CP U.S. 2 Congressional Hearing Research

Develop Research Questions

• Closed Question (C): A closed question can be answered with either a single word or a short phrase. Often Yes/No questions.
• Open Question (O): An open question likely to receive a long answer or explanation.

NoodleTools

• How to set up a NoodleTools account
• Creating a NoodleTools project
• How to share a project with your teacher (Inbox name: Weisbart # period Fall 2017)
• How to collaborate with your group members (Peer-reviewer option)
• How to...
  • Copy and paste a database citation (sources from NBC Learn, Britannica, and World Book)
  • Export a U.S. History in Context database citation

Annotated Bibliography

1. Cite a source in NoodleTools.
2. Click the "Options" button.
3. Then choose "Edit Annotation"
   • Summarize: WHAT is this resource? (What information does it have?)
   • Assess & Reflect: HOW does it address the research question?

Taking Notes

• How to create notecards, add tags/colors/visual cues, and make and manage notecard piles

NBC Learn (Database)

• Native Americans:
  • History of the Indian Wars
  • Apology for the Treatment of Indians
  • Sitting Bull and the Fight for the Black Hills
• African Americans:
  • Civil Rights Setbacks in the Late 19th Century
  • Jim Crow Laws in the South
• Industrial Workers:
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
  • Children at Work
  • Rise of Labor Unions
• Business Leaders:
  • Andrew Carnegie
  • Corporate Consolidation in the Late 1800's
• Farmers and Ranchers:
  • The Homestead Act and Hard Times for Farmers
  • Farmers' Issues in Black and White

Database Articles

• Native Americans
  • Dawes Act
  • Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
  • Native Accounts of Wounded Knee (Wounded Knee Massacre)
• African Americans:
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson
  • Black Codes
  • Convict Leasing
  • Civil Rights Cases, 1883
• Industrial Workers
  • Chinese Exclusion Act - Britannica (Oriental Exclusion Act - World Book)
  • Sherman Antitrust Act (focus on 3 sections: Synopsis, The Sherman Antitrust Act, & The Sherman Act and Organized Labor)
  • Eight-Hour Day Movement
  • Shoemaker's Strike
  • Homestead Steel Strike
  • Pullman Strike
• Business Leaders
  • Pacific Railway Act - Britannica
  • Sherman Antitrust Act (Monopolies and Trusts)
  • Homestead Steel Strike
  • Pullman Strike
• Farmers and Ranchers
  • Homestead Act
  • Dawes Act
  • Timber Culture Act of 1873
  • Farmers' Alliances

Websites

• Native Americans
  • Getchell, Michelle. "The Dawes Act." Khan Academy, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-american-west/a/the-dawes-act.
  • Getchell, Michelle. "The Homestead Act and the Exodusters." Khan Academy, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-american-west/a/the-homestead-act-and-the-exodusters.
• Farmers and Ranchers
  • Getchell, Michelle. "The Dawes Act." Khan Academy, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-american-west/a/the-dawes-act.
  • Getchell, Michelle. "The Homestead Act and the Exodusters." Khan Academy, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-6/apush-american-west/a/the-homestead-act-and-the-exodusters.