Today we finished our conversations about the New Deal by debriefing the political cartoons you analyzed last night then by using a sample DBQ over the New Deal as practice in our teams after our DBQ Writing Workshop.

Friday will be your first in-class DBQ essay.  You will find today's slide show as well as numerous other practice materials on the Writer's Tips page of this site!

Don't forget, Chapter 27 is due tomorrow.

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After our long weekend off, we started out today with a quiz over Chapter 26.  After the quiz, we tackled an analysis of two "Fireside Chats" by Roosevelt detailing his early plans for addressing the Depression.  After analyzing the broadcasts, we looked at a selection of letters written by average Americans from a broad cross section of the political and social spectrum.

Tomorrow we will explore the reaction of the press to the Fireside Chats.  Tonight you need to complete the analysis questions on your handout from today's class using the "Fireside Political Cartoons" posted under the Skill Block Files under Period 7 of the website.  Chapter 27 is also due on Thursday!

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We started out today with another graphic organizer debrief of Chapter 25 as we began investigating the causes and outcomes of the Great Depression.  WE spent the last part of class then going on a "trip around the nation" by looking at stations representing how the depression affected different groups of people in different parts of the country.  If you were absent, you can find these "Human Impacts of the Depression" stations and the questions handout on the website under Period 7.

Chapter 26 is dueTuesday and Chapter 27 on Thursday!  There's no school on Monday, so enjoy your long weekend!

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Today we did the 1920's in a whirlwind fast day!  We started with a debrief discussion of Chapter 24 using a graphic organizer focusing on 6 different essential lenses for understanding the events of the 1920's.  We also completed a new style DocBlock analysis over the essay by Andre Siegfried, "On New Society." We ended with a brief discussion over the 1920's as a decade of conflict between the forces of change and the status quo.

Chapter 25 is due tomorrow as we will begin discussing the Great Depression.

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We discussed World War I today, focusing mainly on the Homefront effects of the war and on a quick study in causations.  We wrapped up with an analysis of the debate over sedition and First Amendment rights and freedoms as they played out in the context of WWI.

Tomorrow, Chapter 24 is due and Chapter 25 is due on Friday.  this is your last week with more than 2 chapters due for the semester!

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Today was your third scored discussion, this one over the reasons behind American Imperialism in the late 1800's and early 1900's.  Your online follow-up discussion comments will be due next Tuesday evening by 10:00pm.

Tomorrow we will be discussing WWI and your Chapter 23 notes are due.  Chapter 24 is due Thursday and 25 on Friday.  This is the last week with more than 2 chapters due this semester!

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So apparently posting Blogs from my home has not been working!  I apologize for those of you that may have come here looking for details on what happened in class and didn't find any updates over the last little bit.  If there is ever a delay in the blog post past 6:00 pm, please shoot me an email so I can see if I can get it working.

Today we spent the day doing some extended historiography of the work of four different historians on the issue of American Imperialism.  Please make sure you are bring your analysis of these arguments, along with the work you did Thursday while I was out (slideshow of activities still active under Period 7). into tomorrow's scored discussion.  The readings and the pre-write directions are posted under Period 7.  

PLEASE REMEMBER:  The opportunity to make up in-class points using the online discussion is only available to students who are absent on the day of the discussion.  If you are present in class, you are responsible for contributing to the conversation in a meaningful way tomorrow to earn your points in-class.

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