Tuesday/Wednesday 5/26-5/27

Work on Final Projects.
Projects are due during block two. Please have a copy of your outline printed out and your presentation should be shared before clas with jcohen@sjusd.org

Notebooks were also collected during class. Please turn this in ASAP if you did not turn it in.
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Thursday/Friday 5/21/15-5/22/15

agenda: 
-warm up
-review 19.1/2
-work on final projects
•Objective: SWBAT review Nixon’s administration and work on final research projects.

•Warm up: What have you liked the most so far this semester? Why?

•Homework: Project!!!
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Tuesday/Wednesday 5/19/15-5/20/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-review 16.3
-Finish Forrest Gump
-Introduce Final Project
•Objective: SWBAT review Watergate.

•Warm up: What were the lasting effects of the Watergate scandal? OR What is one thing that Mr. Orlaff taught you?

•Homework: Finish 19.1/19.2 Questions
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Monday 5/18/15

Agenda:
-no warm up
-Mr. Orlaff will lecture about Watergate/the Nixon Administration (19.1/19.2)
   This is an outline of what he should be covering.
-These are the questions you should answer for homework. 

Don't forget that when I return I will be checking 16.3, I have a dream, and 19.1/2.

Hope you have fun! See you all on block one.
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Friday 5/15/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-review webquest
-review 16.2 questions
-16.3 
-16.3 Questions 
•Objective: SWBAT compare and contrast Malcolm X with MLK.
•Warm up:  What were the purposes of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

•Homework: Finish any assigned classwork.
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Wednesday/Thursday 5/13/15-5/14/15

Agenda: 
-16.2 Civil Rights 
-16.2 Question 
-Forrest Gump
•Objective: SWBAT explain JFK’s Civil Right’s efforts.
•Warm up: Who is Claudette Colvin? Rosa Parks? SCLC? The “Little Rock Nine?”
•Homework: Web quest due on FRIDAY!
 
1.What were the effects of the sit-in movement?
2.What role did ELLA Baker play in forming the SNCC?
3.What was the goal of the Freedom Riders?
4.How did President Kennedy help he civil rights movement?
5.How did MLK lobby Congress to expand the right to participate in the democratic process?
6.How did the 24th amendment affect African American voting rights?
7.Describe the provision s of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that aimed at ending segregation and racial discrimination.

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Monday/Tuesday 5/11/15-5/12/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-15.3 LBJ
-16.1 Civil Rights Intro
-Webquest (Civil Rights) 
-Continue Forrest Gump


•Objective: SWBAT identify LBJ’s domestic policies and the origins of the Civil Rights movement.
•Create a new section in your notebook. Three weeks of notes.
•Warm up: What do you already know about the Civil Rights Movement in the US?
•Homework: Finish Webquest, due on Friday.
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Webquest Link

http://www.scoop.it/t/ush-portfolio-the-civil-rights-movement
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Iconic Civil Rights Photo

This week we are tackling the issue of Civil Rights. Some of you may recognize this iconic photo.

This article sheds new light to the two young ladies featured in this photo. Feel free to read this  article if you are interested.
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Thursday/Friday 5/7/15-5/8/15

Agenda:
-Review chapter 17 questions
-Cold War Assessment
-Forrest Gump

Turn in notebooks!
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COLD WAR TEST: Block Two

Please make sure your notebooks are ready for our open note open book test during block two.


Cold War Part One:
Warm Ups (six)

6
Notes

10
15.1/15.2
(stamped)

10
Origins of Cold War

5
Containment (hamburger stamp)

10
NATO/Warsaw Pact (hamburger stamp)

5
Korean War Timeline

20
Pop Culture During CW (hamburger stamp)

10
Political Cartoon Analysis

10
13.4 Questions (horseshoe stamp)

10
15.1/15/2 Questions (Horseshoe stamp)

10
Chapter 17 Questions

10

Total: _________/116

Obviously your timelines are due too. 
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Tuesday/Wednesday 5/5/15-5/6/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-stamp all work
-review 13.4
-review big concepts 15.1/2
-review 15.1/2 questions
-Vietnam War quick overview
-Vietnam War questions
•Objective: SWBAT to review Kennedy in office and understand the Vietnam War.

•Warm up: What do you already know about the Vietnam War? Try to write down at least three facts.

•Homework: Finish any assigned classwork. 

Chapter 17
1.     Why did Ho Chi Minh lead a resistance movement against France?
2.     Why was the Vietnam War the first “television war”?
3.     What led to the passage of the 26th Amendment?
4.     Why did President Johnson decide not to run for reelection in 1968?
5.     What were the Pentagon Papers?
6.     How did the Vietnam War affect Americans’ attitudes toward international conflicts and use the US troops overseas?
7.     Why were people critical of the Vietnam War?
8.     Why did congress pass the War Powers Act?
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Thursday/Friday 4/30/15-5/1/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-review pop culture questions
-McCarthyism (see previous post for link)
-McCarthyism quiz
-change seats
13.4 mini presentations 
Period Two
Period Three

•Objective: SWBAT identify McCarthyism and review Eisenhower’s policies.
•Warm up: What is one fact/interesting idea you learned during block one.
•Homework: Finish 13.4 questions.
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Tuesday/Wednesday 4.28.15-4.29.15

Agenda: 
-Warm up
-Korean War Time Line
-Inside North Korea
-McCarthyism 13.3
-Cold War Pop Culture (Homework)
  Questions: Answer in your notebook

Pop Culture During Cold War
1.     Explain, in your own words, the section highlighted in yellow.
2.     Describe: What does the author mean when he describes culture as an “ideological instrument?” GREEN
3.     Infer: Why does Soviet culture have “sense of mystery and danger?” Purple
4.     4. Support a claim: The text says James Bond reflected anti-communist sentiments. Blue: Search online and find two examples that support this claim.
5.     Research and explain: Use the link in the Pink reading section to describe how and why the CIA sponsored artists.


