May 30--WE'VE DONE IT, WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH MAY--8.5 DAYS TO GO!! WOOT!

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam Conflict

CW:
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam

HW:
Text pp. 880-87

Army Suicides up in 2007

News keeps getting sadder for our returning vets.

FOX News sued for causing PTSD

Watch out for bedbugs.

Famous Pics from the Vietnam Conflict

May 29

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam Conflict

CW:
finish oral history presentations
notes: End of the Vietnam War
My Lai Massacre discussion
video : Hugh Thompson
POWs in Vietnam
Was Vietnam a Just War?

HW:
Text pp. 880-83; 884-87 (Due Monday)
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Psychology (29-30)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 exam

HW:
START REVIEWING FOR THE FINAL EXAM

May 28

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam Conflict

CW:
video: Two Days in October

HW:
My Lai reading

PTSD cases jumped 50% in 2007

The psychological costs of war.

Jane Fonda in North Vietnam

"Hanoi Jane"

May 27

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam Conflict

CW:
finish oral history presentations
notes: The Long Road Home--Part One

HW:
TBA
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Psychology (27-28)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
finish discussion of Kip Kinkel video
discussion: eating disorders
video clip: "Thin"

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 5 EXAM

1968--Tet Offensive-Turning Point in the Vietnam War

Hilarious

So true, especially in SE Portland. I think that's Roxy's car.

We've Made it to the End of the Death March!

'Sup my nerdz? Sorry about being AWOL from school today. I was feeling under the weather. I heard that the sub was not to your liking. Sorry about that. I hope you at least enjoyed the documentary on the Summer of Love. I will be back in full effect on Tuesday. I hope you all get some much needed R & R this weekend. We head back to the 'Nam on Tuesday.

I will leave you with a picture of Mr. Wilson's dad in Vietnam. Enjoy.

Vietcong Tunnel Systems

Check this out. Amazing.

Woud You Have Been Drafted?

Post your draft number and a comment about what you would have done in the event that you were drafted during the Vietnam War.

Anti-War March in 1967--Newsreel Footage

May 22

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam Conflict

CW:
notes: Into the Quagmire
begin oral history presentations

HW:
Text pp. 856-60
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Psychology (22-23)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Kip Kinkel video and note sheet

HW:
STUDY

Kip Kinkel

The life of Kip Kinkel.

IB STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR REGISTERING FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. DON'T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN UP 12 COLLEGE CREDITS! THE DEADLINE IS MAY 31ST.

Go here and print out the form and get it in! ASAP. I still have extra forms in my classroom.

Principal Quitting over Gay-Straight Alliance Club

Here's the link.

May 21

Adv. US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
finish essay (20 mins)
graded discussion
Vietnam War discussion (if time)

HW:
Text pp. 850-56

May 20

Adv. US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
class discussion--TBA
notes: Zinn: "Does it Explode?"
finish essay

HW:
TBD
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Psychology (20-21)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 test prep sheet
discussion: Schizophrenia
notes: personality disorders and conduct disorder
practice identifying personality disorders
notes: school shooters

HW:
STUDY ALL NOTES/BEGIN ESSAY PREP

Marlon Brando Refuses His Oscar

Here's the statement that his stand-in, Sacheen Littlefeather, read at the Academy Awards.

May 19

Adv. US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
notes: Changes in the Movement
video clips: Malcolm X; Black Panthers
begin comparative essay on Malcolm X and Dr. King (essay will be finished tomorrow)

HW:
Zinn reading

Nation of Islam

History of the Nation of Islam.

Black Panther Party

History of the Black Panther Party. The Ten Point Plan.

Philosophy of Malcolm X

Watch for the references to non-violent protest tactics that were used in the South.

Have a Great Prom

Admiral Ackbar wishes everyone a great prom weekend. Enjoy the following video:

Ad from the 1964 Presidential Election

May 16

Adv. US History
Focus:
Civil Rights Movement

CW:
video: Freedom Summer
letter from a Freedom Summer volunteer
notes: LBJ's Great Society

HW:
Text pp. 860-67
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Psychology (16; 19)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss mood disorders and ECT
Tourettes Syndrome
video: Tourettes

HW:
TQ-Schizophrenia
Reading: Schizophrenia

8th Grader Schools a Member of the Detroit City Council

Psych students

Here's a link about privacy in therapy.

