VOCAB 
-you will need to make a new folder:  Chapter 8
* file-make a copy of vocab and put in Ch 8 folder

Tuesday September 22, 2015

1.  Click HERE to submit Chapter 7 Vocabulary
- make sure I can edit it please

2.  Chapter 7 Vocabulary TEST

3.  Click HERE to submit Chapter 7 Vocab Test

4.  Chapter 7 REVIEW
- make a copy and put in Ch 7 folder
- Due tomorrow

Monday September 21, 2015

- Explain the role of political machines and political bosses
-Describe how some politicians greed and fraud cost taxpayers millions of dollars
-Describe the measures taken by presidents Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur to reform the spoils system
-Explain the positions taken by presidents Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley on the tariff issue

1.  Click HERE to get notes #3
* file-make a copy- put in Ch 7 folder

2.  Chapter 7 vocabulary is due tomorrow

Wednesday September 16,2015

-Describe the movement of immigrants to cities and the opportunities they found there

-Explain how cities dealth with housing, transportation, sanitation, and safety issues

-Describe some of the organizations and people who offered help to urban immigrants

1.  Open your section 2 notes

* if you weren't here yesterday, go to blog to get

2.  Work on Chapter 7 vocabulary

Tuesday September 15, 2015

1.  Open your Section 1 notes....we will finish these.

2.  Section 1 QUIZ
- do not open it until instructed!!
- File-Make a copy-put in Ch 7 folder

3.  Click HERE to submit quiz
* make sure I can edit it

4.  You need to complete the assignment assigned to you in your online textbook

5.  Section 2 NOTES
* file-make copy- put in Ch 7 folder

Monday September 14, 2015

-Identify immigrants countries of origin
-Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations
-Examine the causes and effects of the nativists' anti-immigrant sentiments

1.  Create a new folder:  Title it Chapter 7:  Immigration and Urbanization

2.  Please Click HERE to get Ch 7 Vocab
* file-make copy- put in Ch 7 folder

3.  Click HERE to get section 1 notes
* file-make copy- put in Ch 7 folder

4.  In another tab, open your textbooks to pg 252

Friday September 11, 2015

1.  Login to your skyward account and take Ch 6 Test
* you may use your notes

2.  14 Years ago, the United States changed forever.  Click HERE to watch a video.
* this is the only thing you are allowed to be viewing!!

Thursday September 10, 2015

1.  Open Section 3 notes...we will finish today

2.  You need to submit your activity from yesterday if you have not done so
* will have to go to yesterday's blog to do it

2.  Open books to pg 250 and work on Ch 6 Review
* click on green Q in top left hand corner of page
* click on save to my notebook when finished

3.  Chapter 6 Test tomorrow
* Look through your notes tonight!

Wednesday September 9, 2015

1.  Open your textbooks to pg 228
*  click on Resources
* click on Chapter Level Resources
* click on Multimedia connections Ch 6

2.  We will be working on an classroom activity over Big Business and Labor.  Click HERE for the worksheet associated with it.
* file and make copy and put in Ch 6 folder
* use multimedia connectons to answer questions
* Answer questions in complete sentences

3.  Click HERE to submit assignment.
* if you do not finish in class, it's homework!

Tuesday September 8, 2015

-Identify theories and practices that created a favorable climate for entrepreneurs and the development of big business

-Explain how economic development affected society

-Summarize the emergence and growth of unions

-Explain the violent reactions of industry and government to union strikes

1.  Click HERE to get section 3 notes if you need

-file-make a copy- put in Ch 6 folder

2.  If you were absent Friday, you need to take vocab test on your own time- before Thursday

Friday September 4, 2015

1.  Please click HERE to submit your vocabulary
* make sure I can EDIT it

2.  Login to your skyward account and take the quiz.
* Only thing you should have open is your vocab- if you made a 100 on it

3.  Click HERE to get section 3 notes
* file-make a copy-put in ch 6 folder

Thursday September 3, 2015

1.  Open your section 2 notes- we will be finishing these up today.

2.  You need to complete the effects of R/R chart that was on your blog yesterday
* if you didn't save it yesterday, file and make a copy and put in your chapter 6 folder
3.  Work on your vocabulary- it's due tomorrow
* DO NOT BE WORKING ON IT UNTIL WE ARE FINISHED WITH NOTES AND YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE CHART
* There will be a link to submit vocab on tomorrows blog, so do not submit until then

Wednesday September 2, 2015

- Identify the role of the railroads in unifying the country
-List positive and negative effects of railroads on the nation's economy
-Summarize reasons for, and outcomes of, the demand for railroad reform

1.  Please click HERE to get section 2 notes
* file-make a copy- put in chapter 6 folder

2.  Please click HERE to get section 2 chart
* file-make a copy- put in chapter 6 folder
* please title it Effects of R/R expansion

