FRIDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Bush-Clinton Years

CW:
notes: President George H.W. Bush (1989--93)
Rodney King beating--1991 (from Many Rivers DVD)
1992 presidential debate and campaign
Admiral Stockdale VP debate moment
Joyride with Ross Perot
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notes/video clips: The Clinton Years
Disc #1 Big Leap to DC: (1:01:00--1:06:00)
SNL skit
scandals; under attack (1:10:00--1:12:00)
Hillary Clinton
political successes (1:24:00--1:26:00)
Healthcare and Republican takeover (1:36:00--1:42:00)

Will address this material on Monday
Disc #2:
Somalia and Kosovo (15:50-23:30)
Lewinsky scandal: (55:43--60:00)
perjury (1:06:00--1:16:0)
Clinton deposition (1:19:00--1:22:00)

HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR QUIZ
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Honors US History
Focus:
1970s American

CW:
brief notes on President Ford; video clip from Carter DVD: Ford blunder in the presidential debate
1976 presidential election results
Carter presidency: 1977--1981
video clips: Part I of DVD
The 1976 presidential campaign against President Gerald Ford:
1:01:00--1:13:00
Part II of DVD:
Human rights foreign policy (6:42--11:51)
Amy Carter and Billy Carter (13:00--14:35)
economic crisis and floundering as president: (14:45--17:39)
Camp David Peace Accords: (27:20--29:50)
Domestic malaise speech: (30:00--42:13)
Iranian Hostage Crisis: (52:22--56:01); (1:01:28--1:03:00)

HW:
Text pp. 887-89; 892-97

1980s nostalgia

IB STUDENTS, YOU NEED TO REVIEW YOUR NOTES FOR YOUR SHORT ANSWER QUIZ ON MONDAY!! 

In the meantime, please enjoy this walk down memory lane:

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Reagan-Bush Years

CW:
notes/video clips: The Reagan Years (1981-89)
March 30, 1981: assassination attempt on President Reagan's life
Reaganomics: video clip from AE DVD (Disc #2---11:00---13:50)
1984 campaign ad
Reagan vs. Mondale debate clip
Iran-Contra affair (overview)
video clip: (Disc #3---16:00---23:00); if absent from class, watch this clip
Reagan at the Berlin Wall--1987
War on Drugs and its effects on African Americans--from Prof Gates DVD
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President George H.W. Bush Years (1989--1993)
Willie Horton ad
Dukakis tank ad
Senator Dan Quayle vs. Senator Lloyd Bentsen debate moment
VP Quayle gaffes
Nov 1989--Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall comes down--1989
President Bush throwing up in Japan--1992

HW:
Text pp. 927--36
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Honors US History
Focus:
Nixon Years

CW:
discuss the legacy of the Vietnam War
1968 Democratic Convention--chaos
notes: The Nixon Years (1969-74)
notes: The Nixon Presidency
handout: major domestic achievements of the Nixon administration
video clips from AE DVD:

1. 1968 campaign against Humphrey--campaign commercial
2. enemies list and break in of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in June 1971
3. Nixon visits China--1972

notes/discussion: WATERGATE Scandal
Nixon Farewell to his staff (begin at 11:06)
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notes/discussion:
the sexual revolution and the women's liberation movement
video clip/reading: The Feminine Mystique and the problem with no name (from 1964 DVD)
Princeton Mom

HW:
Text pp. 899--904

WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
1970s America

CW:
notes: Reform and Reaction:
Ralph Nader and the consumer protection movement
GM recall
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the beginnings of the environmental movement in the US:
clips from Earth Days AE: Rachel Carson (17:31--23:25); Carter--Reagan (1:29:00--1:34:00)
Love Canal, NY
Three Mile Island
Keep America Beautiful ad
discussion about the BP oil spill and global warming
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the fight for equal rights continues:
the Equal Rights Amendment
Title IX and high school sports
busing to achieve racial equality: clips from Eyes on the Prize about South Boston
affirmative action decision from the Supreme Court
report from UC Berkley
Colbert Report on recent decision
discussion: Is affirmative action still necessary?

