5/9/13

Advanced U.S. History:

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 836-842 ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
Focus your reading on:  a) Sit-in movement  b) March on Washington  c) Voting Rights Act of 1965/24th Amendment


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
2)  Video: "1929-36: Stormy Weather"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 699; 701-711; 714 ("Hard Times") and ("Harder Times")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of how the Depression affected people who lived through it  b) Impact of the Dust Bowl  c) "Okies"

5/8/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Test 11

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) Peace Corps d) Bay of Pigs Invasion  e) Cuban Missile Crisis  f) JFK's space program  g) JFK's assassination

HOMEWORK READING AND TAKING READING NOTES ARE A KEY TO SUCCESS IN THIS LAST UNIT!


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture") and ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")

2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone is fair game to be asked questions during group presentations
--Staple 2 sheets together and hand in

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 697-699 ("The Coming of the Great Depression")
Focus your reading on:  Causes of the Great Depression

5/7/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
2)  Go over last essay question for tomorrow's Test 11
3)  Video:  "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes (keep until tomorrow to help study for test)

4)  Homework: Study for Test 11



Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
2)  6 groups: 1920s Documents of Prejudice/Nativism
a)  On own paper, summarize key points in a paragraph
b)  "Analyzing Sources" sheet
c)  Work as a group.  Anyone is fair game tomorrow for answering questions

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-692 ("A New National Culture")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 20s entertainment  b) Examples of 20s popular culture people  c) Examples of 20s nativism  d) The "new" KKK  e) "The Birth of a Nation"

5/6/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
2)  Role Play Presentations
--Evaluation Form
--All 4 groups present
--1 audience question per person

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 816-825; 828-830 ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
Focus your reading on:  a) Baby boomers  b) Role of women in the 1950s  c) Positives and negatives of low-income housing during the 50s


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Test 4

2)  Homework: Textbook, pages 666-670; 672-673 ("The Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s")
Focus your reading on:  a) Warren G. Harding's administration  b) Calvin Coolidge's political beliefs  c) Dawes Plan

5/3/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2)  Test 11 prep information
3)  Post-WWII Role Play (Prep Day)
a) Read Option information
b)  "Considering Your Option"
c) Make presentation sheet

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 804-807 ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
Focus your reading on:  a) Brown vs. Board of Education  b) Montgomery Bus Boycott


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
2)  Woodrow Wilson Assignment
a) Read documents
b)  Answer questions
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework:  Study for Test 4

5/2/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Abroad")
2)  Video: "1946-52: Best Years"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 797-804 ("The Cold War at Home")
Focus your reading on:  a) Fair Deal  b) Election of 1948  c) Joseph McCarthy  d) Alger Hiss  e) Interstate Highway System


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("War on the Home Front")
2)  Video: "1914-19: Shell Shock"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 655; 658-662 ("An Unsettled Peace, 1919-20")
Focus your reading on:  a) Wilson's 14 Points  b) Palmer Raids

5/1/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Fighting and Winning the War")
2)  Finish WWII/Korea Oral History Presentations

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 784-785; 788-797 ("The Cold War Abroad")
Focus your reading on:  a) Containment  b) Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan  c) NATO  d) Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War  e) "Massive retaliation"


Honors U.S. History:

1) Notes ("The Great War: 1914-18")
2)  WWI Propaganda Assignment
--Use books provided (pages 139-158)
--Answer 4 questions from each of 4 selections:
(Pick 1 from #s 1; 17-19/Pick 1 from #s 2-5; 20/ Pick 2 from #s 6-16; 21-23)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 647-655 ("War on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  Examples of U.S. civilian involvement in WWI