Marcie Gorsuch

APUSH Nov. 17th - Nov. 21

2008-11-17T17:48:57Z

Monday - Projects are due at the beginning of class. If you need to finish the information we worked on Friday (Rise of Industrial America) do so tonight. Remember that this will count as a quiz grade and the pages which you can refer to are printed in the top right corner of the assignment. This should be stapled to the chart Robber Barons vs. Captains of Industry and turned in at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
Tuesday - Rise of Industrial American due today. We will finish our discussion of the Populists to Progressives in class using the analogies and historical analysis presented in the Frank Baum classis Wizard of Oz. You will have a list of historical references such as patronage, corruption, and the National Grange which you will need to identify as it relates to the Populist party and financial crisis of the late 1800's. We will use the populist platform and other resources in class to examine Populism and its development to later Progressive reforms. You will be given a chart to complete regarding the Populist and Progressive parties. Read the article about T.Roosevelt's "Big Stick" foreign policy.

DECADES FINAL PROJECT: Email marcie.gorsuch@cobbk12.org if you have a request for the Decade you will present for your final project after 5:30pm today. Indicate your first,second and third choices from 1920's to 1980's. One email per student.
Wednesday- Overseas Empires and the further acquisitions of territories,etc. into Imperialism Topics will include the Spanish American War, Jingoism, Arguments for and against expansion. China/Open Door PolicyHawaii, Panama Canal, Seward's folly, Roosevelt Corollary and Taft's dollar diplomacy.
Thursday & Friday- Decades assignments will be given out and you will meet with your partners either today or tomorrow to set about planning and content for the project. You will receive the project instructions. Remember that this will count as your final project and will be graded on an individual basis even though you will present with others on the same presentation date. We will continue with the information related to Imperialism to WWI. President Roosevelt to Wilson.
You will be given a copy of the Georgia Standards to look over during the Thanksgiving Break regarding your EOCT test which will be given in mid-December and according to Georgia mandate will count 15% of your total grade. This content is very specific to the test. Look over the content standards. If you are interested in replacing your lowest quiz grade or simply preparing for the EOCT, look over the standards and review the information covered so far. Identify the information that you do not remember in Standards 1-14 by writing ou the answers on a separate sheet of paper. Follow this with indentifications from the following standards which will complete the course. This can be turned in on the Monday after the Thanksgiving break as a replacement for your lowest quiz score and then returned to you to use as a review sheet/study guide for the EOCT.
REMINDER THE COBB COUNTY TECH WILL BE SHUT DOWN FROM NOV.21-DEC.1, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS EMAIL OR PINNACLE DURING THIS TIME.

Project Reminder Due Monday Nov. 17th

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Please remember to read your directions carefully and turn in all information in a folder at the beginning of class. This is a very important project grade. Check off the information on the rubric as you complete it and organize it in the order given. Don't forget your bonus opportunity!!

APUSH outline America Moves to the City Outline

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APUSH Nov. 10th- Nov. 14th

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Monday - We will spend the period working on the American West/Industry/Reform project which is due next Monday Nov. 17th. Remember that you have completed several parts of it last week and you have the information for most of it from class. We will cover Industry,social darwinism, Thomas Nast and reform in class this week. Read your directions carefully and let me know if you have any further questions. We will not be testing over this as the project and class lectures will cover the information. This will count as a project grade so use your time wisely and take advantage of the bonus opportunity which is built into the project.
Tuesday - Social Reform in American History - Bring your chart to class. We will go over each of the reforms so that you can make sure your information is complete and correct.
Wednesday - Industry in America - problems in the cities and factories, child labor, unions, "captains of industry" v. robber barons", social darwinism,etc. tenements, settlement house, Jane Addams, immigration,
Thursday - continue with Industry types of business combinations, inventions and Thomas Nast cartoons, Credit Mobilier and Boss Tweed (graft and corruption), muckrakers
Friday- populism as compared to Progressivism chart in class

]]> Objectives and terms to know:
Gilded age, laissez faire, subsidy, blue law, civil service, Pendleton Civil Service Act, Munn V. Illinois, steerage, quarantine, Chinese Exclusion Act, Gentlemen’s Agreement, tenement, restrictive covenant, political machine, Tammany Hall, graft, nativism, temperance, prohibition, settlement house

1. What were the effects of the spoils system?
2. What prompted the government to start regulating the railroads?
3. How did slums develop in the cities?
4. Describe the conditions in tenements.
5. What were the advantages and disadvantages of political machines for urban residents?
6. What actions did nativists take to restrict immigration?
7. How did the settlement movement seek to help the needy?
8. What contributions did Jane Addams make to society during this time?

