Essential Questions:
-What does colonization mean?
-What can we infer about the values and beliefs of settlers?
-What makes a settlement succeed?
-What makes a settlement succeed?
Themes: Just today:
-What are the key views and aspects that identify someone's political philosophy?
-What are political parties and what is the real difference between different political ideologies?
-Why do we have a two-party system?
Themes: Political ideologies, Presidential Candidates and The Race to become President in 2016,
1. We continue our conversation from yesterday on Conservatives and Liberals, as well as the Presidential Debate. What were your results from isidewith.com? Who do you think won the debate last night and why?
2. Do Now - Quick recall on differences between Liberals and Conservatives:
3. Video Resources on Political Ideologies:
TED TALK Video: Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
4. Conservative and Liberal Jobs in America - from the Washington Post:
5. Who are the Candidates running for President in 2016
- September Issue of UpFront Magazine - Focus on the November Presidential Election
-Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates - The Washington Examiner
6. A quick review of New England Colonization and Puritans Slideshow & the Jamestown Slideshow should be downloaded to your electronic notebook and then viewed/used to take notes on.
7. We will evaluate your understanding of Englishmen in the New World Article.
8. Native Americans and the Invasion of the Coastline: From 500 Nations (58:20 mark to the end!)
9. Group 1: Colonial Clothing in the 18th Century - Go off and explore using this website and all sections pertaining to clothing.
A. How many layers did men wear? And women?
B. Where did the material for clothing come from? Who made it?
C. Why was clothing and dressing up an important part of the 18th century?
Group 2: Colonial Food: A struggle for survival - In small groups, make a grocery list for one month.
a. How will you survive for one month?
b. Come up with a strategy for food - hunting, preservation, etc?
c. What difficulties will you face?
1. Yes, please see Google Classroom.
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 3:
Essential Questions:
-How do historical events, places, and people influence the perception of the world around us?
-What does it mean to be an American?
-Was American expansion overseas justified?
-Did the press cause the Spanish-American War?
-Was the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone and act of justifiable imperialism?
-Does the need for self-defense give the US the right to interfere in the affairs of Latin America? (Think about the Roosevelt Corollary, "Dollar Diplomacy," and "Watchful Waiting")
Just today:
-What are the key views and aspects that identify someone's political philosophy?
-What are political parties and what is the real difference between different political ideologies?
-Why do we have a two-party system?
Themes: Political ideologies, Presidential Candidates and The Race to become President in 2016,
1. We continue our conversation from yesterday on Conservatives and Liberals, as well as the Presidential Debate. What were your results from isidewith.com? Who do you think won the debate last night and why?
2. Do Now - Quick recall on differences between Liberals and Conservatives:
3. Video Resources on Political Ideologies:
TED TALK Video: Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
4. Conservative and Liberal Jobs in America - from the Washington Post:
5. Who are the Candidates running for President in 2016
- September Issue of UpFront Magazine - Focus on the November Presidential Election
-Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates - The Washington Examiner
6. Explore Chicago as a world-class progressive city at the turn of the century. Chicago and the World's Fair at the turn of the nineteenth century were fascinating adventures form millions of people world wide. Please answer the question: What did the Chicago Fair of 1893 illustrate about America at this time period?
The World's Colombian Exposition - Chicago's World Fair 1893
Chicago's World Fair - Why racial prejudice existed and Africans did not wish to attend the World's Fair in 1893
Check out this Flickr Account on - The Chicago Fair of 1893 - Some of the BEST photographs I have seen on The World's Colombian Exposition
The Legacy of the Chicago Fair
Chicago "The City of the Century" - A PBS special
Urbanization in American - Effects and Problems
7. Student Outlines - President Roosevelt , President Taft , and President Woodrow Wilson.
+"The Progressive Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt", "William Taft", and "Woodrow Wilson" below in separate segments from the History Channel and complete the Video Questions from The History Channel - The Presidents: The Lives and Legacies of the 43 Leaders of the US
2. Progressive President Resources:
Teddy Roosevelt: The Trust-buster slideshow
Theodore Roosevelt - A PBS special on TR's Foreign Policy Adventures
Teddy Roosevelt Association - Lots of pictures and stories of keeping his legacy alive.
Progressive President's Foreign Policy - U.S. State Department
Teddy Roosevelt's Broad Powers - A pretty darn good essay
Whitehouse.org - Theodore Roosevelt Number 26
Theodore Roosevelt: Progressive Crusader - The Heritage Foundation of American Leadership
President Theodore Roosevelt Video - Similar to the ones we watch in class!! A must see!
William Howard Taft - The White House website
William Taft - VERY NICE biography and legacy page from the University of Virginia
Presidential Video on William Howard Taft - Just like the ones we watch in class!! A must see!
President Woodrow Wilson Video - YouTube clip from a teacher on Taft AND Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson - The White House org
Woodrow Wilson Biography - from the University of Virginia
Homework:
1. Yes, check Google Classroom.
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International Studies - Period 4
Essential Questions:
1. Does the world need the United Nations? Why or why not?
2. Should we enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries not our own? If so, how? If not, why?
3. Is the world safer today with the United Nations than it was in 1945?
4. Is the United Nations an effective peace-keeping organization?
5. What should be done to improve the effectiveness of the United Nations?
Themes: Humanitarianism, United Nations
1. We will begin to examine the United Nations using the UN Website and a UN slideshow.
2. UN Headquarters:
3. Ban-Ki-Moon - Secretary-General of the United Nations
4. Brief History of the United Nations:
5. Human Rights - What are Human Rights?
6. United Nation Resources:
United Nations History
United Nations Multimedia Room
United Nations School bus Virtual Field Trip
United Nations Research Guide A-Z on EVERYTHING you can imagine!
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
University of California organized a UN resources guide - Honestly, the BEST and more ORGANIZED I have seen yet on how to research issues concerning the United Nations.
1. Yes, check Google Classroom.
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