A Soldier's Heart

If you were absent from Psychology either May 14 or May 15, here's the video we watched in class. There will be an essay question and/or ID term about this video.

May 15

Adv. US History
Focus:
Civil Rights

CW:
notes: Struggle for Civil Rights
vidoe clips: Freedom Riders and Birmingham protests

HW:
Text pp. 842-46

Trial of Byron De la Beckwith

More information here about Medgar Evers' killer.

Sixteenth Street Church Bombing in Birmingham in September of 1963.

The Life and Death of Medgar Evers

Pictures about the JFK assasination

May 14

Adv. US History
Focus:
JFK

CW:
return/discuss Unit 11 exams and oral history papers
Unit 12 preview
notes: New Frontier
video clip: Zapruder Film

HW:
Text pp. 836-42
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Psychology (14-15)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
video: PTSD
discussion

HW:
TQ-Mood Disorders and ECT

May 13

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 11 exam

HW:
Text pp. 830-36--stop at the following heading: "New Tactics for the Civil Rights Movment"

May 12

Adv. US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
notes: The Other America
video: Emmett Till

HW:
STUDY--YOU MAY E-MAIL ME FOR ESSAY HELP UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT.
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Psychology (12-13)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
handout: basic facts on OCD
video: OCD
notes: PTSD

HW:
TBA

ESSAY HINTS FOR MY I.B. GREMLINS

Listen up nerds. I have a few hints for essay questions one and two. For essay one think about the basic things that the federal gov't did to prepare the United States for war. Hint-- Selective Service.

Essay two: YOUR ESSAY SHOULD NOT TOUCH ON THE COLD WAR AT HOME!!
The question is about Truman and Eisenhower's foreign policy with the Soviet Union.
Hints: NATO TO SEATO. One more hint: CIA.

That is all. If you would like me to see outlines please e-mail me.

Have a good weekend and give your mother a hug tomorrow.

Alfred Kinsey

Here's some more information on Alfred Kinsey.

May 9

Adv. US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
notes: The Affluent Society
video: drive-ins

HW:
Text pp. 825; 828-30

Fail Safe

A Day Called X

Great stuff.

May 8

Adv. US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
video clips: Atomic Cafe
notes: Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement
video: school inequality in SC

HW:
Text pp. 816-25 (not a mistake, skip ahead to this reading)
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Psychology (8-9)
Focus:
Abnormal Pscyh

CW:
discussion:
somatoform disorders
anxiety disorders
video: panic attacks

HW:
reading: PTSD

North Korea

May 7

Adv. US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
reading: your guide to North Korea
video: North Korea
notes: Cold War at Home

HW:
Text pp. 804-07

Nuclear bomb in NYC

Here's what would happen if terrorists detonated a nuclear bomb in New York City. Scary stuff.

May 6

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII--Cold War

CW:
discussion/video clips: the A-bomb and Japan
notes: The Cold War Abroad

HW:
Text pp. 797-804
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Psychology (6-7)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
video: Andre Yates
discuss the DSM
therapies and choosing the appropriate therapy

HW:
TQ-Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders

Hiroshima

Here are some amazing pictures that illustrate the devastation that was unleashed by the dropping of the atomic bomb.

WARNING, THESE PICTURES ARE GRAPHIC AND SHOULD ONLY BE VIEWED BY MATURE AUDIENCES.

May 5

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
D-Day-- Saving Private Ryan (first 15 mins.)
Band of Brothers--"Day of Days"

HW:
Text pp. 784-85; 788-97
**UNIT 11 EXAM IS NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 13**

GO IB STUDENTS, GO!

I want to give a shout out to all my IB nerds that are facing a tough week of IB exams. From all of us in Room 219, we wish you the best of luck. Here's a little video to help you get you pumped up for the exams.

I love live TV

May 2

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
D-Day information
finish WWII presentations

HW:
Relax and Review
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Psychology (2;5)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss the clinical assessment
video: A Crime of Insanity

HW:
Reading: Therapies

May 1

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: Fighting and Winning the War
WWII oral history presentations begin

HW:
FINISH ORAL HISTORY PAPER