Municipal, injunction, muckraker, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Thomas Nast, Mueller v. Oregon, direct primary, initiative, referendum, recall, holding company, conservation, New Nationalism, New FReedom
1. Review the Populism v. Progressive chart.
2. Which reforms were the most important to women and why?
3. Why did Progressives push for social welfare programs?
4. What steps were taken to reform urban areas?
5. What resulted from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
6. Describe the problems associated with the meatpacking industry. Upton Sinclair article
7. What caused the Ballinger-Pinchot affair?
8. What led to the demise of the Progressive Era?
9. What methods did the women’s suffrage movement use to gain the vote for women?

APUSH Nov. 3 - Nov.7

2008-11-03T17:36:35Z

Test Monday - Manifest Destiny - Reconstruction Review Session am
After the test, you will be given a list of important terms and questions to complete before you return to class on Wednesday. Use the attached outline and your flag to address this information.
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Tuesday - Election day- Pay attention to how the electoral college works as the votes are reported around the country. Which states get "special" attention today and why?
Wednesday- Coverage of the West from Conflicts with Native Americans and Homesteading to the Populist movement - Key terms and questions are listed below as an extended entry. Be especially prepared to cover the material you were assigned on Monday. After school on Wednesday, you will need to take the information which you completed and turn it into a Mini-informative poster 8 1/2 x 11 size. You must organize the information so that it is grouped appropriately and addresses the significance of terms, court cases, Indian wars or people depending on your particular assignment. You must include one titled picture related to this information. The picture may be computer generated. Do not simply cut and paste information into your mini poster. Write it yourself using the handout that you completed after the test on Monday.
Thursday - We will be using the information on the mini posters during class. We also have a powerpoint with lots of visuals related to this time period at the end of the group coverage. Make sure you bring the information that you obtained today to class tomorrow. You will be able to use it on the quiz!
Friday - quiz over the West?? continue with information into New South and Populism depending on how far we got in class on Thursday. You will be given a chart to fill out this weekend about the reform movments in American History. They include: ABOLITION ( slavery and restrictions on blacks), WOMEN,(suffrage and ownership of property), RELIGION(2nd Great Awakening and Mormons), TEMPERANCE (anti-alcohol), UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES( ex. Oneida), TRANSCENDENTALISM ( Walden,Thoreau,etc.). Complete the information required on the chart. You may want to create your chart on the computer ( research by topic + american history example: google Abolition + american history) so that it can be easily updated and it will be a part of the project for this unit. Make it neat and complete!
You will receive the informational rubric which describes how your next project grade will be determined. Monday we will be working on the project in the lab. This will be the only day that you will have at school and the project will be due on Nov.17th Monday.

]]> 1860-1900 Looking to the West Morrill Land-Grant act
Land speculator
“Great American Desert”
Homestead Act
Exoduster
sodbusters
Oklahoma Territory
Explain how settlers acquired land in the West.
What challenges faced homesteaders in the West?

Frontier Myths
Turner thesis
Buffalo soldiers
What are the stereotypes associated with Native Americans?
Complete the chart on WESTWARD EXPANSION below.
What did observers mean when they said that the frontier was “closed” in the late 1800’s?
Conflict with Native Americans
Reservation
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Chief Joseph
Helen Hunt Jackson A Century of Dishonor
Dawes Severalty Act 1887
Indian Reorganization Act 1934
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
George Custer Little Big Horn
Make a T chart on the causes and effects of the Indian Wars of the 1800’s.
Explain how Indian cultures were weakened by wars and government reforms.
Farming, Mining & Ranching
Dry farming
Bonanza farm
Placer mining
Mining frontier
Comestock Lode
Long drive
vaqueros
List the changes and how they transformed farming on the Great Plains.
What led to the growth of the cattle industry and then to its eventual decline?
Before the invention of barbed wire, what problem did the ranchers’ cattle cause for the farmers?

New South
Henry Grady
How did the spread of the railroads throughout the South and West help both ranchers and farmers?
Poverty in the South
George Washington Carver
Colored Farmers National Alliance
Plessy V. Ferguson
Jim Crow Laws
International Migration Society
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
How did the Supreme Court rule in the case regarding whether states have the right to use literacy tests to determine citizens’ qualifications for voting?
What other ways did Southerners prevent blacks from voting?
Populism
How did farming change in the late 1800’s?
National Grange Movement
Munn V. Illinois
Wabash v. Illinois
Interstate Commerce Act 1886
Deflation
Monetary policy
Bland – Allison Act
Cooperatives
Progressive Income Tax
List the organizations formed to protest problems faced by farmers.
Why were farmers supportive of free silver?
Describe the platform and legacy of the Populist movement.
Summarize William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech and explain why it was important.

