Zach completed the essay portion of his final exam for segment one of AP US History.

We finished the chapter outline for the Civil War and can finish the questions tomorrow.

Zach completed the reflection of his DBA and submitted it. Next, he completed the first part of his midterm exam. Lastly, we started discussing the Gilded Age and the American Labor Movement.

Zach and I discussed chapter 16 about the Gilded Age. Zach then took the segment pre-assessment quiz. Next, we went over the first section on the second great awakening and the business growth of the era. We discussed the social challenges to the oil and steel tycoons of the time (horizontal and vertical integration, trusts and pools, etc), and Zach took a quiz. Next, we went over the next section on the social and political arguments behind the economic policy, including social Darwinism theory, critiques of conspicuous consumption, as well as the Sherman Anti-trust Act. Zach then completed an analysis assignment. Next, we moved on to the next section which covered increased migration and nativism backlash. Zach then completed a quiz.

Zach revised and resubmitted four assignments by adding more details and better analysis. Next, we reviewed for his upcoming final exam. Zach will complete his collaborative assignment tonight at 7pm.

Zach completed and submitted his collaborative assignment. Then Zach resubmitted a few assignments to try to increase his grade from a B to an A.

Zach and I reviewed chapters 12 -14 to prepare him for his module 4 DBA. We filled out the DBA study guide, and did a document based analysis where Zach had to write a thesis, and use the documents to prepare his argument.

First, Zach submitted the thesis statement he created after his Module 3 DBA. Next, he completed the Module 3 exam. Then, Zach and I went over the effects of the Civil War and debates about how to go about reconstruction in the south. We covered the differences between presidential and radical reconstruction policies, the freedmen's bureau and 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and the backlash in the south with the black codes, KKK, croplien system, US v Cruikshank, etc. We also covered the effect black male suffrage had on the Women's Suffrage movement. Zach completed a DBQ long essay outline, and a short quiz. Zach needs to review chapters 1-15 for his upcoming midterm exam over Thanksgiving break.

Today, Zach and I covered the factors leading up to the Civil War, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Compromise of 1850, the election of Abraham Lincoln, the battles and leaders of the Civil War, and the beginning of reconstruction. Zach took extensive notes on chapter 13 and Zach completed two segment quizzes.

Paige finished analyzing three primary source documents that displayed the doctrine of westward expansion, and the maturing of the US as a international economic player. Using these documents, Paige crafted a thesis statement that made a claim about the time period. Next, Paige analyzed three new primary documents: a painting of the Artist Charles Peale's family, which depicted the ideal elite family and the virtues of republican motherhood; a letter from Thomas Jefferson lamenting the growth of the Federalist Party, and a critical observation of slavery in the South by a British tourist. Paige then created a thesis statement using these documents arguing that they signified a shift in the American identity toward an agricultural based "landed interest", that believed in republican principles of government and virtue, though their calls for equality and justice were contradicted by realities of slavery in the south and western regions.