Friday, May 29, 2015

Friday 5/29 & Monday 6/1

No Starter
The Story of US- Millennium
Crash Course: Obamanation

No assignments on videos
Unit 8 Test ~ Cancelled!

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Wednesday 5/27 & Thursday 5/28

Unit 8 Starters Due- 5 Starters X 5 Points Each
Crash Course: Bush-Clinton-Bush
George H. W. Bush ~ "Bush 41"
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush ~ "Bush 43"
Chapter 23 Quiz
Chapter 23 Assignment Due

The 1990s
(no assignment with the video)

Unit 8 Test ~ Cancelled!

Friday, May 22, 2015

Friday 5/22 & Tuesday 5/26

Unit 8: Starter #5 Timeline P.724-725
1.When did Bill Clinton become president?
2.What happened in April of 1995?
3.When was Bill Clinton impeached?

Crash Course: The Reagan Revolution


Chapter 22 Quiz
Chapter 22 Assignment Due

Chapter 23 Assignment  ~ Rest of Class

Unit 8 Test... Cancelled! Happy End of the School Year Gift! 

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Wednesday 5/20 & Thursday 5/21

Unit 8: Starter #4 Primary Source P.703
Read the excerpt from the speech…  
1.What was the occasion of Reagan’s speech?
2.According to President Reagan, what proved that the Normandy invasion was justified?
3.According to Reagan, what are the things worth “dying for”?

Video & Study Guide: The 1980s

Discuss Chapter 22 Assignment (Keep it for the Quiz next time)
Chapter 22 Quiz Next Class!


Unit 8 Test ~ TBA

Monday, May 18, 2015

Monday 5/18 & Tuesday 5/19

Unit 8: Starter #3 Timeline P.692-693   
1.Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?
2.When did Gorbachev come to power in the Soviet Union?
3.What important event took place in November 1989?

Chapter 22 Assignment, Due Next Time


Unit 8 Test ~ TBA

Friday, May 15, 2015

Monday 5/18 & Tuesday 5/19

Unit 8: Starter #3 Timeline P.692-693   
1.Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?
2.When did Gorbachev come to power in the Soviet Union?
3.What important event took place in November 1989?

Chapter 22 Assignment, Due Next Time


Unit 8 Test ~ TBA

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Thursday 5/14 & Friday 5/15

Unit 8: Starter #2  Watergate  Timeline P. 676-677
1.When did the Watergate break-in happen?
2.What happened  in the 1972 presidential election?
3.When was the “Saturday Night Massacre”?
4.When did the Supreme Court force Nixon to turn over the secret tapes?

Video & Study Guide: The 1970s

Discuss Chapter 21 Assignment

Chapter 21 Quiz


Unit 8 Test ~ TBA

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Tuesday 5/12 & Wednesday 5/13

Unit 8: Starter #1  Timeline P. 664-665
New Starter: please use a new sheet of paper.
1.When did the US first land men on the moon?
2.When did President Nixon make his historic trip to China?
3.When was President Nixon forced to resign?

Top 50 Best Songs of the 1970s (a montage of the 1970s "sound")

Chapter 21 Assignment (Whole Chapter)
Crash Course: The Rise of Conservatism (Early 60s to Ronald Reagan)

Unit 8 Test ~ TBA

Friday, May 8, 2015

Friday 5/8 & Monday 5/11

Finish: Forrest Gump
Unit 8 Pre-Test
The Simpsons: Mother Simpson
(Homer meets his long-lost mom with many flashbacks to his childhood in the late 1960s/Early 1970s, counterculture references, etc.)
Unit 8 Test ~ TBA
Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, make-up work & extra credit passes is… FRIDAY MAY 29th @ 3 PM

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Wednesday 5/6 & Thursday 5/7

No Starter

Forrest Gump
(No Assignment to make up with movie)

Grade cut-off for all assignments, late-work, make-up work & extra credit passes is… FRIDAY MAY 29th @ 3 PM

Monday, May 4, 2015

Monday 5/4 & Tuesday 5/5

No Starter!!!
Unit 7: Starters Due 7 starters X 5 points each = 35/35
Pass Back Papers
Review Game
Unit 7 Test

Begin: Forrest Gump

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