WEDNESDAY--THANKSGIVING BREAK!

US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?

CW:
WWII comes to an end--1945:
video clips from The War:
Yalta Conference (Feb. 1945)
Firebombing of Dresden
Iwo Jima
Firebombing of Tokyo; effects of destruction;  Robert McNamara on proportionality  (show whole clip)
Battle of Okinawa
Ketsu Go! (video clip from Victory in the Pacific)
July 16, 1945: Trinity Test
U.S.S. Indianapolis
discussion:
what were some possible alternatives to dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

HW:
Atomic Bomb Docs
26:1 RG
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Honors US History
EQ:
How did the American people and the federal gov't respond to the Great Depression?

CW:
review notes
video clip: FDR's first 100 days
complete New Deal ppt--Second New Deal--1935
WPA posters
question: Can the New Deal be viewed as a continuation of the Progressive Era?
video clips:
Lorena Hickock's report to Harry Hopkins (from The Roosevelts DVD)
African Americans left out of the New Deal
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New Deal Under Attack
reading: Schechter decision--1935
video clip: critics of the New Deal
sound clip: FDR's 1936 nomination acceptance speech: "I welcome their hate."
1936 presidential election results

HW:
REVIEW THE NEW DEAL OVERVIEW HANDOUT
REVIEW YOUR NOTES ON THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND PONDER THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION
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Psych (Nov. 26; Dec. 2)
EQ:
How do groups influence people's behavior?

CW:
discuss: groups and group membership
discussion: what are some groups at THS?
discuss: behavior in groups; deindividuation activity
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Kohlberg's theory of moral development activities

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM