Today's agenda:
1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights").
2) Martin Luther King/Malcolm X Essay Assignment
5 pts-notes
5 pts--outline
10 pts--essay
--Notes and outline done today in class.
3) Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("Or Does it Explode?")-Part 1 (Pages 182-197 only).
Focus your reading on: a) Freedom Riders b) Black Power leaders
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
5/19/11
Today's agenda:
1) Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda").
2) Examine a literacy test from the segregation era.
3) Finish yesterday's Civil Rights Movement document assignment. Discuss and hand in.
4) Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights").
Focus your reading on: a) Black separatism b) White fear of Black Power c) Cesar Chavez d) Wounded Knee e) National Organization for Women f) The Feminine Mystique g) Women's liberation movement
1) Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda").
2) Examine a literacy test from the segregation era.
3) Finish yesterday's Civil Rights Movement document assignment. Discuss and hand in.
4) Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights").
Focus your reading on: a) Black separatism b) White fear of Black Power c) Cesar Chavez d) Wounded Knee e) National Organization for Women f) The Feminine Mystique g) Women's liberation movement
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
5/18/11
Today's agenda:
1) Notes ("New Tactics for the Civil Rights Movement").
2) Discuss/hand in yesterday's video notes.
3) Civil Rights Movement Documents (using books provided):
a) Rosa Parks (pages 211-215)
b) Martin Luther King (pages 224-229)
c) Black Power (pages 229-234)
--Answer the questions at the end of each document in complete sentences.
4) Homework: Textbook, pages 842-846 ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda").
Focus your reading on: a) Lyndon Johnson's political experience b) 1964 presidential election c) Great Society programs
1) Notes ("New Tactics for the Civil Rights Movement").
2) Discuss/hand in yesterday's video notes.
3) Civil Rights Movement Documents (using books provided):
a) Rosa Parks (pages 211-215)
b) Martin Luther King (pages 224-229)
c) Black Power (pages 229-234)
--Answer the questions at the end of each document in complete sentences.
4) Homework: Textbook, pages 842-846 ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda").
Focus your reading on: a) Lyndon Johnson's political experience b) 1964 presidential election c) Great Society programs
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
5/17/11
Today's agenda:
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 for the Civil Rights Movement").
Focus your reading on: a) Sit-in movement b) March on Washington c) Voting Rights Act of 1965/24th Amendment.
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 for the Civil Rights Movement").
Focus your reading on: a) Sit-in movement b) March on Washington c) Voting Rights Act of 1965/24th Amendment.
Monday, May 16, 2011
5/16/11
Today's agenda:
1) Hand in any remaining video notes.
2) Test 11
3) 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.
MORE SPECIFIC INFO TO STUDY FROM THIS POINT ON DUE TO THE LAST TEST OF THE YEAR BEING ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE. DIFFERENT KIND OF NOTES AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
1) Hand in any remaining video notes.
2) Test 11
3) 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.
MORE SPECIFIC INFO TO STUDY FROM THIS POINT ON DUE TO THE LAST TEST OF THE YEAR BEING ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE. DIFFERENT KIND OF NOTES AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
Friday, May 13, 2011
5/13/11
Today's agenda:
1) Notes ("The Other America")
2) Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze)"
--1 page of notes
STUDY FOR TEST 11 ON MONDAY.
1) Notes ("The Other America")
2) Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze)"
--1 page of notes
STUDY FOR TEST 11 ON MONDAY.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
5/11/11
Today's agenda:
1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue"). 3rd period also does tomorrow's notes.
2) Test 11 Prep Sheet
3) Continue Oral History presentations
4) Homework (except for 3rd period): Textbook, pages 816-825 ("The Affluent Society").
Focus your reading on: a) Baby boomers b) Role of women in the 1950s
Assignment for 3rd period replacing tonight's homework and tomorrow's classwork:
In preparation for tomorrow's visit by Theodore Roosevelt, write 3 paragraphs:
--3 serious questions you would ask TR and your reasons why you want to know his response.
1) Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue"). 3rd period also does tomorrow's notes.
2) Test 11 Prep Sheet
3) Continue Oral History presentations
4) Homework (except for 3rd period): Textbook, pages 816-825 ("The Affluent Society").
Focus your reading on: a) Baby boomers b) Role of women in the 1950s
Assignment for 3rd period replacing tonight's homework and tomorrow's classwork:
In preparation for tomorrow's visit by Theodore Roosevelt, write 3 paragraphs:
--3 serious questions you would ask TR and your reasons why you want to know his response.
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