What if this happened in Oregon? 


Finally, here's what lawn darts looked like:

May 31

IB US History
Focus:
1970s America

CW:
handout/discussion: sexual revolution of the 1960s
notes: Reform and Reaction:
environmental movement: 
Love Canal: clip #1 clip #2; Silent Spring
women's liberation movement:
document analysis: origins of the women's liberation movement
ERA
Title IX and gender equity in sports

HW:
Text pp. 899-904
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US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
discuss/video clips
murder of Medgar Evers
SCLC takes on Bull Connor in Birmingham
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Freedom Summer

HW:
Read 29:3

EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT

Here's the story behind the picture. 

May 30

IB US History
Focus:
1970s America

CW:
return old work
video clips: "The US vs. John Lennon"
notes: An Economy of Diminished Expectations
Oil Embargo 1973

HW:
Text pp. 887-89; 892-99
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US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
Ch. 28 lotus
video: Freedom Riders and clip from Eyes on the Prize about Parchman

HW:
review notes

May 29

IB US History
Focus:
1970s America

CW:
handout/discussion: American POWs in Vietnam and was Vietnam a "just war"?
notes: The Nixon Years
handout/discussion/timeline: Watergate
video clip:
Watergate
Ford pardons Nixon and  handout

HW:
Text pp. 884-87
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US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: LBJ's Great Society and handout
discuss: Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement (29:1 RG)
Powerpoint: Little Rock 9
video clip: school inequality today

HW:
29:2 RG

May 25--THE DEATH MARCH IS OVER!!

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

HW:
Text pp. 880-83
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US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
review notes
discuss JFK's presidency (28:1-28:2 RG)
video clip: Zapruder Film

HW:
read 28:3 on LBJ's presidency
29:1 RG

Overview of the Vietnam War. 

May 24

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
extra credit essay assignment handout
discuss: Massacre at My Lai
notes/discussion: Nixon Takes Over the Vietnam War
TV's impact on the war
video clip: Nixon's handling of the war
handouts:
NY Times vs. U.S.
Nixon's Silent Majority speech
public opinion and the war

HW:
Text p. 880-83**
**DUE TUESDAY!!
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US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
return/discuss Unit 7 exam
brief 1950s overview
video: Murder of Emmett Till

HW:
28:1/28:2 RG

Here's the trailer about U.S. Army cover up from the war in Afghanistan. It's a great film.


By the way, here's some information on the rules of combat that members of the U.S. military are expected to follow. 

May 23

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
My Lai (take notes)

HW:
Text pp. 867-73; 876
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US History
Focus:


CW:
Unit 7 exam


HW:
28:1/28:2 RG
DUE FRIDAY

May 22

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
notes/handout:
The Antiwar Movement
discussion on the draft and the draft lottery
video clips from the documentary on The Weather Underground

HW:
Text pp. 867-73; 876
DUE THURSDAY
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US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
discuss 26:4 (Two Nations on the Brink)
Ch. 26 lotus
essay prep/questions
review b-ball

HW:
STUDY!!

Another sad story from the world of public education. 

This has nothing to do with Vietnam

Please watch this video if you're thinking about becoming a doctor, nurse, or you are a person who cares about some of the serious issues facing our country today and into the future. As always, I would love to see what you think about this issue.

Walter Cronkite and the Vietnam War

Walter Cronkite was a broadcast legend and famed anchorman for CBS news. In the interview below, he discusses the impact of his reporting from Vietnam in 1968. Check it out (this could be rather beneficial for you).

IB ALERT IB ALERT--EXTENDED ESSAY PEEPS

YOU WILL NEED TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE MEETING WITH MR. TESCHNER REGARDING THE EE THIS WEEK. MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE TUESDAY-THURSDAY. AM MEETINGS BEFORE SCHOOL WILL BE IN MR. UNIS'S ROOM. PM MEETINGS AFTER SCHOOL WILL BE IN MY ROOM. THIS IS FOR ALL FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATES, NOT JUST THOSE DOING THEIR EE IN HISTORY.


Finally, are you smarter than a member of Congress? 

