Urban Studies
Welcome to Mr. Waple's Urban Studies class.

Week of 1/18
Monday
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday
1st day prayer
Getting to know you
Go over course expectations & syllabus
Pass out term paper assignment
Previous class evals
HW: type a half-page to full page (double-spaced, regular margins, 12 font, Times New Roman) answerings the questions "What do you know about Chicago history and why are you taking this class?" due TOMORROW
HW: read p. xi-16 in Devil in the White City (DWC) for FRIDAY

Wednesday
Chicago public transit questions
Work on Getting Around Chicago packets
Demonstrate street system using Google

Thursday
Work on Getting Around Chicago map worksheet

Friday (assembly sched. - 35 min.)
DWC quiz
Discuss DWC

Week of 1/25
Monday
Finish Getting Around Chicago map worksheet
HW: Bus schedule worksheet DUE TOMORROW
HW: DWC 16-34 for FRIDAY

Tuesday
Notes on N.A. & IL geography
HW: 5-12 in City of Big Shoulders (CoBS) - quiz on readings tomorrow??

Wednesday
Quiz on CoBS reading?
City of the Century video (6-14')
HW: Marquette & Joliet paper due MONDAY
HW: CoBS 13-19 - quiz tomorrow?

Thursday
Quiz on CoBS reading?
Notes on ch. 2

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss

Week of 2/1
Monday
Finish notes on CoBS ch. 2
Notes on Chicago flag
Go over CoBS quiz & video worksheet
Hand out extra credit study guide
HW: DWC 35-61

Tuesday
Review for test

Wednesday (mass sched. - 30 min.)
Test on Chi. transit, Geog. & NA of IL, City of Century video, CoBS ch. 1 & 2

Thursday
Read beginning of CoBS ch. 3
Group notes on sections of ch. 3

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss

Week of 2/8
Monday
Continue ch. 3 notes
HW: DWC 62-84

Tuesday
Finish ch. 3 notes
Go over test

Wednesday
Group skits on ch. 3 notes

Thursday
DWC quiz
Discuss

Friday
NO SCHOOL - INSTITUTE DAY

Week of 2/15
Monday
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday
Watch City of Century (15'-22')
Read CoBS section "A New Concept of Time" in class (66-68)
Ch. 4 notes (RRs)
HW: DWC 85-103

Wednesday (mass sched. - 30 min.)
Ch. 4 notes (RRs and Grain Trade)

Thursday
Ch. 4 notes (finish grain trade and lumber)
HW: RR reading due TOMORROW

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
HW: read CoBS 56-62 about meatpacking

Week of 2/22
Monday
Quiz on CoBS reading?
Ch. 4 notes (meatpacking)
Explain process of butchering & show photos of stock yards
HW: meatpacking reading
HW: DWC 104-122

Tuesday
Ch. 4 notes (mail order catalogs)
Hand out review sheet

Wednesday
City of Century video (22-54', 96-110')

Thursday (activ. sched. - 40 min.)
Finish City of Century video
Work on review sheet in class

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Talk about field trip options

Week of 3/1
Monday
Review jeopardy

Tuesday
Test on ch. 3, 4 CoBS

Wednesday
Ch. 5 notes (Politics of Reform & Ethnicity)

Thursday (activ. sched. - 40 min.)
Ch. 5 notes (Public Policy & Urban Services)
Talk about dredging projects in Dubai

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Go over test

Week of 3/8
Monday
Ch. 5 notes (Amusement & Recreation, Religion)
City of Century video (54-64)
HW: DWC 146-166

Tuesday (assembly sched. - 35 min.)
Ch. 5 notes (Chicago Personalities)
HW: Read poem "Chicago" at beginning of CoBS and write half-to-full page reflection/reaction

Wednesday
Ch. 6 notes (The Fire)
HW: CoBS 107-113

Thursday
Ch. 6 notes (The Bomb)

Friday - End Q3
DWC quiz
Discuss
HW: World's Fair reading

Week of 3/15
Monday
Ch. 6 notes (The Fair)
Photos of World's Fair
HW: DWC 167-185

Tuesday
City of the Century video (70-83', 89-96')
HW: read CoBS in class 123-130

