Kristin Savage
Week 24 – 4-18-24
HOMEWORK
Make sure you finish off any other projects you need to so you can earn your award. Fill in THIS checklist and bring it to class Thursday.
Don’t forget we have a field trip Thursday! It should be lots of fun. We are so sad class is ending. We will miss you all so much!
Kristin Savage
Week 23 – 4-11-24
HOMEWORK -due April 18th
Here is our awards document that has the records of what you have completed to earn your rewards. It is ordered by the last four of your phone number. Get everything done you need to buy the last week of class.
Paper
Write a half page to one page paper on The Yanks Are Coming, by Albert Marrin. Tell us if you liked the book or if you didn’t like the book and why.
Video
Watch this video to prepare for class.
https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm%3Fid%3DD201D974-1DD8-B71B-0B6CC62537F63D92
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the second semester of the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to finish your bonus level.
Kristin Savage
Week 22 – 3-28-24
CATCH UP WEEK
Here is our awards document that has the records of what you have completed to earn your rewards. It is ordered by the last four of your phone number. Email me if you are able to finish anything else and let me know what you finished. Ksavage19@gmail.com is my email.
This is your main homework for the week. Go on and see what you need to finish for the semester and then spend the next week working on assignments for the semester. When we get back we will be choosing prizes so that we can get them ordered.
Presentations
Owen, Simon, and Sonora are giving presentations after spring break.
Required Reading Book
Finish The Yanks Are Coming, by Albert Marrin.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the second semester of the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Bonus Level
You can still do a bonus level if you want. Remember it can be ANYTHING you want. Just dive into something during this time period that interests you. The point of the bonus goal is for you to learn deeply about something that you are interested in during this time period. You can read some extra books, watch some extra documentaries, do a project that helps you learn about something during the time period, or you could go on a field trip that helps you learn about something in the time period. It really can be anything. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class.
Paper assignments
Since for some reason the blog won’t let you go back to last semester here are the books and papers we have done so far this year if you need to go back and look at any assignments.
Here are the links to the papers we have done so far this year.
This was for the first book of the year. You could choose between “I Am a Man”: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice By: Joe Starita or Sacajawea By: Joseph Bruchac
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HxkwMJb5IXnhuZ4TSRT2M3a4jZJQq9F0JDFc9DZpqzs/edit?usp=sharing
The second book choices were: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass or Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Here is the response paper assignment:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x5oUT_haZZIEWZkBsnk4l5Mp3WjR03Orq2EclNnlsrA/edit?usp=sharing
This semester you could read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair or the alternate reading assignment found HERE.
Here is the assignment for the five paragraph essay.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18IIyTDb6Dfqz56r1FM6q6dyLpsrG-cnu5XPZ_1qab-Y/edit?usp=sharing
Kristin Savage
Week 21 – 3-21-24
HOMEWORK -due March 28th
Here is our awards document that has the records of what you have completed to earn your rewards. It is ordered by the last four of your phone number. Check to make sure what we have on our records is what you have completed and let us know if we need to update anything.
Presentations
Addie McVey and Liberty Brems are giving presentations next week.
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Make sure you know what date you are presenting, check HERE.
Required Reading Book
Start reading our last book for the semester, The Yanks Are Coming, by Albert Marrin. The book needs to be finished by April 11th. That means you should read about 40 pages a week.
In Class Assignment
Complete your writing assignment we handed out in class on what life was like in the trenches during WWI.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- War, Peace, and All That Jazz:
- War’s End
- Fourteen Points
- War, Peace, and All That Jazz:
Videos
Watch these videos to prepare for class.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the second semester of the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 20 – 3-14-24
HOMEWORK -due March 21st
Here is our awards document that has the records of what you have completed to earn your rewards. It is ordered by the last four of your phone number. Check to make sure what we have on our records is what you have completed and let us know if we need to update anything.
Presentations
Ivan Swan and Addie McVey are giving presentations next week.
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Make sure you know what date you are presenting, check HERE.
