June 11-12

Put a pin in the 2012-13 school year, it's over. 

FINALS
FINALS
FINALS

I sincerely hope you got something out my class. You may not remember everything you learned this past year, however, you have learned a lot. Seriously, a lot. You read and learned things that I didn't get until college or in some cases, graduate school. I tried to teach you to care about the institutions that are set up to serve citizens and what happens when those institutions fail. I wanted to make you empathetic about the plight of people who experienced injustice. I firmly believe in the maxim of afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted. 

Finally, pay attention to the world around you. Please. 

Take care and have a great summer. 

What are your thoughts on this?

June 10---FINAL WEEK!!!

IB US History (June 10-11-12)
Focus:
War on Terror and Beyond

CW:
costs of 9/11
TBD: video clips of Hurricane Katrina--2005
Civil war in Syria
discussion: President Obama's options on Syria
examination of your political ideology
top ten events in US History

HW:
STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM


FOURTH PERIOD FINAL EXAM IS TOMORROW. FIRST PERIOD GOES WEDNESDAY. 

Class of 2014, I challenge you to come up with a senior video as good as this one from Lakeridge High School. Production values are off the chart.

June 7

IB US History
Focus:
War on Terror

CW:
notes/discussion: lead up to the Iraq War
President Bush announces an end to major combat operations in Iraq
insurgency against U.S. occupation begins in 2005
IED attack of convoy
discussion: use of torture; waterboarding
U.S. gov't spying since 2001
video clips from ZD30
costs of 9/11

HW:
Syria reading

June 6

IB US History
Focus:
War on Terror

CW:
discuss the Pat Tillman Story
video clip: Axis of Evil speech---January 29, 2002 State of the Union speech
video clip from Bush's War--Bush administration makes the case for war with Iraq


HW:
Reading: Syria and Obama's foreign policy
READING DUE ON MONDAY

EE CANDIDATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WE NEED TO MEET TOMORROW AT 3:00. IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP YOU WILL NEED TO FIND A NEW ADVISOR. 

June 5

IB US History
Focus:
War on Terror

CW:
The Pat Tillman Story

HW:
finish 9/11 readings
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Psych (the rest of the week)

CW:
seniors: final exam
juniors: Unit 5 exam

HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR FINAL EXAM

Trailer for the film I'm showing in class tomorrow. First period, please be in class no later than 0745. Fourth period, class will be dismissed around 2:55 tomorrow. 

June 4

IB US History
Focus:
War on Terror


CW:
finish United 93
video clips from 9/11 documentary

HW:
review notes

9/11

9/11 Encyclopedia from New York Magazine. 

Interesting story about a recent discovery of a piece of one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center.

Live coverage of CNN's live coverage from September 11, 2001.



Here's a short documentary detailing why the Twin Towers in NYC fell on 9/11.

June 3

IB US History
Focus:
Clinton-Bush Years

CW:
finish notes on Clinton presidency
9/11 information
begin United 93

HW:
review notes