On April 30, 1945, Adolph Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his bunker. Eva Braun, his wife he married the previous day, died by ingesting cyanide. 

April 30

REMEMBER, I AM STARTING THE PACIFIC AT 0740 TOMORROW AND FOURTH PERIOD WILL FINISH AT 3:00. 

THE FINAL SET OF ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR THE CLASS WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON THURSDAY. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHOW OUTLINES TO ME FOR THIS EXAM. YOU MAY, HOWEVER, ASK ME QUESTIONS. YOUR UNIT EXAM IS ON MAY 8. 

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
video clips:
Battle of Okinawa
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
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The Pacific: Guadalcanal

HW:
see Monday's agenda

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” 
-Elie Wiesel

Dachau concentration camp was liberated by American troops on this date in 1945.

April 29

IF YOU WERE ABSENT TODAY YOU MISSED VERY IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. GET THEM FROM SOMEONE WHO TAKES GOOD NOTES. 

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: The War in the Pacific (1942-45) video clips are from The War
June 1942: Battle of Midway
August 1942-February 1943: Guadalacanal (Disc #1 1:37-1:58:48)
June 1944-July 1944: Saipan (Disc #3 13:32-23:44)
Sept. 1944-November 1944: Peileilu (Disc #4 33:00-52:30)
Feb. 1945-March 1945: Iwo Jima (Disc #5 1:19-1:35:36)
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Will address next class:
Mid-March--July 2: Okinawa (Disc #6 8:04-20:02; 54-1:04)
U.S.S. Indianapolis sinking (Disc #6--"Sharks")--if time

HW:
1. primary source investigation: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
cite evidence from documents about the atomic bomb

2. Text pp. 784-85; 788-97
ABSENT? EMAIL ME FOR DOCUMENTS
ALL READING/DOCUMENTS ARE DUE ON THURSDAY
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Psych (29-30)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 Exam

HW:
RG: Factors in Mental Disorders and Assessing Mental Disorders ONLY

"Progress"

Fascinating story from WWII.

April 26

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Band of Brothers:
Breaking Point
Why We Fight

HW:
see yesterday's post

Need Help Making it to the Weekend? Look no further.

April 25

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Band of Brothers: Carentan
video clip/take notes: Battle of the Bulge--The War

HW:
Text pp. 770-76
PAY ATTENTION TO MAJOR BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE ALLIES FOR POST-WAR EUROPE. 
DUE MONDAY
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Psych (25-26)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
briefly discuss Jonestown documentary
discuss prosocial behavior and reasons why people don't help
video clips:
man pushed in front of NYC subway train
image from event
bystander effect #1
bystander effect #2
Tire Iron and Tamale
Kitty Genovese reading
Heroes at the Boston Bombing
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discuss group membership and reasons for group formation
groups at THS
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discuss behavior in crowds/group dynamics
deindividuation
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Kohlberg's Moral Development Theories

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM

April 24

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
finish investigation of Japanese internment
notes: The Holocaust
map of the Holocaust
reading: The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking
video clip from The War (Disc #6--38:56-51:15)
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European theater in WWII
notes: Fighting and Winning the War: opening a second front in Europe
video clips:
Operation Overlord aka D-Day plans (Disc #3--8:42-11:48)
June 6, 1944 (31:12-45:30)

HW:
Text pp. 770-76
DUE MONDAY 

Amazing interactive link about the people who were approaching the finish line last Monday at the Boston Marathon. 

If you would like to be up to date on the Boston bombing, watch the first story from last night's 60 Minutes. The other two stories are rather compelling as well. 

Holocaust--The Everlasting Shame of Mankind-

As always, your thoughtful comments/reactions are welcome. 

Below is a short documentary about a Survivor who missed his Bar Mitzvah because he was a prisoner at Auschwitz.



If you've never seen Schindler's List, you should.


Another gut wrenching and moving film about the Holocaust is The Pianist. I highly recommend it.

April 22

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: Unrestricted War
notes: Life on the Homefront
video clip: rationing
handout: Office of War Information propaganda
video clip: Why We Fight (from "The War"--Disc #1--56:00-59:00)
war production (from "The War"---Disc #2--24:00-37:00)
handout: Comics Go to War
video clip: Donald Duck Gets Drafted
anti-Japanese imagery and song
discussion/primary source analysis:
War Relocation Authority video
Why Were the Japanese Interned?

HW:
Holocaust reading from The Storm of War--IF ABSENT, EMAIL ME FOR READING OR PICKUP ON ACT DAY!!
Text pp. 767-70
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Psych (22--ACT---24)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Jonestown

HW:
finish reading guide
UNIT 3 EXAM IS NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY!!

April 19

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return old work and Unit 10 exam
notes: The Road to War
video clip: from The War (17:00-40:00-ish)
notes: Mobilizing for Victory
video clip: the draft (The War--53:00-56:00)

HW:
1. Unrestricted War from Fear Itself  (HANDOUT--EMAIL ME IF FOR THIS READING IF YOU WERE ABSENT FROM CLASS TODAY)
2. TEXT PP. 762-67

HISTORY STUDENTS

TOMORROW IS THE FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT YOUR REGISTRATION FORM THE WWII HISTORY SUMMIT AT PCC ON MAY 18. 

