Monday, April 30, 2018

Monday 4/30 & Tuesday 5/1

Unit 6: Starter #7  Political Cartoon P. 654
1. Is the artist portraying the hippies in this cartoon sympathetically or critically?
2. Why did some people think of hippies as hypocritical?

Unit 6: Starters Due  – You should have 7 Starters

Discuss Chapter 20 Assignment &  Grade Quiz

CNN Cold War: Make Love Not War

(No assignment; just watch)~Pass Back Papers

Unit 5 & 6 Test ~ Wednesday 5/2 & Thursday 5/3

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Thursday 4/26 & Friday 4/27

Unit 6: 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 & Quiz

Unit 5 & 6 Test ~ Wednesday 5/2 & Thursday 5/3

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Tuesday 4/24 & Wednesday 4/25

Unit 6: Starter #5  Chart P. 619
1. Who won the election of 1968?
2. What percentage of the popular vote did he get?

Crash Course US History: The Cold War in Asia

3 clips of songs contrasting the differing views of the war early on in the US involvement (Pre-1968)

The Ballad of the Green Berets (Recorded 1965, released 1966. Pro-war, pro military song)

I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (Recorded and released 1965. Early war protest song)

Ohio (Recorded 1970, released 1971. Later war protest song about the shooting at Kent State Universtiy, Ohio)


Discuss Chapter 19

Chapter 19 Quiz

Friday, April 20, 2018

Friday 4/20 & Monday 4/23

Unit 6: 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?

Video & Study Guide- CNN Cold War, Vietnam

Time to finish Chapter 19 Assignment

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Wednesday 4/18 & Thursday 4/19

Unit 6: 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?

The Butler

Chapter 19 Assignment – The Vietnam War

Monday, April 16, 2018

Monday 4/16 & Tuesday 4/17

No starter

Continue watching The Butler

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Thursday 4/12 & Friday 4/13

Unit 6: 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.

Discuss Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Quiz
Movie: The Butler*


*The Civil Rights Era as told through the experiences of a White House butler. Based on a true story; he served in the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan presidencies. Late 1950s through the mid 1980s.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Tuesday 4/10 & Wednesday 4/11

Unit 6: 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?

Crash Course US History- The 1950s and Civil Rights


Chapter 18 Assignment ~ Whole Chapter

“I Have a Dream” Speech from the 1963 March on Washington






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