| Date |
Topic |
Agenda |
06-07
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 19.2-19.3
2. History Rocks: Iran Hostage Crisis
- The Logical Song
3. Read: Dear President Carter
- Pg. 242 in Primary Packet #1
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06-04
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Jimmy Carter
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1. Turn In/Discuss Homework
2. Notes: Jimmy Carter
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06-03
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Gerald Ford
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 19.1
- Discuss
2. Notes: Gerald Ford
3. "My Memories of the Ford Administration"
- Primary Packet 2
- Questions 1-4 Due Tomorrow
Homework: Chapter 19.2 and 19.3
- Due Monday
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06-02
|
The Saturday Night Massacre
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1. Finish Notes
2. "The Saturday Night Massacre"
3. Watergate Questions
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06-01
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Executive Corruption in the Nixon Administration
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1. Reading Quiz: 18.3
2. Notes and Clips
All late, missing and absentee work is due this Friday, June, 4 @ 2:30
Homework: Chapter 19.1
- Due Thursday
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05-28
|
Woodward and Bernstein`
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1. Notes: The Investigation
2. Read: "All the Presidents Men"
- Primary Packet 2
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05-27
|
The Watergate Break-In
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1. Reading Quiz: 18.2
2. Intro: Watergate Origin
- Clip: "Break In"
Chapter 18.3
- Due Tuesday
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05-26
|
Richard M. Nixon
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1. Current Events: ANWR and the Gulf
2. Clip: Richard Nixon
- Focus Questions
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05-25
|
Love Canal
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1. Segment: "Poisoned Playground"
- Read: "The Entire Community Seemed to be Sick..."
- Primary Packet 1
2. Current Event: ANWR and Oil
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05-24
|
Love Canal, New York
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 18.1
- Turn In Notes
2. Clip: Love Canal
Homework: Chapter 18.2
- Due Thursday
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05-21
|
Three Mile Island
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1. "Silent Spring" Discussion Questions
2. Three Mile Island Clip
- Review Notes
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05-20
|
Silent Spring
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1. Finish Yesterday's Discussion
2. Read: "Silent Spring"
- Primarey Packet 2
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05-19
|
The Gay Rights Movement
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1. Intro: The Gay Rights Movement
- Harvey Milk
2. "Same Sex Prom Date: A Civil Liberties Issue?"
- Discuss
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05-18
|
Cesar Chavez and the UFW
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1. "Ripples of Hope"
- Notes and Discussion
2. "We Want A Share"
- Primary Packet #1
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05-17
|
The American Indian Movement
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1. Discussion Questions: "... A Helluva Smole Signal"
2. Notes/Discussion: AIM
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05-14
|
A.I.M.
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 17.4
- Turn In Notes
2. Read: "...A Hulluva Smoke Signal"
- Primary Packet 1
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05-13
|
Roe v. Wade
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1. Read: "I Didn't Have a Choice"
- Primary Packet #1 Pg. 269-270
- Discussion
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05-12
|
Feminism and Its Critics
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1. Overview: The Second Wave
- Modern Feminism and its Leaders
- ERA and its Critics
-The Time of the Season - The Zombies
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05-11
|
Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique
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1. Discuss Homework
2. Introduction: The Feminist Movement of the 60s and 70s
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05-10
|
The Feminist Movement
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 17.3
- Turn In Notes
2. Rejoining the Mainstream
3. Primary Packet #2
- Read: The Feminine Mystique (Pg. 1)
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05-07
|
The End of Counterculture
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1. Finish Woodstock
- Discuss
- CSN&Y - Woodstock Lyrics
2. Clip: Our Generation
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05-06
|
Woodstock
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 17.2
2. Continue: Woodstock
- Read: Yasgur and Friedman
- Page 2
Homework: Chapter 17.3
- Reading and Notes Due Monday
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05-05
|
3 Days of Peace and Music
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1. Collect/Discuss: Hippie Van Winkle Questions
2. Begin: Woodstock
- Read: Ritchie Havens Account of Woodstock
- Page 1
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05-04
|
The Dark Side of the Counterculture
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1. Finish: Summer of Love
2. Discuss: The Dark Side
3. Work: Question 3 - Hippie Van Winkle
- Due Tomorrow
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05-03
|
"Summer of Love"
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1. Vietnam Exams
2. Finish: Origins of the Counterculture
3. "Summer of Love"
- Discussion Questions
Homework: Chapter 17.2
- Due Wednesday
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04-29
|
Counterculture
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1. Reading Quiz: 17.1
- Turn In Notes
2. Introduction: Counterculture and Baby Boomers
3. Turn in McNamara "11 Lessons" Responses
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04-28
|
11 Lessons from the Vietnam War
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1. Clip: Fog of War
2. 11 Lessons from the Vietnam War and Questions
- Discussion Questions Due Tomorrow
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04-27
|
Vietnam Final Assessment
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1. Unit Exam: The Cold War and Vietnam
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04-26
|
The End of America's Involvement in Vietnam
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1. Collect/Discuss Homework
- Vietnam Article Summaries (Hour 1 Only)
- Draft Discussion Questions
2. Finish '68 Democratic Convention
3. The Fall of Saigon
* Cold War and Vietnam Exam Tomorrow!