May 21

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
Two Days in October (take notes)

HW:
THERE WILL BE A QUIZ TOMORROW.  MAKE SURE YOU READ BOTH READINGS. 
1. Text pp. 856-60
2. The Vietnam War on TV (the link for the reading are on the link)

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US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
review notes
notes: The Cold War at Home
cover part of 26:4 in class
video clips: Atomic Cafe

HW:
finish 26:4 RG

May 18

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
Why Vietnam?
video clip: origins of US involvement in Vietnam
what  happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
notes: Into the Quagmire (1945-68)

HW:
Text pp. 856-60
DUE TUESDAY
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US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
discuss 26:1/26:2 RG--The Early Cold War Years
Truman's foreign policy with the Soviets
video clips: origins of the Cold War (from Atomic Cafe)
Marshall Plan in Greece
video: North Korea today

HW:
Read 26:3

May 17

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
video: Summer of Love--1967
begin work on Vietnam readings

HW:
Text pp. 850-56
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
The Pacific: Okinawa
work on 26:1/26:2 RG

HW:
finish reading guides

This is what fighting for your RIGHTS looks like. This man is a true hero.

Not very impressed by the caliber of Reed College's students after watching this. 

May 16

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
video clips from Eyes on the Prize

1. Black Panthers
2. assassination of Dr. King
3. integration of South Boston schools in 1974

discussion: affirmative action

HW:

Text pp. 850-56

DUE ON FRIDAY!!

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US History

Focus:

WWII

CW:

The Pacific: episodes 1-2 (Guadalcanal)

HW:

review notes

May 15

IB US History

Focus:

1960s America

CW:

notes: Changes in the Civil Rights Movement

video clips (most clips are from Eyes on the Prize)

Rise of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam/handout

Black Panther Party/Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Black Power Movement and the March Against Fear

HW:

readings on Affirmative Action
Reading #1
Reading #2 (pages 1-2)
Bakke decision




US History

Focus:

WWII

CW:

Unit 7 study guide

primary source analysis/discussion on the dropping of the atomic bombs

video clips from Atomic Cafe

Ch. 25 lotus

HW:

review notes

May 14

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
election of 1964:
Daisy Ad
election results
notes/handout: LBJ's Great Society
video clip from Eyes on the Prize: murder of Medgar Evers in 1963
video: Freedom Summer

HW:
Text pp. 860-67
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
discuss 25:3 (War in the Pacific)
video clips: War Against Japan

HW:
REVIEW NOTES
BRING BOOK ON THURSDAY!!!

Heed this advice from Mr. T.

May 11

IB US History
Focus:
1960s

CW:
notes: JFK (1961-63)
Civil Rights struggle continues--video clips:
Birmingham (1963)
March on Washington (1963)

HW:
Text pp. 840-46
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Band of Brothers


HW:
25:3 RG

May 10

IB US History
Focus:
The Struggle for Civil Rights

CW:
return/discuss Unit 11 exam; grade report
notes: Early Civil Rights Struggles (1960-61)
lunch counter sit-in movement
video clip:
Freedom Riders


HW:

Text pp. 830-36

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US History

Focus:

WWII

CW:

Ch. 24 lotus

notes: the war in Europe (25:2)

video clips: 

German defenses for D-Day

intro scene from Saving Private Ryan

HW:

25:3 RG (due on Monday)

IB ALERT/PCC UPDATE

FROM PCC:

Friday, May 18th is the last day for students to Withdraw from their spring dual credit course(s) with a "W" posted on their transcript. 

If a student is still registered in a Dual Credit course after May 18th, the grade they receive in your high school class (even if it's a D or F) will be posted on their PCC transcripts.

ABSENT IB STUDENTS

IF YOU MISSED THE EXAM TODAY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ZERO GRADE YOU RECEIVED DELETED FROM ESIS, YOUR ABSENCE NEEDS TO BE EXCUSED BY TOMORROW. I WILL EXPECT TO SEE YOU IN MY ROOM NO LATER THAN 0715 OR YOUR ZERO GRADE WILL REMAIN PERMANENT. THAT IS ALL. 

