5/13/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2)  Test 5 Essay Questions for next Thursday's test:
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) Video: "1941-45: Homefront"
--With note guide

4) 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


American Pop Culture (A day):

1) 1980s Oral History assignment due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral History interviews