Weekly Learning Log AP US History: Week __ Unit __ 

Bellwork​: Write the questions AND answers. If there is a stimulus, take a photo and insert it.  
Reflections:​ Take 3-5 minutes to summarize new information learned, connect new learning with past knowledge and analyze how your knowledge was extended. 
Rate Your Understanding:​ Rate your understanding for the lesson and make a plan for review if you don’t feel confident. 
 
Lesson 1 Topic: ​_____________________________________________  Today’s Date​ _____/____/_____ 
Bellwork Questions  Bellwork Answers 
 

walkedout
 
 
  What was most interesting thing Over 250,000 workers
of steel mills
 

in Chapter 29
 
 

The EspionageActandsedition Act

 
 

was a clearviolationofthe
 
  1st
 
  Amendment
 
 
 

End of Lesson Reflection: ​What new information did you learn? How was your knowledge extended? What questions are you left with? 
 
 
 
 
 
Rate of understanding for the day ​(4-you can teach it to others, 1-no understanding) 1 2 3 4 
What is your plan to understand this concept better if you do not understand? 
 
 Lesson 2 Topic: ​_____________________________________________  Today’s Date​ _____/____/_____ 
Bellwork Questions  Bellwork Answers 
 
 
 
 
  TheseditionActforbade speechthat
 
 
 
What was the Sedition Act criticized thegoverentandor the war
 
  Why is itconsideredsucha problem The Actoutlawed the numberfreedom
required tohave a
 
 
democracy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

End of Lesson Reflection: ​What new information did you learn? How was your knowledge extended? What questions are you left with? 

of
 

No Americamadetherightchoice and didnotjointhe

 
Treaty
VersaillesTobeentangled in theaffairsofother
  nationsespecially
 
  ifthenations are on theothersideoftheworld can be a dangerousthing
Rate of understanding for the day ​(4-you can teach it to others, 1-no understanding) 1 2 3 4 
What is your plan to understand this concept better if you do not understand? 
 
 
 
1. How did Wilson continue Progressive
reforms?
Wilson continued to be tough on big businesses He
had cheapergoods
lowered protective tariffs so the consumer
He broke trustandMonopolies
up
 Serbia e Austria Hungary fought bk Serbia killedAustriaHungry
dictator
Russia hGermany
Ally
2. Why did the U.S. ally
get involved in World War
1?
bunch
The US gotinvolved in WWI because Germany was sinking a
of Americanships even if they were nuetralAlsoGreatBritainwas
similar to the USand was basically an allyespecially in a business
standpoint
3. How did World War 1 affect America on the
Home Front?
AmericaInstead of government
WWI createdgreatchanges and precedent in
popularity
forced regulationsvoluntarymovements likevictorygardens gained
4. Why did the U.S. never sign the Treaty of
Versailles or join the League of Nations?
The US neversignedtheTreaty of Versailles because Senator Lodgeand
other Republicans wantchangesto it Howeverwhen those
changes were drawn
Wilson urged Democrats
to reject
Guiding Questions Name________________

President Wilson’s Speeches

1. Read the first speech. Does Wilson think the United States should enter WWI? Why or why
not?

NohedoesnotthinkAmericashouldenterWWIHedidnotwantto
gettangledup in foreignaffairs

2. Read the second speech. Does Wilson think the United States should enter WWI? Why or
why not?
merchantships
Yes hedid Germany was killingAmericansand sinking
otherpeople
Hewanted democracy to be safeandhelp

3. Contextualization: Use the 1917 speech to “imagine the setting.” (a) What does Wilson
accuse Germany of doing? (b) Do you think this is a good reason to go to war? (c) What
additional information would you need to have before making a decision?

4. Close reading: Re-read the last two paragraphs of the 1917 speech. Why do you think
Wilson added these paragraphs? How do you think these words made Americans feel?

STANFORD HISTORY EDUCATION GROUP sheg.stanford.edu

Guiding Questions for Textbook:

1. What are TWO reasons that the textbook gives for why the U.S. entered the war?

2. Based on the reasons in Wilson’s 1917 speech and in the textbook, do you think the United
States had good reasons for entering WWI?

Guiding Questions for Howard Zinn:

1. Sourcing: Before reading the document, what do you predict Howard Zinn will say about the
United States’ reasons for entering WWI?

Hewill saythatthe US was atfaultandmany reasonstheyhad

forgettingthe war were flawed
2. Close reading; Why does Zinn claim that Wilson made a flimsy argument?

Wilson made a filmsy argument becauseBritain was

doingbadthingstoAmericanships
3. Close reading: What does Zinn suggest are the real reasons the United States entered the
war?
Therealreason was thatbanks gavetons ofmoneytotheallies
anddidn'twantthemtolose

4. Close reading: What evidence does Zinn provide to support his claims that the United States
was motivated by other reasons (besides German attacks on U.S. ships)?

Hegave IP Morgan as an example of abankthatloaned money

to Britain andallies
5. Do you find Zinn’s argument convincing? Why or why not?

Nohe provideslittleevidence to backBritain

intruding on
citizens on thehighseas
therightsofAmerican

STANFORD HISTORY EDUCATION GROUP sheg.stanford.edu

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
DIRECTIONS
Select three primary sources from the document collection, “The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918.” Search for
documents that illustrate three different ways in which the influenza epidemic of 1918 impacted life in the U.S.

