More big moments from Bill Clinton:

May 31

IB US History
Focus:
Bush-Clinton Years

CW:
finish notes on the Bush years
Rodney King beating and aftermath--1991
1992 presidential election--Bush checks his watch
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notes: the Clinton years--1992-2000
clips on Clinton: 
Clinton takes office--1:00:00
SNL sketch
Somalia/Rwanda
Lewinsky scandal

HW:
9/11 reading

Still unclear on the Iran-Contra scandal? Check out this link. 

May 30

IB US History
Focus:
Reagan-Bush Years

CW:
1980 campaign commercial
election of 1980
notes: The Reagan Years
Reaganomics
Reagan assassination attempt
1984 campaign ad
Iran-Contra Affair
Reagan at the Berlin Wall--1987
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notes:
Bush years (1988-92)
Willie Horton ad
Dukakis tank ad
Quayle debate moment
Quayle gaffes
Berlin Wall comes down--1989


HW:
Text pp. 927-36
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Psych (30-31)
Focus:
Sleep and dreams

CW:
teenage brain video clip
video clip: drowsy driving
discuss: dreams and dream theories
video clip: lucid dreaming (27:30)
group research: sleep problems and groups present
video clip: cataplexy and narcolepsy
night terrors

HW:
review notes for exam

May 29

IB US History
Focus:
1960s-70s America


CW:
notes: Reform and Reaction
environmental movement takes form
Love Canal Clip #1
Love Canal Clip #2
Ralph Nader and consumer protection
women's liberation movement
video clip: Title IX of the Civil Rights Act--gender equity in sports
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notes: Ford and Carter administration
electoral map--1976
economic crisis during Carter ("Malaise speech")
video clip: Iranian Hostage Crisis--1979

HW:
Text pp. 908-12

May 28

IB US History
Focus:
1960s-70s America

CW:
brief discussion on Watergate and its aftermath
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discussion: sexual revolution of the 1960s
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WILL COVER TOMORROW ALONG WITH CARTER AND FORD'S PRESIDENCY
notes: Reform and Reaction
the environmental movement takes form
Love Canal Disaster in NY state: Part #1 Part #2; discussion of Silent Spring
handout: Ralph Nader and consumer protection
(may address women's liberation tomorrow)
women's liberation movement: causes and effects; ERA
Title IX and gender equity in high school sports:

HW:
Text pp. 899-904
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Psych (28-29)
Focus:
Sleep and dreams

CW:
Unit 5 study guide
discuss:
continuum of consciousness
world of sleep (stages of sleep)
questions about sleep
New Yorker article--"Up All Night"
video clips:
1. stages of sleep
2. purposes of sleep
3. Americans don't get enough sleep
4. sleep and the teenage brain

HW:
review notes

May 24----THE DEATH MARCH ENDS AT 2:50!!!!

IB US History
Focus:
Richard Nixon's Presidency

CW:
final words on Vietnam
notes: The Nixon Presidency (1968-74)
VP Spiro T. Agnew resigns--October 1973
handout: Watergate timeline
video: Watergate (00:00---26:00 mins; White House tapes--39:04---41:05; aftermath--43:25--45:00)
Nixon farewell speech to his staff (material about parents begins at 11:06)
President Ford pardoned President Nixon
Oil embargo--1973


HW:
Text pp. 887-89; 892-99

Here's a great story on Army helicopter pilot, Hugh Thompson and his crew. If you recall, Mr. Thompson and his crew saved Vietnamese civilians at My Lai on March 16, 1968. 

May 23

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War era

CW:
notes: legacy of the Vietnam War/handout
war's impact on Vietnamese civilians--Agent Orange
discussion: Was Vietnam a "just war"?
video clips: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
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notes/video clips: Rise of the Counterculture (NO TIME FOR HIPPIES THIS YEAR, SORRY)
Summer of Love--1967
Woodstock-1969
music of Woodstock

HW:
Text pp. 880-87
READING TIPS: 
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WATERGATE SCANDAL AND THE EFFECTS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN 1973

IB History Students

Keys to success on the final exam:

1. Come to class every day. Every. Day. 

2. Care about what you're learning. Even a little. It really helps, I promise. 

3. ASK QUESTIONS. It demonstrates to the teacher that you actually CARE about what you're learning/reading/seeing in class.(see tip #2). 

4. READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ

5. Review your notes daily. 

6. Get some SLEEP. 

Finally, just remember that the last day of school is quickly approaching. I swear. Just live in the moment. Don't count the seconds until your junior year of high school is over. You will soon have 2.5 months off from school. Honest. 

Please keep in mind that this will probably be the FINAL American history class of your academic career. This is my one shot to make sure you LEARN something about your country. Each day of instruction is precious to me. Seriously. 

May 22

IB US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
discussion: My Lai Massacre and the body count
notes: Vietnam War---1968-73:
video clip from Dear America: Tet Offensive
LBJ refuses to seek a second term
President Nixon takes over the Vietnam War
Nixon's Silent Majority Speech 
anti-war opposition readings: Dr. King and John Kerry speech
NY Times vs. Nixon
public opinion and the war

HW:
Text pp. 859-60 (p. 859--Rise of the Counterculture--p. 860)

I'm sure you're well aware of the devastating tornado that left a massive path of destruction in Oklahoma yesterday. Below is video of the birth of that tornado.

May 21

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
My Lai

ABSENT STUDENTS, THE VIDEO IS NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. HOWEVER, IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT IN THIS FILM.

HW:
Text pp. 867-73; 876
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Psych (21-24)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return Unit 4 exam
begin Take Shelter

HW:
Sleep and dreams packet
sleep reading
ALL DUE NEXT WEEK.

May 20

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: The Anti-war Movement Grows
discussion on the draft and the draft lottery and draft resistance
Ballad of the Green Berets and Fortunate Son
reading: Was ending the draft a mistake?
video clips: The Weather Undergound Collective


HW:
Text pp. 867-73; 876
DUE ON WEDNESDAY

Big thanks to all of you who came out to PCC today. I really appreciate you giving up a few hours from your weekend. Your 20 points extra credit are now in eSIS. All of your grades went up by two points. 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS WEEKEND. YOU WILL HAVE A READING QUIZ ON MONDAY. See you soon.

May 17

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
Two Days in October

HW:
Text pp. 856-60
TV and the Vietnam War reading
THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON MONDAY--
SEE WALTER CRONKITE VIDEO BELOW
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Psych (17; 20)
Focus:


CW:
Unit 4 exam

HW:
Sleep and Dreams RG
ENTIRE PACKET DUE ON MAY 28 AND MAY 29

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).

May 16

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: Into the Quagmire (1945-68)
discussion: What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
video clip: origins of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
map of Vietnam in 1956


HW:
1. Text pp. 856-60
2. Reading: TV and the Vietnam War (given out in class)
DUE MONDAY

ATTENTION IB HISTORY STUDENTS!!

IF YOU ARE A FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATE, YOU MUST ATTEND ONE MEETING IN MR. TESCHNER'S ROOM NEXT WEEK FOR INFORMATION ON THE EXTENDED ESSAY. 

 MEETINGS WILL BE HELD BEFORE SCHOOL TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY. AFTERSCHOOL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD MON-THURS. 

MEETINGS WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE DURING FIRST AND SECOND LUNCH MON-FRI. 

Colbert on the Fisher v. Texas Supreme Court case that you read about. 

The Colbert Report
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Here's some legal analysis:

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May 15

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
video/notes:
Black Panther Party
School integration in Boston--1974
discussion: affirmative action
video clips: Colbert Report

HW:
Gulf of Tonkin reading
Text pp. 850-56
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Psych (15-16)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych


CW:
Kip Kinkel


HW:
STUDY--UNIT EXAM IS NEXT CLASS!!

May 14

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: Changes/Challenges in the Civil Rights Movement
Malcolm X reading
video clips from Eyes on the Prize:

• Selma campaign and Bloody Sunday--March 7, 1965
• rise of the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X
• black power movement
• March Against Fear

HW:
Affirmative Action readings:
Reading #1
Reading #2 (pp. 1-2)
Bakke decision

May 13

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
Civil Rights Struggle Continues:
Freedom Summer--1964--video clip
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"Daisy" Ad
1964 presidential election results
discussion: times of major action by the federal gov't
notes: LBJ's Great Society
documents on the "Johnson Treatment" and the Great Society

HW:
Text pp. 860-67
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Psych (13-14)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discussion: mood disorders
video clips: living with depression (from DVD)
reading/video clip:  ECT
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discussion: schizophrenia
video clip: patients describe their schizophrenia
video clips: inside childhood schizophrenia (first 15 minutes)
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discuss: psychopaths and psychopathic behavior
video: psychopath test
checklist for psychopathic behavior
psychopath test
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video clip: characteristics of mass shooters
video clip: James Holmes--Aurora, CO
discuss: school shooters

HW:
review notes
IMPORTANT VIDEO NEXT CLASS
UNIT EXAM THIS FRIDAY AND NEXT MONDAY

I really hope Cam was wearing a strong deodorant Saturday night. 

