United States History   Spring Semester       
Semester: Spring, 2010 
Progress reports   2/18    Mid-semester  3/19  **   Progress reports  4/28      FINALS: May 25-27    End semester 6/2   
                
     NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED ... unless you have been ill or have talked with me first.
US Hist ResourcesDebate!Term PaperPresidents

  • The United States Transformed

  • Unit Exam:   TBA

  • Term Paper:  4/20 

  •  Ongoing: participation; in-class and homework essays; Binder checks; projects; other work as assigned

SPRING FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

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REMINDER: Term Paper completion is required to pass US History!

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Week  9    3/1 INTERSESSION                   *    I  N  T  E  R  S  E  S  S  I  O  N  *    
   HAVE FUN    
 		 
Week  10   3/8  WELCOME BACK!

 For THURSDAY, March 11:
For those of you who have a good idea about a topic and who have heard from me: move forward!!
Those without topic ideas posted to turnitin.com - bring your ideas ON PAPER
    REMEMBER: you can get ideas from the library reference books- The Fabulous Century (pictures) and The Greatest Century (? - ask Ms. Schaal). ALSO check out the website www.foundsf.org 

EVERYONE: Find at least TWO BOOKS about the topic you are most interested in pursuing. You do not need to have the books in your hand - but you DO need the titles, the library call numbers, and which library you can find them in.  ALSO OK- if you have some interesting books on the shelf in your own home! 

By next week: Have in your possession a card (keychain card OK) from the San Francisco Public Library.




Also check out the San Francisco Historical Society

Also check out the California Historical Society

For BOOK locator:  San Francisco Public library CATALOG - available from our Mercy Library computers if you don't have a library card yet.  Also use the knowledge of our fabulous librarians, Ms. Schaal and Sr. Judy. 
Week  11   3/15

  Work continues in class and at home. Check "drop-dead" due dates on your Term Paper checklist.

As promised: FORMATTING for Bibliographic information (Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style.)  For each instance, there is a "format description" and then an Example.  (These are meant to amuse you.)

 For a detailed explanation of how and when you need to use CITATION (and corresponding bibliography entry) - see MsMiner's guide, with LINKS to even more references. 

 

 

Bibliography style sheet  (Ms. Miner's)

 
MsMiner's big guide to citations

Women's History  Research Guide
Week  12  3/22
3/23: You MUST have your books, and you must have read and taken notes on the significant parts of both books! I will explain how to make an annotated bibliography - you should have time in class to complete this. (Bibliography due in class for one bonus point) I suggest that you do at least one annotation and bibliographic enty by the end of class so you can check with me to see if you're doing it correctly.

3/25: Annotated bibliography is due (all sources). Written report about two of your books is due.
Your working premise (narrowing of topic) and ideas for presenting what you have learned is due. On Paper. Individual conferences in class.
  WEEKEND WORK:       Form a conclusion about your research findings. (How does your information relate to each other, to the "bigger picture" of history?)
 
 

 
 

 


DON'T FORGET TO MAKE AN INDEX CARD FOR EACH Source  that you explore.

 

You should have a good-sized stack of index cards by the time you start writing your paper!  
Week   13  3/29      I see  you ONE day this week: Tuesday!    

 3/30:            ** Your OUTLINE is DUE. This can be in outline form, although you must have a CONCLUSION (your summary of how all your research fits together) written in paragraph form.
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We will have individual conferences in class.  It is extremely important that you show up!
 

 
     
                                 E  A  S  T  E  R     W  E   E  K   4/5     
     READ    READ   READ   READ!!!!    WRITE WRITE WRITE WRITE!!!!

Extra Credit Choices 		  Check the "Term Paper" tab at the top of the page. (Wordy, but informative)
Footnote/Biblio formats page
Week   14   4/12    
4/12:  We will have individual conferences in class.  It is extremely important that you show up! BRING YOUR PRELIMINARY PAPER TO CLASS WITH YOU.


4/14: A perfect bibiliography of the resources YOU WILL USE in your paper.  Turn in your "completed" term paper if you want the option to rewrite.

YOUR TERM PAPER  DUE  4/16    4/20 Tuesday
  All of your work will be turned in - in your folder.  ONE AND ONLY "DUE DATE" for the paper. No rewrites on papers submitted after Friday. Your term paper is a requirement to pass US History.

 

  
Week   15  4/19    
work continues - conferences    
Week   16   4/26    
World War II
The US Gets involved....  Pages 502-507; and Chapter 15, section 3.  Quiz on Monday, 4/26
Monday: The Decision - whether to use the Atomic Bomb to attack Japan. 		   
Week   17   5/3    
     
Week   18   5/10    
Chapter 18 - The Postwar Era
Section 2 "Suburban Lifestyle"
Section 3 "Poverty and Plenty"
For Tuesday: Read each section carefully. Respond in paragraph form (with lots of thought) to all of the "Read to Find Out" bullets at the bottom of the first page of each section. Prepare to take a quiz on each section. 		   
Week   19  5/17  ***    
Chapter 20 The Civil Rights Struggle
Secion 1 "Challenging Segregation"  (Be sure to read the introduction pp 666-7)
Section 2  "Freedom Now"
For Monday: Read each section carefully. Respond in paragraph form (thoughtfully) to the following:
  - Study the pictures on pp 667, 672. Would you have been willing to step into the shoes of any of the "Little Rock Nine" in 1957? Give reasons for your response.
  - Describe the steps taken by the NAACP in its court battles against segregation. What part did Thurgood Marshall play?
  - Think about the "Rosa Parks" narrative, p 674. Most white people outside the South (and more than a few in the South) were sympathetic to Parks and deplored her arrest.  What was it about the narrative that (white) people found to be appealing? What if the person who refused to move had been younger, and male? 
  -  Describe the similarities and differences between the SCLC and SNCC (You could make a Venn diagram, but be sure to be descriptive and analytical.) 
   
Week   20   5/24              F   I   N   A   L   S         W   E   E   K     - GOOD LUCK ON ALL YOUR FINALS    
US HISTORY Final Exam: Tuesday, 5/25  8 -9:30   Room 208.  Scantron and short responses (paragraph length)

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