tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:/posts bOLOS uNITED sTATES hISTORY 2024-10-30T15:25:17Z bOLOS uNITED sTATES hISTORY tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1614953 2024-10-30T15:25:15Z 2024-10-30T15:25:17Z Tightening the Screws (part II)

Based on this interpretation (parts I & II), was the American Revolution justified?


BONUS (optional) material: Interview with historian Woody Holton regarding the Founding Fathers and why the creation of America still matters to Americans.

 The Ezra Klein Show

Favorite quote: "We’ve got to let go of the heroes and replace them with heroics. That is, to see that the same person can do something heroic on Monday and be an enslaver or a town destroyer....And is that so hard? Does anybody have any perfect friends? Most of us are some of this and some of that. And I think we are more likely to unify around the founding if we admit the feet of clay, as well as the virtuous aspects. And I think one way to do that is to focus on people’s heroics rather than insisting on heroes."

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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1614949 2024-10-30T15:23:16Z 2024-10-30T15:23:20Z Tightening the Screws (part I)

For HW, please take notes on the presentation below and be prepared to answer the following question:

How does the School House Rock interpretation of colonial resistance differ from that of bUSH? Compare and contrast the relative biases of each. 

HINT: add up the amount of money raised by the taxes on the colonists and compare that to the amount of money the "Peace Force" cost the British, for example. 

Feel free to watch this at 1.25x speed!

A few questions to think about, courtesy of bETH tHE silc:

  1. Who gained a significant amount of land after the war?
  2. Why was defense a concern for the British post-war?
  3. How was living in the colonies a financial advantage compared to living in Britain (consider deficit spending)?
  4. What did the British government do to attempt to compensate for the debt after the war?
  5. What was the main difference between the Navigation Acts and the Parliamentary taxes? 
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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1615914 2024-10-28T17:47:47Z 2024-10-28T17:48:15Z "No More Kings": Was the American Revolution justified?

Note: the worksheet below is homework (if you did not complete it in class). Try your best to complete it and do not worry if your answers are incorrect. 

While watching the School House Rock video, consider jotting down a few answers to the following critical analysis questions in your notebook:

  1. Who is missing from this video?
  2. How is King George portrayed?
  3. How are the colonists portrayed?
  4. What is the apparent purpose of the taxes?
  5. How is the characterization of the U.S. President contrasted with the King of England?

What questions do you have?

WORKSHEET:

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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/2148589 2024-10-28T16:22:55Z 2024-10-28T18:11:58Z The Keys to the White House ]]> Spiro Bolos tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1889796 2024-10-21T17:29:37Z 2024-10-21T17:41:14Z A Puritan Primer / A New Trier Primer

Fill out the following worksheet on your own or with one of your peers. For the NTHS portion, sketch out a few ideas on the back of the worksheet and then transfer one of them to the appropriate Google slideshow. If you work with someone else, please leave a comment with both of your names for credit. Make it NEW TRIER-specific, not just high school-specific :)

The original: 



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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1612111 2024-10-14T15:48:21Z 2024-10-14T15:48:27Z The Visual Essay: A Collaborative Project


Dodging Bullets in Presentations from Fortify Services


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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1609271 2024-10-07T17:44:35Z 2024-10-07T17:44:38Z New England Primary Sources

Worksheet (only) due next class, printed. This is a formative assessment. Click here for an editable Google doc.

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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1606583 2024-09-30T17:47:05Z 2024-09-30T17:47:07Z Virginia Colony Primary Sources

If you missed class, please print and complete side 1 and 2 of the first document below.

BONUS: Bacon's Rebellion (1676)

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tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1598838 2024-09-30T16:16:55Z 2024-09-30T16:16:59Z Virginia Colony: slide annotations

How to do the homework on Google Slides (VA). Consider the following requirements:

  1. Choose 2-3 contiguous slides, more or less. Claim them before others do.
  2. Leave thoughtful and thorough annotations as comments which will be awarded with the following feedback (ST, OK, NW) based on your choices below:
    • → Short textbook quotes which are explained in relation to the slide content (up to ST)
    • → An original analysis of images or documents covered (or not covered) in class* (up to ST)
    • → Comments as pure narration (up to OK) which is the min. req't for ALL students
Ask yourself: "How can I corroborate, or contradict, or analyze what is in the frame, and also provide empathetic narration on these chosen slides?"
    Feel free to use the tools in Google Slides to draw or highlight specific areas of the slide (highly recommended).

