TUESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
wrap up My Lai; Hugh Thompson goes back to Vietnam
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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