Tuesday September 1, 2015

-Explain how the abundance of natural resources, new recovery, and refining methods, and new uses for them led to intensive industrialization
- Identify inventions that changed the way people lived and worked

1.  Please click HERE to get Section 1 notes
* file-make copy- put in Ch 6 folder

2.  Click HERE to take section 1 quiz. 
* Do not open this until I ask you to do so
* file-make copy- put in chapter 6 folder

3.  Click HERE to submit assignment

4.  You will have time at the end of class to work on vocabulary

Monday August 31, 2015

-Explain how the abundance of natural resources, new recovery and refining methods, and new uses for them led to intensive industrialization
-Identify inventions that changed the way people lived & worked

1.  Read pgs 230-233 in your book
* complete taking notes sheet pg 230
* answer questions on pg 231 and 233
2.  Click HERE for transparancy 1
* file and make a copy and put in ch 6 folder
3.  On your dashboard, you have 2 assignments you need to complete.
* Pay attention to the due dates
4.  Chapter 6 vocabulary is due Friday

Friday August 28, 2015

1.  Welcome to the U.S. History Blog
2.  You need to STAR this page
3.  We will now create a new folder
      * Title it Chapter 6:  A New Industrial Age
4.  Click HERE for Chapter 6 vocabulary words
      * file, make a copy
      *move to chapter 6 folder
5.  Click HERE to submit you assignment

Wednesday August 26, 2015

1.  Use your phones or devices to answer the following questions:
       1.  What is the symbol for the democratic party?  Why?
         2.  What color represents the democratic party?
         3.  What is the symbol for the republican party?  Why?
         4.  What color represents the republican party? 

2.  Click HERE and HERE to take a quiz to determine if you are a Republican or Democrat

3.  Click HERE for more follow up issues about the 2 parties

Tuesday August 25, 2015

Welcome to U.S. History 

1.  Go over syllabus

2.  Rules and Expectations

3.  Signed Portion of syllabus is due by Friday

4.  Go get textbooks

Wednesday April 22, 2015

1.  Continue working on the EOC review
-if absent yesterday, go to yesterday's blog and get the review
- Do NOT be working on anything other than the review!!!
-if you need headphones, they are next to filing cabinet on the ground, just put back when finished.

Please be on your best behavior.

Tuesday April 21, 2015

1.  Click HERE for year long review
- make an EOC folder if you havn't done so  yet
- plese put this in your folder

Monday April 20

1.  Click HERE for matching game
2.  Click HERE for online quiz

Thursday April 16, 2015

1.  Create a new folder:  Ch 25-Vietnam

2.  Click HERE for Chapter 25 vocabulary
- make a copy and put in Ch 25 folder.

Thursday April 9, 2015

1.  Click HERE to get activity over Supreme Court Cases.
- make a copy and put in Ch 24 folder

Tuesday April 7, 2014

1.  Please Click HERE to get Notes #5
-make a copy and put in your folder

Thursday April 2, 2015

• Explain actions taken by people to expand economic opportunities and political rights (US26A)
• Identify the roles of significant leaders who supported various rights movements (US9C)
• Describe presidential actions and congressional votes to address minority right sin the United States, including desegregation of the armed forces, the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, and the Voting Rights Acts of 1965 (US9F)
• Describe how litigation such landmark cases play a role in protecting the rights of minorities during the civil rights movement (U9I)

1. Click HERE to get Notes #4

-make a copy and put in folder

2. Chapter 24 Vocabulary Test will be tomorrow

Tuesday March 31, 2015

1.  Please click HERE to get Civil Rights Notes #3
-Explain the origin of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
-Discuss the changing role of the federal government in civil rights enforcement.

Wednesday March 25, 2015

1.  You will be examinging the following Supreme Court Cases that deal with civil rights.

2.  Please click HERE to go to SAS Curriculum to get your assignment.

a.  Plessy vs. Ferguson
b.  Brown vs. Board of Education
c.  Gideon vs. Wainwright
d.  Miranda vs. Arizona
e.  Sweatt vs. Painter
f.  Mendez vs. Westminster
g.  Reynolds vs. Sims
h.  Dred Scott vs. Sanford
i. Strauder vs. West Virginia (1879)
j. Morgan vs. West Virginia (1946)
k. Loving vs. West Virginia (1967)
l. Regents of University of California vs. Bakke (1978)
m. Grutter vs Bollinger; Grutter vs. Bollinger (2003)

Tuesday March 24, 2015

1.  Please click HERE to get a reading assignment over segregation.  Please read it very carefully.

2.  Once you finish reading, login to your skyward account and take quiz over the readings.

3.  Open Notes #2, we will finish these after everyone finishes their quiz.

Monday March 23, 2015

- Who was John F. Kennedy
-Describe how the Cold War influenced foreign aid and aided the space race
-Death of a President
-Begin the Civil Rights Movement

