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.

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!!!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Webquest Link

http://www.scoop.it/t/ush-portfolio-the-civil-rights-movement

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.

Thursday/Friday 5/7/15-5/8/15

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

Turn in notebooks!

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. 

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 26^th 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?

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.