5/20/16

I.B. History of the Americas:

**Hand out Unit 6 I.B. Topics
1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Society 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 (B day):

Same as 5/19 entry, except your 1990s Oral History assignment is due on Monday, 6/6.