April 18

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Unit 10 exam Part II: DBQ


HW:
Text pp. 750-55; 758-62
DUE ON MONDAY
WWII begins next week!!
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Psych (18-20)
Focus:
Social Psych--Obediebnce

CW:
Unit 3 study guide
Obedience: Marry a Stranger
Obeying a Man in Uniform
video: McDonald's incident in Mt. Washington, KY
trailer for Compliance
Stanford Prison Experiment
Abu Gharib prison in Iraq: When Good People Do Bad Things
handout: cult information 101
video clip: David Koresh

HW:
review notes/essay prep
Jonestown documentary next class!

April 17

HISTORY MAKE UP EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW STARTING AT 0715. TOMORROW ONLY. 

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
multiple choice exam Units 9-10
answer scaffolding questions on DBQ

HW:
prepare for DBQ essay
essay will focus on the federal response (Hoover-FDR) to the Great Depression

Unit 10 Exam Update

Students,
For your DBQ essay, review your notes on the New Deal. Remember the "three Rs: 

RELIEF

RECOVERY

REFORM

April 16

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
debate: Was the New Deal Effective in Ending the Great Depression?
start "American Winter"

HW:
STUDY!!
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM WILL FEATURE 25 QUESTIONS ON UNIT 10 AND 25 QUESTIONS ON UNIT 9 MATERIAL
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Psych (16-17)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
discussion: conformity: what?  why?
gender conformity
Asch experiment
dangerous conformity
discuss compliance and foot in the door technique (video clip)
discuss: Milgram experiment
clip from Zimbardo on Milgram
video clip: original Milgram experiment
video: 2009 Milgram experiment

HW:
review notes

April 15

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
collect PCC history seminar extra credit forms
new seating chart
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notes: The New Deal Ends
critics of the New Deal:
Dr. Francis Townsend
Huey P. Long
Share Our Wealth
income inequality today
Father Charles Coughlin
Schechter Poultry decision
FDR's Court Packing Plan
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letters to the Roosevelts (if time)
debate instructions/prep

HW:
complete debate readings/questions

HISTORY STUDENTS

PCC EXTRA CREDIT FIELD REGISTRATION FORM IS DUE BACK TOMORROW. 

THE FOURTH QUARTER STARTS TOMORROW. LET'S FINISH STRONG!! WE CAN DO IT!!

If you enjoyed Cinderella Man, I highly recommend Seabiscuit. As always, READ CAREFULLY this weekend. 

PSYCH STUDENTS

If you missed when I showed Miss Representation, please watch it and take notes on the media's effects on young women.

Pick up at 09:38 and watch the film until around minute 53:00.

April 11

IB US History

1. NEW SEATING CHART ON MONDAY--FINAL ONE OF THE YEAR!!

2. PCC EXTRA CREDIT FORMS ARE DUE MONDAY

3. REVISED READING AGENDA FOR THE WEEKEND
READ CAREFULLY!!

Read 726-27: New Deal Under Attack
pg. 730-32: Supreme Court Fight, Congressional Opposition, Roosevelt Recession
pg. 735: Blacks and the New Deal
pg. 745-46: Legacy of the New Deal
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Psych (11; 15)
Focus:
Social Psych


CW:
gender and marketing
consuming kids documentary (38:17-41:00)
male privilege checklist
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discuss person others (schemas)
discuss: attributions, self-serving bias, actor-observer effect
Reggie case study

HW:
RG-Social/Group Influences

April 10-11

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Cinderella Man

HW:
See previous day

HISTORY STUDENTS

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BEGIN REVIEWING YOUR NOTES FOR THE MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM. IT IS DETAILED AND THOROUGH. REVIEW YOUR MATERIALS FROM UNITS NINE AND TEN. 

April 9

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
electoral map: 1928
notes: Hoover Fights the Depression
primary source reading: Hoover's economic philosophy
video clip: Bonus Army March on D.C.
electoral map: 1932
video clips from FDR (from American Experience--show inauguration and first days clips)
New Deal Powerpoint--ABSENT STUDENTS, EMAIL ME AND I CAN EMAIL YOU THE POWERPOINT!! DO IT!!
WPA posters
video clips: CCC and WPA from the Dust Bowl series

HW:
Text pp. 728-35; 738-41; 745-46
DUE NEXT MONDAY!!!
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Psych (9-10)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
Miss Representation
discuss: male privilege checklist

HW:
RG: Perceiving others

Read. Think. React.

Should this be required each school day?

Scottsboro Boys Documentary

ALL STUDENTS----ESPECIALLY PSYCH STUDENTS

Please take the IAT on "Race". Post your results along with some commentary about your results. 

