5/16/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 2
2)  Peer Review of essays
--3 rounds of evaluations
--Staple together notes, outlines, essays, and evaluations and hand in at the end
--Class compilation of information at the end

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 850-856 ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
Focus your reading on:  a) Vietnam's colonial history  b) Ho Chi Minh  c) Ngo Dinh Diem  d) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  e) First "television war"

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Organizing for Victory")
2)  Japanese-Americans in WWII
a) Read in books provided, pages 171-176
b)  Answer questions on page 176 and on screen
c)  Graded Discussion

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 762-767 ("Life on the Home Front")
Focus your reading on:  a) Rationing  b) Japanese-American internment

5/15/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 1
2)  Finish Essay Assignment

3)  Homework: Howard Zinn reading in Green Reader ("Or Does It Explode?")-Part 2 [Pages 197-212 only]
Focus your reading on:  a) Malcolm X's view of the March on Washington  b) Racial separation in northern cities  c) Black Panther leaders  d) Busing to achieve better integration


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  Test 5 Essay Question Information
3)  Great Depression Project Presentations (Day 2)

4)  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

5/14/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2)  MLK/Malcolm X Essay Assignment (Prep Day 1 of 2)
--Use specific examples to support your points
--20 points total (5-notes; 5-outline; 10-essay)
--Peer Review on Thursday

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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")
2)  Great Depression Project Presentations (Day 1 of 2)--3 groups today
--20 points total (10-1.5 pages of information; 5-Present; 5-2 visuals)

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 750-754 ("The Road to War")
Focus your reading on:  a) Neutrality Act  b) Lend-Lease Act  c) Atlantic Charter

5/13/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")

2)  Finish Friday's document assignment

--Discuss and hand in

3)  Civil Rights Movement Era literacy tests

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")

Focus your reading on:  a) Black separation  b) White fear of Black Power  c) Cesar Chavez  d) Wounded Knee  e) National Organization of Women (NOW)  f) The Feminine Mystique  g) Women's Liberation Movement

Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")

2)  Prep Day 2 of Great Depression Project in lab

--Begin presenting tomorrow

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 728-735; 738-741; 743; 745-746 ("The 2nd New Deal, 1935-38") and ("The New Deal's Impact on Society")

Focus your reading on:  a) Works Progress Administration (WPA)  b) "Court packing" scheme  c) "Roosevelt Recession" of 1937-38  d) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

5/10/13

Advanced U.S. History:

**2nd period: Discuss/hand in video notes
1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2)  Civil Rights Movement Documents
--Using books provided, read:  a) Rosa Parks (pages 211-215)  b) MLK (pages 224-229)  c) Black Power (pages 229-234)
--Answer questions at the end of each reading in complete sentences

3)  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


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Hard Times") and ("Harder Times")
2)  5 groups: Great Depression Project (Prep Day 1 of 2 in lab)
--Present Tuesday and Wednesday
--Each person needs 1.5 pages of meaningful bullet-point information and 2 visuals when presenting

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 714-718; 722-727 ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
Focus your reading on:  a) Herbert Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The nation's feelings toward Hoover  c) FDR's first "Hundred Days"

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