5/31/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2) Finish 1970s Presentations

3) 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 meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev


American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Oral History and missing work reminder

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

5/30/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/29 entry.

5/29/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition...")
2) Partner Project: 1970s Presentations
--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:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment and missing assignments reminder

2) 1990s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

5/25/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/24 entry.

5/24/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2) Partner Project: 1970s (Prep Day using Chromebooks)
--Present starting next class period

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 884; 889; 892-899 ("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition...")
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:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment reminder and missing assignment reminder

2) 1990s TV (Day 2)
("Ellen") and ("Seinfeld")
--Finish note guide

5/23/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/22 entry.

5/22/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2) "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" (Day 3)
--Answer questions from the screen (paragraph each)
--Graded Discussion
--Staple to video notes and hand in

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:

1) 1990s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 90s Oral History assignment (due Friday, June 8)
3) 90s TV (Day 1)
("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
--With note guide

5/21/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/18 entry.

5/18/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish video

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873 ("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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment is due


2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

5/17/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/16 entry.

5/16/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Movie (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

5/15/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/14 entry.

5/14/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2) Graded Sharing of MLK/Malcolm X OPVLs
--Make sure to turn the assignment into Google Classroom

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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Movie (Day 1) ("WarGames")
--With note guide

5/11/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/10 entry.

5/10/18

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 (Computer Day)
--Individually, analyze 2 documents and do write-up following your OPVL Guidelines packet
--Graded Sharing next class

3) 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:

1) 80s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 80s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

5/9/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/8 entry.

5/8/18

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 in 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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Music (Day 1)
--With note guide

5/7/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/4 entry.

5/4/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Test 5

2) 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:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s TV (Day 2) ("Cheers") and ("The Cosby Show")
--Finish note guide

5/3/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/2 entry.

5/2/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue") and ("American Society During the Baby Boom")
2) Graded Study for Test 5

3) Homework: Study for Test 5



American Pop Culture:

1) 80s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 80s Oral History assignment (due Friday, May 18)

3) 80s TV (Day 1) ("Family Ties")
--With note guide

5/1/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/30 entry.