4/30/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2) Cold War Role Play (All 4 groups)
--Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question only


3) Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807 ("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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment is due

2)  Graded Sharing

4/27/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/26 entry.

4/26/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2) Discuss second Test 5 essay question with the notes
3) 4 groups: Cold War 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 (HUAAC)  e) Alger Hiss  f) Sputnik  g) Interstate Highway System



American Pop Culture:

1) Final 1970s Oral History assignment reminder


2) 1970s Movie (Day 2) ("Rocky")
--Finish note guide

4/25/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/24 entry.

4/24/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2) a) Atomic Bomb reading
b) Answer questions on the screen
c) Graded 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:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 70s Movie (Day 1) ("Rocky")
--With note guide

4/23/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/20 entry.

4/20/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2) Early Test 5 Essay Question (first one only):

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"
--Take 1 page of notes

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 3 of Yalta  e) Truman's options for ending the war with Japan


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

4/19/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/18 entry.

4/18/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2) Groups of 4: OPVL on Japanese-American Internment
--Group work time, then whole-class sharing; turn in group sheet
--Use OPVL Guidelines Packet

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 762-767 ("Life on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  a) Rationing   b) Japanese-American internment



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

4/17/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/16 entry.

4/16/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
2) CCC Assignment (Part 2)
--Answer questions from the screen on the backside of last week's video notes
--Graded Discussion

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 754-755; 758-762 ("Organizing for Victory")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of WWII on women  b) Impact of WWII on African-Americans



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 70s TV (Day 3) ("All in the Family") and ("Barney Miller")
--Finish note guide

4/12/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/11 entry.

4/11/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2) Video: "The Civilian Conservation Corps"
--Take 1 page of notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 751-754 ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lend-Lease Act  b) Atlantic Charter



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1970s TV (Day 2) ("MASH") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide

4/10/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/9 entry.

4/9/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
2) Finish New Deal Presentations

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 732-735; 738-741; 745-746 ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
Focus your reading on:  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)



American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1970s Oral History assignment (due Monday, April 30)

3) 1970s TV (Day 1) ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
--With note guide

4/6/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/5 entry.

4/5/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2) New Deal Presentations
--Graded on your typed info, visual, and oral explanation
--Audience takes class notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 728-732 ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38")
Focus your reading on:  a) National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (Wagner Act)  b) Social Security Act  c) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  d) Tax Reform Bill of 1935 (Revenue Act of 1935)  e) "Court-packing" scheme  f) "Roosevelt Recession"


American Pop Culture:

Test 1

4/4/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/3 entry.

4/3/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression")
2) In pairs: New Deal Project (Prep Day) (On Google Classroom)
--Present next 2 class days

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 722-727 ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fireside chats  b) Brain Trust  c) "Hundred Days" (Emergency Banking Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Prohibition repealed, Agricultural Adjustment Act, National Recovery Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Public Works/Civil Works Administrations)  d) FDR's critics (Townsend, Coughlin, Long)


American Pop Culture:

1) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and notecards; Explain test format and expectations

2) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1