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Required Reading Book
Start reading our last book for the semester, The Yanks Are Coming, by Albert Marrin. The book needs to be finished by April 11th. That means you should read about 40 pages a week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- An Age of Extremes:
- War
- War, Peace, and All That Jazz:
- Another Kind of War
- An Age of Extremes:
Videos
Watch these videos to prepare for class.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the second semester of the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 19 – 3-8-24
HOMEWORK -due March 14th
Here is our awards document that has the records of what you have completed to earn your rewards. It is ordered by the last four of your phone number. Check to make sure what we have on our records is what you have completed and let us know if we need to update anything.
Presentations
Andrew Bruening, Cameron Barney, and Shandiin Yesslith are giving presentations next week.
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Make sure you know what date you are presenting, check HERE.
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Required Reading Book
Start reading our last book for the semester, The Yanks Are Coming, by Albert Marrin. The book needs to be finished by April 11th. That means you should read about 40 pages a week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- An Age of Extremes:
- The Fourth Estate
- Some Political Theory (A Discussion) (This is not a chapter it is just a short insert in the William Howard Taft section. In my book it’s page 187)
- An Age of Extremes:
Videos
Watch these videos to prepare for class.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the second semester of the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 18 – 2-29-24
HOMEWORK -due March 7th
Presentations
Adysen Alexander and Shandiin Yesslith are giving presentations next week.
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Make sure you know what date you are presenting, check HERE.
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Required Reading Book
Start reading our last book for the semester, The Yanks Are Coming, by Albert Marrin. The book needs to be finished by April 11th. That means you should read about 40 pages a week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- An Age of Extremes:
- Telling It Like It Is
- The Gilded Age Turns Progressive
- Jane Addams, Reformer
- An Age of Extremes:
Videos
Watch these videos to prepare for class.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the second semester of the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 17 – 2-22-24
HOMEWORK -due Feb. 29th
As an overview for this week. There will be NO History of Us readings. FINISH YOUR PAPER!
Presentations
Shawn Walker is giving a presentation next week.
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Here is the sign up if you need to look again when you signed up.
Essay Assignment
Here is your assignment for your five paragraph essay.
Here is the paper that we handed out in class to help you write your paper. Print it out if you don’t have it already and fill it out. Don’t forget you will need to turn the checklist page in with your paper.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 16 – 2-15-24
HOMEWORK -due Feb. 22th
As an overview for this week. There will be NO History of Us readings. Spend the week finishing the book and/or alternate assignment and start organizing your paper. (Feel free to also work on your presentation, supplemental reading, or bonus level goals this week.)
Presentations
Esther Hunsaker is giving her presentation next week.
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Here is the sign up if you need to look again when you signed up.
Required Reading
Finish The Jungle by Upton Sinclair or finish your alternate reading assignment found HERE. Remember if you are reading the Jungle you don’t have to go through everything on the alternate assignment list, you can pick and choose things that might help you write your paper.
Essay Assignment
Here is your assignment for your five paragraph essay.
Here is the paper that we handed out in class yesterday to help you write your paper. Print it out if you don’t have it already and start filling out. Don’t forget you will need to turn the checklist page in with your paper.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Alternate Reading Assignment
Here is the promised list of supplemental resources to help you in crafting your five paragraph essay on Immigration (full assignment to follow later this week). These resources will supplement your reading of Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle. They will help you as you reflect on the pros and cons of immigration- both for the individual and for American society- historically and to the present day.
*If you are using these supplemental resources in place of reading The Jungle please read/ watch all the videos/ read all the articles/ explore the websites.
*If you are using these supplemental resources in addition to reading The Jungle pick the ones that you think will be most helpful to read or watch. It may be good to read or watch at least one from each category to give you a well rounded view of Immigration.
