Slave Culture

Slave Culture

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Slavery and the Old South

Slavery and the Old South

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Jackson Era Project

Please read the following worksheet to determine your top three choices. We will discuss this on Friday.

Jackson Project

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HW due 3/27

Read pages 298-303
Identify the Southern Social Classes and their characteristics.
How do these groups compare to northern ones?

Quiz on Wednesday

On Wednesday, we will have a "checking in" quiz. This will deal with all of the issues we have been discussing relating to Economic Revolution.
Key points:

1. Major technological developments, and how do they transform the economy, create international markets, and affect the environment?
2. How do national and state policies impact industrialization? (Ie: national bank, tariff, transportation funding)
3. How does regionalism/sectionalism tie in?
4. How does factory life impact gender roles and change the relationships of men, women, and children?
5. How do urbanization, industrialization, and immigration impact society in the early 19th century cities?
6. How are industrialization and immigration connected?

Although we have not formally discussed all parts of all of these points, they are excellent questions around which to focus the information in this section.

Urban Life ppt

Urban Life

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homework, due 3/25

Read pages 274-288, answer questions. Also use your examination of the primary sources from class to help answer the sections on labor.
Due on 3/25/09

# What influence did technology have on the growth of American industry?
# What forces contributed to the rise of the factory in the Northeast? How did this promote industrial development?
# What role did American inventors and industrial ingenuity play in the growth of American industry?
# How did the textile mills recruit and use labor? What was the general response to the Lowell method, by worker and by observer?
# What caused the breakdown of the Lowell [or Waltham] system?
# What was the "lot of working women" in Lowell and other factory towns? How did this differ from conditions in Europe?
# What problems did the "Lowell girls" have in adjusting to factory and factory-town life?
# With the growth of industry came the growth of labor, but how did the rise of American labor organizations differ from the usual patterns of union growth? What groups organized first, and why?
# What was the "factory system?" What impact did it have on the American artisan tradition?
# What was the general condition of workers in northeastern factories?
# What attempts were made to better conditions in northeastern factories? What role did unions play in these attempts? What was accomplished?

Economic Growth Ppt, images fixed

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Homework

Hi everyone,
I'm sorry I couldn't be with you all yesterday, and I'm also sorry to hear that my sub plans didn't make it to school on time. You were supposed to continue with Gone with the Wind, but we will have to hold that for another time. On Thursday, we will continue looking at the economies of the north and south.

Remember that your homework was due YESTERDAY (259-265), and it WILL be collected on Thursday. In addition, you are to read 265-271 for Thursday, and take notes on that section.

Please see me if you have any questions.

Homework

This homework assignment is due on Friday, and will be checked on Tuesday. Remember that your next Current Events portfolio is due on Tuesday.

Read pages 259-265, and answer the following questions. Your work should be your own, and inability to do so will result in a loss of credit on this assignment.

1. What were the reasons for the rapid increase in population between 1820 and 1840? What were the effects of this increase?
2. What were the major immigrant groups that came to the United States and where did they settle?
3. What population shifts took place between 1820 and 1840? How did they affect political divisions?
4. Why was the rise of New York City so phenomenal? What forces combined to make it America's leading city?
5. How did the foreign-born population become a major factor in American political life between 1820 and 1850? What elements considered this an "alien menace" and what was their response?

On this date...

On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place.

Snowballs, rocks, propaganda, Oh my!

Politcal Cartoon 3.3.09

As you know, health care plans and health care reform was one of the major issues of the 2008 presidential campaign. Today, President Obama nominated his appointee to the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services, and this person will be largely responsible for carrying out Obama's health care plan.
Fittingly, this cartoon appeared on Slate recently...

A Current Event

I found an interesting article related to health care today on The New York Times's website. No one may use this event for his/her CE portfolio, but since I am in a post snow day good cheer, I might toss an extra credit point or two toward anyone who comments on this event in this post, identifying him/herself.

Here is the article

You may comment on the article directly or you may comment on the comments of others. Points may be awarded for thoughtful, meaningful responses that demonstrate not only that you have read and thought about the article, but that you have indicated its place in the world of health care and society.

Comments must be posted by Friday March 6 at 6pm.

Rubrics

Please send me your revised rubric ASAP so as to ensure no more modifications are necessary.
Thanks, and enjoy your snow day!