6/14/12

Today's agenda:

2nd period only (last day of school):

1)  Turn in textbooks to library

2)  Test 12

6/13/12

Today's agenda:

2nd period only:  Study period

3rd and 4th periods:
1)  Hand in textbooks to library

2)  Test 12

6/12/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Recap of "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Hand back original lists
--Make updated list
--Each person shares the highlights of their update

2)  Graded studying for the test


BRING TEXTBOOKS ON LAST DAY OF CLASS

2ND PERIOD:  BRING STUDY MATERIALS FOR TOMORROW

6/11/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Finish 9/11 DVD from Friday
--Staple interview sheets to DVD notes
--Students share connections/observations made

2)  Homework:  Study for Test 12

6/8/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Briefly go over/hand in Clinton video notes


2)  DVD: "102 Minutes that Changed America"
--Keep 9/11 Interview handy as you watch
--Take 1/2 page of observations/thoughts on how the footage of 9/11 corresponds or not with your interview information

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 12

6/7/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Finish Clinton video
--Continue with 2-sided notes on his "Successes" and "Setbacks"
--We will go over the notes tomorrow

2)  Homework:  Finish the 9/11 Interview in order to be prepared for class tomorrow

6/6/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")

2)  Video: "The Clinton Years"
Notes:  Label 1 side of paper "Successes" and the other "Setbacks" and keep a running list as you watch.

3)  Homework:  9/11 Interview (due Friday)

6/5/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")

2)  12 groups:  America's Wars: How Just?
--Brief group research using memory, textbooks, and class notes
--Groups present opinion on paper using document camera

Questions:  a) Causes  b) Reasons for U.S. involvement  c) Outcomes  d) Just or not just? Why or why not?

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 927-936 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) Successes during Clinton's first term  b) Lifting ban on gays in the military?  c) Health care reform?  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

6/4/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")

2)  Video:  "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes


3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 912-914 ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1988 campaign and election  b) Clarence Thomas  c) Collapse of the Soviet Union  d) Persian Gulf War  e) Characteristics of Gulf War troops

Bring textbooks to class tomorrow.




ONLINE STUDY HELP FOR THE TEST:


1)  Go to bedfordstmartins.com/henretta
2)  Create login
3)  Under "Free Study Resources", click on here
4)  Click on Online Study Guide
5)  Chapters 28-31 only (and only information we have covered in class)
6)  Keep textbook and class notes handy to review as you study
7)  Write down terms you have trouble with and ask about them in class or email me.

6/1/12

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")

2)  Video:  "1976-80: Starting Over"
--Take 1 page of notes


3) Homework:  Textbook, pages 908-912 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ronald Reagan's leadership style  b) Reaganomics  c) Strategic Defense Initiative  d) 1984 reelection  e) Iran-Contra Scandal