Primary Sources:
- Libraries of Congress archives (you can watch the whole collection, or the selected videos below will take about 15-20 minutes)
- Cattle driven to slaughter: https://www.loc.gov/item/00694171/
- Mining Operations, PA coal field https://www.loc.gov/item/00563601/
- New York City “Ghetto” Fish Market https://www.loc.gov/item/00694374/
- Assembling a Generator https://www.loc.gov/item/96521997/
- Girls Winding Armatures https://www.loc.gov/item/96522180/
- Sorting refuse at an incinerator plant https://www.loc.gov/item/00694386/
- Cutting sugarcane https://www.loc.gov/item/00563593/
- Charleston chain gang https://www.loc.gov/item/00564531/
Videos on Gilded Age/ American Immigration:
- You watched “The Gilded Age” the first day of class, but it is here to review if you need it:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpYzFtxfjU (the best two hour documentary: the gilded age; covers so much of the big ideas of the jungle): 2 hours
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRhjqqe750A (crash course history: american immigration 1880s-1920): 13 minutes
Essays about Immigration:
- https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/immigration-and-migration (overview of immigration) short read
- https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/ (how immigration laws have changed throughout history) short read
- https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/exhibits/show/mexican-immigration/item/2591 (1900s attitudes toward Mexican migration) short read
Articles:
- An overview of the Gilded Age
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/gilded-age long read
- https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/did-my-family-really-come-legally-todays-immigration-laws-created-a-new-reality (thoughts on what legal vs. illegal immigration means) short read
Ellis Island Website:
- https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/ (peruse this and take as long as you like)
Wealth of Robber Barons:
Modern American Immigration (videos, article, book summary, website):
- Ideas behind Borders (lines on a map): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G2lEMberCw (overview of the Borders series/ idea behind Borders): 2 minutes
- https://www.vox.com/a/borders/mexico-guatemala (Borders series that explores complex issues of illegal migration from the southern US border): 15 minutes
- https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-undocumented-immigrant.html (a modern undocumented immigration story) long read
- Summary of modern arguments for and against immigration: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xCFEta8s_6gXg1QHOF5q5kd6vnsEGENywYtHJT43zI0/edit
- https://theimmigrantstory.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAw6yuBhDrARIsACf94RXtkG119E3765swoD9PoT3sYgQu7MVi_99CuefH31NX1FX6Xmr_9IUaAoTjEALw_wcB (peruse this and take as long as you like)
All of this is also found in our google doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V8fi9FIX2wlfc1yl4iylpsq29wPnk3aRJV9LegM4Z7o/edit
Kristin Savage
Week 15 – 2-8-24
HOMEWORK -due Feb. 15th
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Required Reading Book
Continue reading our first book for the semester, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The book needs to be finished by February 22nd. That means you should read about 85 pages a week. If you choose to do the alternate assignment that will be emailed out this week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- An Age of Extremes:
- Teedie
- From Dude to Cowboy
- The Spanish-American War
- Teddy Bear President
- An Age of Extremes:
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Presentations
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. A few more people need to sign up HERE. Remember you can’t do the same topic as someone else so make sure you look through the other topics before you put yours down.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 14 – 2-1-24
HOMEWORK -due Feb. 8th
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Family History Homework
Fill out your fan chart for your family tree challenge.
Fill out the quick review questions from game in class.
Go HERE and explore the tenement museum building virtual tour.
Required Reading Book
Continue reading our first book for the semester, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The book needs to be finished by February 22nd. That means you should read about 85 pages a week. If you choose to do the alternate assignment that will be emailed out this week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- An Age of Extremes:
- Henry Ford
- The Birdmen
- Reconstruction and Reform:
- The Wizard of Electricity
- An Age of Extremes:
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Presentations
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Sign up for your presentation HERE. Remember you can’t do the same topic as someone else so sign up quickly and make sure you look through the other topics before you put yours down.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 13 – 1-25-24
HOMEWORK -due Feb. 1st
Presentations
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Sign up for your presentation HERE. Remember you can’t do the same topic as someone else so sign up quickly and make sure you look through the other topics before you put yours down.
Required Reading Book
Get started reading our first book for the semester, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The book needs to be finished by February 22nd. That means you should read about 85 pages a week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- Reconstruction and Reform:
- Immigrants Speak
- More About Immigrants
- Mary in the Promised Land
- Reconstruction and Reform:
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.
