Test

OUTLINE Due

1. Read p. 333 – 345 (to “The Office of the President”) Skip the green box on pp. 340-341

2. Answer questions 1 – 7

3. Make sure that you bring your little Constitutions to class every day for this unit.

Battle Plan Due

1. Dpwm;pad and read the Progressive Party’s 1912 platform and mark P for items that were part of the Populist agenda, W for items achieved in Wilson’s presidency, and X for those that weren’t achieved during the Progressive Era.

2.Fill out the chart on Progressive Reforms with as many examples as you can

1. Read p. 345 – 354 in the textbook.  Think about the generalizations that the book makes about the leadership styles of the different presidents.

2. Answer questions 8 - 10

2. Start learning the list of presidents and the handout on the Executive Office.  There are flashcard quizzes on my website that you can use to study.

1. You will read either

A. p. 282 – 293 (to “Kentuckians…) and answer questions 1 – 4 OR

B. 293 – 307 and answer questions 5 - 7  OR

C. p. 308 – 321 and answer questions 8 – 10

Please write out detailed answers so that you can share them with others.

1. Read p. 583 - 587

2. Read p. 144- 149 in the Documents book

2. Answer questions 9 - 12

3. Read the Packet on the Women’s Suffrage Movement and make a list of arguments for and against women’s suffrage

You should have watched news coverage of the State of the Union and answered the questions on the handout

1. Read p. 339 – 350 and the handout on the Battle of First Bull Run

2. Fill out the worksheet on First Bull Run

1. Read p. 608 - 615

2. Answer questions 1 – 6 for Chapter 21

1. Read p. 354 – 360 (to “Executive Privilege”)

2. Check out these websites and play around with looking at the individual presidents at the WSJ site and with comparing presidents at the USA Today site.  Scroll down for the Rasmussen site to see the graph and you can click where it says “See trends” for more detailed information.

WSJ: Presidential Approval Ratings

USA Today: Presidential Approval Tracker

Rasmussen Reports: Presidential Approval Index

Gallup: Polarization of presidents

3. Answer questions 11 - 14

4. Read your assigned article and make summary or outline of the main points as you prepare to explain the main points to your partner.  a) Richard Neustadt p. 199 OR b) Arthur Schlesinger p. 205 OR c) Kenneth Mayer p. 231

1. Read p. 321 – 338

2. Answer questions 11 – 15

1. Read p. 616 - 624

2. Answer questions 7 - 8

3. Download and read the documents on annexing the Philippines and make a list of arguments for and against annexing the Philippines. Be prepared for a mini-debate

SNOW DAY

SNOW DAY

SNOW DAY

1. Read p. 360 – 372

2. Go to my website on the Lesson Units page and download the handout on the “Imperial Presidency”

3. Answer questions 15 – 22

4. Keep studying for the quiz

1. Read p. 350 – 368.

2. Answer questions 16 - 20

1. Read p. 624 – 634

2. Answer questions 9 – 12

3. Finish filling in the Foreign Policy chart

4. Presidential Charts Due

1. Quiz on presidents, elections, and cabinet offices

2. Read the green box on page 340-41 and make sure you understand how it works and the arguments for and against it.

3. Go to my weblinks page to the links to arguments for and against the Electoral College.

http://tinyurl.com/86yb6o

Pick at least five articles for your assigned side of the debate.  Come up with at least seven arguments for your side.  Be prepared for the debate

1. Geography Quiz

2. Read p. 423 – 427 and p. 461-477

3. Fill in the worksheet on the Peninsular Campaign and the Seven Days Battles

1. Quiz on presidents, elections, and cabinet offices

2. Read the green box on page 340-41 and make sure you understand how it works and the arguments for and against it.

3. Go to my weblinks page to the links to arguments for and against the Electoral College.

http://tinyurl.com/86yb6o

Pick at least five articles for your assigned side of the debate.  Come up with at least seven arguments for your side.  Be prepared for the debate

College Admissions Activity

1. Read p. 375 - 389 on The Bureaucracy

2. Answer Questions 1 - 6 on The Bureaucracy

1. Read p. 378 – 391.

2. Answer questions 21 - 23

1. Read p. 428 - 437

2. Answer questions 1- 2

DBQ Due

Test 

1. Read p. 389 – 401

2. Answer questions 7– 11

1. Read p. 437 - 453

2. Answer questions 4-5

3. Start reviewing for the test

1. Read p. 640 - 645

2. Answer questions 1 - 2

1. Read Hugh Helco on p. 249 in the Readings Book

2. Make a list of all the ways that the bureaucracy can sabotage the political appointees and ways that the appointee can deal with such sabotage.

