List and explain 5 important facts or components from your topic.
Honors class: Read and take notes on each topic.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Vietnam and the Protest Movement
Regular US History...choose one of the topics from the power point
List and explain 5 important facts or components from your topic.
Honors class: Read and take notes on each topic.
List and explain 5 important facts or components from your topic.
Honors class: Read and take notes on each topic.
Nixon Administration
Review the protest movements of the 1960s. Watch the Crash Course video by clicking on the link below.
Crash Course "Sixties"
Assignment:
Regular US History: Create an annotated timeline of the Nixon Administration. There should be a minimum of 10 events...the events should include: 1968 election, 1974 resignation, China, Vietnam, Watergate, and détente. The other events should be equally divided between foreign and domestic issues.
Honors US History. Create an annotated timeline of the Nixon Administration. There should be a minimum of 10 events included his election and resignation. The events should be used to answer the question: How did the Nixon presidency affect the nations view of government?
You should be able to describe President Nixon's domestic and foreign policy programs.
You should be able to explain the impact of Watergate on the public's view of government.
Crash Course "Sixties"
Assignment:
Regular US History: Create an annotated timeline of the Nixon Administration. There should be a minimum of 10 events...the events should include: 1968 election, 1974 resignation, China, Vietnam, Watergate, and détente. The other events should be equally divided between foreign and domestic issues.
Honors US History. Create an annotated timeline of the Nixon Administration. There should be a minimum of 10 events included his election and resignation. The events should be used to answer the question: How did the Nixon presidency affect the nations view of government?
You should be able to describe President Nixon's domestic and foreign policy programs.
You should be able to explain the impact of Watergate on the public's view of government.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Comparing the Great Society and New Deal
EQ: "Was the Great Society Successful?"
Johnson announces The Great Society
After watching the video, create a Venn Diagram to compare the Great Society programs to those of Roosevelt's New Deal. Use the textbook (page 374 and 251 - 258) to find similarities and differences. Honors...minimum 8 items. Regular...3 similarities, 3 differences. Then, write 2 paragraphs answering the EQ. Be sure to support your opinion with facts and documentation.
Honors: Review the speech and Program documents from the lesson plan. Finally, read and compare the last two documents using the graphic organizer below. Then determine which of the articles you trust and answer the EQ using the information given.
Johnson announces The Great Society
After watching the video, create a Venn Diagram to compare the Great Society programs to those of Roosevelt's New Deal. Use the textbook (page 374 and 251 - 258) to find similarities and differences. Honors...minimum 8 items. Regular...3 similarities, 3 differences. Then, write 2 paragraphs answering the EQ. Be sure to support your opinion with facts and documentation.
Honors: Review the speech and Program documents from the lesson plan. Finally, read and compare the last two documents using the graphic organizer below. Then determine which of the articles you trust and answer the EQ using the information given.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Honors: Cuban Missile Crisis
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
After viewing the video, complete the guided questions for each document.
Document A: Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
1. What deal does Khrushchev propose to Kennedy?
2. What is the tone of this letter? Provide a quote to support your claim.
3. Do you think Khrushchev has the upper hand? Why or why not?
Document B: Letter from President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
4. In this letter Kennedy restates Khrushchev’s proposals. Does Kennedy include
everything Khrushchev proposed? If not, why might have he left something out?
5. What is the tone of this letter? Provide a quote to support your claim.
6. Do you think Kennedy has the upper hand? Why or why not?
Document C: Russian Ambassador Cable to Soviet Foreign Ministry
7. What new information do you learn from Robert Kennedy?
8. Why do you think this exchange happened in a private meeting (rather than in an
official letter)? [Remember, Document B was published in the New York Times].
9. How do you think Robert Kennedy felt during this meeting? Provide evidence.
After viewing the video, complete the guided questions for each document.
Document A: Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
1. What deal does Khrushchev propose to Kennedy?
2. What is the tone of this letter? Provide a quote to support your claim.
3. Do you think Khrushchev has the upper hand? Why or why not?
Document B: Letter from President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
4. In this letter Kennedy restates Khrushchev’s proposals. Does Kennedy include
everything Khrushchev proposed? If not, why might have he left something out?
5. What is the tone of this letter? Provide a quote to support your claim.
6. Do you think Kennedy has the upper hand? Why or why not?
Document C: Russian Ambassador Cable to Soviet Foreign Ministry
7. What new information do you learn from Robert Kennedy?
8. Why do you think this exchange happened in a private meeting (rather than in an
official letter)? [Remember, Document B was published in the New York Times].
9. How do you think Robert Kennedy felt during this meeting? Provide evidence.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Political Cartoon analysis Activity: Use this cartoon for McCarthyism/HUAC make up
Visuals and Words
How can fear and histeria affect a nation?
Be sure to have read Chapters 13 - 15.
Pay attention to the Cold War events of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Administration.
Today's key terms: Brinkmanship, Massive retaliation, covert operations
People to know: Alger Hiss, Rosenbergs, Joseph McCarthy, Khrushchev, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson
Duck and Cover
Today's assignment:
Create Annotated timeline of the following events:
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Chinese Revolution, Korean War, Taiwan Crisis, Khrushchev, Eisenhower Doctrine, U2 incident, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Sputnik, Berlin Wall.
Question: How are these events related? What would you predict to be the next event(s) in the timeline?
Pay attention to the Cold War events of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Administration.
Today's key terms: Brinkmanship, Massive retaliation, covert operations
People to know: Alger Hiss, Rosenbergs, Joseph McCarthy, Khrushchev, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson
Duck and Cover
Today's assignment:
Create Annotated timeline of the following events:
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Chinese Revolution, Korean War, Taiwan Crisis, Khrushchev, Eisenhower Doctrine, U2 incident, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Sputnik, Berlin Wall.
Question: How are these events related? What would you predict to be the next event(s) in the timeline?
Annotation = add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Cold War - U.S. vs U.S.S.R
Read the textbook...pages 323 - 329
Explain how each of the following were part of America's policy to prevent the expansion of a hostile power (specifically the USSR)
1. Long Telegram
2. Crisis in Iran
3. Truman Doctrine
4. Marshall Plan
5. Berlin Airlift
6. Creation of NATO
How did the Cold War spread beyond Europe?
What was the significance of the Korean War? How was it a "turning point" in the Cold War?
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
THE RED SCARE
How did the Cold War affect American Society?
Key terms: subversion, perjury, censure, fallout,
What was Truman's loyalty review?
What was the HUAC? What was its purpose?
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
What was the Cause and Consequences of the "Red Scare"?
View the following videos from United Streaming:
Explain how each of the following were part of America's policy to prevent the expansion of a hostile power (specifically the USSR)
1. Long Telegram
2. Crisis in Iran
3. Truman Doctrine
4. Marshall Plan
5. Berlin Airlift
6. Creation of NATO
How did the Cold War spread beyond Europe?
What was the significance of the Korean War? How was it a "turning point" in the Cold War?
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
THE RED SCARE
Key terms: subversion, perjury, censure, fallout,
What was Truman's loyalty review?
What was the HUAC? What was its purpose?
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
What was the Cause and Consequences of the "Red Scare"?
View the following videos from United Streaming:
Assignment: Analysis of Political Cartoons
Using political Cartoons created by artist Herb Block, analyze and explain how the issues of the "Red Scare" were depicted by the author. Using the analysis organizer, you and a partner should choose one of the cartoons and complete the analysis.
Honors Class: On the backside of the analysis paper, you and your partner should create your own cartoon on any issue from the cold war era. The cartoon should contain all items from the analysis sheet.
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