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" 

   1. • 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.