WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
video: The Murder of Emmett Till
video clip from Many Rivers: Montgomery Bus Boycott

HW:
STUDY
ESSAY QUESTION TOMORROW
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Honors US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 5 quiz
DBQ essay exam

HW:
Unrestricted War
DUE FRIDAY

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
notes: The Fight for Civil Rights Begins
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
video clips:
Central High School and the Little Rock 9 (1957)
Ruby Bates in New Orleans (1960)
discussion/video: the aftermath of the Brown decision today
Central High School in Tuscaloosa, AL
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discussion/notes: life in 1950s America

HW:
review notes
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Honors US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes/video clips:
letters to the Roosevelts
notes/discussion/video clips: The New Deal Under Attack and the New Deal ends:
Schecter Poultry decision (handout)
critics of the New Deal: (show clips from AE video)
Dr. Francis Townsend
Senator Huey Long
Father Charles Coughlin
FDR's 1936 Democratic nomination acceptance speech: "I welcome their hate..."
FDR attacks SCOTUS (use American experience clip (2:33:00--2:39:00)
begin DBQ

HW:
review notes for quiz and DBQ ESSAY

MONDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Cold War

CW:
finish notes on Eisenhower's attempts to stop communism:
The New Look
MAD 
Iran--1953
Guatemala--1954; Document #4
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notes: The Cold War at Home
handout: HUAC; Alger Hiss; McCarthyism
McCarthyism: US Army hearings--1954
Murrow vs. McCarthy
Sputnik I launched--October 1957
Sputnik II launched--Nov 1957--Laika!
video clip: He May be a Communist
Panic Quiz!
video clips: Atomic Cafe

HW:
Text pp. SKIM: 816-25
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Honors US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: President Hoover tackles the Depression
video clip: The Bonus Army
1932 presidential election results
video clips from FDR's first term: American Experience DVD
NEW DEAL POWERPOINT: IF ABSENT, EMAIL ME FOR THE POWERPOINT; THIS INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE UNIT EXAM
WPA posters

HW:
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

FRIDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Cold War

CW:
WWII wrap up:
GI Bill--1944
atomic bomb wrap up
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notes: The Cold War Abroad
containment handout
Truman Doctrine (first five minutes of Cold War documentary)
video clip: the Marshall Plan in Greece (23:21--27:50)
Korean War: 1950-53
video clip from Presidents DVD--1:17--1:30:00; Truman fires MacArthur (1:38:07--)
North Korea's lack of human rights 
North Korea today (Vice episode from HBO)

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

CW:
notes: Causes of the Great Depression
video clip: Stock Market Crash of 1929
video clip: the causes of the Great Recession of 2008
notes: Hard Times and Harder Times
video clip: Riding the Rails--teenage hoboes
video clip: The Dust Bowl

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27

ROBOPOCALYSPSE!!!!!

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
War in the Pacific comes to an end: (1945)
Feb 1945: Yalta Conference and the Firebombing of Dresden, Germany
Feb-Mar 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima and the Firebombing of Tokyo (Mar '45)
(Disc #5: 1:13:09-1:16:00; 1:19-1:35:36)
KETSU GO! (video clip from War in the Pacific)
March-July 1945: Battle of Okinawa and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
(Disc #6: 8:04--20:02; 54:00--1:04:48)
discussion: atomic bombs: Hiroshima--August 6, 1945; Nagasaki: August 9, 1945

HW:
Text pp. 784-85; 788--97
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Honors US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
notes: Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict
nativism returns: anti-immigration documents
the clash between urban America and rural America
the clash between science and religion: Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)
video clips from History channel and Revisionnaries
the return of America's first terrorist organization: the New Klan: 1915-25
the Klan today

HW:
Text pp. 697-99; 701-07

IB STUDENTS

ATTENTION IB STUDENTS!

I AM STARTING CLASS FIVE MINUTES EARLY ON THURSDAY. 

ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A JUMPSTART ON YOUR HOMEWORK READING, HERE IT IS:
TEXT PP. 784-85; 788-97 (THIS READING IS NOT DUE UNTIL FRIDAY)
READ CAREFULLY. THIS READING IS CRITICAL TO YOUR SUCCESS ON ONE OF THE ESSAYS. WE START THE COLD WAR ON FRIDAY.

YOU WILL RECEIVE TEST PREP SHEET #11 ON THURSDAY. 

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS

1. REGISTER FOR THE PCC HISTORY SEMINAR. TURN IN YOUR PARENT PERMISSION FORM NO LATER THAN FRIDAY IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING. 

2. THE DEADLINE FOR FORECASTING IS MONDAY, APRIL 28. CONTACT YOUR COUNSELOR IN PERSON IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE.

