Monday, March 17, 2025

Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences: Immigration 🏘

Today is St. Patrick's Day πŸ€
🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the effects of immigration from various parts of the world on American culture from 1844 to 1877
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes on Topic 5.5a, focusing on the experiences of the major groups of immigrants and the rise of nativism
⚙️ Resources

Friday, March 14, 2025

The Compromise of 1850 🀝

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the similarities and differences in how regional attitudes affected federal policy in the period after the Mexican-American War
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes on Topic 5.4, highlighting the federal policies regarding slavery, the details of the compromise authored by Henry Clay, and the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act
⚙️ Resources

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny πŸ—Ί

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲
🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877
⏰ What We Did
  • Described the process and significance of each acquisition of land on yesterday's Manifest Destiny map

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny πŸ—Ί

Late Start Day πŸ•£
🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877
⏰ What We Did
  • Geographically illustrated the westward territorial expansion of the United States in its goal of achieving Manifest Destiny
⚙️ Resources

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Mexican-American War πŸ’₯

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes on Topic 5.3, highlighting the conflict with Mexico, as well as the experiences of Mexicans and American Indians in the West
⚙️ Resources

Monday, March 10, 2025

Manifest Destiny πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes on Topic 5.2, highlighting the westward expansion of the United States, the support of the expansion by the federal government, and the diplomatic efforts taken to achieve manifest destiny
⚙️ Resources

Friday, March 7, 2025

The Society of the South in the Early Republic ⛲️

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of the South from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.13, focusing on the importance of cotton on the South's economy and how the regional identity of Southerners differed from those of other regions of the United States
⚙️ Resources

Thursday, March 6, 2025

African Americans in the Early Republic πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.12, highlighting the numerous rebellions and uprisings by African-American slaves, as well as the two communities of African Americans — enslaved and free
⚙️ Resources

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

An Age of Reform 🌟

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain how and why various reform movements developed and expanded from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.11, specifically examining the temprance, abolition, women's rights, and similar social movements in the United States during the 1820s and 1830s
⚙️ Resources

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

The Second Great Awakening ✝️

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes of the Second Great Awakening
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.10, highlighting what the Second Great Awakening was, its causes, and its effects on society in the early to mid-1800s
⚙️ Resources

Monday, March 3, 2025

The Development of an American Culture πŸ–Ό

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country
⚙️ Resources

Friday, February 28, 2025

The Development of an American Culture πŸ–Ό

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country
  • Today's class served as a catch-up day due to low attendance in an already small course.
⚙️ Resources

Thursday, February 27, 2025

True Black History Museum

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Examine contributions of African-Americans in the arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, education, military, and politics
⏰ What We Did
  • Attended a tour of the mobile True Black History Museum in the CHS Conference Center

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Andrew Jackson Fight Cards πŸ₯Š

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued creating fight card posters for the many disputes of Andrew Jackson's presidency (Due @ B.O.H. on R 27 Feb 2025)
⚙️ Resources

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Andrew Jackson Fight Cards πŸ₯Š

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Began creating fight card posters for the many disputes of Andrew Jackson's presidency (i.e., vs. John Quincy Adams, vs. the Bureaucracy, vs. Native Americans, vs. the National Bank, vs. the Electoral College, vs. Nullification, vs. the National Debt)
⚙️ Resources

Monday, February 24, 2025

Jackson and Federal Power πŸ’ͺ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.8, highlighting the view of Andrew Jackson as president, the details of the nullification crisis, the dispute of the Second Bank of the United States, the significance of the Indian Removal Act, and the development of the Whig Party to oppose Jackson's Democratic Party
⚙️ Resources

Friday, February 21, 2025

Primary Source: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island... πŸ“œ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Examined Thomas Dorr's An Address to the People of Rhode-Island... and its advocacy for universal suffrage, in the lead-up to the Age of Jackson
⚙️ Resources

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Expanding Democracy πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.7, highlighting the election of 1824 and the "Corrupt Bargain," the development of political factions, the election of 1828, and the increase of participatory democracy in the United States
⚙️ Resources

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Market Revolution: Society and Culture πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain how and why innovation in technology, agriculture, and commerce affected various segments of American society over time
⏰ What We Did
  • Took notes while discussing Topic 4.6, highlighting the growth of industry, foreign and domestic migration, changes in the class system, labor conflicts, and the roles in gender and family withing American society
⚙️ Resources

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break. Classes will resume on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️
Presidents' Day πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

George Washington's Birthday Observed (1732) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break