Thursday, April 30, 2015

Thursday 4/30 & Friday 5/1

Unit 7: Starter #7  Political Cartoon P. 654
1.Is the artist portraying the hippies in this cartoon sympathetically or critically
2.What is a “doubledome”?
3.Why did some people think of many hippies as hypocritical?

Discuss Chapter 20 Section 1, 2 & 3 Assignment

Chapter 20 Quiz


Unit 7 Test ~ Mon 5/4 & Tuesday 5/5

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Tuesday 4/28 & Wednesday 4/29

Unit 7: Starter #6  Timeline P. 632-633
1.In what year did the Woodstock Music and Art Festival take place?
2.When was the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) proposed by Congress?
3.When did Saigon (capital of South Vietnam) fall to North Vietnam? (This was the actual end of the Vietnam War)
Crash Course US History- The 1960s in America

Chapter 20 Section 1, 2 & 3 Assignment


Unit 7 Test ~ Mon 5/4 & Tuesday 5/5

Friday, April 24, 2015

Friday 4/24 & Monday 4/27

Unit 7: Starter #5  Chart P. 619
1.Who won the election of 1968?
2.What percentage of the popular vote did he get?

Video & Study Guide- CNN Cold War, Vietnam
& Study Guide

Chapter 19 Quiz

Chapter 19 Section 2, 3 & 4 Assignment Due


Unit 7 Test ~ TBA

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Wednesday 4/22 & Thursday 4/23

Unit 7: Starter #4  Chart P. 602
1.List the FIVE causes of the Vietnam War.
2.Which of these do you think was most important?
3.Why?
Popular Culture views of the Vietnam War
Country Joe and the Fish- I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag


Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler- Ballad of the Green Berets

Chapter 19 Section 2, 3 & 4 Assignment

Video clips on weapons and tactics of the Vietnam War: History.com

Unit 7 Test ~ TBA

Monday, April 20, 2015

Unit 7: Starter #3  Timeline P. 594-595
Please copy the questions!
1.When did French forces surrender to the Viet Minh?
2.When was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed?
3.When was the Tet Offensive?

Chapter 18 Quiz (By Andrus)
Chapter 18 Assignment Due
Intro Lesson on Vietnam War w/ Mrs. Butcher (1st and 5th Periods)


Unit 7 Test ~ TBA

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Thursday 4/16 & Friday 4/17

Unit 7: Starter #2  P. 570 Chart
Please copy the questions!
1.List the main parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
2.List the main parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

“I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr. March on Washington August 1963


Discuss Chapter 18 Assignment
Chapter 18 “Make your own Quiz”

Civil Rights Movement Video Clips:



Unit 7 Test ~ TBA

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Tuesday 4/14 & Wednesday 4/15

Unit 7: Starter #1  P. 554-555 Timeline
New Starters- New Paper!!! Please copy the questions!
1.When did the US supreme court rule for the desegregation of the public schools?
2.When was the “March on Washington” for civil rights?
3.In what year was an important new civil rights act passed and signed into law?


Chapter 18 Assignment
Unit 7 Test TBA

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Friday 4/9 & Monday 4/13

No Starter
Unit 7 Pre-Test (instead of a starter)

Video & Study Guide: The 1960s

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Wednesday 4/8 & Thursday 4/9

No Starter – Unit 6 Starters Due – 8 Starters!
Pass Back Papers
New Seating Chart for 4th Quarter
Review Game (Use Chapter 15, 16 & 17 Quizzes!)

Unit 6 Test

Video Clip: President Kennedy addresses the nation and the world about the Cuban Missile Crisis

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Wednesday 4/1 & Tuesday 4/7 (Spring Break Between A and B Days)

Unit 6: Starter #8  History Close-Up- The Berlin Wall
Please copy the questions!
1.Why was the Berlin Wall built by the East German government?
2.What was the “Death Strip”?
3.What other methods did the East German use to keep people from crossing into West Berlin?

Discuss Ch 17 and Ch 17 Quiz

Video: The Presidents 1945-1964: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson & Video Study Guide

CNN The Cold War: The Wall

CNN The Cold War: Cuba

No Assignment on the CNN Cold War Clips
Unit 6 Test ~ 4/8 & 4/9

(Unit 6 Test & Starters will be on 4th Quarter Grade)

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