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Welcome to U.S. History

Welcome to U.S. History. European Colonies American Revolution America’s Government Westward Expansion Civil War & Reconstruction Industrial & Progressive Age Great Depression WWI & WWII Cold War Civil Rights America Today. About Mr. Gould. Masters from the University of MN (1998)

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Welcome to U.S. History

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  1. Welcome to U.S. History • European Colonies • American Revolution • America’s Government • Westward Expansion • Civil War & Reconstruction • Industrial & Progressive Age • Great Depression • WWI & WWII • Cold War • Civil Rights • America Today

  2. About Mr. Gould • Masters from the University of MN (1998) • Live in St. Paul • Two Daughters • 10 and 13 years old • Enjoy outdoor activities, travel and music • Sailing, camping, fly-fishing, snowsports

  3. Weekly Schedule

  4. Materials Needed • Your agenda • A 3 ring binder • Tabbed section dividers • Notes • Vocab • Journals • News • Extra credit stamp sheet • Pen or pencil

  5. Hall Pass • You need your agenda to leave class, no excuses • If you do not have your agenda, you cannot leave class • Fill out your agenda passes to leave class to go to the bathroom or to your locker • I will sign your agenda

  6. You are here to learn • Take your education seriously • This class is to get you ready to be an educated citizen • to make America a better place when you are voting • Your life is simple now • do your job

  7. Expectations • Come to class prepared and on time • Pencil; paper; binder • Don’t touch my desk, drawers or podium • I have no materials to share • Tape, stapler and 3 hole punch are on the table • Do not talk while others are talking • Respect each other • Don’t interrupt each other • Raise your hand with questions • Meet with me concerning your absences and late work • Use my classroom web page

  8. Consequences • Work is late if it is in your locker • Late work is worth half of the original points • I will remove kids from class who are not contributing • I will call parents • I will give detentions

  9. Extra Credit • During class discussions you can contribute and receive a stamp • Keep these stamps on a sheet of paper in your binder • The stamps are added up at the end of the quarter • One point per stamp • If you have all your normal work handed in, I will add your extra credit to your grade • The grade can only increase by 5%

  10. Thursday’s Document Day Reading and writing; where you are the expert

  11. Document Day • Read the document that I have selected

  12. Fact, Opinions and Advice • On a sheet of paper list 10 facts concerning the material you just read • Rank the facts from most important to least • Next list 10 opinions that were in the reading • Put an a or d if you agree or disagree with the opinion • We study history to make the future better • Write an essay with complete sentences giving your opinion or advice to a person or item from the reading, concerning this topic

  13. Paragraph Suggestions • Don’t use pronouns use proper nouns. (Do not use she, if, he, they, them etc.) • Don’t write “This is what I think… or I would say… or I would do.”( be direct) • Pick one main idea and then explain and support it. • Don’t give your reasons in your very first sentence. Avoid this “Pocahontas should have ran because the English had disease and the English were greedy and starving. Instead “Pocahontas should have ran from the English for many reasons… then explain.”

  14. Note taking Tips • Use headings • Make the headings obvious (underline, CAPS, Bold, highlighter or cursive • Use abbreviations & symbols • Your not going to have enough time to write down all of the material, your just not – so don’t try • Be sure to write down items that the teacher repeats

  15. There are 8 Social Sciences • History • Political Science • Anthropology • Sociology • Economics • Psychology • Geography • Theology

  16. Political Science • Studies how decisions are made for a group of people • Governments • 9th grade

  17. Anthropology • Studies cultures over time • Includes Archaeology (Indiana Jones) and the study of artifacts

  18. Sociology • How people are organized and act as a group • 12th grade

  19. Economics • Studies the production and distribution of goods • 10th grade

  20. Psychology • Studies how people behave and why • 12th grade

  21. Geography • Studies the distribution of earthbound phenomenon • 8th grade, 10th grade

  22. Theology • Studies the religions of a group of people • college

  23. History • Studies events from the past • Facts • Columbus sailed from Spain to the Caribbean in 1492 • Opinions • Columbus was cruel to the Indians • Advice for the future • Take time to learn from and respect other cultures

  24. Can History Change? Villain? Hero?

  25. Can History Change? • Explorers’ reputations are notoriously volatile things. Consider Robert Falcon Scott, the British naval officer who lost the race to the South Pole in 1911 and froze to death on the way home.

