6/12/13

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period only:

1) Turn in textbooks
2)  Phone collection
3)  Test 12

6/11/13

Advanced U.S. History:

2nd period:  Study Period

3rd period:  1) Turn in textbooks
                   2)  Test 12



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Turn in textbooks
2)  Test 6

6/10/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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

2)  Graded Studying for the Test
--Must be history test


BRING TEXTBOOKS ON LAST DAY OF CLASS
2ND PERIOD:  BRING STUDY MATERIALS FOR TOMORROW


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Finish DVD from Friday
--Staple interview sheets to DVD notes

2)  Graded Studying for the Test
--Must be history test


BRING TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW TO CLASS

6/7/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Finish yesterday's DVD
--Staple interview sheets to DVD notes
--Students share connections and observations made


2) Homework:  Study for Test 12



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2)  DVD: "102 Minutes that Changed America"
--Interview check
--Keep 9/11 Interview out while you watch
--Take 1/2 page of observations on how the 9/11 footage corresponds, or not, with your interview information

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 6

6/6/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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

2)  Homework:  Study for Test 12


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93") and ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes
3)  Go over Test 6 essay questions

4)  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) Attempt to lift ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

6/5/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Finish Clinton video
--Add to notes afterward the information I will tell you to write about


2)  Homework: 9/11 Interview (due tomorrow)



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s") and ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2)  Hand in Nixon assignment
3)  Video: "1976-80: Starting Over"
--1 page of notes

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 908-914 ("The Reagan-Bush Years") and ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on:  a) Reaganomics  b) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)  c) Iran-Contra Scandal  d) Clarence Thomas  e) Persian Gulf War

6/4/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2)  Video: "The Clinton Years"
Notes:  Label 1 side "Successes" and 1 side "Setbacks"--keep a running list

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes
3)  Watergate Assignment
--Read pages 267-276 in books provided
--Answer questions (paragraph responses)
--Graded Discussion

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 887-889; 892-904 ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s") and ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Three Mile Island  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Roe vs. Wade  d) "Modern" political campaigning  e) Gerald Ford's problems as president  f) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign and leadership style  g) Camp David Accords  h) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan  i) Iranian Hostage Crisis

ALSO:  9/11 Interview (due Friday)

6/3/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  12 groups:  "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Brief group research/discussion
--Groups present information and opinion

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"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels") and ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2)  Video: "Approaching the Apocalypse: 1971-75"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 880-887 ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Divisions in the Democratic Party  c) Spiro Agnew  d) Watergate cover-up  e) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  f) Nixon's pardon  g) Rising oil prices  h) OPEC oil embargo  i) Impact of embargo on the U.S.