Industrialization-Westward Expansion

On Tuesday in class we looked at the Crash Course on Industrialization and compared Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth with George's Progress and Poverty.  Today in class, we will explore what Samuel Gompers' What Does the Working Man Want adds to the ideas suggested by Carnegie and George. We will then look at the Crash Course on Westward Expansion, using the provided notetaking sheet. We'll finish by reading and analyzing Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor (AR 290).  All of the necessary links are posted in the assignment sheet.

2nd Semester

Greetings all and welcome back!
Hope your finals were successful. Our new unit calendar is posted in the Unit 5: Promises and Problems tab above. You should know that the majority of the unit will be spent preparing a research paper, the instructions for which will be posted in the same tab as necessary.

Final Exam Rubric

See it HERE

Your Final

Here is the link to the FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT. Please note that your completed final must be one document that is submitted to turnitin.com by the beginning of your finals period (1:10 PM) on Wed. 1/21.  The last page of the assignment is the Table of Contents that should be the first page of your submitted final.

Here is the link to the BRAINSTORMING SHEET which is a required portion of your final. It is worth 10% of the final exam grade so make sure that it is thorough and complete.  It needs to be submitted to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM on Friday, 1/16.

Below is a schedule for the week. Stay on track and trust the process.

Date	In-class	Homework
Tue. 1/13	Meet in E108 Go over course options Intro Brainstorming sheet	Homework Due:Reread Doc. 1, come to class with all materials Homework to do tonight: Finish Brainstorming sheet for Doc. 1, Reread and annotate Doc. 2.
Wed. 1/14	xxxxx	Homework to do tonight:Finish Brainstorm Sheet Doc. 2 Begin Drafting Sec. 1
Thu. 1/15	Meet in E108 Intro Sec. 2 Brainstorm Sec. 2	Homework Due: Brainstorm Sheet Docs. 1 and 2 Homework to do tonight: Brainstorm Sec. 2 Continue Drafting
Fri. 1/16	Meet in E108 Discuss Section Three Brainstorm Sec. Three Begin Drafting	Homework Due:Brainstorm Sec. 2 Homework to do tonight: Brainstorming packet due to turnitin by 11:59 PM Continue Drafting
Sat 1/17-Sun. 1/18	xxxxxxxxx	Full Draft of Sec. 1, Docs 1 and 2 complete
Mon. 1/19	xxxxxxxxxx	Full Draft of Sec. 2 and 3 complete
Tue. 1/20	xxxxxxxxx	Final Edits of Sec. 1, 2, and 3
Wed. 1/21	xxxxxxxxx	FINAL DUE to TURNITIN.COM at 1:10 P.M.  No late papers!

Museum Project Assignments

See this LIST

I Have a Dream, Voting Rights, and an EXTRA CREDIT Opportunity

For your first task today, return to the quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech that you selected at the end of class on Tuesday.  Then, use that quotation as the first line of a new piece of writing that encompasses your ideas and connections to the ideas expressed in the quotation. This is NOT merely an interpretation or analysis of the quotation but instead, an entirely new piece in which your ideas "explode out" and connect to King's.  Your new piece of writing can be a traditional reflection or perhaps, more interestingly, something creative.  A poem, a letter, a song lyric, an inspirational exhortation...the only requirement is that King's quote is the first line of whatever you create.  This need not be something long.  A few lines or sentences is fine.
You should first write out your entire new piece (including King's quote as the first line) in a new Google Doc.  Then, open this copy of "I Have a Dream" and find your quotation.  Copy and paste your new piece directly after the quotation in the document-make sure that you put your name after your piece.  If you have the same quotation as someone else, just paste yours below theirs.  Perhaps use a different color text or font in order to differentiate it.
When finished, we will have created our own, new version, of this iconic speech.

When we are finished with our exploded speech, we will return to Eyes on the Prize to explore the episodes: Power and the Vote and Selma.  If you missed class, you can see these parts online:
 Power and the Vote 1 and Power and the Vote 2
Selma 1 and Selma 2

As we look at the fight for Voting Rights, it's important to consider the current status of voting rights today. Here are some articles and statements by John Lewis (along with an article that he recently wrote about Michael Brown and Eric Garner incidents.  John Lewis articles.

Finally, for those that are interested, I am offering an extra credit opportunity.  This will be worth 10 summative assessment points if it meets the requirements and is completed thoroughly and thoughtfully.  You can find the assignment HERE

Birmingham and Project Research

Today in class we explored the Birmingham campaign of 1963.  You can see the video that we looked at in class by watching both of the following clips: Birmingham Part I and Birmingham Part II
We also went over the guiding questions for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham City Jail.
Hopefully you have been making progress on your initial research for the Civil Rights Museum Project.  You should put your initial research into this FORM and then submit it to turnitin.com.
Once you are finished with your initial research, you may submit a request to me with your choice(s) for further work on the museum project.  The request should be made on the original form I gave you or submitted via this REQUEST FORM.