HW:
Text pp. 908-12
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Honors US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
My Lai wrap up: 60 Minutes story on Hugh Thompson
1968 presidential election: Nixon interferes with the peace process
Nixon's secret plan to end the war; Vietnmaization
Mr. Nixon's War from DVD: 23:00--40:00
John Kerry speech before Congressional committee 
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legacy of the war:
Agent Orange
last 12 minutes from Dear America

HW:
Text pp. 880-87

Ah, 1970s era technology

ATTENTION: ALL STUDENTS GETTING COLLEGE CREDIT

FROM PCC:

Friday, May 30th 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 30th, the grade they receive in your high school class (even if it's a D or F) will be posted on their PCC transcripts.

This Friday, May 30th is also the last day for students to change their grading option from a letter grade to a P/NP.

This would also be an EXCELLENT time for YOU to log in to MyPCC and CHECK your SUMMARY CLASS LIST.  If there is a student listed whom you DO NOT KNOW, i.e., is not currently in your class…notify me IMMEDIATELY.

To WITHDRAW from a course STUDENTS must log into their MyPCC accounts and follow these instructions:

• Login to MyPCC using your PCC user name (firstname.lastname) and password
• Click on the College Business tab
• In the Registration Services channel, click on Add/Drop Classes 
• Click on Add or Drop Classes again

·    In the Registration Term screen, select the appropriate term, click submit/continue.

• In the Add or Drop Classes screen, under Current Schedule, you’ll see the class(es) you are currently registered for.  In theAction box for the course you wish to withdraw, pull down and select Web Withdraw/Drop and then click on Submit Changes
• Be sure to click on the Submit Changes to complete your Drop request.
• Your screen will refresh and will tell you that your registration changes were processed and to look for any Registration Errors.  The course you just dropped should be removed from your list of courses.

Please have them call me if they have any issues. This must be completed by end of day on the 05/30/14. 

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? PLEASE CONTACT:

Jacqlyn Proper
PCC Dual Credit Specialist
Phone: 971-722-7737
Email: jstephan@pcc.edu

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
President Jimmy Carter

CW:
brief notes on President Ford; video clip from Carter DVD: Ford blunder in the presidential debate
1976 presidential election results
Carter presidency: 1977--1981
video clips: Part I of DVD
The 1976 presidential campaign against President Gerald Ford:
1:01:00--1:13:00
Part II of DVD:
Human rights foreign policy (6:42--11:51)
Amy Carter and Billy Carter (13:00--14:35)
economic crisis and floundering as president: (14:45--17:39)
Camp David Peace Accords: (27:20--29:50)
Domestic malaise speech: (30:00--42:13)
Iranian Hostage Crisis: (52:22--56:01); (1:01:28--1:03:00)


HW:
Reform and Reaction 
Text pp. 887--889; 892--97
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Honors US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
My Lai

HW:
Text pp. 868-73; 876

ENJOY YOUR THREE DAY WEEKEND

FRIDAY---THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!

Adv. US History
Focus:
President Richard Nixon
1969--74

CW:
notes: The Nixon Presidency
handout: major domestic achievements of the Nixon administration
video clips from AE DVD:

1. 1968 campaign against Humphrey--campaign commercial
2. enemies list and break in of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in June 1971
3. Nixon visits China--1972

video clips: Watergate (beginning--26:00); White House tapes--39:04---41:05; aftermath--43:25--45:00
Nixon farewell address to the White House staff (addresses his parents at 11:06)

HW:
Text pp. 899-904
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Honors US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
notes/video clips: growing resistance to the war
the draft and draft resistance: clips from The Trials of Muhammed Ali
January--March 1968
video clips from LBJ DVD:
Jan 1968: Tet Offensive in Saigon
Cronkite report on Vietnam
LBJ refuses to seek a second term
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dangers facing American soldiers in Vietnam (begin at 3:54)
discussion: A System of Suffering and video clips from Dear America: Search and Destroy mission

HW:
Text pp. 868-73; 876
Begin reading at The Siege of Chicago
DUE ON WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
finish Rescue Dawn
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notes/discussion:
the sexual revolution and the women's liberation movement
video clip/reading: The Feminine Mystique and the problem with no name (from 1964 DVD)
Princeton Mom
video clip and discussion: Title IX and gender equality in school sports (if time)

HW:
review Nixon reading
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Honors US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
My Lai

HW:
A System of Suffering

WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
Rescue Dawn

HW:
Text pp. 865-66: Revival of Feminism section only
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Honors US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1945-66:
origins of US involvement in Vietnam
US policy in Vietnam under JFK:
video clip: JFK orders the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (1:37:00---1:40:18)
Buddhist monk self-immolation
US policy in Vietnam under LBJ:
1:15:00--1:21:48
discussion: What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
video clip: 1:32:00---1:39:46
President Johnson escalates US involvement: Part 4 of DVD (15:00---17:54; 30:00--40:00)
anti-war protests begin: (52:55---59:58)
credibility gap: (1:08:00--1:18:00)

