Friday 3/30 & Monday 4/9

NO STARTER

NO UNIT 5 TEST

The Century, America’s Time: Poisoned Dreams
Video & Guide (for extra credit)

Wednesday 3/28 & Thursday 3/29

No Starter – Unit 5 Starters Due – 8 Starters

Cuban Missile Crisis- Short Video

Chapter 17 Quiz, Chapter 17 Assignment Due


CNN presents “The President Has Been Shot”
(no assignment just watch)

Monday 3/26 & Tuesday 3/27

Unit 5: Starter #8  P. 531 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 Germans use to keep people from crossing into West Berlin?

Video: The Presidents Kennedy & Johnson

Discuss Chapter 17

Berlin Wall

Wednesday 3/21 & Thursday 3/22

Unit 5: Starter #7  P.524-525  Timeline
Please copy the questions!
1. When was John F. Kennedy (JFK) inaugurated?
2. When was he assassinated?
3. When did the Soviet Army crush a revolt in Czechoslovakia?

JFK Inauguration Speech

Chapter 17 Assignment

Monday 3/19 & Tuesday 3/20

Unit 5: Starter #6  P.500-501 Map of Cold War Conflict
Please copy the questions!
1. What Asian country appeared to be a new Cold War hot spot in the 1950s?
2. What part of Europe was under Communist control?


Chapter 16 Quiz

Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: Truman & Eisenhower

I Like Ike (one of the first election ads on TV)

I Love Lucy

No assignment on these video clips- we will just watch and discuss...

Thursday 3/15 & Friday 3/16

Unit 5: Starter #5  P. 494-495 Timeline
Please copy the questions!
1. When did the US test the first hydrogen bomb?
2. What did the US Congress approve in June of 1956?
3. What was the name of the first artificial satellite? (Successfully launched by the USSR)

Story of US- Superpower & Video Guide

Discuss Chapter 16

Tuesday 3/13 & Wednesday 3/14

Unit 5: Starter #4  P. 478-9 The Spread of Communism
Please copy the questions!
1. What does the red territory on the map represent?
2. Look at the chart at the right. Why do you think the Communist takeover of mainland China worried the United States?

Pass Back Chapter 15 Assignments (Keep these!)

Chapter 15 Quiz

Chapter 16 Assignment

Friday 3/9 & Monday 3/12

Unit 5: Starter #3  P. 474 American Civil Liberty
Please copy the questions!
1. About how many African-American men served in the US military during WWII?
2. When did President Truman end racial segregation in the military?
3. Why would this be seen as a major victory for Civil Rights?

Video & Guide: CNN The Cold War- Korea
Link to video on YouTube

Discuss Ch 15 Section 3 & 4 Assignment 

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!!

Wednesday 3/7 & Thursday 3/8

Unit 5: Starter #2  P 466 The Iron Curtain in Europe
Please copy the questions!
1. Who described the new division between Europe’s Communist and non-Communist countries as an “Iron Curtain”?
2. Why do you think he called it that?
3. What country and leader dominated Communist Eastern Europe?

Video Clips: The Berlin Airlift

New Assignment: Chapter 15 Section 3 & 4

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!!

Monday 3/5 & Tuesday 3/6

Unit 5: Starter #1  Timeline P. 462-463
New Starter- New Paper! Please copy the questions!
1. When was the United Nations founded?
2. When did the Chinese Communists take over that country?
3. When did fighting end in Korea?

Crash Course US History The Cold War

Discuss Chapter 15 Section 1 & 2

Video Clip: CNN Cold War- The Iron Curtain
No assignment; just watch- this is the immediate aftermath of WWII which led to tensions and suspicions leading to the Cold War

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!! 

Thursday 3/1 & Friday 3/2

No Starter

Finish The Atomic Café- Collect Short Answer Assignments

Unit 5 & 6 Pre-Test

New Assignment Chapter 15 Section 1 & 2 (Rest of class)

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/20 @ 3 PM!!