1.  Please Create a New Folder- Chapter 24- The Civil Rights Movement

2.  Please Click HERE to get Notes #1
- file and make a copy and put in folder

3.  Please Click HERE to get Notes #2
- file and make a copy and put in folder

Wednesday March 10

Click HERE for assignment on civil rights

Friday February 27, 2015

-Examine the rise of the suburbs and the growth of the interstate highway system
-Explain the causes and effects of prosperity in the 1950's on consumers
-Discuss postwar changes in family life

1.  Click HERE to get Notes #2
* Make a copy and put in Ch 22 folder
2.  Work on Vocab when finished

Thursday February 26, 2014

1.  Finish notes #1 over 1950's
2.  Working on Ch 22 Vocab
3.  Click HERE to submit Ch 22 Vocab

Wednesday February 25, 2015

Objectives:

-Describe how the U.S. made the transformation to a booming peacetime economy

-Discuss the growth of the Sunbelt and the effects of migration

-Describe changes in the U.S. economy in the postwar period

-Discuss the accomplishments and leadership qualities of Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower

1.  Make a Ch. 22 folder if you have not done so

- Name in Life in the 1950s

2.  Click HERE for Notes #1

3.  Chapter 22 Vocab will be due next Thursday

- HERE are vocab words if you didn't put them in your folder

Friday February 20, 2015

1.  You will be taking the Cold War Essay test.  I will share it with you shortly.
* please make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder

ESSAY TEST

2.  Click HERE to submit your Test

3.  You will work on the vocabulary words for our next chapter ( Life in the 1950's).  You may use your books to complete the vocab words.

VOCAB WORDS
* create a new folder: Ch 22- Life in the 1950's
* file and make a copy of vocab words

Wednesday February 18, 2015

1.  Click HERE to take Chapter 21 vocabulary test
* you may use your vocabulary on the test

2.  Click HERE to submit the test

3.  Click HERE to get chapter 21 review

4.  We will take Chapter 21 Test tomorrow

Tuesday February 17, 2015

1.  Please login to your skyward account and take a quiz over the Cold War.

2.  Please finish the worksheet over Alger Hiss and submit it from yesterdays blog.

3.  Please click HERE to get a reading about Joseph McCarthy

4.  Please Click HERE to get the worksheet to fill out while reading.

Monday February 16, 2015

1.  Please open notes # 3.... We will finish those up today

2.  Please click HERE to get a reading article over Alger Hiss.

3.  Click HERE to get a worksheet over your reading.

4.  Click HERE to submit your assignment

Friday February 13, 2015

1.  You will need a book and a chrome book today
2.  Go to Notes #3 on your chrome book (if you were absent or didnt save it you will need to go to yesterday's blog and save.
3.  You will read pgs 668-674 in your books and fill out the notes accordingly.
4.  If you finish, go to skyward and work on missing assignments you have ( a lot of you have 0's)
5.  Plug chrome books back in and put books back up when class ends.

* I will be checking these on Monday and if you do you not have them complete you will be in trouble!

* Be on your best behavior for the sub, or face the wrath of Swenson Monday when I return.

* Have a great weekend

Thursday February 12, 2015

-Describe the efforts of President Truman and the House Un-American Activities Committee to fight communism at home
-Explain how domestic spy cases intensified fears of communist influence in the U.S. government
-Analyze the rise and fall of Senator Joseph McCarty and the methods of McCarthyism

Key Terms:  Red Scare, House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood Ten, Blacklist, Alger Hiss,
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Venona Papers, McCarthyism

1.  Please click HERE to get Notes #3
-make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder
- you will need to add to your notes as we go through

Wednesday February 11, 2015

1.  Finish writing your explanation of the Korean War using all the terms that are on the board.
* please highlight the terms in your paragraphs

2.  Click HERE to submit the essay

3.  You are to take a quiz over Notes 1 and 2.  Click HERE to take the quiz
*make a copy and put in your folder

4.  Click HERE to submit your quiz.

Monday February 9, 2015

1.  Please finish your interactive activity
- If your were absent Friday- go to Fridays blog to get it

2.  Click HERE to submit your assignment.

3.  Korean War- please click HERE to get Notes #2
- make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder

Objectives:
-Explain how Mao Zedong and the communist gained power in China
-Describe the causes and the reasons for U.S. involvement in the Korean War
-Identify the long-term effects and outcomes of the Korean War

Key Terms:
Jiang Jieshi
Mao Zedong
38th Parallel
Douglas MacArthur
limited War

Friday February 6, 2014

1.  We will finish Notes #1
- click HERE to get the rest of notes 1

2.  Click HERE to get your assignment over
click HERE to get the Worksheet

3.  Click HERE to submit your assignment

Thursday February 5, 2014

1.  Please Click HERE to get notes #1
- make a copy and put in your ch 21 Folder

2.  We will be discussing the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that led to a 46 year cold war

Monday February 2, 2015

1.  In your U.S. History folder, CREATE a new folder titled Chapter 21- The Cold War

2.  Click HERE to get chapter 21 vocabulary.
-make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder
- use your book to define the vocabulary words.
- please put your book back in the cabinet when finished.