HW:
A System of Suffering--Due Friday

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
wrap up My Lai; Hugh Thompson goes back to Vietnam
------------------------------
1968 presidential election: Nixon vs. Humphrey:
Nixon campaign sabotaging peace negotiations between North and South Vietnam
video clips: Mr. Nixon's War (from American Experience DVD: (23:00--40:13)
The Weather Undergound: Dec.1969: radicalization (35:53--44:00-ish)
video clip: John Kerry's speech before Congress--1971
NY Times vs. Nixon--Pentagon Papers handout
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Legacy of the Vietnam War:
Agent Orange
video clip from Dear America: last 12 mins

HW:
Text pp. 880--87
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Honors US History
Focus:
LBJ's Great Society

CW:
notes/discussion: LBJ's domestic agenda (1963-68)
1964 presidential election: Johnson vs. Goldwater (show video clips from LBJ DVD)
Daisy Ad
War on Poverty clip and Sargent Shriver
class discussion on poverty in America

HW:
Text pp. 850-856

BREAKING EQUALITY NEWS!

Here's an excerpt from federal judge Judge McShane's ruling today ruling that Oregon's gay marriage ban is in violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment:

I am aware that a large number of Oregonians, perhaps even a majority, have religious or moral objections to expanding the definition of civil marriage (and thereby expanding the benefits and rights that accompany marriage) to gay and lesbian families. It was' these same objections that led to the passage of Measure 36 in 2004. Generations of Americans, my own included, were raised in a world in which homosexuality was believed to be a moral perversion, a mental disorder, or a mortal sin. I remember that one of the more popular playground games of my childhood was called "smear the queer" and it was played with great zeal and without a moment's thought to today' s political correctness. On a darker level, that same worldview led to an environment of cruelty, violence, and self-loathing. It was but 1986 when the United States Supreme Court justified, on the basis of a "millennia of moral teaching," the imprisonment of gay men and lesbian women who engaged in consensual sexual acts. Bowers, 478 U.S. at 197 (Burger, C.J., concurring), overruled by Lawrence, 539 U.S. at 578. Even today I am reminded of the legacy that we have bequeathed today' s generation when my son looks dismissively at the sweater I bought him for Christmas and, with a roll of his eyes, says "dad ... that is so gay."
  

It is not surprising then that many of us raised with such a world view would wish to protect our beliefs and our families by turning to the ballot box to enshrine in law those traditions we have come to value. But just as the Constitution protects the expression of these moral viewpoints, it equally protects the minority from being diminished by them.

It is at times difficult to see past the shrillness of the debate. Accusations of religious bigotry and banners reading "God Hates Fags" make for a messy democracy and, at times, test the First Amendment resolve of both sides. At the core of the Equal Protection Clause, however, there exists a foundational belief that certain rights should be shielded from the barking crowds; that certain rights are subject to ownership by all and not the stake hold of popular trend or shifting majorities.
My decision will not be the final word on this subject, but on this issue of marriage I am struck more by our similarities than our differences. I believe that if we can look for a moment past gender and sexuality, we can see in these plaintiffs nothing more or less than our own families. Families who we would expect our Constitution to protect, if not exalt, in equal measure. With discernment we see not shadows lurking in closets or the stereotypes of what was once believed; rather, we see families committed to the common purpose of love, devotion, and service to the greater community.
Where will this all lead? I know that many suggest we are going down a slippery slope that will have no moral boundaries. To those who truly harbor such fears, I can only say this: Let us look less to the sky to see what might fall; rather, let us look to each other ... and rise.

MONDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
My Lai
(this film is available through the Washington County Library System)

HW:
Text pp. 868-73; 876
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Honors US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: JFK 1961-63
inaugural address
dealings with Cuba, USSR
November 22, 1963

HW:
Text pp. 840-46

ALL HISTORY STUDENTS

Thanks for giving up four plus hours of your day to take part in the History Seminar today. I hope you all had a positive experience. I just entered the extra credit points on Synergy and your overall averages went up by 2%. 

