Unit 6: The Cold War
Week 1
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Monday 1/6
Objective: Understand reasons why the Cold War began. Warm-up: Brainstorm a list of what you know about the Cold War. Activities: 1. Cold War intro video Tuesday 1/7 Objective: Understand reasons why the Cold War began. Warm-up: Brainstorm a list of what you know about the Cold War. Activities: 1. Take notes on the Cold War presentation using this note-catcher. Wednesday 1/8 Objective: Understand reasons why the Cold War began. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Finish the Cold War presentation. Thursday 1/9 Objective: Understand reasons why the Cold War began. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. On the back of this map, create a timeline from 1945-1991 using your notes from last week. Include the date, place and a brief description of the event. On the map, label the countries and the dates of events in your timeline. |
Week 2
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Monday 1/13
Objective: Understand American reactions to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Warm-up: Review the end of the Cold War as a class. Then analyze this cartoon. Activities: 1. Investigate the Cuban Missile Crisis using this website http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/index.html 2. Complete the Special Intelligence Estimate. Tuesday 1/14 Objective: Understand American reactions to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Warm-up: Whose fault was the Cold War-the US or the USSR? Explain. Activities: 1. Finish the Special Intelligence Estimate from yesterday. 2. JFK Cuban Missile Crisis speech. Wednesday 1/15 Objective: Explore how the Cold War influenced the balance of power. Warm-up: Complete the Point of View Analysis. Activities: 1. Click here and answer the questions. 2. Create a thesis statement using the organizer provided in class. Thursday 1/16 Objective: Learn how the Cold War influences Americans in everyday life. Warm-up: Share your thesis form yesterday with your table. Activities: 1. Cold War at Home notes. |
Week 3
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Monday 1/20
Objective: Investigate how Americans reacted to fear during the Cold War. Warm-up: In what ways did McCarthyism affect American's rights? Give specific examples. Activities: 1. Analyze McCarthyism cartoons:
Tuesday 1/21 Objective: Investigate how Americans reacted to fear during the Cold War. Warm-up: Look at the Mortuary Chart and explain what information the flow chart is communicating. Activities: 1. Re-do exit slips from yesterday. 2. Complete analytic exercise. Wednesday 1/22 Objective: Investigate how Americans reacted to fear during the Cold War. Warm-up: In what ways did Americans try to protect themselves from nuclear attack? Activities: - Explore how Americans reacted to the threat of nuclear attack by answering the following questions in your assignments section (Atomic Culture) 1. Duck and Cover: Watch this video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2kdpAGDu8s a. Who created this film? b. What was the purpose of the film? c. How effective would these techniques be if a nuclear bomb exploded? Explain your reasoning. d. What do you think is the real reason the government created this video? 2. Fallout Shelters: Watch this video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Zgyp4HgNU&playnext=1&list=PLBBFAFC9CEAC72ECB&index=7 a. Who created these films? b. What was the purpose of the films? c. How effective do you think fallout shelters would have been? Explain your reasoning. d. Do you think Americans were justified in building so many bomb shelters? Explain. e. If you had lived during this time period would you have built a bomb shelter? Explain. 3. Fallout Pamphlet: click here to see the Fallout Pamphlet a. Who created this pamphlet? b. What was the purpose of the pamphlet? c. How effective would these techniques be? 4. Doomsday Clock: go to this website of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and read the overview and the timeline: http://www.thebulletin.org/overview a. What is the doomsday clock? b. What purpose does the clock serve? c. When did it reach its closest to midnight? Why? d. How close is it to midnight now? Thursday 1/23 Objective: Investigate how Americans reacted to fear during the Cold War. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Thesis preparation. 2. Review for the Cold War Assessment on Monday. |
Week 4
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Monday 1/27
Cold War Assessment. Binders due today! Tuesday 1/28 Objective: Understand stock market basics. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Work on stock market packet. Wednesday 1/29 Objective: Understand stock market basics. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Work on stock market packet. Thursday 1/30 Objective: Understand stock market basics. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Work on stock market packet. |
