See you next year - enjoy your time off!!!

SUBJECT: Between Two Wars 1898 - 1917
 
America was developing into a world power.
A win in Cuba, a rebellion in the Philippines, and a canal in Panama would extend our influence greatly - then the world erupted into the "War that would End All Wars"...but would it really?...

...and what was America's role in it?...
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THIS THURSDAY - 100 Point Test!

The Preamble to The Declaration of Independence!
YOU WILL WRITE OUT THE PREAMBLE ON THURSDAY!

 NO READING THIS WEEK!


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NO CURRENTS THIS WEEK!
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THIS THURSDAY - 100 Point Notecard/Outline Compilation! 
  • REMEMBER TO MATCH YOUR RESEARCH TO YOUR OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT!

• The 100 point Notecard/Outline assignment (50 points for your personal research, 50 points for your team's combined research) is due THURSDAY!!!
  
  Click here for the assignment details and rubric.
  
  

SUBJECT: The Spanish American War April-August, 1898
 
"A splendid little war."

Secretary of State, John Hay

According to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, "...the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." But Cuba was still a Spanish colony.

And over zealous, often untrue newspaper reporting (yellow journalism) of Spanish treatment of Cubans enraged many Americans.

...and then the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor.

The emerging superpower of the United States soon went to war...

This week we will explore as we were expanding our influence in the world, we would use our military, economic and political powers in methods and in locations unique in our history. We were no longer isolationists.
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ONE MORE WEEK BEFORE THE 100 POINT TEST!!!

KEEP MEMORIZING the Preamble to The Declaration of Independence!

READING and answer the weekly questions by next Monday (December 16th):

• READ - The U.S. Looks Overseas, p. 5-8
• QUESTIONS - p. 3-5

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY!

THE DE LôME LETTER
We will be reading and discussing the letter from Spanish Ambassador de Lôme, to Foreign Minister of Spain, Don José Canelejas (the de Lôme Letter). The letter was one reason President McKinley chose to go to war. I will pass out a copy in class, but in case you need another, click here for another copy.
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HERE'S THE LINK TO THE CURRENTS FILE AGAIN

We will continue completing CURRENTS in class on Wednesdays. If you already complete them beforehand, you may work on your reading - but everyone will have an opportunity to finish in class.

Again, the Coeur d'Alene Press is daily delivered to our classroom (graciously donated by the Coeur d'Alene Press)

DEADLINE: due this WEDNESDAY!
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10 NOTECARDS ARE DUE - keep researching to fill in your OUTLINE - and make sure every fact you find is USEFUL and fits your THESIS STATEMENT...
DEADLINE: Notecards due this THURSDAY!

ONE MORE WEEK BEFORE THE 100 POINT ASSIGNMENT!!!
 
  • REMEMBER TO MATCH YOUR RESEARCH TO YOUR OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT!

• The 100 point Notecard/Outline assignment (50 points for your personal research, 50 points for your team's combined research) is due NEXT WEEK!!!
  
  Click here for the assignment details and rubric.
  
  

SUBJECT: The U.S.A. Looks Overseas 1853 - 1915
"What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bonds of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the United States."

Frederick Jackson Turner

Manifest Destiny was over - Turner's Thesis said so.

But America's move "WEST" and "OUT" was not finished - as she developed into a world power, she followed the examples of all the world power nations and became IMPERIALISTIC.

We will discuss America's rise to power and her expansion into the world theatre this week. 
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Because of the hectic day just before Thanksgiving Break, I gave you an extension on your TEST CORRECTIONS deadline - turn them in on Monday when you come back from break!



KEEP MEMORIZING the Preamble to The Declaration of Independence!

READING and answer the weekly questions by next Monday (December 9th):

• READ - The U.S. Looks Overseas, p. 1-4
• QUESTIONS - p. 1-2

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY!

We will be reading and discussing Alfred T. Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History in class. I will pass out an excerpt from the book - but in case you lose yours or want to hand out more as Christmas gifts, click here for another copy.
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HERE'S THE LINK TO THE CURRENTS FILE AGAIN

We will continue completing CURRENTS in class on Wednesdays. If you already complete them beforehand, you may work on your reading - but everyone will have an opportunity to finish in class.

Remember we have copies of the Coeur d'Alene Press (daily donated graciously by the local newspaper to our school!)

DEADLINE: due this THURSDAY!
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10 NOTECARDS ARE DUE - keep researching to fill in your OUTLINE - and make sure every fact you find is USEFUL and fits your THESIS STATEMENT...

DEADLINE: Notecards due this THURSDAY!
  • REMEMBER TO MATCH YOUR RESEARCH TO YOUR OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT!

• The 100 point Notecard/Outline assignment (50 points for your personal research, 50 points for your team's combined research) is due in only three weeks!!!
  
  Click here for the assignment details and rubric.
  