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04-23
|
The Draft and the 1968 Democratic National Convention
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1. Finish Draft Discussion
- #2 and #3 Due Monday
2. Begin: 1968 Democratic Convention
* Vietnam Exam Moved to TUESDAY!
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04-22
|
The Vietnam Draft
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1. Turn In: Frontline America Questions
- Discuss
2. The Draft Lottery
- Reaction/Response Questions
- 1969 Lottery Numbers
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04-21
|
Protest and Change
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1. Frontline America
- Noteguide
- Discussion Questions - Due Tomorrow
2. Primary Reading Selections
- Summary and Reactions
- Due Friday
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04-20
|
The Protest Movement Begins
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1. Caputo Discussion
- Turn in
2. Notes: The Protest Movement
- Begin: "Frontline America"
* Vietnam Unit Exam on Monday 04-26-10
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04-19
|
Support for the War Declines
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1. Collect/Discuss: "Dear America" Questions
2. "War of Attrition"
* Vietam Exam April 26
Homework: "No Cause Other than Our Own Survival"
- Pgs 253-254 in Vietnam Primary Packet
- Due Tomorrow
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04-16
|
Nixon and the Cold War
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 16.5
2. Film Discussion
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04-15
|
The G.I.'s Experience
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1. Finish Film
2. Assignment: Written Responses
- "Dear America" Questions: #3, #9 and #10
- Due Monday
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04-14
|
No Classes - MCA II Testing
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04-13
|
The G.I.'s Experience
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 16.4
2. Discussion Question: We Lost the Race
3. Continue Film
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04-12
|
The G.I.'s Experience in Vietnam
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1. Reminders
2. Begin: "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
- Discussion Questions
3. "We Lost the Race" (Vietnam Primary Packet)
- Due Tomorrow
Homework: Chapter 16-5
- Due Wednesday
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04-09
|
Notetaking for and Expository Text
|
1. Notetaking Activity
- Class Model and Guided Practice
- Independent Practice
2. Read: "We Lost the Race"
- Pgs. 254-255 in Vietnam Primary Packet
- Due Tuesday
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04-08
|
Notetaking Strategies
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1. Discussion: Sintoni Letter
- Turn In Discussion Questions
2. Begin: Notetaking Activity: 16-4
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04-07
|
Expository Texts
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1. Finish "Early Vietnam" Notes
2. "How Do I Read?" Activity
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04-06
|
Early in the War
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1. Notes: Early in the War
2. Vietnam Primary Sources
- Read Joseph Sintoni's Letter and answer the Discussion Questions
- Pg. 252
Discussion Questions:
1. Why does Joey write this letter to Angela?
2. How does Sintoni feel about the war? Explain why you came to this conclusion.
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04-05
|
The War Escalates
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 16.3
- Turn In Notes
2. Read: The Tonkin Resolution
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03-26
|
The Tonkin Incident
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1. Finish: Origins of the War
2. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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03-25
|
Origins of the Vietnam War
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1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 16.2
- Turn In Notes
2. Introduction: Origins of the Vietnam War
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03-24
|
Quarantine!
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1. "Quarantine" and the Resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Homework: Chapter 16.3
- R/N Due 4/5
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03-23
|
Choices in the Cuban Missile Crisis
|
1. Reading Quiz: Chapter 16.1
- Turn In Notes
2. Choices and Consequences
- Notes and Discussion
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03-22
|
October 1962
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1. Notes and Discussion
Homework: Chapter 16.2
- R/N due Wednesday
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03-19
|
The Origins of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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1. Turn In Student Information Sheet
2. Introduction
- The Cold War
- Cuban Revolution
- The Bay of Pigs
3. The Cuban Missile Crisis
- Video Excerpts: Thirteen Days
|
03-18
|
Historical Amnesia
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1. Discuss: Why History?
2. Read: David McCullough's Interview
- "The Dangers of Historical Amnesia"
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03-17
|
Why History?
|
1. Reading Quiz: Communism in Cuba
2. Discuss
- Shenkman Interview
- Hartoonian: Students and the American Dream
Homework: Chapter 16.1
- Read and Take Notes
- Due Monday
|
03-16
|
Mr. Z's Neighborhood
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1. Mr. Z's Neighborhood
- Website
- Class Expectations and Procedures
2. Z-Bucks (See Mr. Z about this)
3. Rick Shenkman
|
03-15
|
United States History B
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1. Introductions and Attendance
2. Book Checkout (See Mr. Zelenak)
3. Course Syllabus
4. Student Information Sheet
- Due Friday
Homework: Text Pgs. 508-510
- Reading and Notes
- Due Wednesday
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