List+of+RSJ+Journal+Entries

Last Update: 4/11/18
 * RSJ Journal Entries **

After listening to the, have you changed your mind? Why? (8/23/17) **Journal #9**: Native Americans and Expansion - Point of Clip sentences (Competition on the Plains, Trail of Tears, Whitmans) **Journal #18:** Why did Grant ultimately “retreat” with respect to Reconstruction? What would the result of his “retreat” be for African Americans in the South?
 * Journal #1 ** : What was your answer to Malcolm Gladwell's question - do we have all the information we need in the case of // [[file:mrwilliamshistory/gladwell_johnson.wav|State v. Johnson]]? //
 * Journal #2 ** : Using Table 1.2 (from Presence of the Past in RSJ Reader), what difference is there between white and Native American regarding which sources are most trustworthy? Why do you think there is a difference? Using Table 1.3, when are African Americans most connected to the past? Why (in your opinion)?
 * Journal #3 ** :What is Race? (given as homework on 8/28/17). HW: After completing the readings, “The Difference Between Race and Ethnicity” (handout), and “How Race Was Used to Justify Slavery in the American Colonies” (pg. 6 in the RSJ Reader) would you change your definition of race?
 * Journal #4: ** What did you choose as your stage on the racial identity scale and why?
 * Journal #5: ** Use one person from "Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes" and plot them on the racial identity scale (explain your placement). Choose two white, and two non-white people from the film clip "From Community To Classroom" and place them on the racial identity scale. Explain why you placed them where you did. Can you think of one example of racism you saw in the film? If you can, write it in your journal and explain why it’s racism. Can you think of an example of prejudice in the film? If so, write it in your journal and explain why it’s prejudice.
 * Journal #6: ** What is perception? In what way was perception part of the West Wing clip? How did it play a role in the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party?
 * Journal #7: ** "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Have we honored those words with respect to the victims of 9/11 and its aftermath?
 * Journal #8 ** : What were the positives and negatives of American Expansionism to the West (for all people living in the United States)?
 * Journal #10: ** Legacy of Mexican American War Triple T Chart
 * Journal #11: ** What is one similarity and difference between Vesey's and Turner's rebellions?
 * Journal #12: ** How did some northern communities and/or states react to various Fugitive Slave Laws?
 * Journal #13: ** After watching the segment, “Civil War Intro”, give two examples or statistics which show the enormity of the American Civil War.
 * Journal #14: ** Should the current U.S. government give meaningful restitution to those negatively affected by Westward Expansion? If so, give an example of meaningful restitution. Think about this from the standpoint of Mexicans, Native Americans, and African Americans.
 * Journal #15 ** : Give one example of initial (what caused soldiers to enlist), and sustaining (what kept them going during the actual war) motivation from [[file:mrwilliamshistorypublic/sullivanballou.mp3|Sullivan Ballou’s Letter]].
 * Journal #16: ** Name three things that needed to be reconstructed following the American Civil War. Explain each choice. After looking at the image "Reconstruction", add one more idea that needed to be reconstructed. After watching the Ulysses S. Grant video clip, add another idea than needs "reconstructing".
 * Journal #17 ** : After watching the video clip from // The Great Debaters, // why was it important for freed slaves and blacks in general to assert their independence?
 * Journal #19 ** : Assume these classrooms were actually equal…would “Separate But Equal” truly create an equal society? Explain.
 * Journal #20: ** Does Battle at Kruger support the idea of Rockefeller’s “American Beauty Rose” (and Social Darwinism)?
 * Journal #21: ** RSJ Research Group Journal. (1). Two truths and a lie. (2). Concerns at DHS. (3). Immigration story from one side of your family.
 * Journal #22: ** // From Community to Classroom // questions: What problems did the group face in completing their work? How did they overcome their issues? What was the single most important finding? Did their solutions address this finding?
 * Journal #23: ** What difficulties did the Lost Boys face in coming to America? What helped these immigrants assimilate to the U.S.? (from video "God Grew Tired of Us")
 * Journal #24: ** After watching the video, please write at least two reasons the US was having difficulty defeating the Filipino Independence movement.
 * Journal #25: **How could one argue that the “baths” were part of the Progressivism movement in the United States? Why was Carmelita Torres referred to as an “Amazon”? Why is Carmelita Torres often compared to Rosa Parks?
 * Journal #26:** What is foreign policy? Give one CURRENT example.
 * Journal #27:** How does the article “Coloreds Get All Riled Up” prove that the message given in “We Return Fighting” must have been shared by the black community in Woodland? What were attitudes towards Japanese Americans immediately following WWI?
 * Journal #28: ** What do you know about the 1920s (you can use bullet points)? Write ONE WORD that best describes your overall impression of the 1920s?
 * Journal #29: ** What are 3 slang words you still use today? Name three categories in which you could group some of the slang. Does the slang reflect the roar or war of the 1920s? Explain. (Slang can be found in the RSJ Reader).
 * Journal #30:** If you could ask one living person for anything, who would it be and what would you ask for? How did what you asked for differ from what kids asked for from Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression? Why do you think there was such a difference?
 * Journal #31:** Discuss at least three ways that can war be a transformative experience for a country and its citizens.
 * Journal #32 ** : What did Hiram Bingham do that warranted being put on a stamp?
 * Journal #33 ** : In the questionnaire what is the best option for the atomic bomb? After watching Paul Fussell video clip would you change your answer? After watching "White Light, Black Rain" would you change again?
 * Journal #34**: What were the effects of the Cold War on American culture in the 1950s? Give three examples to back up your statement.
 * Journal #35: ** What is one question you want to ask Jim Zwerg? Why?


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