Friday 3/29 & Monday 4/1

No Starter – Unit 5 Starters Due – 8 Starters

Discuss Chapter 17 (Highlights: Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Great Society)

Cuban Missile Crisis- Video Clip
Video from TED-ED

Great Society- Video Clip
Great Society overview from LBJ Library

Chapter 17 Quiz, Chapter 17 Assignment Due

JFK Assassination Discussion and Video Clips:

New York Times Interview,

Zapruder Film

“Magic Bullet” Computer Re-creation

“Magic Bullet” Live-Fire Ballistics Test

Wednesday 3/27 & Thursday 3/28

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?

JFK Berlin Wall Speech Reading & Discussion

Discuss Chapter 17 (keep it for quiz next time)

Berlin Wall- Video Explainer

Monday 3/25 & Tuesday 3/26

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

Wednesday 3/20 & Thursday 21

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?

Finish: The Atomic Café and video guide

Video clips 1950s TV/Culture

Monday 3/18 & Tuesday 3/19

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)

Chapter 16 Quiz

Begin: The Atomic Café and video guide

Thursday 3/14 & Friday 3/15

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?

Story of US- Superpower & Video Guide

Discuss Chapter 16 Assignment (keep it for next class)

Chapter 16 Quiz next class

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/19 @ 3 PM!!

Tuesday 3/12 & Wednesday 3/13

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?

Chapter 16 Assignment

If you finish the assignment with time left in class (you probably will) you can do any of the following* as needed:

• Finish Chapter 15 Assignments/Quiz (All Ch 15 material is on 4th Quarter grade)
• Take/Re-take Unit 3 and /or 4 Tests
• Do Quiz Corrections on any 3rd Quarter quiz (Ch 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14)
• Do any other make-up work/missing starters from Unit 3 and/or 4

*These are generally done before or after school or during MAP

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/19 @ 3 PM!!

Friday 3/8 & Monday 3/11

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?


Discuss Ch 15 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Video & Guide: CNN The Cold War- Korea

Chapter 15 Quiz

Wednesday 3/6 & Thursday 3/7

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 (Collect)
New Assignment: Chapter 15 Section 3 & 4

3rd Quarter Grade Cut-off for late work & make up work is Tues 3/19 @ 3 PM!!

Monday 3/4 & Tuesday 3/5

No Starter

Finish Dunkirk (45-50 minutes)

Chapter 15 Section 1 & 2 Assignment (rest of class)