CE 1700, American Civilizations

Absent Log

Dates What we Did What you Need to Do Wednesda 1. Orange All About You Paper A. Get the orange “All About y, August 2. Georgia Tech Clip You” paper from Ms. Bass— 23 or 3. Ms. Bass artifacts complete—submit Thursday, 4. String introductions B. See Ms. Bass about August 24 5. Mine Field Exercise and discussion on how introducing yourself to the it relates to class class 6. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave clip and C. Watch this clip: connections to learning https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=69F7GhASOdM and write what you think the allegory means and how it relates to learning. D. Get an orange course disclosure from Ms. Bass— read it, and write three questions that you have about the class (bring this with you on Friday or Monday). Friday, 1. Gold “The year that you were born” in A. Get the Gold “The year that you August 25 US History handout were born” in US History handout or 2. Bass presents her year of birth in US from Ms. Bass and complete Monday. History B. Get the Blue “Find Someone Who” August 28 3. Musical Ball discussion paper from Ms. Bass and 4. Ask questions about the course complete 5. Review the registration process C. Ask Ms. Bass any questions that 6. Blue “Find Someone Who” paper you have about the class 7. Human Timeline of events in US D. Get registered for the class—the History CRN #: 25249

Tuesday, 1. Post its with what you like and dislike 1. Make a want ad for an August 29 about studying history historian with 5 skills the or 2. Clip on reasons to study history: person would need and 3 job Wednesda https://www.youtube.com/watch? requirements (turn it in) y, August v=gQ3pagHPrMY 2. Watch the clip next to #2 in 30 3. Want Ad for an historian the middle column 4. Korean War: 4 corners and textbook A 3. Get the Korean War textbook + B exercise with pink chart (portfolio exercise from Ms. Bass item) 4. Watch this clip and write your 5. Is it unpatriotic to study the negative reactions. things in the past of one’s country? 5. Collect your moo-lah if you 6. Trump clip on misprepresenting registered for the class. history: 6. Study the 50 states and their https://www.youtube.com/watch? locations on a map (there will v=dg4PJEpUsPo be a quiz on this next time) 7. Moo-lah for those who registered 8. Review the five class policies: role plays Thursday, 1. “It's the historian's job not to ridicule 1. Get the purple “Whitewashing” August 31 the myths, but to show the difference article from Ms. Bass + an index or Friday, between myth and reality.” card; read the article and write September Please tell your neighbor whether you your reactions on the index card + 1 agree with this quote and why. turn in 2. Watch this clip about myths in US History: 2. Watch both clips in the middle https://www.youtube.com/watch? column-write what you learn and v=mXLKjj3SYgY&t=43s turn in 3. Ms. Bass shares a few myths and images 3. Make up the map COL by Friday, that we perpetuate September 8. 4. Purple “Whitewashing” article and index 9. Get the Gold extra credit trivia response paper from Ms. Bass 5. What is the social price we pay for having a false sense of our history? 6. Map COL on the 50 states 7. Gold extra credit trivia paper 8. Watch this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Oo9cNBd_MCQ Thursday, 1. “It's the historian's job not to A. Get the purple “Whitewashing” August 31 ridicule the myths, but to show the article from Ms. Bass + an index or Friday, difference between myth and card; read the article and write September reality.” your reactions on the index card + 1 Please tell your neighbor whether you turn in agree with this quote and why. B. Watch both clips in the middle 2. Watch this clip about myths in US column-write what you learn and History: turn in https://www.youtube.com/watch? C. Make up the map COL by Friday, v=mXLKjj3SYgY&t=43s September 8. 3. Ms. Bass shares a few myths and D. Get the Gold extra credit trivia images that we perpetuate paper from Ms. Bass 4. Purple “Whitewashing” article and index response 5. What is the social price we pay for having a false sense of our history? 6. Map COL on the 50 states 7. Gold extra credit trivia paper 8. Watch this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Oo9cNBd_MCQ Tuesday, 1. White Boards—write your list of A. Turn in your highlighted, September heroes commented on, and “sparked” 5 or 2. Do we need heroes in history? Line up Heroification article Wednesda and chat B. You need to interview five y, 3. Zinn clip: people from class to see what September https://www.youtube.com/watch? they learned from the article 6 v=AuLLUFXQKEY discussion and write their 4. Literature Circles on the names + what they learned “Heroification” article and turn it in 5. Current Events presentation by Ms. C. Watch the clip from the Bass + sign up for your own middle column and write what you learned D. Get the yellow current event requirement paper from Ms. Bass, the notes that you missed from Bass’s presentation, and sign up for a current event presentation. Thursday, 1. At the bottom of the current event notes A. Do what #1 in the middle September that you took on Bass’s presentation on column asks 7 or Friday, Transgender