3. Go to my website and download the article, “Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It” by James Q. Wilson.  Then read the article

4. Make a list of the reasons why the federal bureaucracy works the way it does according to Wilson

1. Read p. 645 -655

2. Answer questions 3 - 5

Test

Presentation on Shiloh

Work on your homework for Friday

1. Read p. 655 – 663

2. Read Wilson’s Fourteen Points in the Docs book p. 203-203

3. Look at Articles 10, 11, 231, and 232 from the Treaty of Versailles p. 205-206

3. Answer questions 6 – 10

1. Read Federalist No. 78 excerpts on p. 283-287 of the Readings book and make summarizing notes on paper or in the margins

2. Read the Antifederalist paper, Brutus: No. 15 – the link is on my Lesson Units page

3. Read p. 414 – 417 in the textbook.

4. Answer questions 1 – 4.

1. Read p. 490-510

2. Answer questions 1 – 9

1. Read p. 663 – 667 and 670 - 679

2. Answer questions 11 - 12 (from chapter 22) and questions 1 – 3 (from chapter 23)

1. Read p. 403 – 414 and  417 - 422

2. Read the handout on the Warren through Rehnquist courts

3. Answer questions 5 - 12

1. Read p. 546 – 567

2. Answer questions 10 – 17

1. Read p. 679 – 691

2. Answer questions 4 - 10

1. In the Readings book, read p. 302-308 from David Yalof’s article, Pursuit of Justice.

2. Read the handout on judicial nominations.  You should particularly be familiar with what happened with the nominations of these candidates to the Supreme Court.

3. Go to Wikipedia and read about the Supreme Court nominations and confirmations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor. 

4. Answer questions 13 and 14

Presentation on Second Manassas

Work on HW for next week

1. In the Documents book, read the documents on

p. 202 Help us to Help

p. 211 Race Riot

p. 213 Returning Soldiers

p. 227 KKK Statement of Principles

2. In the packet of readings, read the poetry and the Langston Hughes “When the Negro Was in Vogure”

3. Make margin notes for all the readings and try to figure out what you can learn about the era from these passages.

2. Read p. 422 – 431

3. Answer questions 15 - 18

Presentation on Antietam

1. Read the rest of the packet of material plus the following documents in the Docs book from the 20s and try to conclude what each entry says about the period.  As you read, list the cultural contrasts exemplified by each reading and highlight the parts of each document that relate to those conflicts.

2. In the Documents book, read the documents on

p. 221 The Man Nobody Knows

p. 222 Middletown

p. 229 Scopes Trial

1. Read the excerpt from William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme Court

2. Read the excerpt from William J. Brennan, How the Supreme Court Arrives at Decisions

3. Answer questions 19 – 20

4. Go to here and here and take the interactive quiz that determines which judicial philosophy you have by comparing your philosophy with that of a Supreme Court Justice

1. Read the article on The Emancipation Proclamation by Allen Guelzo and make margin notes on the arguments he makes to defend Lincoln’s Proclamation.

2. Answer questions 18 -19

1. List all the cultural conflicts of the period

2. Presidential Charts Due

1. Read the article by David O’Brien, Storm Center, p. 291-296 in the Readings book

2. Take margin notes on the Supreme Court as an institution that makes policy

Presentation on Perryville

DBQ due

Work on your HW for Thurs..

Presentation on Fredericksburg

Test

1. Read the summary of Antonin Scalia’s speech

2. Read the article by Laurence H. Tribe on “The myth of Strict Constructionism”

3a. Outline the points in both articles.

3b. Write a one-two page (double-spaced, typed) response to the following question: Which approach do you think judges should use in interpreting the Constitution and why do you think so?  Support your argument with real life examples, Constitutional arguments, or history. Which article do you agree with more and why? Which arguments do you find most persuasive and why? You will be handing both your outline and response in for a grade.

Presentation on Stones River

Test 

Presentation on Chancellorsville

To prepare for the review game, write down one question for each of the following battles: Shiloh, Second Manassas, Antietam, Perryville, Fredericksburg, Stones River, and Chancellorsville

Test - Go to the Language Lab