EXAMPLE ONE EXAMPLE TWO EXAMPLE THREE

DOCUMENT
Identify as much information as Picture 1918 Telegram1918 Letter1918
possible about this document’s
origins (type of document, year,
location, publisher, etc.) NewYorkCity OklahomaCity YakimaIndian
NationalArchives U.S FoodAdministration
Agency
atCollegeParkMD
CONTENT
If a written document, describe A letter carrier canceledmeetings It is a letterto
wearing a mask because of 300 give condolences to
the subject matter.

whilecarrying
letters
cases inthe area a familywho lost
If an image, describe any people,
objects, actions, etc. that are
visible
theirdaughterbcofit
DRAWING REFERENCES
Based on the document, what
Maskswere required Publicgatheringswere children weredying
can you infer about the impact
of the influenza epidemic on forworkers whowentlimitedandpeople andthere was little
daily life?
aroundandinteractedwere cautious about treatment
process
How serious could these
withdifferentpeople meetingtogether
disruptions be to everyday life?
It seemslike a mild It seems a serious It isvery interrupting
interception interception
The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 Learning from the Influenza Epidemic

DIRECTIONS
Use the 2018 blog post from the Centers for Disease Control, “The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Why It Matters 100 Years Later,” to determine how medical
professionals and governments attempted to address the threat of the flu in 1918 and how the U.S. prepares to do so today.

UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENZA UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENZA

EPIDEMIC OF 1918 EPIDEMIC TODAY LESSONS LEARNED

According to the document, to what specific “germ” were To what “germ” do doctors today attribute the influenza How has the medical understanding of the cause / spread
doctors in 1918 able to attribute this flu? epidemic of 1918? of influenza changed since 1918?

Theycouldnottarget a specific InfluenzaA H1N1

germ Theydidnothavethe
CAUSES

technology
How does this document claim the flu was spread in the How does this document claim the flu is spread?
1918 epidemic?

Fastinmilitarybarracksandhityoung Airborneand
touch
adultshardManynursesdied

What specific actions did doctors in 1918 recommend What specific actions does this document recommend be How have these recommendations / programs changed
individuals take to avoid influenza? taken to avoid influenza today? from 1918 to the present?

wearmasksLimitgatherings
PREVENTION

What government programs does this document suggest were What government programs does this document suggest
in place in 1918 to combat the epidemic? are in place to combat a future epidemic?

1millionbudgetforUS Public
HealthService

If one became infected, what treatments were available in If one becomes infected, what treatments are How has treatment changed from 1918
1918? available today? to the present?
TREATMENT
Causes

Poor elds and crops in South because of boll weevil (9)

Lynching (16)
North had jobs and open jobs because of Northern strikes (8)
North had improved housing (31)

Effects

Many were arrested in South so they couldn’t leave (42)

Found work in steel and railroads (37,38)
As more migrants came housing conditions became terrible (47)
Many contacted tuberculosis (55)
 Name____________

What Caused the Chicago Race Riots of 1919?

Read Documents A and B and fill in the chart below.

Similarities Differences

Both recountsimilarsequences A doesn't pointblame as much

atthebeach as B
Both similarcausality B goes in depth for theevents
give
rates following the drowning

Which account do you trust more—the textbook or the history book? Explain your answer below.

DocA A picture of segregated beaches

DocB Thepicture of theAfrican American man dead on thestreet

cornor

1
 Name____________

What Caused the Chicago Race Riots of 1919?

Document Date/ Author According to this document, what Provide evidence from the document that
caused the Chicago Race Riots of supports these reasons.
1919?

1914 White bombers There were bombings of

Document C
Leader and Property coloredhomesand houses
of Owners'Assoisiation
NAACP
Document D 1419 Discrimination He will not quietlyaccept
his discrimination and we should
Scarborough notask todo so
Document E 1914 Blacks takingupjobs It is a factthatthesouthern
Chicago normally held by
only
negro cannotcompete with
Tribune whites the northener

2
The race riots in Chicago during the Red Summer occur because of discrimination between blacks and whites and provocative whites bombing
colored housing.

Discrimination
Blacks pushed back against segregation in the North.

Bombings
From January 1918 to August 1919, twenty bombings took place.
 John Green US History Crash Course World War I Questions
1. Why were progressives opposed to U.S. involvement in The Great War?

2. Why does John claim the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 was not the cause of America entering
the war?

Because theUS declared war 2 years aftertheLusitania

3. Why did America decide to declare war on Germany?

zimmermanletter
Banks
4. What was America’s main contribution to the Entente powers (Allies)?

Moneyand arms

5. John states that not all progressives were anti-war and that for them, the war offered America what?

Thepossibility of reform Expandingsocialjusticemorescience

6. How did The Great War suppress civil liberties? Example: Sedition Act.

Speech thatcriticized the war andgovernment was outlawed

7. How did the war affect American patriotism and relations with immigrants?
Americanpatriotismincreased
Poorrelations withimmigrantswere justifiedbythe war
8. What was The Great Migration?
YorkandChicago
The growth oftheblack population in the North DetroitNew
9. Did America achieve the goal of spreading progressive ideas throughout the rest of the world by
entering The Great War?