Unit 7: 1950s and 1960s
Week 5
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Monday 2/3
Objective: Explore themes of the 1950s. Warm-up: Listen to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." Circle all the topics that you are familiar with. Activities: 1. Take notes on the 1950s-1960s in this note organizer. Tuesday 2/4 Objective: Explore themes of the 1950s. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Take notes on the 1950s-1960s in note organizer 2. On the back of your notes, answer this question: "Were the 1950s a time of contentment and conformity or alienation and rebellion?" List examples to support your reasoning. Wednesday 2/5 Objective: Warm-up: Write down at least three famous events, movies, songs, or people from the 1950s. Activities: 1. Work on 1950s documents. 2. Stock market updates and trades. Thursday 2/6 Objective: Understand the youth of the 1950s. Warm up: 1. What do teenagers today rebel against? 2. How do they rebel (use specific examples)? Activities: 1. Teenage rebellion documents. 2. Stock market updates and trades. |
Week 6
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Monday 2/10
Objective: Compare the Presidents that served during the 1950s and 1960s. Warm-up: What policies make people like presidents? What policies make people dislike presidents? Activities: Download the "Presidents and Politics" presentation. Use the slides to answer the following questions. Each response should be a paragraph in length and provide a detailed explanation of your reasoning. Take into account the time period in your responses.
Tuesday 2/11 Objective: Explore theories surrounding JFK's death. Warm up: What is a conspiracy theory? Why do people create them? Activities: 1. JFK assassination videos. 2. Open "Who Killed JFK?" Read the summary on the first page. Follow the instructions at the bottom of the page for each theory that follows. Wednesday 2/12 Objective: Understand the goals of Johnson's Great Society. Warm up: Brainstorm a list of what a "Great Society" would look like. Activities: 1. View this clip about the Great Society. 2. Read the "Great Society Reading and Activity Explanation," then complete the assignment with your group. You may use this information about the Great Society, as well as internet research. Thursday 2/13 Objective: Understand the goals of Johnson's Great Society. Warm up: None Activities: 1. Fill in this note organizer Great Society rotation. 2. Complete the Reflection question at the end of the note organizer Weds/Thurs make-up assignment: Use this information to take notes in this organizer. Don't forget to complete the reflection question. |
Week 7
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Monday 2/17
Objective: Understand the roots of the counterculture movement. Warm-up: Watch the two videos. What changes do you notice between the two? Activities: 1. As a class, discuss the term "counter-culture." 2. Counterculture presentation Tuesday 2/18 Objective: Assess your knowledge on the culture of the 50s/60s. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Complete presentation from yesterday. 2. Open-note quiz on the culture of the 1950s and 1960s. Wednesday 2/19 Objective: Explore the basic topics of the Civil Rights Movement. Warm-up: Brainstorm everything you've heard about the Civil Rights Movement. Activities: 1. 1960s introduction video clip. 2. Read and discuss civil rights headlines from the 1960s. Thursday 2/20 Objective: Explore historical roots of the Civil Rights Movement. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Civil Rights presentation. |
Unit 8: Civil Rights Movement
Week 8
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Monday 2/24
Objective: Understand the impact of major court cases during the Civil Rights Movement Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Complete the classifying arguments assignment in your activities section. 2. View the Brown v Board cartoons and answer the questions at the bottom. 3. Read Immediate Reaction to the Decision newspaper excerpts and answer questions. Tuesday 2/25 Objective: Understand the impact of major court cases during the Civil Rights Movement. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Read Brown II: Massive Resistance and answer the question at the bottom. 2. Read Elizabeth Eckford's Story. Then read the quotes from eyewitnesses in Little Rock and Mississippi. Discuss as a class. 3. View the picture of Elizabeth Eckford and complete the activity on the slide. Wednesday 2/26 Objective: Explore how everyday people made changes during the CRM. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Use Article One, Article Two, and the internet to complete the history frame about SNCC. Thursday 2/27 Objective: Understand barriers that kept African-Americans from voting before the CRM. Warm-up: Take this literacy test. Activities: 1. Voting Rights Fight presentation |
