June 14

IB US History
Focus:
2000s

CW:
discussion: torture: video clip of waterboarding
video clip/info: Hurricane Katrina
participation evaluation

HW:
STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM!!
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Psych (14-16)

FINAL EXAM!!

IB US History

Focus:
2000s


CW:
finish United 93
Bush's "Axis of Evil" speech
War in Iraq

HW:
review notes

IB US History

Focus:
2000s

CW:
United 93

HW:
review notes

Ground Zero today. 

9/11 First Responders Still Suffering

IB US History

Focus:
1990s-2000s

CW:
finish 9/11


HW:
review notes

June 8

IB US History
Focus:
1990s-2000s

CW:
Rodney King beating and L.A. Riots
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notes: Clinton's Presidency (1993-2001)
Monica Lewinsky scandal video clips
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election of George W. Bush and 9/11
video clip: 9/11

HW:
review notes
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Psych (8-9)


CW:
return exams
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

HW:
prepare for final exam

IB US History

Focus:
Reagan-Bush Years

CW:
notes: Reagan administration
video clip: Morning in America (1984)
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notes: Bush administration Part I
L.A. Riots/Rodney King beating

HW:
Text pp. 927-36

June 6--PENULTIMATE WEEK!!!

IB US History
Focus:
1970s

CW:
notes: Ford and Carter presidencies
video clip: Iranian hostage crisis

HW:
Text pp. 908-14
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Psych (6-7)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 5 exam/final for seniors

HW:
review notes for final exam

I saw this guy after having lunch on my bike ride today.

IB US History

Focus:
1970s

CW:
notes: Reform and Reaction (consumer movement, environmental movement, and women's rights)
Consumer protection: Ralph Nader (video clip from Youtube)
Environmental Movement:
reading: Silent Spring
video clips:
Love Canal Disaster; smog in L.A.; air pollution in China today (google air pollution for videos)
Women's rights
Title IX videoss (from google search)
Title IX discussion

HW:
Text pp. 899-904

June 2

IB US History
Focus:
Nixon Years

CW:
discussion: Watergate
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handout: Sexual revolution of the 1960s
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notes: An Economy of Lowered Expectations

HW:
Text pp. 887-88; 892-99
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Psych (2-3)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss Kip Kinkel
discuss schizophrenia
video clip and audio tape
therapies and treatments for mental disorders

HW:
study for unit/final exam

IB US History

Focus:
Nixon

CW:
discussion: just war theory--Was Vietnam a just war?
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notes: The Nixon Years
handout/discussion: timeline of Watergate
video clips:
"I'm not a crook."
Nixon resigns the presidency
Ford Pardons Nixon

HW:
Text pp. 884-87 and Watergate discussion questions