Happy Mother's Day

May 10

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: JFK's presidency--1961-63
video clips: JFK's assassination in Dallas, TX--Nov. 22, 1963
struggle for Civil Rights continues:
Birmingham--1963
read: Letter from the Birmingham Jail--Rev. King
March on D.C.

HW:
Text pp. 840-46

May 9

IB US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
return Unit 11 exam
preview Unit 12
notes: The Early Years of the Civil Rights Struggle (1960-61)
video clip: lunch counter sit-ins--Nashville, TN--EOTP--Volume 2
video: Freedom Riders (I showed the first 40 minutes and the last 20 minutes of the film in class)

HW:
Text pp. 830-36
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Psych (9-10)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych


CW:
Unit 4 study guide
discuss: anxiety disorders
Video clip: panic disorder/panic attacks (shown in class)
What is OCD?
Examples of compulsions:
video clips from in-class (VHS tapes)
perfectionism
living with OCD--Howie Mandel
hoarding
couple found buried alive in Chicago
handout: treating OCD--Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
video clip: CBT

HW:
RG:
Mood Disorders and ECT
Schizophrenia and Personality Disorders

May 8

IB US History
Focus:


CW:
Unit 11 exam
IF ABSENT, YOU NEED TO MAKE UP THE EXAM STARTING AT 0720 TOMORROW.  


HW:
Civil Rights Struggle (1960-63) 
 (download if absent from class today)

If you were absent from class today, here's the video I showed about the murder of Emmett Till.

May 7

IB US History
Focus:
1950s America

CW:
notes: Civil Rights Issue Emerges
video: Emmett Till--take notes

HW:
STUDY!!
FIRST PERIOD, THE EXAM WILL BEGIN AT 0740 TOMORROW DUE TO ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE. 
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Psych (7-8)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Wartorn documentary on PTSD

HW:
RG:
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
ECT

What if... San Francisco got hit with a nuclear bomb. 

Ladies, heed this dating advice from the 1950s and everything will turn out swell!

 

May 6

IB US History
Focus:
Cold War America

CW:
WHO'S THE COMMIE??
finish clips from Atomic Cafe
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notes: life in 1950s America
growth of suburbia: Levittown, PA
primary source analysis: Is the image of the happy 1950s housewife myth or reality?
video clip: Rock and Roll and the Rise of Elvis

HW:
Text pp. 804-07
Reading on Brown vs. Bd of Education

For the 1.75 people who comment on the blog

Very cool story out of Wisconsin about a family that discovered some interesting items in a fallout shelter from the 1960s in their backyard.




Here's an interesting video on the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia. 

History students

Besides completing your reading for the weekend, please take some time to start preparing the unit exam. I have decided that there will be six ID terms on the exam. MAKE FLASH CARDS!!! 

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine. 

May 3

IB US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
finish notes on Eisenhower's approach towards containing communism
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notes: The Cold War at Home
Sputnik I--launched in October 1957
Sputnik II-Nov. 1957--Laika!
video clips: Atomic Cafe
He May Be a Communist
Panic Quiz!


HW:
Text pp. 816-25
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Psych (3; 6)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discussion: PTSD
living with PTSD
Life and Death of Clay Hunt
Private Needham's War

HW:
RG-Anxiety Disorders

Here's an extremely disturbing examination of life in a North Korean prison camp.

May 2

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


CW:
Yalta Conference--Feb. 1945
discussion: Was dropping atomic bombs on Japan the right decision?
video clip from The War: atomic bombs and wrap up
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notes: The Cold War Abroad
video clip: The Marshall Plan
maps of the Korean War
video clip: The Korean War

HW:
TEXT PP. 797-804
READING CHANGE!!

The Past was Strange

 Read this before dinner. 

Who wants to be a "leech gatherer"?

Are you popular? Here's some help from 1947.

May 1

IB US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
The Pacific:
Peileilu
Okinawa

HW:
see Monday
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Psych (1-2)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
preview Unit 4
discuss:
factors that contribute to mental disorders
assessing mental disorders
diagnosing mental disorders and the DSM
video: Andrea Yates

HW:
PTSD reading