Please take some time this weekend to review your notes and as always, READ CAREFULLY. I see many more reading quizzes in your future. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

FRIDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
notes/video clips:
anti-war movement
the draft and draft resistance: Muhammed Ali resists the draft--1967
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January--March 1968
video clips from LBJ DVD:
Jan 1968: Tet Offensive in Saigon
Cronkite report on Vietnam
LBJ refuses to seek a second term
-----------------
discussion: A System of Suffering and video clips from Dear America: Search and Destroy mission

HW:
Text pp. 868-73; 876
Begin reading at The Siege of Chicago
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Honors US History
Focus:
Civil Rights

CW:
1965-68
Civil Rights Act signed in July of 1964
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam (clips for EOTP and Muhammed Ali doc)
Selma Campaign: Bloody Sunday--March 7, 1965
1966: Lowndes County Freedom Organization ; March Against Fear; Black Power
1967: Black Panther Party
April 4, 1968: MLK killed in Memphis, TN
USSC strikes down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

HW:
Text pp. 830-36

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
Two Days in October
take notes

HW:
A System of Suffering
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Struggle for Civil Rights

CW:
finish Freedom Riders clips
April--May 1963: Birmingham, AL and Bull Connor
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
June 11, 1963: Medgar Evers murdered in Jackson, MS; JFK's speech on civil rights bill
August 28, 1963: March on Washington
September 18, 1963: 16th Street Church Bombing in Birmingham
1964: Freedom Summer
July 1964: Civil Rights Act is signed

HW:
REVIEW NOTES

WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1945-66:
origins of US involvement in Vietnam
US policy in Vietnam under JFK:
video clip: JFK orders the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (1:37:00---1:40:18)
Buddhist Monk self-immolation
US policy in Vietnam under LBJ:
1:15:00--1:21:48
discussion: What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
video clip: 1:32:00---1:39:46
President Johnson escalates US involvement: Part 4 of DVD (15:00---17:54; 30:00--40:00)
anti-war protests begin: (52:55---59:58)
credibility gap: (1:08:00--1:18:00)

HW:
Reading: A System of Suffering
EMAIL FOR READING IF ABSENT
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Honors US History
Focus:
The Struggle for Civil Rights

CW:
notes/video clips:
May 1954: Brown decision
Aug 1955: Emmett Till murdered in the Mississippi Delta
Dec. 2, 1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
Feb. 1, 1960: lunch counter sit-ins begin in Greensboro, NC
May 1961: Freedom Rides begin
April--May 1963: The Fight to Integrate Birmingham, AL
June 11, 1963: JFK speech on civil rights bill; Medgar Evers assassinated
Aug. 28, 1963: March on Washington

HW:
REFLECT ON LEARNING

FIRST PERIOD IB STUDENTS

YOU NEED TO EITHER EMAIL ME FOR THE BIG VIETNAM READING THAT'S DUE ON FRIDAY OR YOU CAN SWING BY MY ROOM AND PICK IT UP TOMORROW AFTER YOUR IB MATH STUDIES EXAM IS OVER. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET THE NOTES FROM SOMEONE IN CLASS. I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO MEET WITH YOU EITHER BEFORE SCHOOL OR AFTER SCHOOL TO HELP YOU CATCH UP AS WELL. 

 

IB Students

Here's the trailer for the movie I discussed in class today. It's a powerful film and I highly recommend it. 

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
graded discussion: Poverty and social mobility

HW:
1. Gulf of Tonkin reading
2. Text pp. 856-60
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Honors US History
Focus:


CW:
Unit 6 exam


HW:
Civil rights readings:
Brown decision
Civil rights struggle overview (EMAIL ME FOR READINGS IF ABSENT)

MONDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
LBJ's Great Society

CW:
notes/discussion: President Johnson's Domestic Agenda (1963-68)
1964 presidential election: Johnson vs. Senator Barry Goldwater
Daisy Ad
War on Poverty
readings/discussion: poverty in America post-Great Society
American Winter

HW:
Graded discussion questions
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Honors US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
Eisenhower's approach to containment:
New Look; MAD
Cover ops: Iran--1953; Guatemala--1954; NSA archive
-----------------------
notes: The Cold War at Home
handout: HUAC; Alger Hiss; Senator Joseph McCarthy
McCarthyism:
Edward R. Murrow vs. McCarthy
McCarthy US Army hearings--1954
Sputnik I--Oct 1957; Sputnik II--Nov 1957 and their impact
video clip: He May Be a Communist
Panic Quiz!
video clips: Atomic Cafe

HW:
STUDY--UNIT 6 EXAM IS TOMORROW

DON'T FORGET YOUR MOTHER THIS WEEKEND!!!!

FRIDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
JFK

CW:
Eisenhower warns against the "military-industrial complex"
Kennedy Administration 1961-63:
Jackie Kennedy
Cuba
JFK assassination

HW:
Text pp. 840-46
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Honors US History
Focus:
Cold War

CW:
WWII wrap up:
GI Bill--1944
-----------------------
notes: The Cold War Abroad (1947--60)
containment handout
Truman Doctrine (first five minutes) 
video clip: Marshall Plan in action: Greece (23:21--27:50)
Korean War (1950-53)
video clips from Presidents DVD:1:08--1:20:00; Truman fires MacArthur (1:38:07--)
--------------------
North Korea's lack of human rights today
North Korea today (Vice episode from HBO)

HW:
Text p. 797--804


 

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Struggle for Civil Rights

CW:
1965-68
the fight for voting rights in Selma, AL
March 7, 1965--Blood Sunday
Selma---->Montgomery March
Supreme Court strikes down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
video #2
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1966
Lowndes County Freedom Organization
March Against Fear
Black Power--from Many Rivers

1968
 Black Panther Party; Black Panther Coloring Book
MLK's assassination--April 4, 1968

HW:
Text pp. 830-36
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Honors US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes/video clips:
Firebombing of German cities and the Yalta Conference--Feb 1945
Iwo Jima: Feb-March 1945
March 9, 1945: Firebombing of Tokyo
KETSU GO!
Battle of Okinawa--April--June 1945
USS Indianapolis
discussion: Was dropping the atomic bomb the right decision?
August 6 and August 9, 1945

HW:
Text pp.  784-85; 788--97

WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Civil Rights Struggle

CW:
video clips from EOTP or Many Rivers:
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
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1964:
Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi
MS State Sovereignty Commission--Spies of MS

HW:
Text pp 830-36
DUE FRIDAY
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Honors US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
War in the Pacific: (1942-44)
Interactive Map
video clip: Peleliu
The Pacific

HW:
atomic bomb docs

TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Struggle for Civil Rights

CW:
1963:
video clips:
The Fight to Integrate Birmingham, AL---Project C
The Assassination of Medgar Evers
video:
The March on Washington--August 28, 1963

HW:
REFLECT ON LEARNING
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Honors US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
The Holocaust
discussion of the reading: The Everlasting Shame of Mankind
map of the Holocaust
facilities used in the Holocaust
Nazi medical experiments:
site #1; site #2
video clips from Band of Brothers: Why We Fight

HW:
Text pp. 770-76

MONDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
The Struggle for Civil Rights

CW:
return/discuss Unit 11 exams
preview Unit 12
video clips from Many Rivers...:
Montgomery Bus Boycott--1955
Sit-in movement of 1960; article on the Greensboro Four
video clips: FREEDOM RIDERS
IF ABSENT, I SHOWED THE FIRST 40 MINUTES AND THE LAST 20 MINUTES IN CLASS
 Freedom Riders--1961-


HW:
THINK
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Honors US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
notes: The War in Europe
video clip: German preparations for D-Day (VHS tape)
first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers: TBD

HW:
Holocaust reading

FRIDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 11 exam
IDs

HW:
Civil Rights Overview reading
EMAIL ME FOR READING IF ABSENT
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Honors US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
MOBILIZING FOR VICTORY and War on the Homefront
notes: Unrestricted War
Executive Order 9066: Manzanar Internment Camp in CA
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
Hollywood Goes to War: Donald Duck gets Drafted
propaganda posters for War Bonds
Fighting for the Double V: video clip from Many Rivers

HW:
The Everlasting Shame of Mankind reading
IF ABSENT, EMAIL ME FOR THE READING

ALL STUDENTS

Two things:

1. Don't try this for your senior prank. Seriously, it's disgusting. 

2. Taking notes for a lecture, you might want to avoid doing it on a laptop.

THURSDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 11 exam
ESSAY PORTION


HW:
STUDY
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Honors US History
Focus:
WWII

CW:
return/discuss Unit 5 exam
notes: The Road to War
Rape of Nanking
Germany aggression in Europe
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:
Unrestricted War from Fear Itself