Kristin Savage
Week 12 – 1-18-24
HOMEWORK -due Jan. 25th
Presentations
Get started early on your family history presentation. We handed out the guidelines for the presentation on the last day of class before break, but HERE is a link to google doc version. As soon as you can sign up for the ancestor, historical topic reflected in their life, and date for the presentation. Sign up HERE. Remember you can’t do the same topic as someone else so sign up quickly and make sure you look through the other topics before you put yours down. Sign up this week!!
Required Reading Book
Get started reading our first book for the semester, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The book needs to be finished by February 22nd. That means you should read about 85 pages a week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- Liberty For All?:
- Life in the Mills
- Working Women and Children
- Do Girls Have Brains?
- Seneca Falls
- Liberty For All?:
BONUS video
Here is a short video if you would like a little more clarification about the Gilded Age that we talked about in class.
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. This is due at the end of the semester so you have some time to work on it. But don’t leave it until the last minute. If you decide you want to change your bonus level or you decide you want to do one just let me know. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class.
Kristin Savage
Winterim
What to do?
Here are some things you can do over Winterim
- Get started early on the first book we will be reading next semester, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- Get started early on next semester’s family history presentation. We handed out the guidelines for the presentation on the last day of class before break, but HERE is a link to google doc version.
- Sign up early for the ancestor, historical topic reflected in their life, and date for the presentation. Sign up HERE.
- If you didn’t finish your supplemental reading/watching from the first semester keep working on that. HERE is the supplemental reading list. (You should have read/watched two for the first semester.) You will also need to read one book for the second semester and you can get started early on that.
- Work on your bonus level that you decided on. A reminder of the prizes and requirements are in THIS document.
- FINISH any other books or papers you didn’t finish during the first semester. You should have read two books over the first semester and written two papers for those books. PLEASE write them during the break if you haven’t already.
Have a great break!! We can’t wait to see you again in January.
Kristin Savage
Week 10 – 11-9-23
HOMEWORK -due Nov. 16th
Presentations
Simon Buck and Shawn Walker will be giving presentations next week.
Response Paper
Here is our handout detailing your response paper due next week. Print it out and fill in the checklist. This is instead of a check-in sheet this week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. This is due at the end of NEXT semester so you have some time to work on it. But don’t leave it until the last minute.
Kristin Savage
Week 9 – 11-2-23
HOMEWORK -due Nov. 9th
Movie Night!
Don’t forget class movie night at the Savage Residence (1266 East 1440 South Spanish Fork) November 3rd at 7:00-9:30!! We will start the movie at 7:15 so make sure you get here by then to vote for which of the two movies you want to watch.
Presentations
Go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Remember they need to be 15 minutes long. Please give your presentation to a family member or friend before giving it to the class.
Liberty Brems, Lukas Andreason, and Daniel Silva will be giving presentations next week.
Reading and Discussion Questions
FINISH READING
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
OR
Print out THIS sheet for Uncle Tom’s Cabin or THIS sheet for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Write down either on the paper or in your notebook some of your thoughts to answer the questions so you can more fully participate in our book discussion.
Coversheet
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. This is due at the end of NEXT semester so you have some time to work on it. But don’t leave it until the last minute.
Kristin Savage
Week 8 – 10-26-23
Movie Night
We will be having an optional class movie night on November 3rd at 7pm at the Savage residence. (1266 East 1440 South Spanish Fork) We hope to see you there! It will be a fun time to connect as a class with lots of snacks! We will vote on which movie to watch on Thursday in class.
HOMEWORK -due Nov. 2nd
Presentations
Go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Remember they need to be 15 minutes long. Please give your presentation to a family member or friend before giving it to the class.
Liberty Brems, Cameron Barney, and Esther Hunsaker will be giving presentations next week.
Required Reading Book
We recommend reading each week:
-50 pages of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
OR
-110 pages of Uncle Tom’s Cabin a week.
The book needs to be finished by NOVEMBER 9th!
Make sure to pick two other books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- Reconstruction and Reform:
- Are we equal? Are we kidding?
- Reconstruction Means Rebuilding
- Presidential Reconstruction
- Congressional Reconstruction
- Reconstruction and Reform:
Video
Coversheet
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. This is due at the end of NEXT semester so you have some time to work on it. But don’t leave it until the last minute.
