4/30/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/29 entry.

4/29/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2) Role Play Presentations (All 4 groups)
--Evaluation Form
--1 audience question per person

3) Homework: Study for Test 5




American Pop Culture:

1) Final reminder about 1970s Oral History

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

4/26/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/25 entry.

4/25/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2) Talk about second essay question for Test 5
3) 4 groups: Post-WWII Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Option info  b) "Considering Your Option" sheet  c) 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) Reminder about 1970s Oral History due next Wednesday


2) 1970s Movie: "Rocky" (Day 1)
--With note guide

4/24/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/23 entry.

4/23/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2) Test 5 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) a) Atomic Bomb reading
b) Answer question on the screen
c) Graded Sharing

4) 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 reminder

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

4/22/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/19 entry.

4/19/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Life on the Home Front")
2) Video: "1941-45: Homefront"
--Take 1 page of notes

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


American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Oral History reminder and check-in

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

4/18/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/17 entry.

4/17/19

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 with everyone's name
--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 reminder and check-in

2) 1970s TV (Day 3) ("All in the Family") ("Barney Miller")
--Finish note guide

4/16/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/15 entry.

4/15/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Depression-Era Isolationism")
2) CCC Assignment (Part 2)--connected to the notes from the last class
--Answer questions from the screen
--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 check-in and reminder

2) 1970s TV (Day 2)
("M.A.S.H.") and ("Good Times")
--Continue note guide

4/11/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/10 entry.

4/10/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 751-754 ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
Focus your reading on:  a) Lend-Lease Act  b) Atlantic Charter




American Pop Culture:

1) 1970s Intro Notes
2) Hand out 1970s Oral History (due Wednesday, May 1)

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

4/9/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/8 entry.

4/8/19

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:

Test 1

4/5/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/4 entry.

4/4/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2) New Deal Project Presentations (Day 1)
--10 points for typed info/visual; 5 points for oral presentation
--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:

1) Hand out Test 1 review sheet and index cards
--Discuss test format and expectations

2) Graded Study/Preparation for Test 1

4/3/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 4/2 entry.

4/2/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

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

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 Administration/Civil Works Administration)  d) FDR's critics (Dr. Francis Townshend; Charles Coughlin; Huey Long)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1960s Oral History is due

2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories