The Jungle (2-19-15)

You picked up a packet with an excerpt from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.  I read through 2 pages - you underlined key ideas and wrote comments in the margins or in your notes.  For example, we learn that Jurgis is an immigrant father who becomes a citizen so he can sell his vote.  His children are in school, learning English, something Jurgis also hopes to do.  We also learn that Chicago is corrupt, all cities are under Democratic Party control, and that a part of the Chicago River, known as "Bubbly Creek" is polluted.  Your homework includes finishing the reading and completing the questions by Monday.
You then had the rest of class time to finish yesterday's image analyses or your homework assignment.
Schedule for next week:
     Tomorrow: Women's Suffrage - Alice Paul (Lecture, handout, Video)
     Monday: Progressive Era Vid (You have the questions from Tuesday)
     Tues/Weds: World War I (Lecture & Handout)
     Thurs: Harlem Renaissance
     Fri: "America, Story of Us 8: Boom" (Video, with guided questions)

Progressive Era Image Analysis (2-18-15)

You picked up a handout and worked with peers to analyze a packet of images.  If you worked the full class time and stayed on task, you probably finished.  if not, you had homework.

Progressive Era - Ch. 15, Lesson 1 (2-17-15)

You picked up a handout that will be addressed with a video to be shown on Thursday.  But I did ask you to complete the Pre-Test at the beginning of class today.  I went through some Progressivism slides and then gave you the rest of class to re-familiarize yourself with the online textbook by reading Chapter 15, Lesson 1 and taking notes.

Exam 3.1 Preparation

I went through a review for tomorrow's exam and also gave you an extra credit WIL (below).  The Review slides are available and I also made a study guide.  Remember - you CAN USE YOUR NOTES ONLY - NO HANDOUTS.

EC WIL Q3 (DUE TUESDAY - HARD COPY) 4PM
What is your overall opinion about immigration?
What are the positives (good) and negatives (bad)?
For the immigrants? 
For the "new" nation?

Team Nicknames & History (2-6-15)

You picked up a review reading for Exam 3.1 that should be read by Tuesday.  You also crated and shared WIL 3.3 with me. After that, we went through some professional sports team nicknames/mascots, and made connections between history and those names.  You picked up a handout, but I am making my key available to anyone who may want it.

Chart Analysis (2-5-15)

In your notebook, analyze these tables/charts and answer these questions from American Promise:  Chapter 19: The City and Its Workers.

Start by writing the title of the table/chart/map

Then use phrases or sentences that include the question.

            Example…

            1890 – Industry in US & Europe

                        US is still more agricultural because of farms & ranches

Economic Regions of the World, 1890 (American Promise, Map 19.1 page 463)

1.      What does this map show?

2.      Where is the biggest concentration of Industry (red) in the 1890's?

3.      Why is the US mostly agricultural (green)?

4.      Which 1890 “Third World" countries are now “Industrial Cores"?

Extended Learning: Why did the countries in answer #4 change and not those in Africa or South America?

Impact of Immigration, to 1910 (American Promise, Map 19.2 page 464)

1.      What does this map represent?

2.      Which 3 states have high percentages of immigrants?

3.      Which cities attracted the most immigrants?

4.      Which cities the fewest?

5.      Why did most immigrants gravitate toward the cities?

Extended Learning: Why do you think Minnesota was among the highest percentage of immigrants?

Extended Learning: Why do you think the South drew such a low percentage of immigrants?

European Emigration, 1870-1890 (American Promise, Global Comparison page 465)

1.      What are these charts showing?

2.      Which country was the most popular destination?

3.      List the top 6 Countries of Origin.

4.      What do all 6 have in common geographically?

Extended Learning: Why do you think Europeans immigrated to the port cities of the eastern US rather than to South America?

US Immigration by Region & Decade, 1820-2000 Timeline (http://www.jaha.org/edu/)

1.      What does this image show?

2.      What trends or pattern do you notice?

3.      How has immigration changed from 1901-1910 and 1991-2000?Extended Learning: What action or event do you think caused this change? (hint: look at PULL factors)

That last one can be found here.

WIL 3.3 Adaptation (WIL Warm-Up Thursday)
How much should immigrants adapt to their new culture? (Language, appearance, religion)
Does this differ from how the US Govt treated Native Americans?

America Vid & WIL 3.3 (2-4-15)

Watch" America, Story of Us: Heartland"
Please have your "Native Americans" HW done
Thurs: Native Americans HW & Immigration
Fri: Immigration & Team Nicknames
Exam 3.1: Next Thursday
Conferences are also next Thurs & Fri

WIL 3.3 Adaptation
How much should immigrants adapt to their new culture? (Language, appearance, religion)
Does this differ from how the US Govt treated Native Americans?