  
• There are two other 100 point assignments due in January, after the break. More details will follow later, but in case you want to look ahead:
  
  Process Paper
  Annotated Bibliography (here's an example of an Annotated Bibliography)

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!





 








With the chaotic day of FLL Competitions*, I will not collect the TEST CORRECTIONS due today until after the Thanksgiving Break...

(if you already did yours - hooray, you're free, you're free!!! If not...you have a few extra days to do it - and you're welcome! If you already turned yours in...well, go eat more turkey, watch some football [preferably the Broncos], go romp in the snow [if we get any]....and I'll see you after the break, my friends!...)



*Congratulations to all the winners!!! You all worked hard and did great!

TIMES TWO!
There are two grades due on the day just before Christmas Break (December 19th) that could HELP your grade (or HURT it).
More importantly ~ it will help your mind learn important things!
(I know....that sounds hokey...but it's true...)

You will have due:

• NHD Notecard Outline Compilation Assignment - 50 points to you individually + 50 points for your team assembly of ALL your team notecards. You must have your personal research notecards compiled before class (I will be grading those first thing) - then you will have time in class to assemble all your team cards into one grouping.
  ***By the way - I REALLY recommend you get a notecard holder, container or box as listed on the class supply list!!!
  Click here for the assignment details and rubric.
  
  
• Declaration of Independence Preamble TEST - it is 107 words - you will write out the entire Preamble for 100 points! (I will give you 7 missed words right off the bat to still have 100 points)
  Click here in case you lost your copy of the Declaration of Independence

SUBJECT: The Declaration of Independence in the Progressive Era (The Women's Rights Movement)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."

July 2, 1776 - July 19, 1848
The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments...
Both documents declared for freedom. Both were based on the idea of independent and free men ~ and WOMEN!
This week we will discuss the foundational document that made America - but another document that was voiced in the early Women's Rights Movement - and into the Progressive Era...

Should not the phrase "all men" include "all women"? 
 

NO READING THIS WEEK

We will finish the questions on the Declaration of Independence in class this week...

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HERE'S THE LINK TO THE CURRENTS FILE AGAIN

We have worked on the CURRENTS assignment on Wednesdays (and will continue doing so on Wednesdays, except when we have tests).

This week is an odd one with the FLL Competition on Thursday - so we will work on CURRENTS on Wendesday and NHD the remainder of the period.

DEADLINE: due this WEDNESDAY!
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10 NOTECARDS ARE DUE but this week we will work on NHD on Wednesday.

DEADLINE: Notecards due this WEDNESDAY!
  • REMEMBER TO MATCH YOUR RESEARCH TO YOUR OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT!

• You will have a 100 point assignment (50 points for your personal research, 50 points for your team's combined research) due just before Christmas Break.
  
  Click here for the assignment details and rubric.
  
  

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COMPETITION all day THURSDAY!
 
Your team BINDER and PRESENTATIONS must be ready to present first thing Thursday!

 

SUBJECT: Progressive, Political Reform 1870 - 1920
"It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed this Union."

Susan B. Anthony dared to do the unthinkable - VOTE! And it raised the eyebrows, and fury, of many. But it also illustrates the political/social time period at the transition between the 19th/20th centuries. We were PROGRESSING and that meant a change in how people viewed their culture - and their government.

We will discuss the beginning of a new era in our nation's history this week. 



REMEMBER to go over your notes (and highlight) 3-5 minutes daily - there will be a TEST...WEDNESDAY!...
We will review but expect the test to be over material we have learned from the rise of the Industrial Age, to the Spanish-American War, to the Women's Rights Movement (what we will discuss this week). Go over your reading questions and class notes - study and review with your Study Buddy!


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We are doing something a bit different in your reading this week. Read the most important document leading to our nation's birth - and we will discuss it's implications during the Progressive Era.

The READING on "The Declaration of Independence" and answer questions by next Monday (November 18th):

• READ - Declaration of Independence
• QUESTIONS - #1-4

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY!

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HERE'S THE LINK TO THE CURRENTS FILE AGAIN

We worked on your CURRENTS in class last Wednesday (and will continue doing so on Wednesdays, except when we have tests). So you should already be ahead on this assignment.

Keep using the Coeur d'Alene Press (daily donated graciously by the paper to our school!)

DEADLINE: due this THURSDAY!
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10 NOTECARDS ARE DUE but start researching to fill in your OUTLINE - and make sure every fact you find is USEFUL and fits your THESIS STATEMENT...

DEADLINE: Notecards due this THURSDAY!
  • REMEMBER TO MATCH YOUR RESEARCH TO YOUR OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT!

• You will have a 100 point assignment (50 points for your personal research, 50 points for your team's combined research) due just before Christmas Break.
  
  Click here for the assignment details and rubric.
  