  26. LOSER! • Norwegian Roald Amundsen beats Scott to the pole on December 14, 1911. • Scott makes it there a MONTH later!

  27. HERO! • After a grueling march back, Scott dies in his tent...only 11 miles from a depot equipped with food and oil. • Hailed as a symbol of British courage.

  28. Failure! • In Scott and Amundsen, a 1979 study, a British historian uncovers Scott’s ineptitude with animals and cold. • Scott’s reputation heads due south.

  29. VICTIM! • In a new history of Scott’s expedition, Dr. Susan Solomon tries to redeem his rep, blaming his misfortune on an unusually harsh Antarctic autumn.

  30. Uh-oh! • A new play about Scott called Antarctica came out in London last year. • The play is about 6 men who split off from Scott’s party and made it home without him.

  31. PROP: A tool for Historians • Life is full of information and data • Can the data and info be trusted? • Which information is the best? • How do we know what to trust? • PROP can help!

  32. (P) Primary or Secondary • Primary is a first-hand account • A real witness • Someone who was there • Secondary is a second-hand account • A person who interviewed a real witness • A person who studied the topic and then they had a later opinion about what happened • Where did the secondary source come from

  33. (R) Reason to Lie? • Does the source of the information have a reason to lie?

  34. (O) Other Evidence? • Does the source give other sources of evidence in varying forms?

  35. (P) Public or Private • Was the source of the information public or private? • A public report allows the audience to object or add additional facts

  36. Exploration of the Americas New Spain New France New Netherlands

  37. Exploration Summary • 15th Century • Find a trade route to Asia and the Indies • 16th Century • A race to claim the land in the Americas • Wars of conquest against the American Indians • Smallpox disease kills 70% of the Indians • 17th Century • Colonization of the Americas begins • 18th Century • Colonization continues • Europe fights each other for control of colonies

  38. Nations Compared

  39. Columbian Exchange • Diseases and technologies also spread • 70% of the American Indians died of diseases

  40. New Spain • Conquistadors • Serve God & the King • Get rich • Hernandes Cortes • Conquer Aztecs in Mexico • Francisco Pizarro • Controlled Incan empire after killing emperor

  41. How did the Spanish Win? • Superior military equipment • Steel armor and guns • Aztecs and Incas relied never have seen horses • Thought Spanish might be Gods • European diseases

  42. “Laws of the Indies” • How the colonies should be organized… • 3 settlements • Pueblos • Presidios • Missions • 4 Social Classes • Peninsulares • Creoles • Mestizos • Indians

  43. New France • Port Royal (1605) 1st French Settlement • Little gold and silver unlike New Spain • Profited from… • Fishing, trapping, and trading

  44. French King controlled New France • Grew slowly so King sent 1,000 farmers to colony • Coureurs de bois- free from government control • Lived in the woods

  45. France and Native Americans • Did not attempt to conquer the Indians • Indians taught the French trapping and survival skills (snowshoes and canoes) • French missionaries taught Native Americans about Christianity

  46. New Netherlands • Hoped to profit from their discoveries in the Americas • Bought Manhattan from the Indians • Built trading posts along the Hudson River • Enlarged their colony by taking over New Sweden

  47. “On the island of Manhattan, and in its environs, there may be four or five hundred men of different sects and nations: the Director General told me that there were men of eighteen different languages; they are scattered here and there on the river, above and below, as the beauty and convenience of the spot has invited each to settle.” • Father Isaac Jogues, “Narratives of New Netherland,” 1609-1664

  48. Dutch and Native Americans • Befriended the Iroquois people • Helped fight against French and Hurons • Tried to convert Native Americans into Christians • Traded knives, copper kettles, muskets and gun powder for hunting and warfare • Introduced alcohol which had a harsh life on Native Americans lives

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