5/12/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2)  Finish Civil Rights Documents assignment from Friday
--Discuss and hand in
3)  Examine and discuss Civil Rights Era literacy tests

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 of Women (NOW)  f) The Feminine Mystique  g) Women's Liberation Movement


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Road to War")
2)  Test 5 Essay Questions information:
a)  What forms did American nativism and prejudice take during the 1920s?
b)  In what ways did World War II alter the lives of Japanese-Americans?
3)  Finish Great Depression Project Presentations

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 754-755; 758-762 ("Organizing for Victory")
Focus your reading on:  a) Impact of World War II on women  b) Impact of World War II on African-Americans

5/9/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2)  Civil Rights Movement Documents
--Using books provided:
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 ("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 (10 pts-1.5 pages of info; 5 pts-present; 5 pts-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

5/8/14

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 ("Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression") and ("The New Deal Takes Over, 1933-35")
2)  Prep Day 2 in lab for Great Depression Project
--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)

5/7/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Hand in 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

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND DOING HOMEWORK READING NOTES ON THE FOCUS TERMS FROM HERE ON OUT, DUE TO THE LAST TEST BEING ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE.


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 on Friday and Monday
--Each person needs 1.5 pages of typed 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) Hoover's response to the Depression  b) The nation's feelings toward Hoover  c) FDR's first "Hundred Days"

5/6/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Affluent Society") and ("The Other America")
2)  Go over last essay question for Test 11
3)  Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

4)  Homework: Study for Test 11



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 the people who lived through it.
b)  Impact of the Dust Bowl  c) "Okies"

5/5/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
2)  Brown vs. Board of Education (3 groups)
--Read assigned document(s) in books provided
--Answer questions on pages 253-254 pertaining to your document on paper provided for group presentation today.

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 50s  c) Positives and negatives of low-income housing during the 50s


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("A New National Culture") and ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
2)  1920s Prejudice/Nativism Presentations
--Anyone in the group is fair game for answering questions
--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

5/2/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War at Home")
2)  Test 11 Prep information:
a)  In what ways did World War II alter the lives of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians?
b)  Describe how the U.S. policy in regard to the Soviet Union ("containment") evolved during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations?
c)  Some Americans look back on the 1950s with nostalgia and see this period as America at its best, the norm to which the U.S. should strive to return.  In what ways were the years between 1945 and 1960 unusually prosperous?  On the other hand, what realities were hidden by the optimism of those years?


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

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 673-677; 680-692 ("A New National Culture") and ("Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict")
Focus your reading on:  a) Examples of 1920s entertainment  b) Example of 1920s popular culture people  c) Examples of 1920s nativism  d) The "new" KKK  e) "The Birth of a Nation"