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
war in the Pacific (1944)
June-July 1944:
Saipan
Sept-Nov: Peileilu
The Pacific:
Peileilu

HW:
Atomic bomb docs
MUST CITE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT
PCC REGISTRATION
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Honors US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
discussion:
Does prohibition ever work? Why or why not?
How can the state generate support for its laws?
What are some examples of laws that you don't follow?
video clips from Prohibition
video clip: War on Drugs turned 40 years old

HW:
Text pp. 681-88
STOP AT PROHIBITION

ALL HISTORY STUDENTS

Here's PCC link for the Saturday Seminar on Civil Rights. In order to attend the seminar and receive 15 points extra credit, you must have your parents complete the parent permission form and you must REGISTER for the seminar. I need your parent permission form returned ASAP.

MONDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: War in the Pacific (1942)
video clips:
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal
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The Pacific: Guadalcanal

HW:
Atomic bomb documents
DUE ON THURSDAY
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Honors US History
Focus:
1920s America

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
preview Unit 5
Harding administration (1921-23)
Coolidge adminstration (1923-24; 1924-28)
1920s slang quiz
notes/handout: The Roaring Twenties
Great Migration handout
video clip: The New Woman from Prohibition

HW:
READING: primary source documents on the origins of Prohibition

FRIDAY

IB STUDENTS, I AM PLANNING ON STARTING CLASS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES EARLY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. 

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Band of Brothers:
 "Breaking Point"
"Why We Fight"

HW:
Text pp. 770-76
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Honors US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam


HW:
Text pp. Text pp. 673-77; 680-81

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
Band of Brothers: Carentan
video clips: the Battle of the Bulge (take notes)

HW:
Text pp. 770-76
DUE MONDAY
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Honors US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
video clip from Wartorn: Shell Shock in WWI vets
Boston Molasses Explosion and Flood of 1919
Wilson's 14 Points
notes: An Uncertain Peace
new countries post WWI
handout: Treaty of Versailles
primary source analysis: Why was Wilson's peace plan opposed by members of Congress?
notes: The Red Scare: 1919-20
test prep

HW:
STUDY

IB STUDENTS

Here are some beautiful, yet stark photos of a Japanese internment camp.

WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
The Holocaust
discussion: The Ever Lasting Shame of Mankind
map of the Holocaust
facilities used in the Holocaust
Nazi medical experiments:
Nova site; Holocaust museum site
video clip from The War: (Disc 6--38:56--51:15)
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European Theater of Operations--WWII
notes: Fighting and Winning the War in Europe (1943--44)
video clip: plans for Operation Overlord  (Disc #3--8:42--11:38)
June 6, 1944: D-Day: (video clip 31:12--45:30)

HW:
TEXT pp. 770-76
DUE MONDAY
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Honors US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
new seating chart
PCC history seminar information
discussion: Should citizens be expected to make sacrifices during wartime?
notes: War on the Homefront (1917-18)
examine WWI propaganda; Over There
primary source investigation: Were anti-war critics unamerican?
Schenck vs. US and anti-German sentiment
Spanish Flu--1918 information

HW:
Text pp. 655; 658-660

IB STUDENTS

If you have an interest in the Holocaust, you should really see the following films. 







This short documentary is about a Survivor who missed his bar mitzvah:

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
anti-Japanese propaganda handout and song
primary source investigation: Japanese internment; video clip on internment from The War
notes: Unrestricted War
notes: War on the Homefront and Mobilizing for War
SACRIFICE: video clip on rationing (from The War)
video clip: War production (from The War: 24:00---37:00)
handout: Office of War Information
propaganda posters
video clip from The War: enlistment/military service
 WWII's impact on women and African Americans: the Double V; video clip from Many Rivers...
Hollywood and Comics Go to War: Donald Duck Gets Drafted


HW:
1. Holocaust reading from The Storm of War
 EMAIL ME FOR READING IF ABSENT

2. TEXT pp. 767-70
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Honors US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
Progressive Era graphic organizer
discussion: U.S. involvement in war up to WWI
central question:Why did the U.S. go to war in 1917?
notes: The Great War (1914-18)
primary/secondary source analysis: Why did the U.S. enter WWI?

HW:
TEXT pp. 647-55

IB Students

To get you ready for tomorrow's class, check out some anti-German propaganda from Disney:

MONDAY---START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER

Adv. US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return/discuss Unit 10 exam
new seating chart
notes: The Road to War
Rape of Nanking
Germany's acts of military aggression 
video clips from The War: 18:39--46:00; up to the Japanese invasion of the Philippines)
notes: Mobilizing for Victory
video clip: the draft (46:00--56:00)

HW:
1. Unrestricted War from Fear Itself (IF ABSENT, EMAIL ME FOR READING!!)
2. TEXT pp. 762-67 (SKIM)
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Honors US History
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
review notes
fight for women's rights continued: reproductive freedom; Margaret Sanger
Comstock Law; The Case for Birth Control Reading
ACA and birth control today
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notes: Progressivism under TR, Taft, and Wilson:
the fight against child labor; Lewis Hines and images of child labor
reading: The Jungle and consumer protection
pink slime
Colbert on pink slime
TR's New Nationalism vs. Wilson's New Freedom: 1912 presidential election