Week 9
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Monday 3/3
Objective: Compare various leaders of the CRM. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Complete Voting Rights Fight notes. 2. Read 41 Lives for Freedom. Below your Voting Rights Fight notes, explain the story/stories that stood out the most to you and why. 3. Read the passage about MLK and Malcolm X. Make a venn diagram that compares the two. Consider
Tuesday 3/4 Objective: Compare various leaders of the CRM. Warm-up: Do you think violence or non-violence is more effective to make your voice heard? Explain. Activities: 1. Finish venn diagram from yesterday. 2. On the back of your venn diagram, take notes on Stokely Carmichael using this website. Wednesday 3/5 Objective: Explore the tactics MLK used to make progress in the CRM. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Take notes on the Soul Force presentation 2. View I Have a Dream speech. Read transcript and answer questions. Thursday 3/6 Objective: Explore the tactics used to make progress in the CRM. Warm-up: Read Race Against Time. To what extent will re-opening these cases bring justice to the families involved? Explain your answer. Activities: 1. Complete CRM marches activity. |
Week 10
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Monday 3/10
Objective: Learn about how Hispanics were involved in the CRM. Warm-up: Of all the events and people involved in the CRM, who or what was the most influential and why? Activities: 1. Use the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement Reading to fill out the Hispanic Civil Rights notes worksheet. 2. Match these scenarios with these civil rights court cases. Tuesday 3/11 Objective: Learn about how Native Americans were involved in the CRM. Warm-up: Give examples of how segregation still exists today. Activities: 1. Open and read the Native American CRM handout. Write down the causes, events, and outcomes of this movement. 2. Open the Civil Rights Timeline and follow the instructions. Wednesday 3/12 Objective: Review for the Civil Rights assessment tomorrow. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Catch-up and review for tomorrow's assessment using this study guide. Thursday 3/13 Civil Rights Movement assessment today! Binders due today. |
Quarter 4
Unit 9: Vietnam Era
Week 1
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Monday 3/24- Thursday 3/27
Objective: Observe how Hollywood interprets history. Warm-up: None all week. Activities: 1. Take notes during the movie on all the events in history that you have learned about thus far. 2. At the end of the movie, you will use examples from the move to respond to the question, "Does Forrest Gump provide an accurate portrayal of American society in the 1950s and 1960s?" 3. Stock Market Experience. |
Week 2
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Monday 3/31
No class, TCAP schedule. Tuesday 4/1 Objective: Explore reasons why Americans lost faith in government in the 1960s and 70s. Warm-up: What could make you lose faith in your government? Activities: 1. Take notes on Americans Lose Faith presentation in this organizer. Wednesday 4/2 Objective: Explore reasons why Americans lost faith in government in the 1960s and 70s. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Finish taking notes on Americans Lose Faith presentation. 2. Open the Gulf of Tonkin Documents. Read through each account (all from different perspectives) and write an account of what actually happened in the Gulf of Tonkin. Write a balanced account that looks into a variety of sources (like the kind of account that would appear in a textbook). Thursday 4/3 Objective: Explore reasons why Americans lost faith in government in the 1960s and 70s. Warm-up: 1. Which branch of the U.S. government commands the military? 2. Which branch of the U.S. government has the power to declare war? 3. List the advantages and disadvantages of separating these powers into two separate branches. Activities: 1. Complete the Gulf of Tonkin activity from yesterday. 2. Open Vietnam War and the Constitution. Read and answer the questions in your activities section. |
Week 3
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Monday 4/7 and Tuesday 4/8
Objective: Explore reasons why Americans lost faith in government in the 1960s and 70s. Warm-up: none Activities: 1. 1968 Video 2. Stock Market Experience Wednesday 4/9 and Thursday 4/10 Objective: Understand how the Vietnam War affected American society Warm-up: Write three questions you'd like to know about the My Lai massacre. Activities: 1. Read through the My Lai Massacre Reading 2. Print the My Lai Investigation Notes 3. Read through Hugh Thompson's Testimony 4. Read through the My Lai Biographies. 5. Read through the My Lai Documents, and record information on your My Lai Investigation Notes as you read. When you finish, work on your stock market portfolio. This is the last week for the game! |
