Today is

Today, we are going to expand and synthesize our understandings about the industrialists and big business.

1. INCOME INEQUALITY

$1 Menu $13.8Million Menu for McD’s CEO (vs. $8.94/hr wage for workers)

2. Finish “MWBA”

3. The Americans, Ch. 6, Section 3, p. 241

WOOHOO WEDNESDAY, 12/18

Today, we are going to skip the lecture (Sorry!) and instead, continue to see the how the railroad business and its labor got stuck between a Rockefeller and a hard place!

Announcements

nUnit 2 Test Make-Up AFTERSCHOOL TODAY

nFriday Fun-Day sign-up/reminders

nRACE Exhibit EXTRA CREDIT

1. Discuss “Robber Barons and Rebels”

2. Finish “MWBA”

HANG IN THERE!

Housekeeping

1.Unit 3: Industrialization Test (After Break)

2.Extra Credit: RACE exhibit @ Seattle Ctr.

3.Turn in Drafts/Packet & DBQ Feedback (notebook)

4.Friday Fun-day: Who’s Bringing What?

2.History is a Weapon

nAnother Perspective on the Industrialists

nHoward Zinn, A People’s History of the U.S.

n AN SELECTION FROM “Robber Barons and Rebels” (CLICK HERE)

nHW: Finish reading, Answer Prompts

In your reading, annotate for the following:

1.Note at least 10 advances in technology/industry

2.Where did urbanization occur?

3.How was the government involved? Explain and discuss:

1.bribes, tariffs, subsidies

2.Sherman Anti-Trust Act

3.Supreme Court

4.What happened to immigrant labor?

5.Briefly describe JPM, JDR, AC and their resumes

3.Continue “Men Who Built America”

Happy Aloha Falcon Friday!

nHW: Study for Unit 2 Test Re-Take

nAfterschool Wed., 12/18

nHW: Submit DBQ essay (3rd/2nd draft) to turnitin.com

nDue MIDNIGHT before class (Don't stay up 'til then!)

nUse rubric, editing/OWL guides

nThe Men Who Built America: Part 1 (Click Here for Handout)

Guess what day it is?

Today, we are continuing to develop our skills as good writers by helping each other and ourselves revise our work.

PERIOD 1:

1. 2nd Draft Proofread/Revise (CLICK HERE for Purdue's OWL guide sheet or visit https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/)

2. 2nd Draft Partner-Edit (Use Peer EditingGuide)/Revise

3. 2nd Draft Self-Check (Use rubric)

HW: 3rd draft to turnitin.com by SUNDAY NIGHT, 12/15

PERIOD 2:

1.1st Draft Write or 1st Draft Proofread/Revise (CLICK HERE for Purdue's OWL guide sheet )

HW: Finish (Type) 1st Draft

HW: 3rd draft to turnitin.com by MONDAY NIGHT, 12/16

2nd Period

Today, we are developing our skills as good writers by self-assessing our skills and grouping ourselves into Guided Groups to work together to write our DBQ essays.

1. Current Events #YOU

2. Quick Review

1. The Essay: Thesis, Claims, & Evidence

3. Guided Groups

1. Self-Assess: Groups #1, 2, 3, 4

1. Pass out Rubric/Hints & Tips

2. WRITE!

2. HW: Type 2nd draft (Due Thurs.)

Happy Monday!

Today, we are developing our skills as good writers by self-assessing our skills and grouping ourselves into Guided Groups to work together to peer-edit our DBQ essays.

1. Current Events "#YOU"

2. Quick Review:

1. The Essay: Thesis, Claims, & Evidence (CLICK HERE FOR PPT)

3. Guided Groups

1. Self-Assess: Groups #1, 2, 3, 4

2. Peer-Review/Editing

3. HW: Type 2nd draft (Due Wed.)

      4. 12/7/1941: “A date which will live in infamy”