5/12/15

1)  Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2)  MLK/Malcolm X Essay Assignment
For today: --Use classroom reading packets to take notes
--Make an outline of your essay
--Tomorrow will be time to write the essay

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

5/11/15

1)  Notes ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2)  Finish Friday's Civil Rights Documents assignment
--Discuss and hand in

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

5/8/15

1)  Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement")
2)  Civil Rights Movement Documents (using books provided)
a) Rosa Parks (pp. 211-215)  b) MLK (pp. 224-229)  c) Black Power (pp. 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

5/7/15

1)  Notes ("John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation").  Note-taking and homework reading more important in this last unit than any other in order to be successful on the last test in June.
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

5/6/15

1)  Turn in yesterday's 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

**Homework readings and reading notes are more critical to success now more than ever on the last unit, since the last test is multiple choice and covers about a month of information (1960-2001).

5/5/15

1)  Notes ("The Affluent Society")
2)  Ungraded Unit 11 Review Quiz
3)  Go over last essay question for Test 11
4)  Video: "1953-60: Happy Days (Daze?)"
--Take 1 page of notes

5)  Homework: Study for Test 11

5/4/15

1)  Notes ("The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue")
2)  Cold War Role Play Presentations
--Complete Evaluation Form
--Audience asks 1 question each

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 in the 1950s