IAT Test

April 8

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Scottsboro Boys


HW:
Text pp.
714-18
722-27
READING #1: PAY ATTENTION TO HOOVER'S HANDLING OF THE DEPRESSION AND SOCIAL/POLITICAL UNREST IN THE COUNTRY IN REACTION TO HIS POLICIES

READING #2:
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO FDR'S NEW DEAL

History Update

Students,

I hope your weekend is treating you well. As we enter the final week of the penultimate quarter of the year, I wanted to give you a head's up for this week's agenda and the Unit 10 exam.

The exam will take place April 17-18. 
April 17: 
Part I--You will answer 50 multiple choice questions (worth one point each). The multiple choice exam will cover material from Units 9 and 10. 
Part II: You will read documents and answer the scaffolding questions for each document of the DBQ. 
April 18:
DBQ essay
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This week's schedule:
Monday: "Scottsboro Boys" documentary (you will need to take notes on this)

Tuesday: MAJOR NOTES DAY!! We will discuss Hoover's attempts to handle the Great Depression and FDR's New Deal. These notes will be essential for the Unit 10 exam (both parts). 

Wed-Thursday: Cinderella Man

QUARTER ENDS ON THURSDAY
PARTICIPATION EVALUATION ON THURSDAY

April 5

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
video clip: teenage hoboes
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notes: Harder Times
lynching of Claude Neal
video: Dust Bowl

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27
DUE TUESDAY
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Psych (5; 8)
Focus:
Social Psych


CW:
discuss: Do you and your family talk about race?
Can a "black name" affect your job prospects?
video clips: racial discrimination in action:
kids on race
White Like Me--SNL
clip #1
What Would You Do--Car Vandalism #1 and Clip #2
Islamaphobia
video clip: A Class Divided
video clip: effects of racial discrimination on African American children

HW:
readings: Gender identity and toys

PCC Credit Issues

1. Has not received their Congratulations Email from PCC containing their PCC ID G# OR Don't Know it. 
   Call Jacqlyn Proper at 971-722-7737 or Beth Molenkamp at 971-722-7736
   
2. Unable to login to MyPCC
   Call the PCC Helpdesk at 971-722-4400 and ask to have their MyPCC account reactivated with a new temporary password. The student will need to provide the Helpdesk with their PCC ID G#.
   
3. Registration Error Message of level restriction or unable to add only drops allowed
   Contact Jacqlyn Proper at 971-722-7737. Please do not have the student contact the college. Our program is so unique that students usually receive incorrect information.
   
4. Student registered for the wrong course and is only able to withdraw
   Contact Jacqlyn Proper at 971-722-7737 to have the course completely removed from transcript.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL 5:00 TO CALL. 

April 4

IB US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
return old work
discuss Unit 9 exam
review bumperstickers
preview Unit 10
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notes:
Causes of the Great Depression
Hard Times

HW:
Text pp. 707-11; 714

HISTORY STUDENTS!!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO REGISTER FOR PCC CREDIT. EIGHT COLLEGE CREDITS ARE UP FOR GRABS THIS SEMESTER.

FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER. 

HISTORY 202: 
24852

HISTORY 203: 
24854

April 3

MAKE UP EXAM WILL BE TOMORROW. DEADLINE FOR MAKING UP THE EXAM IS 3:25 PM. THE EXAM CAN BE MADE UP BEFORE SCHOOL, DURING LUNCH, DURING THIRD PERIOD, AND AFTER SCHOOL. 

IB US History
Focus:


CW:
Unit 9 exam


HW:
Text pp. 697-99;
699; 701-07
**PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
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Psych (3-4)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
complete stereotype questionnaire
Stuff White People Like
compare/contrast different racial stereotypes
example of Asian stereotype: KFC commercial
Asian stereotypes
nuclear war simulation

HW:
Can a "Black Name" Affect Your Job Prospects?

Food for Thought

April 2

IB US History
Focus:


CW:
ACT registration


HW:
STUDY

April 1

ATTENTION ALL HISTORY STUDENTS:
YOU WILL REGISTER FOR THE ACT TOMORROW IN CLASS. I DO NOT BELIEVE REGISTRATION WILL TAKE ALL PERIOD.  IF YOU ARE ABSENT TOMORROW, ADMINISTRATION WILL PULL YOU OUT OF CLASS TO REGISTER BEFORE THE ACT (APRIL 23). TOMORROW WILL BE A GREAT TIME FOR EXAM REVIEW. DON'T BE ABSENT TOMORROW. 

IB US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
discussion Part II: discuss NY Times article about the infusion of religion in public education
notes: the Klan of the 1920s
reading: the Klan in Oregon
the Klan: A Secret History
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1920s bumpersticker activity

HW:
review notes/essay prep
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Psych (1-2)
Focus:
Social Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 2 exam
preview Unit 3
discuss: How do we perceive others?
Is there a "beauty bias"?
video clip #1
video clip #2
video clip #3
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discuss stereotypes--fill out stereotype questionnaire

HW:
Reading: Can a "black name" affect your job prospects?