1/17/08

(C)

American imperialism

In class we will read in in Chapter 19 (“The United States and the World”  section 1 (“Looking Outward”) pages 505-506, and in section 2, pages 508-510.

1/22/08

(E)

Spanish American War

Read and outline in section 3 (“War with Spain”), pages 510-518 

1/24/08

(A)

1/28/08

(C)

1/30/08

(E)

Theodore Roosevelt and The Progressives 

Read and outline in Chapter 20 (“The Progressive Era”) section 1 (Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal”) pages 521-527  and section 2 (“Middle Class Reformers”), pages 527-531

2/1/08

(A; First Friday)

Read and outline in Chapter 20 (“The Progressive Era”) section 3 ( Taft in the White House”) pages 532 -536.

2/5/08

(C)

Read and outline in Chapter 20 (“The Progressive Era”) section 4 (“Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom”) pages 536-540

2/7/08

(E)

TEST

Study!

2/11/08

(A)

World War I breaks out in Europe

Read and outline in Chapter 21 (“The United States and World War I”) section 1 “A Spark Ignites Europe” pages 546-556.

2/13/08

(C)

The United States joins the war

Read and outline in Chapter 21 (“The United States and World War I”) section 2 “Helping to Win the War” pages 556-560.

2/15/08

(E)

February 18-22

2/26/08

(A)

The Versailles Treaty

Read and outline in Chapter 21 (“The United States and World War I”) section 4 “Losing the Peace” pages 567-570. 

2/28/08

(C)

TEST

Study!

3/3/08

(E)

The Modern Era

Read and outline in Chapter 22 (“Return to Normalcy 1918-1929) section 1 “The postwar reaction” pages 577-582 and section 2 “Searching for the good old days”) pages 583-587.

3/5/08

(A; 1:10)

The Leisure era

Read and outline in Chapter 22 (“Return to Normalcy 1918-1929) section 3 “Keeping Cool with Coolidge” pages 588-592 and section 4 “Life in the Jazz Age”) pages 592-596.

3/7/08

(C; First Friday)

Read and outline in Chapter 23 (“The Coming of the Great Depression”) section 1 “A prosperous nation” pages 599-600 and reading to be handed out.

3/11/08

(E)

Quiz

Quiz on the 1920s as the modern age, the intolerant age, the Republican age, the leisure age

3/13/08

(A)

Read and outline in Chapter 23 (“The Coming of the Great Depression”) section 2 “The Big Crash” pages 601-609 and section 4 “The election of 1932” pages 613-614. .

3/17/08

(C)

 FDR and the New Deal

Read and outline in Chapter 24 (“Nothing to fear but fear itself”) section 1, “Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal” pages 621-631.

3/19/08

(E; Class Mtg)

Read and outline in Chapter 24 (“Nothing to fear but fear itself ”) section 2, “From recovery to reform” pages 631 –637 and section 3 “The end of the New Deal” pages 637-640.

3/24/08

(A)

American life in the Great Depression

EYEWITNESS REPORT DUE. In class I will ask you to work in groups and present experiences of various people during the Depression, based on Chapter 25 (“Reshaping American Life” section 1, “Problems on the Farm” pages 643 –646 AND section 2 “The problems of Black Americans” pages 646-649 AND section 4 “The struggles of labor” pages 652-654.

3/26/08

(C)

Study!

3/28/08

(E)

War Breaks out in Europe again

Read and outline in Chapter 26 (“Clouds of War”) section 1 (“Foreign Affairs, 1933-1939) pages 657-663.).

4/1/08

(A)

The World at War

Read and outline in Chapter 26 (“Clouds of War”) section 2 (“The battlefield is everywhere”) pages 664-670, and section 3 (“War comes to the United States) pages 670-672.

4/3/08

(C)

The Nation at war

Read and outline in Chapter 27 (“A World Conflict”) section 1 (“Mobilizing for Defense”) pages 675-679 and section 2 (“The End of the beginning” – 1942) pages 679-685.

4/7/08

(E)

Victory in Europe and Japan

Read and outline in Chapter 27 (“A World Conflict”) section 3 (“Victory in Europe”) pages 685-695 and section 4 (“The War in the Pacific”) pages 695-700.

4/9/08

(A; 1:10)

TEST

STUDY

4/11/08

(C)

Read and outline in Chapter 28 (“Truman: Neither War nor Peace”) section 1 (“Beginnings of the cold war”), pages 707-711 and section 2 (“Dealing with a new world”) page 711 – 715 (up to “The problem of Germany”).

4/22/08

(E)

Policy of Containment in Europe

In class we will read and outline in  Chapter 28 (“Truman: Neither War nor Peace”) section 2 (“Dealing with a new world”) (beginning with “The problem of Germany”) to page 715 -720 and section 3 (“President in His Own Right”) page 721-726  

4/24/08

(A)

Read and outline  in Chapter 29 ("Eisenhower, Moderate Republican) section 1 ("The Republicans Return") pages 729-734 and section 2 ("Everybody's New Deal") pages 734-738. 

4/28/08

(C)

begins

Read and outline  and section 3 ("The Fight for Equality") pages 738-742 and section 4 (Difficulties Abroad") pages 742-748.  

4/30/08

(E; Class Mtg)

1950s Culture

Read and outline in Chapter 30 ("Mobile People and Magic Machines") section 1 ("A Changing people") pages 751-756 and section 2 ("Everyday Life Transformed") pages 756-763.

5/2/08

(A; First Friday)

STUDY!!

5/6/08

(C)

JFK in  the White House

Read and outline in Chapter 31 ("Years of Hope and Promise") section 1 page 775-778 and section 2 ("Learning Hard Lessons") pages 778-783.

5/8/08

(E)

Read and outline in section 3 ("Facing Communist Challenges") pages 783-788, and section 4 ("A New Frontier") pages 788-792" and section 5

 ("The Tragic End") pages 792-794. 

5/12/08

(A)

LBJ and The Great Society

Read and outline in Chapter 32 ("LBJ: From the Great Society to Vietnam") section 1 ("Taking the Reins") pages 797-800 and section 2 ("The Great Society") pages 801-805.

5/14/08

(C; 1:10)

Read and outline in section 3 ("Black Revolt and Youth Rebellion") pages 804-809 and section 4 ("Vietnam: "The most unpopular war") pages 809-814.

5/16/08

(E)

5/21/08

(A)

TEST

STUDY!!!!!

5/23/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

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5/28/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

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5/30/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

Prepare for Final Exam