5/18/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish video

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



American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment is due


2) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories

5/17/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/16 entry.

5/16/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2) Video: "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" (Day 1)
2-sided notes:  a) Specific scenes or quotes that give us a picture of the Vietnam War combat soldier's experience.   b) Specific examples showing the "message", or bias, of the filmmakers (Selection of clips, music, quotes, etc)

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 856-860 ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
Focus your reading on:  a) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)/Port Huron Statement  b) Free Speech Movement at Berkeley  c) Resistance to the draft  d) Hippies



American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Movie (Day 2)
--Finish note guide

5/15/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/14 entry.

5/14/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2) Graded Sharing of MLK/Malcolm X OPVLs
--Make sure to turn the assignment into Google Classroom

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 860-867 ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
Focus your reading on:  a) Malcolm X   b) Black Power/Black Panthers  c) Cesar Chavez  d) American Indian Movement (AIM)  e) Women's Rights Movement/National Organization for Women (NOW)  f) Women's Liberation Movement


American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 1980s Movie (Day 1) ("WarGames")
--With note guide

5/11/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/10 entry.

5/10/18

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("New Tactics in the Civil Rights Movement") and ("Enacting the Liberal Agenda")
2) OPVL on MLK/Malcolm X (Computer Day)
--Individually, analyze 2 documents and do write-up following your OPVL Guidelines packet
--Graded Sharing next class

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 850-856 ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
Focus your reading on: a) Vietminh/Ho Chi Minh  b) Dien Bien Phu/Geneva Accords  c) Domino Theory  d) Ngo Dinh Diem  e) National Liberation Front (NLF)/Vietcong  f) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  g) Operation Rolling Thunder


American Pop Culture:

1) 80s Oral History assignment reminder

2) 80s Music (Day 2)
--Finish note guide