1/29/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1st period only: 1) Turn in textbooks  2) Test 6

1/28/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1st period:  Study Period

3rd period: 1) Turn in textbooks to library   2) Test 6



American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

Test 2

1/27/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2) Extra Notes ("The Bush Presidency") Focus terms:  a) Clarence Thomas  b) Persian Gulf War
("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001") Focus terms:  a) "Peace dividend"  b) "Contract with America"

3) Graded Study for Test 6 (Part 2)

4) Homework: Study for Test 6----bring textbooks on last day of class or turn in early to the library yourself.



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Test 2

1/26/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2) Finish 70s Presentations
3) Graded Study Time for the test

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 908-910 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Reaganomics"  b) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or "Star Wars")  c) Contras/Sandinistas  d) Iran-Contra Affair  e) Reagan's meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

"Extra" B day:

--Hand out Test 2 review sheet and index card
--Study time for Thursday's test

1/25/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition: The Women's Movement and Gay Rights")
2) 1970s Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)
--Present information
--Audience takes class notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 899-904 ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gerald Ford's problems as president  b) Jimmy Carter's "outsider campaign" for president  c) Camp David Accords  d) Panama Canal Treaty  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/22 entry, except you will also be given the Test 2 review sheet and an index card to prepare for Wednesday's test.

1/22/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2)  Partner Project: 1970s (Prep Day)
--Present Monday and Tuesday

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 884; 889; 892-899 ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition: The Women's Movement and Gay Rights")
Focus your reading on: a) OPEC oil embargo/impact on the U.S.  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Affirmative Action  d) "New Right"


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1) 90s Oral History assignment due
2)  Graded Sharing in class

**Reminder about getting missing work as soon as possible. Check your grade on Synergy.

1/21/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2)  Writing Assignment/Graded Discussion on Vietnam video
--Answer questions from the screen (paragraph each)
--Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 880-883 ("The Nixon Years")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Watergate  c) "Executive privilege"  d) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  e) Ford's pardon of Nixon  f) "Credibility gap"


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/20 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 1/25.

1/20/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2)  Finish Vietnam War video and 2-sided notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873; 876 ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tet Offensive  b) Robert Kennedy  c) Campaign/Election of 1968  d) "Silent Majority"  e) Vietnamization  f) My Lai Massacre  g) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

** Reminder to get missing work in as soon as possible!
**Reminder that your Oral History assignment is due in 2 days (Friday)!

90s Movie ("Reality Bites")-Day 2
--Finish note guide; discuss and hand in

1/15/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2)  Graded Sharing on MLK/Malcolm X OPVL
3)  Looking at examples of literacy tests from segregated era

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 850-856 ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
Focus your reading on:  a) Vietminh/Ho Chi Minh  b) Dien Bien Phu/Geneva Accords c) Domino Theory  d) Ngo Dinh Diem  e) National Liberation Front (NLF)/Vietcong  f) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  g) Operation Rolling Thunder


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1) Reminder about missing work and Oral History assignment due on Friday, 1/22.

2)  90s Movie: "Reality Bites"
--With note guide

1/19/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2)  Video: "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" (Day 1)
2-sided notes: a) Specific scenes or quotes that give us a picture of the Vietnam War combat soldier's experience.  b) Specific examples showing the "message", or bias, of the filmmakers (selection of clips, music, quotes, etc).

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 856-860 ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
Focus your reading on:  a) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)/Port Huron Statement  b) Free Speech Movement at Berkeley  c) Resistance to the draft  d) Hippies

American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/15 entry, except Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 1/25.

1/14/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2)  OPVL on MLK/Malcolm X (Lab Day)
--Individually, analyze the 2 documents and do a write-up following OPVL guidelines
--Graded Sharing tomorrow

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) Malcolm X  b) Black Power/Black Panthers  c) Cesar Chavez  d) American Indian Movement (AIM)  e) Women's Rights Movement/National Organization for Women (NOW)  f) Women's Liberation Movement


American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/13 entry, except your Oral History assignment due date is on Monday, 1/25.

1/13/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation")
2)  Video: "1960-64: Poisoned Dreams"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 836-846 ("New Tactics for the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
Focus your reading on:  a) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)/Sit-in Movement  b) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)/Freedom Rides  c) March on Washington  d) Civil Rights Act of 1964/Voting Rights Act of 1965  e) 1964 presidential election  f) Great Society programs  g) War on Poverty/Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)

American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1) Reminder of Oral History assignment due date (Friday, 1/22)
1.5) Reminder about missing work (needs to be turned in as soon as possible).

2)  1990s Music (Day 2)
--With note guide

1/12/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Life During the Baby Boom")

2) Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 830-836 ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1960 presidential campaign/election  b) "Flexible response"  c) Bay of Pigs Invasion  d) Construction of the Berlin Wall  e) Peace Corps  f) Alliance for Progress  g) Cuban Missile Crisis  h) Space Race

American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/11 entry, except Oral History assignment is due Monday, 1/25.

1/11/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Test 5

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807; 820-825 ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Society During the Baby Boom")
Focus your reading on:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott  c) Baby Boomers  d) Role of women in the 50s  e) The "beats"


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Reminder about Oral History assignment due date and missing assignments overall.

1990s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide and lyrics packet

1/8/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2) Post-WWII Role Play
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Ask 1 question from the audience
--All 4 groups present today

3) Homework: Study for Test 5



American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/7 entry, except your Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 1/25.

1/7/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2) Test 5 possible essay questions:

a) To what extent did the New Deal solve the problems of the Great Depression.
b)  Describe how the U.S. policy in regard to the Soviet Union (containment) evolved during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations.

3) 4 groups: Post-WWII Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option info   b) "Considering Your Option" sheet   c) Make group presentation sheet

4) Homework: Textbook, pages 797-804 ("The Cold War at Home")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fair Deal  b) Election of 1948  c) Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism  d) House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)  e) Alger Hiss  f) Sputnik  g) Interstate Highway System


American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

**Reminder about Oral History assignment due date (Friday, 1/22)
**Reminder to get in missing work as soon as possible

1990s TV: ("Ellen") and ("Seinfeld")
--Continue note guide
--Discuss and hand in

1/6/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2) a) Atomic Bomb reading
    b)  Informal discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Iron Curtain" speech  b) George Kennan (Mr. X)/containment  c) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  d) NATO  e) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  f) "New Look"/"Massive retaliation"  g) Eisenhower Doctrine

American Pop Culture (4th period A day):

Same as 1/5 entry, except Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 1/25.

Turn in your 1980s Oral History assignment today as well.

1/5/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Double Notes" ("Organizing for Victory") and ("Life on the Home Front")
2) Video: "1941-45: Homefront"
--No notes. Just watch.

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 767-776 ("Fighting and Winning the War")
Focus your reading on:  a) Battle of Stalingrad  b) D-Day  c) Battle of Midway  d) Big Three at Yalta e) Harry Truman's options for ending the war with Japan

Focus terms from yesterday's reading (pages 762-767):  a) Rationing  b) Japanese-American internment

American Pop Culture (2nd period B day):

1)  1990s Intro notes
2)  Hand out 1990s Oral History assignment (due Monday, 1/25)

3)  1990s TV ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
--With note guide
--Discuss next time