Wednesday (early dismissal - 35 min.)
CoBS quiz 123-130
Ch. 7 notes (Polish immigration)

Thursday
City of the Century video (146-172', 222-240')

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss

Week of 3/22
Monday
SPRING BREAK

Tuesday
SPRING BREAK

Wednesday
SPRING BREAK

Thursday
SPRING BREAK

Friday
SPRING BREAK

Week of 3/29
Monday
SPRING BREAK

Tuesday
SPRING BREAK

Wednesday
SPRING BREAK

Thursday
SPRING BREAK

Friday
SPRING BREAK

Week of 4/5
Monday
Review ch. 7 notes
Ch. 7 notes (Italians)
Ch. 7 notes in groups (Jews, Czechs, Greeks, Swedes)
HW: DWC 186-205

Tuesday
Skits on ch. 7 notes (Jews, Czechs, Poles, Italians)
HW: CoBS p.141-5

Wednesday
Ch. 5-7 jeopardy

Thursday
Test on CoBS ch. 5-7

Friday (mass sched. - 30 min.)
DWC quiz
Discuss

Week of 4/12
Monday
Ch. 8 notes (progressivism, muckrakers, boodle)
HW: DWC 206-231

Tuesday
Ch. 8 notes (Carter Harrison II)
HW: Ch. 8 readings packet due THURSDAY

Wednesday (activ. sched. - 40 min.)
Go over test
Ch. 8 notes (Jane Addams, Daniel Burnham)

Thursday
Ch. 9 notes (finish Burnham)
City of the Century video (178-222')

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Discuss field trip ideas

Week of 4/19
Monday
HW: DWC 235-255
Finish City of the Century video
Ch. 9 notes (WWI, Great Migration)

Tuesday (activity sched. - 40 min.)
Ch. 9 notes (Riot of 1919)
HW: read CoBS 176-181

Wednesday
Quiz on CoBS?
Ch. 9 notes (prohibition, gangsters)

Thursday
Ch. 9 notes (finish gangster notes)
HW: Prohibition reading

Friday (assembly sched. - 35 min.)
DWC quiz
Discuss
Prepare for field trip

Week of 4/26
Monday
Field trip!
HW: DWC 256-278

Tuesday
Discuss field trip
Ch. 9 notes (Big Bill Thompson)

Wednesday (early dism. - 35 min.)
Finish ch. 9 notes (Dever)
Hand out review sheet

Thursday
Review jeopardy

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss

Week of 5/3
Monday
Test on ch. 8, 9
HW: DWC 279-298 FOR TOMORROW

Tuesday
Ch. 10 notes (The Machine & Anton Cermak)
Quiz on DWC 279-298
HW: DWC 299-320 FOR FRIDAY

Wednesday
Ch. 10 notes (Ed Kelly to WWII)

Thursday
Finish ch. 10 notes (Kelly's Exit to Creation of American White Suburb)
Hand out ch. 10 review guide

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Work on ch. 10 review guide
HW: CoBS ch. 11 guided reading DUE FRIDAY

Week of 5/10
Monday
HW: DWC 321-336
Go over old tests in class

Tuesday (Senior finals)
Periods 6, 7, 8
Work on ch. 11 guided reading in class

Wednesday (Senior finals)
Periods 3, 4, 5
Work on review sheets & ch. 11 guided reading in class
Go over old tests in class

Thursday (Senior finals)
Periods 1, 2
Take final

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Chicago Neighborhoods by "L" video

Week of 5/17
Monday
HW: DWC 339-359
Time to read in class

Tuesday
Finish Chicago Neighborhoods by "L" video

Wednesday (activ. sched. - 40 min.)
Begin ch. 11 notes

Thursday
Ch. 11 notes (background to problems)

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Ch. 11 notes (day-to-day workings of the Machine)

Week of 5/24
Monday
HW: DWC 360-390
Ch. 11 notes (Machine's biggest failures)

Tuesday
Finish ch. 11 notes
Begin Daley video

Wednesday
Continue Daley video

Thursday
Finish Daley video
Ch. 12 notes

Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Hand out review sheet & work on in class

Week of 5/31
Monday
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday
Review jeopardy

Wednesday
Finals (8, 4, 6)

Thursday
Finals (7, 3, 5)

Friday
Finals (1, 2)
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