•Objective: SWBAT identify causes of the Korean War and McCarthyism.
•Warm up: How did the idea of containment reflect the change sense of global responsibility during the Cold War? Why did people go from isolationism to containment?  
Homework: Complete pop culture questions and finish Korean War Time Line.



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Monday 4.27.15

Agenda: 
-review containment policy
-review handouts from last week (see previous posts) 
-Crash Course Cold War Part I 
•Objective: SWBAT determine the policies of the US during the first few years of the Cold War.

•Warm up: What is the difference between the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

•Homework: Read 13.3 and finish any classwork.
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Tuesday/Wednesday 4/21/15-4/22/15

SBAC Testing (first part of the period) 

 -warm up
-review origins of the Cold War
-Containment Policy 
   -NATO/Warsaw Pact
   -Containment


•Objective: SWBAT identify Cold War policies and their impact on the start of the “war.”
•Warm up: What is the “iron curtain?” Who coined the phrase?
•Homework: Skim 13.2.

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Monday 4.20.15

Welcome back! Six more weeks until finals! 

 Agenda: 
-warm up
-standardized testing lesson
-Origins of the Cold War
    -PPT
    -Origins


•Objective: SWBAT remember causes of the Cold War.
•**Set up new section “The Cold War: Part I”
•Leave 5-10 pages for notes.
•Warm up: What do you already know about the Cold War. Please write down at least five facts.
•Homework: Finish “Origins of the Cold War” and skim 13.1.
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Thursday/Friday 4/9-4/10

PRESENTATIONS!

You all did an amazing job! Grades will be posted over break! Enjoy your time off...you deserve it!
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Thursday/Friday 4/2-4/3

Agenda:
-warm up
-how to write an abstract
-abstracts are due to google classroom by the end of the period.

There is no warm up today.

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Tuesday/Wednesday 3/31/15-4/1/15


¡Objective: SWBAT continue their research about 1950s culture.

¡Warm up: How do you determine the difference between a journal article and a regular website? Why is it important to have a journal article as a source?

¡Homework: Check the tentative calendar for due dates! 

By the end of the period you need to complete this graphic organizer and submit it to Google Classroom (this is for your sources). 
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Monday 3/30/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-review thesis statements 
-thesis statements due by the end of the period. 
¡Objective: SWBAT complete thesis statements about research topics.
¡Warm up: What is the topic you finalized over the weekend?
¡Homework: Continue to work on research paper.
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Deadline Update for Research Project


  • 3/27 – Introduce project
  • 3/30 – pick topics/construct thesis/ finalize thesis
  • 3/31-4/1 – finalize question/begin abstract/ evidence from each category
  • 4/2-4/3 – evidence from each category/finish abstract/ finish evidence collection / begin trifold construction / start work on abstract and conclusion
  • 4/6 – construction of trifold/all evidence should be finalized/ abstract and conclusion writing / construct trifold
  • 4/74/8 – first part finish construction/work on presentation/second half gallery walk/email questions about your research (2) for your peers to answer during presentations
  • 4/9-4/10 – present to whole class
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Tuesday/Wednesday 3/24-3/35

Agenda: 
-warm up
-review 14.1
-14.2/3
-I Love Lucy
-14.2/3 Questions

**There are a lot of video clips embedded in the PPT from today. Check the resources page to view them! 
 
•Objective: SWBAT explain the rising birth rate following WWII and its impact on the post-war family. 
•Warm up: Compare and contrast Truman’s presidency to that of Eisenhower.
•Homework: Read 14.2/3 and finish any questions/classwork.
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Monday 3.23.15

We are starting a short three week unit about the 1950s. It will cover all of chapter 14 and there will be a large project that will be introduced next week! 
Agenda: 
-warm up
-14.1 ppt
-14.1 questions
•Create a new section in your notebook. Chapter 14 is three weeks. Four sections of notes. And a group project that will end before break.

•Objective:  SWBAT identify cultural aspects of the 1950s.

•Warm up: Watch the video. What does this video tell you about the 1950s in the US? Why would it be important to make a video of this. LINK TO VIDEO

•Homework: Finish 14.1 questions/read 14.1.


14.1 Truman and Eisenhower

1.     Why did Truman veto the Taft-Hartley Act?
2.     In what ways did the Taft-Hartley Act hurt labor unions?
3.     What programs did congress pass from Truman’s Fair Deal? What programs did Congress refuse? Why do you think that is?
4.     What was the impact of the election of 1948?
5.     What conservative and activist measures did Eisenhower take during his administration?
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