May 9

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 11 exam

HW:
Civil Rights Reading
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
anti-Japanese imagery and songs
discuss 25:1 RG (America Mobilizes for War)
OWI handout (propaganda)
video clip: rationing
scrap metal drives and gas rationing
cartoons/comics go to war: Dr. Seuss and Donald Duck
video clip: Japanese Relocation from the Office of War Information
discussion/primary source analysis: Why were the Japanese interned during WWII?

HW:
READ 25:2 (War in Europe)

IB TEST ALERT!!

I HAVE DECIDED TO ELIMINATE THE ESSAY QUESTION ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE SIX ID TERMS TO CHOOSE FROM IN LIEU OF FIVE.  


THAT IS ALL. 

FIRST SIGN OF ROBOPOCALYPSE

May 8

IB US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
notes: beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement
video: Murder of Emmett Till (take notes)

HW:
STUDY--UNIT 11 EXAM IS TOMORROW!!
-----------------------------------
US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
video: Jesse Owens (take notes)
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Holocaust:
Anti-Semitism in the US
video clip: liberation of a concentration camp

HW:
25:1 RG

This is why I love local news.



Please weigh in on what the judge in this story did. Do you think he should keep his job?

May 7

IB US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
Find the Commie!
Bombshelter Survival Guide
-------------------
notes: American life in the 1950s
video clip/discussion: Rock and Roll; Elvis
primary source analysis: an examination of American women in the 1950s

HW:
Text pp. 804-07
Handout: Brown v. Board of Ed
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US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
preview Unit 7
discuss: The Road to War (24:1) and the war in Europe (24:2)
notes: 24:4 RG--America Moves Toward War

HW:
25:1 RG

Have a Great Weekend!

I have found something more terrifying than a nuclear apocalypse.

May 4

IB US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
finish notes on Eisenhower's foreign policy with the Soviets
---------------------------
notes: The Cold War at Home
video clips:
He May be a Communist
Survival Town and Operation Teapot
Atomic Cafe (DVD)
-------------------------------
Panic Quiz

HW:
Text pp. 816-25
-------------------------------------
US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 6 Exam (DBQ on the Great Depression)

HW:
24:1/24:2 RG

NYC Nuclear Bom Scenario

Here's what would happen if a nuclear bomb were detonated in NYC. 

May 3

IB US History
Focus:
WWII---->Cold War

CW:
finish The Pacific
test prep sheet #11
discussion/video clip: Was dropping the atomic bombs on Japan the right decision?
notes: The Cold War Abroad
primary source analysis: containment, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan

HW:
Text pp. 797-804
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
return old work
Ch. 22 lotus
SAC: Was the New Deal Effective?
sample DBQ/essay question/rubric

HW:
ESSAY PREP!!

News of the Weird

Story #1
After the first two days, Mr. Chong said, he began to hallucinate, imagining “little Japanese cartoon characters telling me what to do.” He clawed at the walls, convinced that they contained messages about where to find water.




Story #2

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

May 2

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
The Pacific

HW:
see yesterday's agenda
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
finish notes on Hoover's presidency
video clip: Bonus Army
New Deal Powerpoint
video clip: FDR's New Deal

HW:
review notes

IB Alert

THE UNIT 11 EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 9. YOU WILL HAVE FOUR ESSAY QUESTIONS TO PREP.


BELOW YOU WILL FIND ONE OF THOSE ESSAY QUESTIONS. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE COMPLETE TEST PREP SHEET ON THURSDAY.

Compare and contrast American involvement in World War I and World War II according to three of the following criteria:

·      Entering the War

·      Civil Liberties

·      Financing for the war

·      Mobilizing for the war

·      Propaganda and the war

May 1--MAY DAY!

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: Fighting and Winning the War
video clips: the war against Japan in the Pacific

HW:
1. Read primary source documents and compile arguments for and against the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan
2. Text pp. 784-85; 788-97
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US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
1920s lotus
discuss causes and effects of the Great Depression (22:1-22:2)
video clips: Surviving the Dust Bowl
22:3 notes: Hoover Tackles the Depression
video clip: Bonus Army

HW:
review notes