APUSh Reconstruction Outline

2008-10-30T17:38:15Z

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Review this information related to our discussion on Friday Reconstruction. Thursday you were given a 3 column assignment regarding Reconstruction to complete for homework. Make sure that you bring your completed page to class on Friday. Reminder: test on Monday!!

APUSH Oct. 27th - 31st

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MONDAY You should have your twelve rectangular outlines completed. Today in class we will identify visuals (pictures, maps,etc.) that correspond to each event on the Road to War. You will use your information to relate these to the rectangles and glue them on each page. All rectangles have at least one picture but some will have several. You must be careful because some of the items could be glued on more than one event but you must review the information carefully to find the BEST fit for each one. Once we have completed that, we will review the information that you read on the outlines that you received on Friday. You will need to add the new information to each of the pages that you find on the outlines. Examples would include the Lecompton Constitution, censorship, etc. along with an identification or explanation of how these items are related to the event. Check out the flag text to review this information and be prepared for an open rectangle quiz at the beginning of class tomorrow over your ROAD TO WAR.
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Quiz First! then on tosectional conflict and elections
President Lincoln and Sumter
Advantages of Disadvantages of Union and Confederacy
Military Strategies
Major Battles (First Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Atlanta Campaign, Appomattox)
Homefront (economic issues, Republican legislation, social impact of war, slavery)
PRIMARY SOURCES
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Gettysburg Address (November, 1863)
The Civil War - Advantages and Disadvantages, Cause and Conflict, Habeas Corpus, Strategy, Leadership, etc.
Reconstruction plans - Presidential vs. Congressional and the amendments.
I have a power point that will address the war and an outline to go with it. Our goal is to complete Reconstruction by the end of the week. The next test will be on MONDAY Nov. 3rd so the review sessions will be after school on Friday and before school 7:45am on Monday.

The EOCT ( which counts 15% of your grade ) will have questions taken from the Georgia Performance Standards. Please add this site to your favorites after you click on Social Studies Grades 9-12 and then US History.
http://www.georgiastandards.org

APUSH Outline

2008-10-23T16:43:34Z

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This is good review outline regarding Manifest Destiny.

APUSH Oct. 20-24th

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Monday - After you turn in your test, we will complete the territorial acquisition map in class. An empty one is attached. You will have several references to this map on the next test so make sure yours is labeled correctly. We will begin the information related to manifest destiny with a powerpoint. At the end of class you will each be given a specific topic to address for homework tonight. Make sure that you identify all parts of your topic as they are listed on your assignment sheet. Come to class tomorrow with this information written out. Use the flag, brick and your computer if necessary to complete this assignment. Reminder to anyone who would like to go over the last test in a group setting. We will cover individual questions and address reasons for selecting "wrong" answers. In room 213, as usual after school.
Tuesday - Presidents, political parties and key events as discussed on the Presidents DVD included Presidents Martin Van Buren through Abe Lincoln elected in 1860
Wednesday - full class and group coverage of the acquisitions to the US during the Era of Manifest Destiny Look over the key words list for each of the 6 groups and make sure that your notes adequately cover each topic. Make sure that you are reading along in the Flag text.
Thursday - We will continue our powerpoint coverage which will serve as review and additional support for the manifest destiny unit. Then we will begin the ROAD TO CIVIL WAR topics. You will be given 12 rectangles of outlined information related to the events/controversies that contributed to sectional conflict. We will cover the first one together in class after you have cut and glued all 12 in your notebook. You will need to check this information against the FLAG coverage and add any related information. Now that you have the first rectangle as evidence of what information is needed for each one, complete rectangles 2-5 tonight at home. This should be done in note form. Use these rectangles as a study guide for sectional conflict on the next test which is planned for the end of next week.
Friday - Our HHS guidance counselors will use 1/2 of class to review information related to your future!! This is very important and I expect and appreciate your attention. For the other part of class, I will give you two great outlines related to sectional conflict. One is titled Antebellum slavery and the other is titled "Drifting Toward Disunion". Both will help you as we review and complete the rest of the rectangles. Any that you do not complete during class should be done over the weekend. Don't forget to use the Flag text as well to complete this information so that on Monday we can finish the activity and each page during class. Over the weekend study the information related to Manifest Destiny and Road to War! Read the outlines carefully.