Kristin Savage
Week 7 – 10-19-23
HOMEWORK -due Oct. 26th
Presentations
Go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Remember they need to be 15 minutes long. Please give your presentation to a family member or friend before giving it to the class.
Shandiin Yesslith, Sonora Lewis, and Addie McVey will be giving presentations next week!
Required Reading Book
We recommend reading each week:
-50 pages of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
OR
-110 pages of Uncle Tom’s Cabin a week.
The book needs to be finished by NOVEMBER 9th!
Make sure to pick two other books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- The New Nation
- A Time to Weep
- The Second Seminole War
- Reconstructing America
- The Trail Ends on a Reservation
- The People of the Pierced Noses
- The New Nation
Supplemental article
This article has some additional interesting information about the Trail of Tears.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
Coversheet
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Kristin Savage
Week 6 – 10-12-23
HOMEWORK -due Oct. 19th
Presentations
It is helpful to work on your presentation a little each week. Make sure to go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Remember they need to be at least 15 minutes long. Give your presentation to a family member before giving it to the class.
Abby Mock and Owen Hodges will be giving presentations next week!
Required Reading Book
We recommend reading each week:
-50 pages of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
OR
-110 pages of Uncle Tom’s Cabin a week.
The book needs to be finished by NOVEMBER 9th!
Make sure to pick two other books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- War, Terrible War chapters:
- Americans Fighting Americans
- The War Begins
- Lincoln’s Problem
- President Davis’s Problem
- War, Terrible War chapters:
Videos
Watch these videos to prepare for class next week:
Coversheet
Go to this link and print out and fill out your new check in sheet for the week.
Kristin Savage
Week 5 – 10-5-23
HOMEWORK -due Oct. 12th
If you didn’t get your timeline figures in don’t forget to put them in your timeline!
Goal sheet
If you haven’t filled out and turned in your goal sheet PLEASE fill it out and bring it to class next week. This lets us know which books everyone picked to read and also if you want to participate in the bonus level. To view the awards for the different goal options go to THIS link.
Presentations
It is helpful to work on your presentation a little each week. Make sure to go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Remember they need to be at least 15 minutes long. Give your presentation to a family member before giving it to the class.
Addie McVey will be giving her presentations next week!
Writing Assignment
Write a 1-3 page paper responding the question on the handout about the book you read. Make sure you put your name, the date, and a title on the paper. Use the writing rubric found in your binder if you need help with formatting. Also, make sure you have a parent proofread your paper before you print it out to turn in.
Required Reading Book
Our next book selections are Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Pick the one you want to read and make sure you have it by next week. If you want to get a head start on reading it feel free to start!
Make sure to pick two other books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of US:
- The New Nation chapters
- The Great Debate
- Liberty For All
- The New Nation chapters
Videos
Watch these videos to prepare for class next week
Coversheet
Go to this link and print out and fill out your new check in sheet for the week.
Kristin Savage
Week 4 – 9-28-23
HOMEWORK -due Oct. 5th
Goal sheet
If you haven’t filled out and turned in your goal sheet PLEASE fill it out and bring it to class next week. This lets us know which books everyone picked to read and also if you want to participate in the bonus level. To view the awards for the different goal options go to THIS link.
Presentations
It is helpful to work on your presentation a little each week. Make sure to go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Remember they need to be at least 15 minutes long. Give your presentation to a family member before giving it to the class.
Adysen Alexander, Esther Levie and Ivan Swan will be giving our presentations next week!
Required Reading Book
Finish reading I Am a Man or Sacagawea by next week! Come to class prepared to discuss and analyze the book.
Make sure to pick two more books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester. Next week is about halfway through the semester so it would be helpful to have one of the supplemental reading books/documentaries watched/read.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of US:
- Liberty For All chapters
- Amistad Means Friendship
- Webster Defends the Union
- Big Problems and a Little Giant
- A Dreadful Decision
- Liberty For All chapters
- Review this article and the videos in the article:
- 9 events that led to the start of the Civil War (It has similar information to the readings for the week so you can just quickly review it and watch the videos if you are familiar with the ideas.)