and the military, please B. Get the yellow and green September answer these questions: What do you evaluating a news source 8 think “fake news” is? How do you know exercise from Ms. Bass, whether a news source is believable? complete, and turn in 2. Green and yellow current event source C. Get the green homework evaluation activity assignment on looking at 3. Current Event presentations three sources on immigration 4. Review race to the answer on the Civil from Ms. Bass—due next War time. 5. Background yellow reading on the D. Get the current event notes Confederate Statue controversy that you missed from classmates’ presentations E. Watch this video and write what you learn + turn in: https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=44wJ1gnBK0c Monday, 1. Guest speakers on the Cheyenne A. You need to interview ten people September Indians from class and write what they 11 or 2. Green “Native American Today” paper learned from the presentation Tuesday, today, or you can make a power September point on the history, culture, and 12 current conditions of the Cheyenne Indians. B. Get a green “Native American Today” paper from Ms. Bass and answer the questions to the best of your ability. C. Turn in your green current event chart (analyzing three sources) D. Get a pink “Red Eyes” packet from Ms. Bass and see the calendar on the class website for what to do with it for next class. Wednesda 1. Log #1 Stereotypes of Native Americans A. Make up the log (middle column) y, 2. Clip on Stereotypes of Native B. Watch the clip in the middle September Americanshttps://www.youtube.com/wat column and write what you learn 13 or ch?v=_hJFi7SRH7Q C. Get the current event notes that Thursday, 3. Blue paper on discussion from the “Red you missed from a classmate September Eyes” reading D. Get the Blue paper on discussion 14 4. Purple Indigenous Peoples from the “Red Eyes” reading from Bass and ask her what you need to do E. Get a Purple Indigenous Peoples paper from Bass and ask her what you need to do Friday, See Ms. Bass See Ms. Bass September , 15 through Friday, September 22 Monday, 1. Orange Immigration in the US paper A. Interview 10 people from class September and three conclusions that can be to see what they learned from 25, and drawn (portfolio item) the guest speaker and write Tuesday 2. Envelopes Truth and Fiction what they say + turn in September information about Immigration in the B. Get the Orange Immigration 26 US stats paper from Bass and ask 3. Guest Speaker Al Church (on her what to do with it. immigration) Web style notes Wednesda 1. The Americas Before Columbus Log # 2 A. Make up the log y, What do you think the Americas were like B. Listen to this radio cast and write September before Columbus and subsequent what you learn + turn in: 27, and European settlers arrived? httpS://www.npr.org/2005/08/21 Thursday 2. NPR first five minutes of the radio /4805434/1491-explores-the- September program about the Americas Before americas-before-columbus 28 Columbus C. Get the Americas Before 3. Reading on the Americas Before Columbus Columbus + purple chart from and purple chart Bass and complete + turn in 4. Current Events D. Get the Current Event notes that you missed from a classmate. Friday, 1. Current Events A. Get the green Immigration September 2. Lab for Native American Timeline assignment from Ms. Bass 29, and assignment B. See Bass about the Native Monday, American timeline assignment October 2 Tuesday, 1. Green Docs. On the Trail of Tears A. Get the green Trail of Tears docs October3, 2. Present RAP songs on early indigenous from Bass and read them + answer and groups the questions beneath them Wednesda 3. Notes for the raps on purple charts B. See Bass about making up the RAP y, October 4. Current Events song. 4 5. 3rd and 4th periods took notes on the blue C. Get the Current Event notes that Trail of Tears Pre/Post paper + watched you missed from a classmate the clip on the Trail of Tears D. If you are in 3rd or 4th period, you need to make a power point about the Trail of Tears with five slides and images. You also need to watch this clip and take notes on what you learn + turn in: https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=xwBXOxQqkGc sThursday, 1. Current Events A. Get the Current Event notes October 5, 2. Share Immigration Stories from your that you missed from a and Friday, homework classmate October 6 3. https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ B. Turn in your green chart for 04/13/coming-to-america/ article and the Immigration stories around the world + clip questions C. Watch the video clip on https://www.youtube.com/watch? immigration from the middle v=behsmaHh2bg column, take notes, and turn 4. Lab to finish Native American Timeline in. D. Get with your group to make up your portion of the Native American timeline E. The first page of the Indigenous Peoples of the US (purple) is due next time (see the calendar) Monday, Guest Speakers on Immigration, Interview ten people from class and October 9, Citizenship, and Refugees write their names + what they learned and from the guest speakers. Tuesday, October 10 Watch this video and write what you learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=psv363URi9M

