Today we held our third scored discussion , this one over American Imperialism using a chapter from A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn as the primary text. You will need to complete the normal online discussion follow-up and one of the points of focus for that discussion might be to more explicitly compare and contrast the differing interpretations of Imperialism you encountered in our in-class historiography exercise to the selection from Zinn. The online portion is due next Monday by 11:59 pm.
Chapter 23 is due tomorrow and you should make certain you check out the most recent changes on the class website regarding chapter due dates since we shifted the DBQ essay to next Friday. H
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Today's focus was imperialism once again, as we began the day with a DocBlock analysis over Alfred Mahan's Sea Power in World History, a document with serious historical implication in the expansion of America's overseas empire during the late 1800's and early 1900's. We followed this with an extended look at the Philippine War, specifically, the reasons for the brutalities exercised in that war. We finished the day by looking at a set of documents representing the debate between imperialists and anti imperialists during that time period.
Tomorrow is your scored discussion over the topics covered the past few days. Make sure you have your pre-write completed for the Zinn chapter that is the main document for the discussion. H We started exploring the topic of American Imperialism today with an in depth analysis of extended readings from four different historians, each of whom differed in their interpretation of the period and its legacy. We conducted an analysis of each selection followed by a historiographical comparison of the conclusions reached by each.
Monday we will continue our discussion over imperialism, followed by a summary scored discussion on Tuesday of next week. The primary reading selection for the discussion comes from Howard Zinn once again, but you should consider all of the historians we analyzed today fair game in your conversations on Tuesday. As usual, you need to complete the pre-writing assignment for this scored discussion as well. H We started with a quiz over Chapter 22 today, followed by our last day of discussion on the Gilded Age. We focused on three primary areas of historical inquiry and examined each with a specific case study. We started by discussing the African American Civil Rights movement by reading excerpts from Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. We followed this up with an analysis of the Anti-Suffragist movement and ended with a discussion over the legacy of the Seneca Falls convention.
The reading selection for next Tuesday's scored discussion is now posted under Period 7 on the website. Make sure to complete the usual pre-write activity as well. H Today we began with a discussion over your Chapter 21 reading then spent a significant chunk of time viewing and analyzing some images by muckraker photographers including Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine. We ended the day with a Docblock over a brief excerpt from Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives and an examination of the motives of Progressive Reformers with some documents from the Settlement House movement.
Chapter 22 is due tomorrow! That's your last chapter for this week. You should also be working on the prep for next week's scored discussion. The reading selection is posted under Period 7 on the website. H Today I was out on a field trip. You viewed the episode of the documentary series The American Experience on the Gilded Age. Chapter 21 is due tomorrow.
H Today we discussed the Gilded Age, focusing on business and industry as well as the early Labor movement. We completed two DocBlock exercises, one on "Social Darwinism," and the other on "The Gospel of Wealth." We also took a few notes from a mini-lecture on the growth of business and examined three major strike movements using sets of primary sources. These source sets can be found on the Period 6 page of the website.
I will be out tomorrow for a field trip. Your Chapters 20 and 21.1 are still due tomorrow and the rest of Chapter 21 on Wednesday. H Mr. Hutchison was out sick yesterday, thus no blog post for the day. Today, however, we wrote our final graded LEQ essay. We will now start building on these skills to write DBQ essays over the next two months.
Next week is the most intense of the semester in terms of textbook preparation. Chapter 19 is due Monday and you need to check the class calendar on this site so that you can be planning for all of the other readings coming up next week! the good news is that after next week, the workload begins to ease off continually through the rest of the semester! Make sure you are getting your scored discussion posts in as well! Have a great weekend! H We had our second scored discussion today and it seemed to generate a fair bit of critical controversy. Overall, we were pleased with the outcomes and nature of the discussions. For Mr. Hutchison's class, I implemented some moderation techniques during third period that I will introduce to 1st period next time. In addition to that, you should be reflecting on your own participation using the individual feedback charts I gave you at the beginning of class. You will have your charts as well as the class feedback to consider for this discussion as you come into class tomorrow.
Additionally, you need to navigate to the online discussion board for this conversation and continue the conversation. I gave each class some things to consider when contemplating where they might take the conversation online, but feel free to discuss thoughts or questions you did not get to in class or that occurred to you following our in class discussions as well. These online submissions are due next Tuesday by 11:59 pm!!! If you were absent today, the makeup directions are on the discussion board. Chapters 18 & 20.3 are due tomorrow as we continue talking about the expansion geographically and economically during the late 1800's. H Today we took a day to explore the "old West" by trying to piece together the community of Helena, Montana through the lens of a murder that took place there in 1870. The process helped us see the material covered in our chapter in a more "real life" form, but also gave us the opportunity to do history in a more detailed way than we have so far in the class. The take away at the end of this activity is best encapsulated in our response to the question typically asked at the end of this exercise: "so, what really happened?" You now know as much as anyone on this particular event. This is how history is made, through the accumulation of evidence leading to the reconstruction of plausible narratives. There is always a degree of uncertainty in history. Hopefully, however, you realized that there are some verifiable historical truths. while we may never know for certain what exactly transpired in Ah Chow's cabin that night in January, 1870, we can definitively determine who was involved in the event, what Helena was like at the time of the event, the kinds of lives lived and justice systems developed by these people in the process of inventing new lives for themselves.
Tomorrow, you have the opportunity to do some more historical thinking as you discuss and debate your analysis and interpretations of tow historian's points of view on the issue of genocide in relation to Native Americans. Be sure you have your pre-write ready to go! H |
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