Wednesday 1/29

New Deal

Powerpoint

Elevator Pitch Assignment

Friday 1/24 & Monday 1/27

Class Notes / Support Monday 1/27

Documents needed for class today:
Data Sets
Newspaper Countdown to the Crash

DIRECTIONS for LT assessment of learning.


GD Powerpoint from class

Homework:

Re-write writing assignment from last night with new information. 1+ pages. Staple to drafts together.

Thursday 1/23

Welcome to Semester 2 of your 11th Grade US History course.

This is our new learning target:

LT1: I can assess the social, political, economic and military conflicts that faced “the Greatest Generation.”

Sooooo... there's a lot going on in this target, so let's do a little predictive Q&A here!

Q1: What the heck is the "Greatest Generation," Mr. Galanis?!

A1: Well, that's a term coined by a famous journalist named Tom Brokaw to describe a specific generation of Americans. Those people who lived through the Great Depression as children, and then grew up to be sent to fight in World War II.

Q2: Well, so what, why do I care about them?

A2: Well, this is my grandparents generation, so I guess your great grandparents generation. A lot of the times when, in popular culture, we talk about "the good old days" we're talking about this generation's lifetime. Their experiences can help us understand and contextualize a lot of aspects of our own lives, the implications and seriousness, and horror of war, sacrifice, what it means to be American, as well as point out some of the not-so-great things that happened in our country in this era.

Q3: So what are we going to be doing?

A3: There will be writing, a short presentation, a test, and a lot of document analysis. 

Q4: How long is it?

A4: As it's planned now, we're looking to see this target extending from now up until February vacation. Depending on snow days, there is potential it may go to the end of February (which would be one additional week following break)

Q5 Well, what are some of the things we're learning about in this target?

A5 The Great Depression, The New Deal, The home front and the front lines during WWII (focusing on PEOPLE, we won't be doing a comprehensive study of the war, sorry WWII buffs), considering the idea of "the good old days."

IN CLASS TODAY (after reading everything I typed above this....)

Watch this video about the BOOM of the 20s (this would have actually fit in our last target, but it wasn't what I decided to focus on. We do need to have an idea of this stuff though in order for this next target to make sense). In your notebook, put this into your notes under "The ROARING ECONOMY OF THE 1920s!" (Warning: the video does sort of just end, I know)

Watch this video from our friend John Green (remember, CC is your friend)! Take notes under the heading "THE GREAT DEPRESSION"



Once you've finished watching these videos, respond to the following question in about a page! (can be typed or written)

"Why Did the Great Depression Happen v. 1.0" (We will be writing this assignment in multiple drafts as you gain more knowledge over the next several days. For now, you have the information from today)
How did America change from the roaring 20s into the 1930s (i.e. what was it like in the ROARING 20s vs. the GREAT DEPRESSION)? Why did the Great Depression happen?

"The 1930s was an era in US History known as the Great Depression. This era followed the "Roaring 20s" when the nation's economy was booming"

Wednesday 1/22

11.1 & 11.3

Do Now


Homework: Choose any speech of MLK other than I have a Dream. Read it and write a brief (½ page) summary of the main ideas / views contained in it - we’ll share these out tomorrow.

11.2 & 11.4
Homework: None

Wednesday 1/15

Honors Prep Work for Essay

Reading Three - Contemporary Commentary

 *only "Heroes of the Fiery Cross" and "The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy" plus melting pot cartoon & english ads

Tuesday 1/14/2020

Kahoot Victors !! Congratulations and good luck on Midterms everybody!

11.2 - Dilean and Deziray

11.4 - Janiel (Afloi Minoi)

HONORS ESSAY DUE MONDAY!

Friday 1/10 - 1920s Racial Violence

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Illustrated Story - "The Massacre of Black Wall Street" - by the people who made Watchmen
https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/hbo-2019/the-massacre-of-black-wall-street/3217/

Interview with Olivia Hooker the Last Survivor of Tulsa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bab3nZro4qE

Video (Vox) - "The Massacre of Black Wall Street"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ItsPBTFO0

List of stuff you should probably review for the midterm

The Review Guide itself
is here

The LT1 Exam
can be reviewed here
readings are here

Quizlet (Made from the Midterm Study Guide)
https://quizlet.com/471894953/11th-grade-us-history-midterm-flash-cards/

Readings / Articles
LT1

• Online Interactive - Reconstruction
• Impeachment
• Johnson's Impeachment
• 13th, 14th, & 15th amendment
• Sample Black Codes
• Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
• Plans for Reconstruction
• Compromise of 1877
• Redeemer Governments
• Johns Wilkes Booth

LT2

• Timeline for Immigration
• Executive orders

LT3

• Harlem Renaissance Slides
• The Great Migration
• Prohibition and Gangsters
• Eugenics Archive Online
• Women's Suffrage Background
• Class Reading on 4 women
• Scopes Trial

Videos
LT1

• Civil War CrashCourse 1
• Civil War CrashCourse 2 
• KKK Overview
• Crash Course Reconstruction

LT2

• Zero Tolerance
• US Immigration Video Map
• Executive Orders
• Crash Course Immigration

LT3

• From Boom to Bust
• Crash Course 1920s

1/8

Women's Suffrage Background

New Women


Readings

Midterm Study Guide!
(some information hasn't been covered yet)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P7J6DeP2oCudcdTcd7t_ExLaSCEf0pz4b-O9dfs3YLo/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday
The Scopes Trial - Google Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1APyGsCvlxE84kHqRXpOlm03rpBtIZifYttk7dh1AetU/edit?usp=sharing

Thursday

Review Guide!

Practice Test LT1
Readings for Practice Exam

Please note, LT2 & LT3 are not updated yet. Today we focused on LT1. Peer quizzing and questions writing/predicting either by yourself or with groups of 2 or 3 would be a good use of time



Easiest way to create a study schedule

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