Turn in your purple Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Packet with your notes from the 25 minutes on a site about Native Americans

Your African American Biography is due next week. Wednesda  Log #3 What should the  Make up both logs y, October requirements be for becoming a  Get the notes that you 11, and US citizen missed for Log #3 from a Thursday,  Notes in Log 3 about immigration classmate October 12 policies  Get the Current Event  White boards—what should the notes that you missed responsibilities be for US citizens? from a classmate  Log #4 Notes on the white “Who’s  Get the white “Who’s Coming to America” reading Coming to America”  Current Events reading from Bass and she  Trail of Tears Simulation will tell you what to do  Research the Indian Removal Act—get the bio sheets from Bass and write what each group or person would think of the act  4th period needs to turn in their purple Indigenous Peoples of the Americas packet  Remember that your African American biography is due next Tuesday (3rd and 4th periods) or next Wednesday (7th and 8th periods) Friday,  Pink COL on the Trail of Tears  Make up the pink COL by October  3rd, 7th, and 8th periods did the Trail Wednesday, October 18 13, and of Tears simulation  See Bass about making up Monday,  Letter to Andrew Jackson the Trail of Tears October 16  Current Events simulation  Begin the Immigration Timeline  Get a pink letter to yellow chart (3rd period) Andrew Jackson paper from Bass and she will explain what to do  Remember that your African American Biography assignment is due next time  If you are in 3rd period, see Bass about the immigration timeline assignment Tuesday,  Purple K-W-L: complete the K  See the middle column October column for things that you know 17, and about African American History. Wednesda  Timeline of event in African y, October American History—get the notes 18 from a classmate on this and put these notes in the “L” column of the purple KWL paper.  African American Biography presentations (Bag Items)  Turn in your typed Biography assignment  You need to get a green Biography chart from Bass and interview six classmates to get what they learned about the people they read about. Turn in the chart.  Get a portfolio checklist from Bass or open it on the class website (under the absent log document).  Bring your moo-lah and current event notes from the term next time as well.

