Blog Archives - Ms. Bohlin's Turf

Daily Agenda ~ 1/29

1/29/2016

APUSH >>>
On the paper provided, your group is to discuss and share your knowledge of Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy." You must include any information you can recall about American Imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th century but also need to make connections with the origins of it during the early 1800's.

Summary Article

US Constitutional Amendments (1-18) Review
You will be reviewing the definition and aim of each of the first 18 US Constitutional Amendments.

More on the 11th-18th

Daily Agenda ~ 1/28

1/28/2016

APUSH >>> People, I'm out today at a training here on campus. You are to use class time today to complete the TED-ED linked below. The video is over an hour long BUT you must only watch the specific time-frames I have specified in the lesson. The first seven questions will be found in the time frame of 10:00-17:22 and the last four questions will be found at 1:09:15-1:20:50. This TED-ED is due TODAY!!!

ted-ed: panama canal

APHUG>>>
You are to use class time today to complete the TED-ED linked below. The video is over twenty minutes long BUT you must only watch the specific time-frames I have specified in the lesson.

TED-ED: Von thunen

Daily Agenda ~ 1/27

1/27/2016

APUSH >>>
Today, we will discuss early efforts made during the last stages of the Gilded Age & early stages of the Progressive Era to bring civil equality to the United States.

1) The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform
-Open up a Google Doc. -title the file Garfield's Reform & Sinclair's Jungle
- Title the first page The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform
-Define Spoils System and describe the origins of this term.
-Define Political Machines and describe the origins of this term.
-WATCH the VIDEO linked HERE. This video is super brief...you'll need to a bit more digging.
-Who was James A. Garfield and explain his efforts to end the Spoils System during his time in office?
-What was the Pendleton Act? What was it's aim?
-How does the "Model Office Seeker" political cartoon below relate to this topic?

We will2) Muckraking expos(e) of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
-In the same Google Doc. start a new page and title it Muckraking expos(e) of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
-Read this excerpt of the novel linked HERE.
-WATCH the VIDEO linked HERE.
-What were the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
-Upton Sinclair once famously said, “I aimed at the nation’s heart but by accident hit it in the stomach.” Explain what Sinclair meant.
-Define Socialism and describe the origins of this term. Why do you think that the message of socialism never truly caught on with the American people?

APHUG>>>
Today, your group will finish up your Levels of Economic Activity charts.
AND THEN...

Your group will then be doing a bit of research on Von Thunen's Land Use Model. You will:
A) Diagram the land use model - include at least 4 rings.
B) Summarize three main conclusions and at least two concessions or assumptions of the von Thünen model of agricultural land use.
C) Explain how the model is applied in different scenarios: ex.-Atlantic Seaboard of USA as urban center
D) Give an example and explain how the model works well today (Overlay model diagram over map of region). ***We will attempt a story map here using GIS so lets hold up with this step until further notice.***

Daily Agenda ~ 1/22

1/22/2016

APUSH >>> Today we will explore the Rise of the United States as a World Power & the Difference between Yellow Journalism and Muckrakers.

You will read each of the two excerpts from the New York Journal and the New York Times reporting on the sinking of the USS Maine.

USS MAINE: Two Versions

Upon finishing reading each of the excerpts, compare the evidence used by both papers to support their claims that the Maine was blown up by attack or by unknown causes.

1) What do each the headlines suggest about the newspaper’s point of view?
2) Which account is more believable? Why? Which uses stronger evidence? Use at least three specific examples/phrases/words from the articles to support your position.
3) Does this difference in accounts matter? Why or why not?
4) Define: Yellow Journalism and Muckraking. Determine which of the articles align with each term.

Daily Agenda ~ 1/21

1/21/2016

APUSH>>> Today we will analysis and compare the two different and equally significant American men, W.E.B. DuBois & Booker T. Washington. These two men came from very different backgrounds and ultimately had different approaches to combat Segregation and Civil Rights violations against black Americans.

You and a partner will do a One-Pager Poster depicting your understanding of these two mens' goals, backgrounds and achievements.

On your One-Pager, you must include:
A) Background Info. - birthplace, upbringing, education, coming-of-age occurrences, achievements, etc.
B) Their opposing viewpoints, method and ideology of what role blacks should play in society after Reconstruction (post-1877)
C) Consider using contextual events happening in and around the years after Reconstruction like: Plessy v. Ferguson, Lynching, Jim Crow Laws, "Redeemer" groups in the South, the Atlanta Compromise, the Great Migration, and the Niagara Movement.