APUSH "Rise of Jacksonian Democracy"

2008-10-14T17:53:58Z

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Read this as you work on your mind mapping activity. You should have completed your reading of Chapter 11 beforehand. Your mind map will be due on Thursday and will count as your reading quiz for chapter 11. Make sure that you read the directions carefully. Don't forget the thesis statement.

APUSH Oct. 13- 17th

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Monday - Turn in your Jacksonian Revolution article questions. Finish Reading Chapter 11 for our class discussion on Tuesday. Corrupt bargain Election of 1824 John Quincy Adams "difficult presidency"
Tuesday - Jackson's presidency
Hopefully you have reviewed the study questions from last week and you will need to read over the attached notes.
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Topics for discussion : The Rise of Mass Politics"Our Federal Union"
The Removal of the Indians
Jackson and the Bank War
The Changing Face of American Politics
What was Andrew Jackson's philosophy of government and his impact on the office of the presidency?
Explain the debate among historians about the meaning of "Jacksonian Democracy," and Andrew Jackson's relationship to it.
Define the nullification theory of John C. Calhoun, and President Jackson's reaction to the attempt to put nullification into action.
Describe the supplanting of John C. Calhoun by Martin Van Buren as successor to Jackson, and the significance of the change.
Explain the reasons why the eastern Indians were removed to the West and the impact this had on the tribes.
Discuss the reasons for the Jacksonian war on the Bank of the United States, and the effects of Jackson's veto on the powers of the president and on the American financial system.
Identity the causes of the Panic of 1837, and the effect of the panic on the presidency of Van Buren.
What were the differences in party philosophy between the Democrats and the Whigs, the reasons for the Whig victory in 1840, and the effect of the election on political campaigning?
Describe the negotiations that led to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, and the importance of the treaty in Anglo-American relations.
Explain why John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster were never able to reach their goal—the White House

APUSH Read this review page.

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Read over these short paragraphs along with your notes from class.

REMINDER: We will have a reading quiz ( not the traditional multiple choice style ) at the beginning of class on Thursday.

APUSH Oct. 6 - Oct. 10

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Monday - Test with FRQ in class and review session in the AM For homework, read The Great Chief Justice article and answer the 4 questions on the back. You can write your answers on that page and have it ready to turn in at the beginning of class Tuesday.
Tuesday= The Era of Good Feelings and Cultural Nationalism by the turn of the century- Read Chapter 10 for Wed. Quiz on Thursday
OBJECTIVES FOR THE WEEK:
Identy the effects of the War of 1812 on banking, shipping, farming, industry, and transportation.
Determine how the industrial revolution in the United States was largely a product of rapid changes in Great Britain and the impact this revolution had on American society.
Define cultural nationalism as it relates to the early 1800's.
Describe the Era of Good Feelings. convention of 1818, Rush-Bagot Agreement, Monroe Doctrine
What caused the Panic of 1819?
Explain the rise in nationalism and sectionalism resulting in the Missouri Compromise.
Describe the man and the Presidency of John Quincy Adams.
What was the "corrupt bargain?
Introduction to King Andrew the First aka the People's President. - Political cartoon on Jackson.
Presidency of Jackson - Be able to define Jacksonian Democrat - Jacksonian Revolution
- Jackson's legacy and successor

Topics for discussion : The Rise of Mass Politics"Our Federal Union"
The Removal of the Indians
Jackson and the Bank War
The Changing Face of American Politics
What was Andrew Jackson's philosophy of government and his impact on the office of the presidency?
Explain the debate among historians about the meaning of "Jacksonian Democracy," and Andrew Jackson's relationship to it.
Define the nullification theory of John C. Calhoun, and President Jackson's reaction to the attempt to put nullification into action.
Describe the supplanting of John C. Calhoun by Martin Van Buren as successor to Jackson, and the significance of the change.
Explain the reasons why the eastern Indians were removed to the West and the impact this had on the tribes.
Discuss the reasons for the Jacksonian war on the Bank of the United States, and the effects of Jackson's veto on the powers of the president and on the American financial system.
Identity the causes of the Panic of 1837, and the effect of the panic on the presidency of Van Buren.
What were the differences in party philosophy between the Democrats and the Whigs, the reasons for the Whig victory in 1840, and the effect of the election on political campaigning?
Describe the negotiations that led to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, and the importance of the treaty in Anglo-American relations.
Explain why John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster were never able to reach their goal—the White House.

APUSH Jefferson Review Outline

2008-10-01T16:31:31Z

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Use this as a review for the Jefferson Administration.

APUSH Review Outline Washington- Adams

2008-09-30T14:52:01Z

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