Monday,  Turn in your moo-lah, portfolio,  See the middle column October and current event notes (see Ms. 23, and Bass before you do) Tuesday,  3rd, 7th, and 8th periods completed October 24 the hot pink advantages and disadvantages of indentured servitude handout (most of it)— get the pink handout from Bass and the notes from a classmate  Watch and take notes on the back of the handout from the video on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg Wednesda  Images and what we can tell about  See the middle column y, October slavery 25, and  Watch and take notes on these Thursday, two videos: October 26 http://www.history.com/topics/bl ack-history/slavery/videos/origins- of-slavery-in-america? m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined &f=1&free=false  http://www.history.com/topics/bl ack-history/slavery/videos/the- slave-auction? m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined &f=1&free=false  Get the box and bullet notes on slavery that you missed from a classmate.  Get a gold Founders on Slavery and Green Founders on Slavery reading from Bass and complete the chart based on what you learn from the green reading.  If you are in 7th or 8th period, you need to turn in your Current Event Notes from the term. Friday,  Halloween History Lesson  See the middle column October  Watch this video and write what 27, and you learn: Tuesday, http://www.history.com/topics/h October 31 alloween/history-of- halloween/videos/bet-you-didnt- know-halloween  Get the History of Halloween article from Bass and make a power point with at least three slides worth of information and two images to represent what you learn from the handout Wednesda  Green handout on the Oral History  See the middle column y, Project requirements (get this November from Bass) 1, and  Guest speaker teaching us how to Thursday, conduct oral histories (ask a November classmate for his/her notes—take 2 notes from their notes and show them to Ms. Bass  Interview 5 people from class about what they learned concerning oral histories and turn in what they say Friday,  Yellow packet on Slavery in the  See the middle column November 21st Century (get this from Bass) 3, and and she will explain what to do. Monday,  Watch this video: November https://www.youtube.com/watch 4 ?v=d2FSPdgEguk and take notes on the back of the yellow packet  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  Make a power point with at least 5 slides of information and two videos with information about slavery in the 21st Century. E-mail your power point to [email protected] Tuesday,  Purple Poem on slavery and  See the middle column November answer three questions on the 7, and back (get this from Bass) –keep Wednesda this for your portfolio y,  Watch this clip and take notes in November your boxes and bullet notes that 8 you have been taking on slavery in class: http://www.history.com/topics/bl ack-history/slavery/videos/forms- of-rebellion? m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined &f=1&free=false  Get the notes from the box and bullet notes that we took in class from a classmate  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  See Bass about the green handout for the African American History projects Thursday,  Gold lyrics for slave song—find  See the middle column November and write the hidden messages in 9, and the song as they relate to slavery Friday, —get a copy of this from Bass and November complete 10  Slavery and Defiance Readings (8th periods did not do this)—get the white reading and blue question packet from Bass-- she will tell you what to do.  8th period had lab time to work on the African American history learning centers—see your team for what you need to do  More notes on slavery in the box and bullet notes that you have been taking (get these from a classmate)  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  Get the orange “The Things They Carried” packet from Bass and sign up for your lit circle role—the first half of the novel and the lit circle assignment are due in early December Monday,  4th period completed the Zinn  See the middle column November Slavery and Defiance Reading and 13, and assignment (see Bass for this) Tuesday,  Get the current event notes that November you missed from a classmate 14  Lab to complete your African American History Learning Center (you need to demonstrate that you added to the team project to Ms. Bass to earn the credit for helping with the learning center.  Learning Centers are due next time, so check with your team to see what the need help with. Wednesda  Get the Slavery Reparations  See the middle column y, reading from Bass and complete a November white t-chart with the things that 15, and you learn while reading through Thursday, the documents. November  Watch this clip: 16 https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=fjeZORbBVzA and write what you learn + turn in  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  Write a ½ page paper explaining which side of the slavery reparations debate you are on and why. Friday,  Purple self evaluation for the  See the middle column November learning centers (get this from 17, and Bass and complete) Monday,  Learning Centers—find out which November topic or topics your team learned 20 about and you will need to research that topic—make a power point with at least five slides and two images for that topic and send the power point to Ms. Bass  If you are in 7th or 8th period, you will need to watch this clip and write what you learned: http:// www.history.com/topics/th anksgiving/history-of- thanksgiving/videos/bet-you- didnt-know-thanksgiving  If you are in 7th or 8th period, you need to access this article on the History of Thanksgiving and write ten things that you learn + turn in: http://nmai.si.edu/sites/1/files/pd f/education/NMAI_Harvest_Study _Guide.pdf  Remember that the due dates for your Vietnam novel and oral history project are coming up…see the class calendar Tuesday,  Learning Centers—find out which  See the middle column November topic or topics your team learned 21 about and you will need to research that topic—make a power point with at least five slides and two images for that topic and send the power point to Ms. Bass  You will need to watch this clip and write what you learned: http:// www.history.com/topics/th anksgiving/history-of- thanksgiving/videos/bet-you- didnt-know-thanksgiving  You need to access this article on the History of Thanksgiving and write ten things that you learn + turn in: http://nmai.si.edu/sites/1/files/pd f/education/NMAI_Harvest_Study _Guide.pdf  Remember that the due dates for your Vietnam novel and oral history project are coming up…see the class calendar Monday,  Learning Centers—find out which  See the middle column November topic or topics your team learned 27 and about and you will need to Tuesday, research that topic—make a November power point with at least five 28 slides and two images for that topic and send the power point to Ms. Bass  7th period started writing their abolitionist bio poem (see Bass)  Get a green Thanksgiving History Truth or Fiction paper from Bass and complete (this will be a portfolio item)  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  Remember that the due dates for your Vietnam novel and oral history project are coming up…see the class calendar