Week 4
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Monday 4/14 and Tuesday 4/15
Objective: Understand the motivation for the My Lai massacre and the reactions it caused. Warm-up: How did the Vietnam War begin? Who started it? Activities: 1. Stock Market- LAST DAY! 2. Use the presentation to take notes on the Vietnam Timeline note sheet Wednesday 4/16 Objective: Analyze whether the guardsmen at Kent State should have fired on students. Warm-up: Open and complete Kent State Warm-up. Activities: 1. Open the Kent State Map and Timeline. Your goal is to determine if the national guardsmen were justified in firing their guns. Discuss the photos you are given in class as you look at the map and timeline. 2. Open the Kent State Documents and complete the activity. Thursday 4/17 Objective: Analyze whether the guardsmen at Kent State should have fired on students. Warm-up: "Four Dead in Ohio"- Discuss as a class. Activities: 1. Click here and complete the questions. 2. Discuss 1968 survey data as a class. 3. Form educated, respectful questions for Dave Bristol to answer. |
Week 5
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Monday 4/21
Objective: Learn about Vietnam from a primary source. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Guest speaker- Dave Bristol Tuesday 4/22 Objective: Understand how the Watergate scandal affected American society. Warm-up: Click here and complete the questions in your warm-up section. Activities: 1. Read the Watergate article and questions (if you are absent, get these from Miss Daniel). Complete multiple choice questions and in-depth questions. This goes in activities section and is homework if not completed during class. 2. Complete Watergate cartoon questions. 3. Open the Executive Privilege exercise. 4. Open the Watergate timeline. In your activities section, make a timeline with eight key events of the Watergate scandal. Wednesday 4/23 No class, ACT testing. Thursday 4/24 Objective: Identify how themes from the 1960s and 1970s are reflected in music Warm-up: none Activities: 1. "A Binding Discourse" (no make-up work if absent) |
Week 6
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Monday 4/28
Prom clean-up (no make-up is absent) Tuesday 4/29 Objective: Identify how themes from the 1960s and 1970s are reflected in music Warm-up: none Activities: 1. Finish "A Binding Discourse" from last week. 2. Finish Watergate activity from last week. Wednesday 4/30 Objective: Explore the presidents and policies of the past two decades. Warm-up: List the presidents from JFK-present. Activities: 1. Take notes on the first half of the Modern Presidents presentation using this note sheet. Thursday 5/1 Objective: Explore the presidents and policies of the past two decades. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Take notes on the 1970s video. |
Week 7
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Monday 5/5
Objective: Explore the presidents and policies of the past two decades. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Finish presidential notes from last week. Tuesday 5/6 Objective: Draw conclusions about the Clinton impeachment. Warm-up: Click here. Activities: 1. Click here. Wednesday 5/7 Objective: Explore the presidents and policies of the past two decades. Warm-up: We Didn't Start the Fire. Activities: 1. Begin presidential facebook posters. Use Template 1 or Template 2 to get started. You may look at examples from previous years in class. These will be due on Monday. Thursday 5/8 Objective: Explore the presidents and policies of the past two decades. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Presidential facebook poster (due Monday) |
Week 8
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Monday 5/12
Objective: Understand the 1980s. Warm-up: For what reasons should the US go to war? Brainstorm what you know about the 80s. Activities: 1. Discuss the War on Terror. 2. Read "The War Before the War" article you are given in class and answer the questions that go with it. Tuesday 5/13 Objective: Understand reasons behind the War on Terror. Warm-up: Describe the War on Terror we are involved in right now Activities: 1. Discuss the War on Terror. 2. Vietnam War and War on Terror Comparison. Wednesday 5/14 Objective: Understand reasons behind the War on Terror. Warm-up: None. Activities: 1. Review day. Thursday 5/15 Objective: Gain an overview of the 1990s. Warm-up: Brainstorm what you know about the 1990s. Activities: 1. Take notes on the 1990s video. |
Week 9
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Monday, 5/19
Final exam! Binders due for final binder check. Tuesday-Thursday 1. Movies in history. |