DUE TOMORROW at the end of the period!

DuBois & Washington bio

DuBois & Washington's Position

Daily Agenda ~ 1/20

1/20/2016

APHUG>>>
After today's introduction to Agricultural Geography, your table group will create a Google Slides Presentation with a VISUAL for each of the following terms and a ANSWER CLUE for each term. I will be picking from each group terms to create a KAHOOTS and for each term your group's clue is used for, you will receive extra points!

1) Subsistence Farming
2) Hunter Gathers
3) Pastoralism
4) Commercial Farming
5) Mechanization
6) Fertile Crescent
7) Shifting Cultivation
8) Terracing
9) Plantation Farming

APUSH >>> Today, you will do two POLITICAL topics addressed during the transition from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era : The Rise and Fall of the Populist Party & The Spanish American War.

1) Rise and Fall of the Populist Party
Watch the short Video Below:

Answer the following questions in a Google Slides/Presentation entitled, The Rise and Fall of the Populist Party & The Spanish American War.

A.) Define Populism and explain what the POLITICAL agenda was for the Populist Party? Who were two important figures that rose as the party leaders?
B.) When was the party established and what did the Party what to achieve?
C) When did the party fade and eventually end and why?

2) The Spanish American War : On the same Google Slides/Presentation, create a chronological timeline of the events of this short but important war.

A.) Include the definitions of ISOLATIONISM, NATIONALISM, and IMPERIALISM
B.) What event(s) caused the United States to declare war with Spain? What was the USS Maine and what events occurred after it's demise?
C.) What objectives did the Unites States want to achieve in this war? What was the outcome of the war?

Daily Agenda ~ 1/19

1/19/2016

APHUG >>>
1) You need to use class today to complete the TED-ED linked HERE.

2) Also, you all have your ONE-Pager: Islam Intrafaith Boundaries, which was posted on Tuesday, 1/12 DUE TODAY. Be sure to complete the assignment and send your document to me at msbohlinsturf@gmail.com

APUSH >>>
1) Guys, you need to complete and share the Popplet Flow-Chart : Xenophobia in the Progressive Era ,which we started on Friday, with me by the end of today! Use class today to finish your flow-chart.

2) Upon finishing your flow charts, start your Ch. 17 Study Guide linked HERE. Your Quiz for this chapter is at the end of the week and will comprise of 12-15 MCQs and One Long Essay (LEQ)

Daily Agenda ~ 1/15

1/15/2016

APUSH >>> Addressing the issue of Xenophobia During the Progressive Era, we will begin discussing Hate Language, Nativism and other forms of Discrimination then and now!

You will create a Popplet Account and identify three events/policies leading up to or during the Progressive Era that typified the XENOPHOBIC ideology of the time. Be sure to include legitimate primary/secondary sources expounding up each event (i.e. -videos, political cartoons, letters, photos, articles, newspaper heading, etc...)
DUE/SHARED BY Tuesday, Jan. 19th by 11:59 pm

Xenophobia in the Progressive Era

Daily Agenda - 1/13

1/13/2016

APUSH >>>

APHUG >>> Today, we'll review a couple key concepts discussed yesterday and move on to a game I like to call Grudge Match!

Before, we do though I want to remind you all of your pending assignments and their deadlines.
1) TED-ED Posted on 1/08 - Already Late
2) Reading Guide for Ch. 7 - Optional - DUE Friday with Quiz
3) TED-ED Posted Yesterday (1/12) - Due by the end of Friday
4) Group Project - World Religion Dossier - Due Tomorrow
5) Islam Article/One Pager - Due by the end of Tuesday 1/19

Daily Agenda ~ 1/12

1/12/2016

APHUG>>>
Click here to start your TED-ED.

Click here to access article and here to access one-pager instructions.

>>> One Pager is to be SENT TO ME by Tuesday 1/19.

APUSH >>>
Today, you will research answer clues for terms, using a foldable to organize your clues, to produce a Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle. Completion of this crossword puzzle by Thursday will result in up to 20 points added to your Chapter 16 Reading Quiz.

1) You will construct your foldable.
2) Research the terms and write out answer clues on your foldable.
3) Include a summary across from the "Gilded Age" heading A) Time Period B) Three Characteristics of the Era
4) Go to THIS LINK and input terms and answer clues to create puzzle.
5) Once you create puzzle, you must send the puzzle and answer key to my gmail.

***To receive the points on your quiz this puzzle must be sent by the end of Thursday.***

Intrafaith Boundaries in Syria's Conflict