    • Click here for bUSH2 or click there for bUSH5


    *this depends on the slides chosen
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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1885051 2024-09-26T18:23:46Z 2024-09-30T18:32:01Z Slaves or Servants?

    Using the 1624/25 Virginia muster database, can we determine if the Africans listed on the census document were either enslaved individuals OR indentured servants?

    Lastly, why do some linguists believe that Midwesterners have an accent, not Southerners who speak with a drawl? Check out this explanation of the "dropped r":


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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1326494 2024-09-25T14:09:57Z 2024-09-25T14:09:58Z "Tobacco Brides"?

    This is a formative (low-stakes) assignment, but should help you in the project.

    Need an editable Google Doc? CLICK HERE.

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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1195438 2024-09-17T13:30:24Z 2024-09-17T13:30:26Z Virginia Colony

    Please take thorough notes on this in-class presentation. You will use that work (and more) on the next assessment.



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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1877797 2024-09-06T17:43:00Z 2024-10-06T21:05:39Z Body Count Quiz

    Please enter your best count into the quiz below:

    https://padlet.com/boloss/body-count-zhpd1eaxtzz0uhdd

    Detail of heraldic painting depicting Black Kettle at Sand Creek. (Buffalo Bill Center of the West)
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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1193864 2024-09-05T17:44:28Z 2024-09-12T18:14:20Z Secret Messages

    This assignment demands your critical attention to bias in historical writing. Give it your very best attempt, even if you're unsure that you're doing it correctly. Because it is in preparation for a future writing challenge (see further below), we would classify this as a formative assessment.

    If you need a copy of the textbook reading, please click here.

    SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

    Focusing on the six paragraphs under the subheadings, “Indians Fight Back” and “Chivington Massacres the Cheyenne” (pp. 415-16), now rewrite the history textbook selection without changing the factual aspects of it. Meaning, after identifying the bias of the current text, think about how you might use diction, voice, length and inclusion/exclusion to create a different bias in your own version. 

    You may confine your rewrite to any THREE contiguous paragraphs for this assessment. In a fourth and separate paragraph, you will need to explain which method(s) you employed (inclusion/exclusion, length, diction, voice, or other) to substantively change the bias, citing specific examples (i.e., quotes) from the text. Click here for a link to the raw text so you can avoid retyping sentences.

    Content warning: feel free to include some of the primary source details provided by two US soldiers (Silas Soule and Joseph Cramer) who were at the Sand Creek (Chivington) Massacre. Make sure to scroll down in order to read the primary source material. The last link is a more recent interpretation (meaning, a secondary source) provided by the National Park Service.

    In the end, this writing challenge will function as a mirror to the final exam.


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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1192369 2024-09-05T14:35:57Z 2024-09-05T14:36:02Z Debrief

    BONUS: Had enough of your eight hours of daily screen time? Want to try the "Bored and Brilliant" challenge? Try any one of these techniques and see your creativity soar and your ability to self-reflect, deepen.

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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1192877 2024-09-03T13:39:32Z 2024-09-04T13:31:51Z Trivial Pursuits?

    Please CLICK HERE to contribute.

    Assignment:

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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/2016474 2024-08-29T15:15:29Z 2024-08-29T15:15:31Z Letter to my Father

    Having watched the sped-up version of the film without narration, what do you believe was the story of Jess's life and the relationship with their father? CLICK HERE TO RESPOND.


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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1189308 2024-08-22T14:17:20Z 2024-08-22T14:17:22Z Who was your teacher?

    For today's class, please contribute one of your strongest research findings to the collective by clicking here.

    Various photos and videos I found from his place. Click image below:

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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1314035 2024-08-21T12:00:00Z 2024-08-12T16:12:05Z M.I.A.?

    Watch the entire video below. It might help you with first assessment...[sound UP]

    And make sure you mind these:

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    tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1292981 2024-06-06T15:39:11Z 2024-06-06T15:42:46Z The American Paradox of Choice

    Good luck next year with your coursework and the college selection process (if that's what you decide to do). Remember that the more choices you have, the more dissatisfied and paralyzed you will be, but that MAKING a choice is the most important way to end the agony. You WILL love what you choose, provided that you commit to that choice and don't look back.

      I thoroughly enjoyed being your instructor and most importantly, I treasure the relationships we created. Now please enjoy your summer!

