Thursday, December 11, 2014

THURSDAY

US History
EQ:
To what extent was the civil rights movement effective in securing equal rights for African Americans?

CW:
Unit 6 study guide
Civil Rights Struggle (1955-60)
1955:
 murder of Emmett Till
Montgomery Bus Boycott (show clips from Many Rivers)
Claudette Colvin handout
1957:
Little Rock integrate Central HS (clips from Eyes on the Prize)
1960:
Ruby Bates in New Orleans
school segregation in public education today (no time in class)
video clips from EOTP: sit-in movement begins Feb. 1, 1960 in Greensboro
Woolworth's integrates its lunch counters by July, 1960

HW:
Civil Rights overview reading
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Honors US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?

CW:
WWII nerds: this is a great resource to check out
War in the Pacific (1942-45)
interactive map
1942-43
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal
 1944:
Saipan--video clip of civilians committing suicide at Marpi Point
1945:
Feb-March--Iwo Jima
video clip: Firebombing of Tokyo--March 9, 1945
map of Japanese devastation from American bombing
April--June:
Battle of Okinawa: video clips from The War:
kamikaze attacks on the navy; combat on Okinawa (54:00--1:04:48)
video: The Pacific--Okinawa episode

HW:
Atomic Bomb Docs
FIRST THREE ROWS CLOSEST TO THE CLASSROOM DOOR:
ANTI-ATOMIC BOMB
LAST THREE ROWS:
PRO-ATOMIC BOMB
BE READY TO DEBATE TOMORROW!
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Psych (11-12)
EQ:
How can sleep problems affect a person's sleep patterns?

CW:
discuss dreams and dream theories
handout: lucid dreaming, etc.
small group research research: sleep problems
groups present
video clips:
insomnia (clip begins at 5:09:00)
night terrors
sleep eating
narcolepsy and cataplexy

HW:
REVIEW NOTES

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