  
• There are two other 100 point assignments due in January, after the break. More details will follow later, but in case you want to look ahead:
  
  Process Paper
  Annotated Bibliography (here's an example of an Annotated Bibliography)

 

SUBJECT: Urban Growth 1865 - 1915 A.D.
We are going to take a few steps back and review the URBAN SOCIETY of America's cities during the last turn of the century (we will continue the Progressive Era later) - labor disputes, entrepreneurs and the emergence of American business will be our study...including a bit on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (yuck...don't bring any popcorn!)...

We will be reading a portion of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and doing a little inclass discussion. If you need a copy of the excerpts we will read, click here.

REMEMBER to go over your notes (and highlight) 3-5 minutes daily - there will be be another QUIZ...WEDNESDAY!...

Finish the READING, "Political Reform & the Progressive Era" due next Monday (November 11th):

• READ - pages 5-8
• QUESTIONS - pages 3-5

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY!
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HERE'S THE LINK TO THE CURRENTS FILE AGAIN
We will work on this on Wednesday - come ready!

REMEMBER there are printouts in class near the globe! 
 

DEADLINE: due this THURSDAY!
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10 NOTECARDS ARE DUE but start researching to fill in your OUTLINE - and make sure every fact you find is USEFUL and fits your THESIS STATEMENT...

DEADLINE: Notecards due this THURSDAY!
  • START COLLECTING SUPPLIES FOR YOUR PROJECT

SUBJECT: The Progressive Era 1870 - 1920 A.D.
The late 1800s and early 1900s was a time of political and social reform that had major changes in American ways of thinking...reaching even unto today...

DON'T FORGET YOUR TEST CORRECTIONS.
SEE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE LAST TEST HERE.

REMEMBER to go over your notes (and highlight) 3-5 minutes daily - there could be another POP QUIZ...perhaps...maybe...possibly...definitely...

The READING, "Political Reform & the Progressive Era" due next Monday (November 4th):

• READ - pages 1-4
• QUESTIONS - pages 1-2

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY!
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HERE'S THE LINK TO THE CURRENTS FILE AGAIN
I will include this in each blogspot entry from here on out.

REMEMBER there are printouts in class near the globe! 
 

DEADLINE: due this THURSDAY!
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YOUR 10 NOTECARDS FROM LAST WEEK WERE NOT GRADED so this week you need to bring 20 cards (10 from last week, 10 for this week). REMEMBER in December you will have a 100 point assignment combining ALL your notecards to match to your OUTLINE! So if you still have not completed your OUTLINE, that needs to be completed before Christmas Break...

DEADLINE: Notecards due this THURSDAY!
  • START COLLECTING SUPPLIES FOR YOUR PROJECT

 
SUBJECT: Industry & Urban! 1865-1915 (continued)

We will finish up our discovery of the WESTWARD EXPANSION following the Civil War and learn more about the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION...

WEDNESDAY!
WE WILL REVIEW ON TUESDAY
This week's test will be over the IMPEACHMENT OF JOHNSON, the WEST and the CATTLE KINGDOM, and what we will talk about this week on the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION...

Go over your notes and reading!


[REMEMBER your notebooks must either have pasted highlighted printouts of the reading OR notes from the reading - THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL! YOUR NOTEBOOKS WILL BE GRADED THIS WEDNESDAY WHILE YOU TAKE THE TEST!]

The READING (continued from last week) due next Monday (October 28) is:

• READ - pages 7-10
• COMPLETE QUESTIONS - pages 4-6

DEADLINE: REMEMBER reading questions will now be due each MONDAY!




INCLUDING YOUR 10 NOTECARDS one more requirement will be expected:

• THESIS STATEMENT - final version TYPED

SUBJECT: Industry & Urban! 1865-1915

DO YOU LIKE INVENTIONS?!
Well, now that our nation has survived the Civil War and the Reconstruction period, we can focus on capitalism, fortunes and innovation - those aspects that helped make AMERICA a strong nation in our past! (and maybe we'll learn from mistakes we made along the way)...

Y'all know how I prefer playing games than just doing assignments and work..
...boooo-rrrr-inggggg!
Well, we have talked about there being "HOLES" in the reading questions (blanks you will not find in the reading but will be answered in class while you take your notes). We will be playing a new game to make this more enjoyable - you'll hear more this week!


[REMEMBER to TAKE NOTES - either jot down what you learn from the reading in your notebooks, or paste a printout in your notebook and highlight - THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL! YOUR NOTEBOOKS WILL BE GRADED ON TEST DAYS!]

The READING this week is:

• READ - pages 1-6
• COMPLETE QUESTIONS - pages 1-3

DEADLINE: REMEMBER reading questions will now be due each MONDAY!




INCLUDING YOUR 10 NOTECARDS THE FOLLOWING WAS EXTENDED FROM LAST WEEK:

• THESIS STATEMENT for your team's project - EXTENDED FROM LAST WEEK
• OUTLINE for your team's project - EXTENDED FROM LAST WEEK
• CATEGORY "SKETCHES" - complete the CATEGORY ASSIGNMENT (see assignment sheet)