- https://www.history.com/news/civil-war-causes-issues
- Questions to Ponder:
- What are some of the major events that were catalysts to the Civil War?
- Who are some of the famous people on both sides of the slavery debate and what are the major points they used to defend their side?
Coversheet
Go to this link and print out and fill out your new check in sheet for the week.
Kristin Savage
Week 3 – 9-21-23
HOMEWORK -due Sept. 28th
Goal sheet
If you haven’t filled out and turned in your goal sheet PLEASE fill it out and bring it to class next week. This lets us know which books everyone picked to read and also if you want to participate in the bonus level. To view the awards for the different goal options go to THIS link.
Presentations
Make sure to go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on. Start working on your presentations. Remember they need to be at least 15 minutes long.
Andrew Bruening and Zoe Stanfill will be our first presentations this coming week.
Required Reading Book
Books need to be finished by October 5th.
We recommend reading each week:
– 60 pages a week in I Am a Man
OR
-50 pages a week in Sacagawea
Make sure to pick two more books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of US:
- The New Nation
- History’s Paradox
- War, Terrible War
- A Divided Nation
- Liberty For All chapter
- Coast-to-Coast Destiny
- The New Nation
- Watch the following video clips:
- Manifest Destiny
- Abolition/ History of Slavery:
- Read the below article and watch the three videos about slavery and abolition in it:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/abolitionist-movement
- Questions to Ponder:
- Each of these reading and videos wrestles with events and big ideas that shaped our country. Some of these ideas include:
- Manifest Destiny
- Abolition
- Might makes Right
- Each of these reading and videos wrestles with events and big ideas that shaped our country. Some of these ideas include:
Coversheet
Don’t forget to fill out your coversheet.
Kristin Savage
Week 2 – September 14, 2023
HOMEWORK -due Sept. 21st
Goal sheet
If you haven’t filled out and turned in your goal sheet PLEASE fill it out and bring it to class next week. This lets us know which books everyone picked to read and also if you want to participate in the bonus level. To view the awards for the different goal options go to THIS link.
Presentations
If you have not signed up for a presentation go to this link and you can sign up. If you have signed up still go to this link and see what date you are going to be giving your presentation on.
Required Reading Book
Books need to be finished by October 5th.
We recommend reading each week:
– 60 pages a week in I Am a Man
OR
-50 pages a week in Sacagawea
Make sure to pick two more books/documentaries from the 1st semester of our SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST to watch/read over the semester.
Writing Assignment
Type a short 2-3 paragraph response essay sharing what you would want to bring on your trip west if you were a pioneer. More details about this writing assignment in THIS google doc. (Don’t forget to put your name and the date at the top of your paper.)
Weekly Reading
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the notebook we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of US:
- Liberty For All chapter:
- Pioneers: Taking the Trail West
- Latter Day Saints
- Liberty For All chapter:
- Watch the following video clips:
- Pioneers of the Plains:
- The Mormon Trail:
- Settling Utah:
Cover Sheet
Don’t forget to fill out your coversheet.
Kristin Savage
Week 1 – September 7, 2023
A quick note about homework.
Each week we will be giving out reading assignments and other things (like videos) or short activities that pertain to the next week’s class. Your notebooks are where you will write summaries of what you are learning from your homework assignments. These assignments will help you prepare and help us have a great time learning history together in class.
In addition to our weekly assignments, are the semester-long reading assignments, movies, papers, and presentations that you already have instructions about in your student binders. These are self paced. We will have deadlines and reminders of how much you should have read/ done along the way to meet those deadlines- but at the end of the day- you are responsible for when these get done. If you want to read your books all in the first month you can! If you want to read them more gradually- you can as well. The same thing applies to the reading list (where you pick 2 extra books or movies per semester), the papers you are writing, or the presentation you are doing.
And FINALLY homework for this week:
- Please read and review all the documents in your student binder and show it to your parents. If you haven’t put your papers in a binder yet- please do that. We need to see your neat and organized binders in class next week.
