6/19/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1st period:  Extra Study Day

4th period:  a) Hand in textbooks   b) Test 6




American Pop Culture:

Test 2

6/16/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order...")
2) Graded Study for Test 6

3) Homework: Study for Test 6

**BRING TEXTBOOKS ON YOUR LAST DAY OF CLASS.

6/15/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Bush Presidency")
2) 12 groups: "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Brief group research in class/group discussion using classroom textbooks, class notes, phones, etc.
--Groups present opinions on paper

a) Causes  b) Reasons for U.S. involvement  c) Outcomes  d) Just or not just? Why or why not?

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 927-933 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order...")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Contract with America"  b) "Peace Dividend" (not in reading)



American Pop Culture:

1) Hand in 90s Oral History assignment

2) Final missing work reminder

3) --Hand out Test 2 review sheet and index card
    --Graded preparation for test

6/14/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Finish yesterday's Carter notes, then ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2) Video: "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 910-914 ("The Bush Presidency")
Focus your reading on:  a) Clarence Thomas  b) Persian Gulf War

6/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Mega" notes on the 1970s:  ("The Nixon Years")

("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition...")--Textbook, pages 884; 889; 892-899 Focus terms:  a) OPEC oil embargo/impact on the U.S.  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Affirmative action  d) "New Right"

("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")--Textbook, pages 899-904 Focus terms:  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


2) 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 meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev



American Pop Culture:

1) Final reminder of 90s Oral History assignment and missing work

2) Finish 90s Movie ("Reality Bites")
--Complete note guide

6/12/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2) Writing Assignment/Graded Discussion on Vietnam War video
--Answer questions from the screen
--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) Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon  f) "Credibility gap"

6/9/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish Vietnam video
--Continue 2-sided notes
--A follow-up assignment will be on Monday

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 (SALT)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Oral History assignment and missing work reminder

2) 1990s Movie ("Reality Bites")-Day 1
--With note guide