      Mr > B

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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1839252 2024-06-03T01:39:03Z 2024-06-03T18:28:57Z The Final Four

      Please make sure you are taking notes on EACH presentation before transferring your comments to either the paper form or the electronic form below. Every student must turn in one piece of paper AND vote using the form linked below:

      The images above are adapted from George Packer’s most recent book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal. His essay version is called, "The Four Americas" and originally appeared in The Atlantic.

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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1415150 2024-05-29T13:34:44Z 2024-05-29T13:39:35Z America in our Time: The Consensus
      What are the consensus assumptions of your parents' generation ("GenX")? Try to frame this list in the most positive way possible. What ideas about America did your parents grow up believing were true, even if today they have begun to doubt some of those assumptions? Both you and they should practice empathy: even if your parents no longer support a particular assumption strongly, perhaps the majority of Americans (in power) still do? For example, what were your parents told regarding the practice of recycling?

      Click here for a editable small group worksheet.

      Featured Theme Song: "We Belong Together" by Vampire Weekend

      Lyrics
      We go together like sound and sight
      Black and white, day and night
      We go together like left and right
      Oh, we go together
      We go together like give and take
      Pains and aches, real and fake
      We go together, don't be opaque
      It's clear we go together
      We belong together
      We belong together
      Baby, there's no use in being clever
      Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together
      We go together like pots and pans
      Surf and sand, bottles and cans
      We go together like lions and lambs
      Oh, we go together
      We go together like Keats and Yeats
      Bowls and plates, days and dates
      We stay united like these old states
      It's how we go together
      We belong together
      We belong together
      Baby, there's no use in being clever
      Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together
      Hallelujah, you're still mine
      All I did was waste your time
      If there is not some grand design
      How'd this pair of stars align?
      Source: Musixmatch

      Songwriters: Rostam Batmanglij / Ezra Koenig

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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1832849 2024-05-24T13:33:29Z 2024-05-24T13:37:27Z Submissions: 4th Quarter Project

      Please make sure you turn in your script (essay with citations) and bibliography on paper. Now click the appropriate link below to upload your video presentation:

      The images above are adapted from George Packer’s most recent book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal. His essay version is called, "The Four Americas" and originally appeared in The Atlantic.

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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1414146 2024-05-21T13:35:30Z 2024-05-21T13:52:38Z Annotated Rubric - Fourth Quarter Project

      Click here to see three student-created exemplars from a few years ago.

      MLA citation protocol (the basics):

      And don't believe what this student wrote ;)

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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1288491 2024-05-14T13:31:54Z 2024-05-14T13:32:02Z From Blitzkrieg to the Bomb

      What parallels do you notice between the current conflict in Ukraine and the start of WW II?

      Miss the film? Watch it by clicking here.

      Study guide:

      Today's film:


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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1277580 2024-05-10T02:59:01Z 2024-05-10T02:59:04Z Making the world safe for democracy?

      In your assigned group, please fill out the chart for your assigned historical figure, only. Your group must come to a consensus regarding the best source and the most illuminating quote. This should help you make choices when researching your own 4th Quarter Project. Please enter the relevant info using one of the links above.


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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/2106875 2024-05-07T18:43:11Z 2024-05-07T18:43:15Z Temporary Post: feedback on WHY questions

      In order to see your feedback on your iPad beyond the color-coding, please follow the directions below:

      1. Click on the link below to access the spreadsheet of possible questions
      2. Make sure Google Sheets is in "light theme", not "dark mode"
      3. Select your question (or any other) cell
      4. Tap it once and then select, "NOTE" to see the written feedback

      LINK to VIEW FEEDBACK


      If you still need to submit a successful 4QP proposal, click here.
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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1280127 2024-05-07T18:41:30Z 2024-05-07T18:41:32Z World War I and the Red Scare
      We will be taking notes (on paper) for the following slides. Beyond the historical content, think about the design choices. What could you learn from this presentation that might help you with your Fourth Quarter Project?


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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1820336 2024-05-01T17:20:29Z 2024-05-01T17:24:00Z "Creatures of Empire"

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      tag:bush.posthaven.com,2013:Post/1969661 2024-05-01T16:30:07Z 2024-05-01T18:49:44Z Johnny Harris, "How The US Stole the Philippines"

      Here is a rather strong interpretation (below) of how the United States initially became a world power. Johnny Harris is a filmmaker, journalist and has a degree in international relations. This is a master class in presentation design, so think about how you could incorporate some of his explanatory techniques into your 4th Quarter Project. Feel free to visit Johnny Harris' YouTube page to see other work he has done and scroll down for his presentation design tips.

      >>CLICK HERE FOR THE AD-FREE VERSION<<

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