- Please research what topic you want to do for your presentation and come ready to sign up with a topic in class on Thursday. The presentation project guidelines are in your binder. You may also want to have a backup topic ready to go as we will only be allowing one presentation per subject and it will be first come first serve. If someone signs up for your topic ahead of time it would be good to have a second option ready to go.
- Below is a google document that has all the information about the books you will be reading from both our weekly History of US books, and the books you will be writing papers on.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c7TRVDEWnSWhI44BmnxykAQuuat9Zj0NvcKBkCkR1Oc/edit
Our first book deadline is October 5th. We will be having a class discussion on that day and the following week October 12th your response paper will be due (we will have a handout on response papers in the next two weeks).
If you haven’t picked the book you are going to read for our first book, please do so.
For our westward expansion unit:
“I Am a Man”: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice By: Joe Starita
Or
In order to meet that deadline in a sustainable way, we recommend that you read at least
– 60 pages a week in I Am a Man
OR
-50 pgs a week in Sacagawea
Here is our supplemental reading list. Pick 2 books/documentaries that interest you to complete over the semester. (IF you have an idea of a book or movie you would like that is not on the list let us know and we can approve it for you.)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Jk-sYCh1HJUu2nzFtiW2OzdEBAH_6B3ZNV3WIUZFK44/edit?usp=sharing
Weekly Assignment
- Weekly Reading in History of US:
- The New Nation chapter:
- Yankee Ingenuity: Cotton and Muskets
- Liberty For All chapter:
- Clipper Ships and Pony Express
- The New Nation chapter:
- Watch the following video clips:
- Cotton Gin:
- Industrial Revolution:
- Market Revolution:
- Morse Code
- Summarize what you have learned from watching the videos and from your readings in a way that you would be prepared to reteach it to our class during a class discussion. Refer to the paper “how to write your weekly summaries” in your binder for reference.
- Ponder and come prepared to discuss the following questions:
- Who was Sam Salter and what was his contribution to the industrial revolution?
- How did early favorites power their machines?
- Why was the cotton gin so revolutionary? What impact did it have on the politics of the nation and the growing rift between the North and the South?
- What was Eli Whitney’s contribution to gun technology?
- What were the advantages to the new industrial system? What were the disadvantages?
- How did the industrial revolution lead to a market revolution?
- What impact have the industrial revolution and the market revolution had on Americans even today?
- What was the significance of the Pony Express in settling the West?
- What impact did Samuel Morses’ invention have on our world?
- What role does technology play in the growth of a nation?
If you have any concerns or would like to let us know anything specific that might help you feel free to reach out at any time.
Kristin Savage
Welcome to Expanding Horizons
Hello Expanding Horizons students
We so excited for our first day of class this Thursday, September 7th. In preparation for a great first day of class please encourage your student to complete the following:
Read in History of Us Books the following three sections:
The New Nation:
-Meriwether and William- or Lewis and Clark
Liberty For All?:
-The Long Way West
-Riding the Trail to Santa Fe
For Extra Credit they can:
Watch Biography’s Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the New Frontier on Amazon Prime or for free on Youtube (with ads):
OR
Watch Ken Burns’ Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery if you have PBS passport or on Amazon:
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/lewis-clark/
Ponder these Questions and Come Prepared to Discuss:
- Why did President Thomas Jefferson send Lewis and Clark West? What was he hoping they would discover? How did he hope it would help the new American nation?
- What skills were needed for the journey? How did their relationships with Native American tribes help Lewis and Clark?
- What were some important discoveries Lewis and Clark made? What impact did their successful expedition have on the trajectory of our country?
- What beliefs kept Americans from settling the Great Plains for so long?
- What event led to the creation of the Santa Fe trail? Why was Santa Fe so desirable to merchants? What were dog trains? What problem did they present to traders?
In addition, your student can start reading (if they haven’t yet) the book they have chosen for our westward expansion unit:
“I Am a Man”: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice By: Joe Starita
Or
Sacajawea By: Joseph Bruchac
We are so excited to learn together!