5/21/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2) Writing Assignment/Graded Sharing on Vietnam video
--Staple to video notes and hand in

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 880-883 ("The Nixon Years")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Watergate   c) "Executive privilege"  d) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  e) Ford's pardon of Nixon  f) "Credibility gap"



American Pop Culture:

1) 1990s Intro Notes
2) 90s Oral History handed out (due Friday, June 7)

3) 90s TV (Day 1) ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
--With note guide

5/20/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/17 entry.

5/17/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels")
2) Finish video on Vietnam
--Continue taking 2-sided notes

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 867-873 ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
Focus your reading on:  a) Tet Offensive  b) Robert Kennedy  c) Campaign and election of 1968   d) "Silent Majority"  e) Vietnamization   f) My Lai Massacre  g) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)


American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History due

2) Finish 1980s Movie
--Discuss/turn in note guide

3) Graded Sharing of Oral Histories?

5/16/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/15 entry.

5/15/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("Into the Quagmire, 1945-68")
2) Video: "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam"
--Take 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) Final reminder about 80s Oral History

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

5/14/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

Same as 5/13 entry.

5/13/19

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) Notes ("The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights")
2) Graded Sharing of MLK/Malcolm X OPVL

3) Look at class set of literacy tests and discuss

4) 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/Vietcong  f) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  g) Operation Rolling Thunder



American Pop Culture:

1) 1980s Oral History check-in and reminder

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