Welcome to Mr. Waple's Urban Studies class.
Week of 8/17
Monday
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
Getting to know you
Course expectations & syllabus
Previous class evals and letters
Term paper
HW: type a half-page to full page (double-space, regular margins, 12 font, Times New Roman) answerings the questions "What do you know about Chicago history and why are you taking this class?" for TOMORROW
HW: read p. xi-16 in Devil in the White City (DWC) for FRIDAY
Thursday
Chicago public transit questions
Work on Getting Around Chicago packets
Demonstrate street system using Google
Friday - special sched. (40)
DWC quiz
Discuss
Week of 8/24
Monday
Work on Getting Around Chicago map worksheet
HW: DWC 16-34
Tuesday
Finish Getting Around Chicago worksheet
HW: Finish Bus schedule worksheet
Wednesday
Go over basics of Metra, el, and bus sys.
Notes on N.A. & IL geog.
Decipher traffic report if time allows
HW: read 5-12 in City of Big Shoulders (CoBS) - quiz on readings tomorrow??
Thursday
Quiz on CoBS readings??
Watch City of Century 6-14'
HW: Marquette & Joliet paper due MONDAY
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
HW: CoBS 13-19 (quiz tomorrow?)
Week of 8/31
Monday
Quiz on CoBS?
Notes on CoBS ch. 2
HW: DWC 35-61 for FRIDAY
Tuesday
Finish notes on CoBS ch. 2
Notes on Chicago flag
Go over CoBS quiz & video worksheet
Hand out extra credit study guide
Wednesday - activ. (40)
Review for test
Thursday
Test on Chi. transit, Geog. & NA of IL, City of Century video, CoBS ch. 1 & 2
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
BRING COBS BOOK MONDAY!
Week of 9/7
Monday
LABOR DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
BRING COBS BOOK
Read intro to ch. 3, & work in groups on ch. 3 notes
HW: DWC 62-84
Wednesday - mass (30)
Continue ch. 3 notes
Thursday
Finish ch. 3 notes
Go over Marquette & Joliet paper
Friday
Quiz on DWC
Discuss DWC
Week of 9/14
Monday
Group skits on ch. 3 notes
HW: DWC 85-103
Tuesday
Go over test
Talk about field trip
Wednesday (35)
Watch City of Century (15'-22')
Read CoBS section "A New Concept of Time" in class (66-68)
Ch. 4 notes (RRs)
Thursday - activ. (40)
Ch. 4 notes (RRs and Grain Trade)
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss DWC
HW: RR reading
Week of 9/21
Monday
Ch. 4 notes (finish grain trade and lumber)
HW: read CoBS 56-62 about meatpacking.
Quiz on CoBS 56-62
HW: DWC 104-122
Tuesday
Ch. 4 notes (meatpacking)
Photos of stock yards
HW: meatpacking reading
Wednesday
Ch. 4 notes (mail order catalogs)
Hand out review sheet
Thursday
City of Century video (22-54', 96-110')
Friday
DWC quiz
Pass out field trip forms & discuss
Discuss DWC
Finish City of Century video
HW: GET YOUR FIELD TRIP FORM FILLED OUT AND ASK YOUR PARENTS IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHAPERON THE TRIP ON OCT. 1
Week of 9/28
Monday
FACULTY RETREAT - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Collect field trip money & forms
Review jeopardy
HW: DWC 123-145
Wednesday
Test on ch. 3 & 4 CoBS
Thursday
Field Trip (you must be passing by the end of Wednesday in order to be able to go on the field trip)
Things to remember for the field trip:
Wear warm clothes and your uniform (spirit wear is okay if you have your button)
Wear comfortable shoes
Check the weather/bring an umbrella in case it rains
Bring DWC if you want to read on the Metra
Bring $ for lunch ($7-8)
MOST IMPORTANTLY: BE HERE ON TIME. We are LEAVING at 7:45, so get here earlier than that.
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss DWC
Discuss field trip
Week of 10/5
Monday
Ch. 5 notes (Politics of Reform & Ethnicity)
HW: DWC 146-166
Tuesday
Ch. 5 notes (Public Policy & Urban Services)
Talk about dredging projects in Dubai
Wednesday
Ch. 5 notes (Amusement & Recreation, Religion)
City of Century video (54-64)
Thursday (35)
Ch. 5 notes (Chicago Personalities)
HW: Read poem "Chicago" at beginning of CoBS and write half-to-full page reflection/reaction
Friday - assembly (35)
DWC quiz
Discuss
Week of 10/12
Monday
COLUMBUS DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Ch. 6 notes (The Fire)
HW: CoBS 107-113
Wednesday
Fr., So., Jr. testing until 11:15
Seniors - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
Quiz on CoBS?
Ch. 6 notes (The Bomb)
BRING COBS BOOK TOMORROW
Friday
Work in class
Week of 10/19
Monday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Finish notes on Haymarket Bomb
Tuesday
Ch. 6 notes (The Fair)
HW: World's Fair reading
Wednesday - mass (30)
City of the Century video (70-83', 89-96')
Thursday
City of the Century video (146-172', 222-240')
Friday - End 1st Q
DWC quiz
Discuss
Finish City of the Century video
Week of 10/26
Monday
Read CoBS in class 123-130
Quiz at end of period
HW: DWC 206-231
Ch. 7 notes (Polish immigration)
Tuesday
Ch. 7 notes (Polish & Italian immigration, E. European Jews, Greeks)
Wednesday - early dismissal (35)
Finish ch. 7 notes (Czechs, Swedes)
Work on skits
Thursday
Present skits
Hand out extra credit review sheet DUE TUESDAY
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Work on review sheet in class
Week of 11/2
Monday
Review jeopardy
HW: DWC 235-255
Tuesday
Test on CoBS ch. 5-7
Wednesday
Intro video to ch. 8 (City of the Century 178-222')
Thursday - parent-teacher conferences (25)
DWC quiz
Discuss
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Week of 11/9
Monday
Ch. 8 notes (progressivism, muckrakers, boodle)
HW: Ch. 8 readings packet due WEDNESDAY
HW: DWC 256-278
Tuesday
City of the Century video (178-222')
Wednesday
Time to work in class on ch. 8 readings
Thursday
Ch. 8 notes (Jane Addams, Daniel Burnham)
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Week of 11/16
Monday
INSTITUTE DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Ch. 9 notes (WWI, Great Migration)
HW: DWC 279-298
Wednesday
Ch. 9 notes (Riot of 1919)
HW: read CoBS 176-181
Thursday
Quiz on CoBS?
Ch. 9 notes (prohibition, gangsters)
Friday
DWC quiz
Discuss
Week of 11/23
Monday
Ch. 9 notes (finish gangster notes)
HW: Prohibition reading
Tuesday
Ch. 9 notes (Big Bill Thompson)
Wednesday
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Friday
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Week of 11/30
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week of 12/7
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday - early dismissal (35)
Thursday
Friday
Week of 12/14
Monday
Tuesday - mass (30)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week of 12/21
Monday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Friday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Week of 12/28
Monday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Friday
CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Week of 1/4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week of 1/11
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Finals (8, 2, 6)
Thursday
Finals (7, 3, 5)
Friday
Finals (1, 4)
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