Friday, February 26, 2016
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Homework due Friday 2/26
Please read chapter 27 and pgs. 657-658 and 667-670.
Complete this handout
not the best PDF but it will do for now!
Complete this handout
not the best PDF but it will do for now!
Black History Presentation
I am the Diamond
Black: Ashley Peppers
1.
Explain the message of I am the Diamond Black,
and cite a line to support your description.
W.E.B. Dubois:
Danielle Audain
1.
How did Dubois and Washington differ in their
views on the social divide and lack of advancement for African Americans?
2.
Explain one of the terms Dubois coined to define
the social divide.
Zora Neale Hurston: Jalisa Fullwood
1.
How does Zora Neal Hurston respond to whites
that remind her she is a descendent of slaves?
2.
“I have no _____________________________
feelings about being an American
____________________________ and____________________________,
I am merely a
fragmentation
of the___________________ soul that surges within the boundaries”
An Original Monologue: David Thomas
1.
What time periods does David’s monologue cover?
2.
Explain the message of David’s monologue, and
cite an example.
Monday, February 22, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Monday, February 15, 2016
SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT
Classwork for 2/15: Please go ahead and write your 4 paragraph essay based on your matrix.
On Tuesday, we will:
On Tuesday, we will:
- Finish Peer Reviews for our essays
- Take the quiz on Progressive Era
- Discuss/plot our class matrix
HW Tonight: Please read this short essay on women and the Progressive movement. A list of key points are encouraged. A useful note taking method is the "One Post-It Per Page":students can only make notes on these, and can only include one Post-It note on
each paragraph of the essay to summarize its essential message
We will use this essay to initiate our activity centered around the following question, "Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920."
We will use this essay to initiate our activity centered around the following question, "Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920."
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Homework DUE 2/15!!
Just remember your final product for the matrix HW should include:
an X/Y axis - just like in math.
on Y axis - Success/Failure
on X axis - Reaction/Reform (remember this is also the typo in the last sentence of the introduction)
Your job: is to plot the terms given to you on the matrix. On a separate sheet of paper, provide a 1 sentence explanation of why you put the term where you did.
On another note, I apologize for the mix up on chapters. I hope that the 2nd part of the sub work, you noticed that I had made a mistake and that chapter 28 had nothing to do with the Progressive Era. The correct chapters (as outlined in the HW are 29/30)
Homework - Matrix (for those that were absent or lost their handout)
Matrix Example from Articles of Confederation v. Constitution (yours should look similar to this)
an X/Y axis - just like in math.
on Y axis - Success/Failure
on X axis - Reaction/Reform (remember this is also the typo in the last sentence of the introduction)
Your job: is to plot the terms given to you on the matrix. On a separate sheet of paper, provide a 1 sentence explanation of why you put the term where you did.
On another note, I apologize for the mix up on chapters. I hope that the 2nd part of the sub work, you noticed that I had made a mistake and that chapter 28 had nothing to do with the Progressive Era. The correct chapters (as outlined in the HW are 29/30)
Homework - Matrix (for those that were absent or lost their handout)
Matrix Example from Articles of Confederation v. Constitution (yours should look similar to this)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
Extra Credit Opportunity!! (0.5 Major Assessment)
Film and Discussion: Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten
Sunday, February 7, 2–5 p.m.
Not rated; run time: 120 min.
Cash Michaels, Wilmington Journal, and Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President/CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association
The Wilmington Ten: eight black students, a white female community organizer, and civil rights activist Chavis—convicted of firebombing and burning down a grocery store as well as a variety of shootings during 1971 protests for equal education in New Hanover County. This is the story of battles to clear their names that lasted for three decades. Staff writer Michaels will lead a panel discussion featuring Rev. Dr. Chavis after the film.
Jamming with Melvin Parker: Life on the Road with James Brown
Thursday, February 11, 6 p.m.
Melvin Parker, Drummer
Parker, a native of Kinston, started playing with singer—and founding father of funk—James Brown during the 1960s. Among the music Parker will perform in this special one-hour jam session are “Out of Sight”; “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”; and “I Got You/I Feel Good”—all recorded in 1964 and 1965.
Melvin Parker, Drummer
Parker, a native of Kinston, started playing with singer—and founding father of funk—James Brown during the 1960s. Among the music Parker will perform in this special one-hour jam session are “Out of Sight”; “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”; and “I Got You/I Feel Good”—all recorded in 1964 and 1965.