3.  If you finish your vocab words, please read Chapter 21 Section 1 in your books quietly.

4.  Be on your best behavior, you do not want to be on the list the sub leaves me.

Friday January 30, 2015

1.  Log into skyward account to take WW2 test
- You may use your notes

2.  Click HERE to submit WW2 review

Thursday January 29, 2015

1.  Please click HERE to get your Chapter 19/20 Review.
-make a copy and save in your folder
-it will be due tomorrow

2.  Chapter Test tomorrow

3.  If you have not turned in your scrapbook project please get it to me ASAP
* I'm not going to hunt you down asking for it.

Tuesday January 27, 2015

1.  6th Period only:  Click HERE to watch D Day video- get some headphones from back if needed

2.  Click HERE to get Notes #5
-make a copy and put it in your folder
-Get book and read pgs 640-648 in your books and fill in Notes.  Put books up when finished

3.  Click HERE to view atomic bomb exploding

4.  Click HERE to view video over Freedom isnt free.


I'll be checking your notes first thing tomorrow, you need to finish TODAY.  Remember, I can tell if you share them with someone!

Monday January 26, 2015

-Describe the goals of the two major offensives the Allies launched in Europe in 1943
-Explain the American strategy for pushing the Japanese back in the Pacific


1.  Please open notes #3, we will finish these today
2.  Click HERE to get notes #4


Video Link HERE

Friday January 23, 2015

Describe how the wartime economy created opportunities for women and minorities

Discuss how Americans coped with shortages and rapidly rising prices

1.  Please log into your skyward account and take quiz #2

2.  Open Notes #3- We will finish these today

Thursday January 24, 2015

Click HERE to get Notes #3
-make copy put in folder

Wednesday January 21, 2015

1.  Open Notes #1 from yesterday
2.  Click HERE for Notes #2
- make a copy
3.  We will be going over fighting in WW2 today

Tuesday January 20, 2015

1.  Please Click HERE to take Chapter 19 Vocabulary Test
- you may use your vocabulary on test

2.  Click HERE to submit your assignment

3.  Click HERE to get Fighting in World War 2 PP Notes #1
-create a new sub-folder in Chapter 19 folder and title it Fighting in WW2
- we will be going over slides 1-8 today.

Friday January 15, 2015

1.  Turn in your WW2 scrapbook
2.  Finish Ch 19 Review and Ch 19 Vocab
3.  Click HERE to turn in Ch 19 Vocabulary

Thursday January 15, 2014

1.  Continue to work on Chapter 19 Review
2.  Please click HERE to submit the review once you finish.
3.  Work on your Chapter 19 Vocabulary

Reminder:  WW2 Scrapbooks due tomorrow

Wednesday January 14, 2015

- Discuss why the United States decided to get in World War 2


1.  Click HERE to get notes #4
* make a copy and put in Ch 19 Folder

2.  Click HERE to get Chapter 19 Review
* make a copy and put in Ch 19 Folder
* use your notes if needed to complete the review
* due end of class on Thursday

3.  Your scrapbook will be due on Friday

Wednesday January 7, 2015

-Understand the course of the early years of World War 2 in Europe
-Describe FDR's foreign policy in the mid 1930s and the great debate between interventionists and isolationists.
-Explain how the U.S. became involved in the conflict

1.  Please login to your skyward account and take a quiz over the rise of dicators.

2.  Please click HERE and HERE  to get your notes.  The first one is notes #2 and the second is notes #3
* make a copy and put in your Ch 19 folder

1.  Continue to work on your vocabulary

3.  You need to meet in the library tomorrow and Friday.  Mrs. Miller will be your teacher for the next two days.  

Tuesday January 6, 2015

-Explain the rise of dictatorships in the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany in the 1930s
-Summarize acts of aggression by Italy, Germany, and Japan
-Analyze the responses of Britain, France, and the U.S. to the aggressive regimes

1.  Please click HERE to get notes #1
* make a copy and save in folder as Notes #1

2.  Work on your Vocabulary once we finish section 1 notes.

Monday January 5, 2015

- Describe how postwar conditions contributed to the rise of antidemocratic governments in Europe
-Explain why many Americans supported a policy of isolationism

1.  Make a new folder- Chapter 19- WW2
2.  Click HERE to get Chapter 19 Vocab Words
* make a copy and save in folder
3.  Click HERE to view Dictators of the World PP
* make a copy and save
4.  Vocab will be due January 13