USHAP

USHAPUnit 4 Week 1

Agenda: Tuesday 10/23/12• Objective: Use of our immigration stories to enact and identify

immigration trends• Content: Patterns of immigration, push and pull factors• Skills: Trend analysis

• Essential question: Was the U.S. becoming more democratic in this time period?

Agenda:1. Discuss Foreign Policy Debate from last night

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EohGmG-QUhA

2. Voting3. In Class Presidential Debate Overview4. Where are you from? activity and debrief

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Overview• Debate Date: Block Day Oct 31 & Nov 1• 6 Debate topics based on class interest• Coin toss to determine which party goes first• Moderator will ask a question

• Party A has 2 minutes to respond to the question (or perform a “Pivot”)

• Party B has 2 minutes to respond to the question and/or respond to Party A

• 2 minute discussion period• For the subsequent question, the alternate party will respond first.

• If time, there will be a post-debate class discussion.

Fifth Period

Debaters

• Barack Obama• > Alex B.• Joe Biden• > Eric• Mitt Romney• > Ethan• Paul Ryan• > Negin

• Moderator• > Sheila

Debate Topics

1. Abortion2. Gay Marriage3. Education/Public

Funding for College4. Health Care5. Women’s Rights6. Iran

Sixth Period

Debaters

• Barack Obama• > Kiana N.• Joe Biden• > Ray• Mitt Romney• > Dean• Paul Ryan• > Edward

• Moderator• > Melissa

Debate Topics

1. Abortion2. Immigration3. Health Care4. Unemployment/Job

Creation5. Gay Marriage6. Marijuana Legalization

Agenda 10/24 & 10/25• Objective: Use of our immigration stories to enact and

identify immigration trends

• Content: Patterns of immigration, push and pull factors• Skills: Trend analysis

• Essential question: Was the U.S. becoming more democratic in this time period?

Agenda:1. Where are you from? activity and debrief2. Compare & Contrast

Round Table Discussion• Where is your family from?• What push and pull factors were involved in your family’s

immigration story?• Once your family came to the US, did they migrate?

• Immigration: To enter and settle in a country or region to which a person is not native

• Migration: The movement of people from one country or region to another

1820-2003

1800-2000

Immigration in the 1800s

Compare and ContrastIrish Similar German

Push & Pull Factors of ImmigrationLocation

Resources on ArrivalReception

Contribution(s)

Agenda: Friday 10/26• Objective: Use of our immigration stories to enact and

identify immigration trends• Content: Patterns of immigration, push and pull factors• Skills: Trend analysis

• Essential question: Was the U.S. becoming more democratic in this time period?

Agenda:1. Essay Revision2. New Essay Outline3. Compare & Contrast

Essay Retake: Come in at your discretion• New Prompt: “In the 1600’s the major issues of U.S. colonial history revolved around

theological issues. In the 1700’s, the major issues revolved around political issues.” Assess the validity of this statement.

• 5th Period• Prompt 1. Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in

North America between 1580 and 1763.• Prompt 2. “Although the thirteen American colonies were founded at different times by

people with different motives and with different forms of colonial charters and political organization, by the time of the Revolution the thirteen colonies had become remarkably similar.” Assess the validity of this statement.

• 6th Period• Prompt 1. Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in

North America between 1580 and 1763.• Prompt 3. Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping

American politics in the 1790’s. Account for the development of nascent political parties in Washington’s administrations, and show the alignments that flowed from this factionalization.

Essay Outline #2 Friday November 2nd

• Prompt 1: “The American Revolution was about white Americans fighting against British imperial control in the East, and for their own imperialism in the West.” Assess the validity of this statement for the time period 1763-1809.

• Prompt 2: What were the social, economic, and political results of the War of 1812, and how did the war reveal sectionalism?• Your organizational categories should NOT be social, economic, and

political. Please be more sophisticated/specific.

• Prompt 3: Compare and contrast Jacksonian Democracy with Jeffersonian Democracy.

Compare and ContrastIrish Similar German

Push & Pull Factors of ImmigrationLocation

Resources on ArrivalReception

Contribution(s)