African American History Highlights Tours
Saturday, February 13 or 27, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
These docent-led tours visit exhibits throughout the museum to highlight some of the contributions made by African Americans to North Carolina history.
These docent-led tours visit exhibits throughout the museum to highlight some of the contributions made by African Americans to North Carolina history.
Music of the Carolinas: Amythyst Kiah
Sunday, February 14, 3 p.m.
Free tickets for this concert are distributed while they last beginning at 2 p.m.
Free tickets for this concert are distributed while they last beginning at 2 p.m.
Kiah is an alternative-country blues singer and songwriter who fuses traditional old-time music with R&B and country sounds from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s to create a contemporary style that leaves the original song’s integrity but results in a new powerful, soulful rendition.
Film Screening: Rosenwald
Sunday, February 28, 3 p.m.
Not rated; run time: 90 min.
Julius Rosenwald never finished high school, but he became president of Sears, Roebuck & Company and gave away $62 million in his lifetime. Much of his philanthropy went to communities across the South to build African American schools during Jim Crow. A discussion with alumni from some Triangle-area Rosenwald schools will follow the screening.
Not rated; run time: 90 min.
Julius Rosenwald never finished high school, but he became president of Sears, Roebuck & Company and gave away $62 million in his lifetime. Much of his philanthropy went to communities across the South to build African American schools during Jim Crow. A discussion with alumni from some Triangle-area Rosenwald schools will follow the screening.
Exhibit Closing: Hey America!: Eastern North Carolina and the Birth of Funk
Sunday, February 28, 5 p.m.
See the roles that some African American musicians from eastern North Carolina played in the creation of funk—a genre of highly danceable music that helped integrate dance floors across America during the middle and late 1960s. The lobby case exhibit closes at the end of the day. Visit the webpage for Hey America!
See the roles that some African American musicians from eastern North Carolina played in the creation of funk—a genre of highly danceable music that helped integrate dance floors across America during the middle and late 1960s. The lobby case exhibit closes at the end of the day. Visit the webpage for Hey America!
To earn credit: students must come back with evidence that they went to the event and participate in a reflection with Mr. Beller
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
2/3 Classwork and Questions for Test
Comparison - The Old West
Below are the questions that students had about the unit (answers are soon to follow)
1. What inventions caused the most change in America during the 2nd Industrial Age?
This is a pretty subjective question - in what area of American life? Change in regards to what? You have inventions and innovations such as the Bessemer Process (steel), homemade appliances, electricity, skyscrapers, etc. I would look over the changes, innovations, and inventions discussed in these chapters and decide for yourself.
2. What famous texts/groups influenced American culture at the time?
Once again, a pretty loaded question - Horatio Alger's books, Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism, Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth, Mark Twain, Labor Unions, Political Machines, Captains of Industry (or Robber Barons), Immigrants, - do you see where I'm going with this?
3. With immigrants taking many factory jobs, how did lower class Americans manage to collect income?
This would be a continued struggle - one of the reasons for the emerging importance (and presence) of labor unions such as the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the Industrial Workers of the World. I would go back and look at methods utilized by these organizations. You would also see the "safety valve" theory come into play with the increased migration out West (see Homestead Act and Morrill Land Grant Act as government incentives). The failure to succeed also influenced social philosophies such as Social Darwinism as a way to justify the division between social classes.
4. What is the test mostly on?
5. Explain the reasoning behind monopolies.
The first reason behind the development of monopolies (or combination and consolidation) would be for greater efficiency. As America saw the increase of production, there had to be a way in which the work of production and distribution could be continued efficiently - the idea of combining capital and utilizing methods such as vertical integration was seen as a means to this end. The second reason was market control - vertical and horizontal integration eventually squeezed out or bypassed the smaller businesses (also see trusts).
6. How was the railroad affected by monopolies.
The development of railroad corporations - those who were successful were the ones that had the best access to capital (think Cornelius Vanderbilt). You see with changes such as time zones, standard track gauges, George Westinghouse's airbrake - railroads were beginning to be able to meet the transportation needs of the industrial economy. However, the costs of competition and growth were high. Investors started to consolidate companies. You also saw tactics such as stock watering - where RR stock promoters inflated their claims about a given line's assets and profitability and sold stocks and bonds far above the railroad's actual value. You also see the emergence of the "pool" - an agreement to divide the business in a given area and share the profits. RR guys would offer rebates or kickbacks to powerful shippers (Rockefeller) in return for steady traffic. They would also slash prices on competitive lines and make up the difference on noncompeting ones (think Farmers out west )
7. Development of the west.........(I'm not sure what you want here)
8. How was the art/social culture relevant and influential to other aspects of American life and the growth of the identity of the American people?