HW:
Text pp. 638-47

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression


CW:
DBQ ESSAY


HW:
Text pp. 750-55; 758-62
WWII BEGINS ON MONDAY!
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HONORS US HISTORY
Focus:
Progressive Era

CW:
review notes
notes: The Progressive Era: An Era of REFORM (1890-1920)
the fight for women's rights:
reproductive freedom: Margaret Sanger
Comstock Law
Family Limitation
ACA and contraception today
women's suffrage: 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade
anti-suffrage propaganda
video clips from Iron Jawed Angels

HW:
TEXT pp. 591-600

WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
BFP #9
DBQ PART ONE

HW:
ESSAY PREP
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
WRAPPING UP IMPERIALISM AND ESSAY #2 TODAY--IMPORTANT NOTES
notes: The Spanish-American War (1898)
notes: The Philippines War
primary source analysis: Why did some American soldiers treat Filipinos with brutality during the war?
the water cure
notes: America's reach grows
Platt Amendment
TR takes the canal
political cartoon analysis with imperialism

HW:
Text pp. 574-79; 582-83 (stop at Reforming Politics)--READ CAREFULLY!! FOCUS ON REFORMS!!

WANNA GET INTO A VERY SELECTIVE COLLEGE?

READ THIS.

Tuesday

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
New Deal debate
video: American Winter

HW:
STUDY FOR BFP #9
REVIEW NOTES ON NEW DEAL AND GREAT DEPRESSION
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
handout: gov't sides with capital
discussion: What role should the United States have in international affairs today?
define imperialism
primary source analysis: arguments in favor of U.S. imperialism
notes: The Roots of US imperialism and the Spanish-American War (1898)

HW:
Text pp. 616-22

Monday

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
letters to the Roosevelts
notes/discussion/video clips: The New Deal Under Attack and the New Deal ends:
Schecter Poultry decision
critics of the New Deal: (show clips from AE video)
Dr. Francis Townsend
Senator Huey Long
Father Charles Coughlin
FDR's Democratic Party nomination speech 1936
FDR attacks SCOTUS (use American experience clip 2:33:00--2:39:00)
begin American Winter

HW:
New Deal debate readings
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
preview Unit 4
notes/discussion:
American life,urbanization and immigration at the turn of the century (BRIEF)
rise of Big Business: visible hand PPT (EMAIL ME FOR POWERPOINT IF ABSENT!!)
labor vs. capital:

• Great Strike of 1877
• Homestead Strike 1892
• Pullman Strike 1894
• Triangle Factory Fire 1911
• Ludlow Massacre 1914

HW:
Text pp. 604-09; 612-13; 616 (stop at Spoils of War)

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

FRIDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
ACT registration

HW:
SERIOUSLY, READ CAREFULLY. SEE YESTERDAY'S POST FOR THE READING ASSIGNMENT.
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Honors US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 3 exam

HW:
TEXT pp. 604-09; 612-13; p. 616 (stop at The Spoils of War)
DUE ON TUESDAY

Thursday

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
notes: President Hoover takes on the Depression
reading: Hoover's philosophy of "self-reliance"
video clip: Bonus Army March on D.C.--1932
1932 presidential election results
video clips from FDR's first term
NEW DEAL POWERPOINT--ABSENT STUDENTS, EMAIL ME FOR POWERPOINT
WPA posters

HW:
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
DUE ON MONDAY
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
video clip: Tulsa, OK Race Riot of 1921
ACT registration
essay prep

HW:
STUDY

Wednesday

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
Scottsboro Boys

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
notes: The Racial Politics of Jim Crow:
the role of the federal gov't in perpetuating Jim Crow:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) video clip (47:24-conclusion)
harsh realities of the Jim Crow South:
Jim Crow laws
the disenfranchisement of African Americans: Louisiana literacy test; poll taxes; grandfather clause
new black leadership: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
reading: Atlanta Compromise Address 1895 and DuBois reading
black-white relations; lynching discussion and video clip
video clip: Tulsa Race Riot--1921
video clip: racist imagery of Jim Crow

HW:
STUDY
ACT REGISTRATION IS TOMORROW

Tuesday

Adv. US History
Focus:
Great Depression

CW:
video clip: Black Tuesday explained
video clip: 2007/2008 Financial Crisis explained 
video clip: Riding the Rails (teenage hoboes)
notes: Harder Times
the lynching of Claude Neal
video: The Dust Bowl

HW:
Text pp. 714-18; 722-27
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Gilded Age

CW:
notes: The West
Homestead Act of 1862
video clip: slaughter of the buffalo
Custer's Last Stand: Battle of Little Bighorn--June 25, 1876
Dawes Act 1887
video clips: the Ghost Dance and the Massacre at Wounded Knee (1890)
Frontier House (if time)

HW:
Text pp. 525-31; 534
Hellhounds reading (EMAIL ME FOR READING IF YOU WERE ABSENT MONDAY)