Wednesda  Learning Centers—find out which  See the middle column y, topic or topics your team learned November about and you will need to 29 and research that topic—make a Thursday, power point with at least five November slides and two images for that 30 topic and send the power point to Ms. Bass (we completed two today)  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  Remember that the due dates for your Vietnam novel and oral history project are coming up…see the class calendar Thursday,  Get a yellow peer evaluation  See the middle column November paper for the learning centers 30 and from Bass, complete, and submit Friday,  Get the notes on the abolitionists December that you missed (orange chart 1 from Bass and notes from a classmate)-there will be a quiz on the abolitionists next time.  You need to write a Bio poem on one of the abolitionists that was presented in class—see Bass for this.  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  Remember that the due dates for your Vietnam novel and oral history project are coming up…see the class calendar Monday,  Make up the green Abolitionist  See the middle column December COL by Thursday, December 7. 4 and  Get the current event notes that Tuesday, you missed from a classmate December  Get the yellow Vietnam Web 5 Quest paper from Ms. Bass and complete + turn in  Remember that your first half of the Vietnam novel reading + lit circle assignment are due Friday (3rd and 4th periods) or next Monday (7th and 8th periods) Wednesda  We finished the African American  See the middle column y, Learning Centers. You need to find December out which topics your team visited 6 and and make two power points about Thursday, those topics with images + send December these to [email protected] 7  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate  We played memory to review the things that you learned in the centers.  Remember that your first half of the Vietnam novel reading + lit circle assignment are due Friday (3rd and 4th periods) or next Monday (7th and 8th periods) Friday,  You need to make up the Col on  See the middle column December the first half of the Vietnam 8 and November by Friday, December Monday, 15. December  You need to go to this site and 11 answer two questions from each chapter through “Church” to make up the lit circles that you missed: http://www.chaffey.edu/collegeb ook/images/tttc%20reading %20questions.pdf  Watch and take notes + turn them in for this video: https:// www.youtube.com/watch ?v=3JJATpHoQHU  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate Tuesday,  Get a green stats paper on wars in  See the middle column December US History and write ten 12 and interesting conclusions that can be Wednesda drawn. y,  Get an orange Wars chart from December Bass and ask her what you need to 13 do.  Get the current event notes that you missed from a classmate.

Thursday,  Get a green chart handout for the  See the middle column December Oral History presentations and get 14 and the notes that you missed on this Friday, from a classmate December  Get the current event notes that 15 you missed from a classmate.  We worked in the lab to finish your team war presentation—see Ms. Bass about what you need to do.  Get a pink portfolio checklist from Bass—this is due next time.

Monday,  Get the current event notes that  See the middle column December you missed from a classmate. 18 and  We turned in portfolios. Tuesday,  You will need to make a power December point with five slides on the Cold 19 War—the causes and at least five important events during the Cold War. Make sure than you explain the link between the Vietnam War and the Cold War. E-mail your complete power point with at least three related images to [email protected].  Bring your white elephant gift(s) next time.  Get the gold citizenship test study guide from Bass—we will take the test the second week in January.