American writers and artists started to gravitate towards realism, naturalism, and regionalism. This means instead of depicting life as it out to be lived or had supposedly existed in the past, realism sought to document life and society as it was - warts and all. Naturalism took this one step further, examining the influence of heredity and social environments in shaping human character. Regionalism sought to capture the "local color" of a particular region. I would look on pages 566 and 567 in the text for more information.
9. How many questions is it?
10. How is it distributed among chapter 23-26?
11. How much will it focus on Gilded Age art and culture?
**note - #4, 9,10,11 are not review questions, therefore I will not answer them.
Below are the questions that students had about the unit (answers are soon to follow)
1. What inventions caused the most change in America during the 2nd Industrial Age?
This is a pretty subjective question - in what area of American life? Change in regards to what? You have inventions and innovations such as the Bessemer Process (steel), homemade appliances, electricity, skyscrapers, etc. I would look over the changes, innovations, and inventions discussed in these chapters and decide for yourself.
2. What famous texts/groups influenced American culture at the time?
Once again, a pretty loaded question - Horatio Alger's books, Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism, Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth, Mark Twain, Labor Unions, Political Machines, Captains of Industry (or Robber Barons), Immigrants, - do you see where I'm going with this?
3. With immigrants taking many factory jobs, how did lower class Americans manage to collect income?
This would be a continued struggle - one of the reasons for the emerging importance (and presence) of labor unions such as the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the Industrial Workers of the World. I would go back and look at methods utilized by these organizations. You would also see the "safety valve" theory come into play with the increased migration out West (see Homestead Act and Morrill Land Grant Act as government incentives). The failure to succeed also influenced social philosophies such as Social Darwinism as a way to justify the division between social classes.
4. What is the test mostly on?
5. Explain the reasoning behind monopolies.
The first reason behind the development of monopolies (or combination and consolidation) would be for greater efficiency. As America saw the increase of production, there had to be a way in which the work of production and distribution could be continued efficiently - the idea of combining capital and utilizing methods such as vertical integration was seen as a means to this end. The second reason was market control - vertical and horizontal integration eventually squeezed out or bypassed the smaller businesses (also see trusts).
6. How was the railroad affected by monopolies.
The development of railroad corporations - those who were successful were the ones that had the best access to capital (think Cornelius Vanderbilt). You see with changes such as time zones, standard track gauges, George Westinghouse's airbrake - railroads were beginning to be able to meet the transportation needs of the industrial economy. However, the costs of competition and growth were high. Investors started to consolidate companies. You also saw tactics such as stock watering - where RR stock promoters inflated their claims about a given line's assets and profitability and sold stocks and bonds far above the railroad's actual value. You also see the emergence of the "pool" - an agreement to divide the business in a given area and share the profits. RR guys would offer rebates or kickbacks to powerful shippers (Rockefeller) in return for steady traffic. They would also slash prices on competitive lines and make up the difference on noncompeting ones (think Farmers out west )
7. Development of the west.........(I'm not sure what you want here)
8. How was the art/social culture relevant and influential to other aspects of American life and the growth of the identity of the American people?
American writers and artists started to gravitate towards realism, naturalism, and regionalism. This means instead of depicting life as it out to be lived or had supposedly existed in the past, realism sought to document life and society as it was - warts and all. Naturalism took this one step further, examining the influence of heredity and social environments in shaping human character. Regionalism sought to capture the "local color" of a particular region. I would look on pages 566 and 567 in the text for more information.
9. How many questions is it?
10. How is it distributed among chapter 23-26?
11. How much will it focus on Gilded Age art and culture?
**note - #4, 9,10,11 are not review questions, therefore I will not answer them.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Essay Questions for Test (2/5) rubrics to come!
You will choose ONE (1) of the following prompts to write your essay:
5. In the post–Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900.
- In what ways did the political conflicts of the Gilded Age still reflect the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction? Address relevant issues of race and sectional conflict in your response
- During the late nineteenth century, farmers, workers, and consumers lobbied government for effective regulation of businesses. What factors account for the level of success achieved by these groups in that effort?
- In what ways and to what extent was the late nineteenth century both, a “New Industrial Age” and a “Gilded Age” in urban America?
- What was the relative importance of each of the following as factors in the successful settlement of the American West between 1860 and 1900?
- Government Policies
- Climate and Geography
- Technology and Inventions
5. In the post–Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Analyze the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900.
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