Wednesday, December 17, 2014

WEDNESDAY

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

CW:
August 1965: Watts Riots in Los Angeles
Dick Gregory on the Watts Riots
1966-67
reading: What We Want
video clip: Black Power/Stokely Carmichael (from Many Rivers)
1967: reading: urban unrest hits the U.S. again
video clip: Newark, NJ riots
1968: rise of the Black Panther Party--Oakland, CA (clip from Eyes on the Prize)
April 4, 1968--Dr. King murdered in Memphis, TN
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discussion/video clips:
affirmative action
resegregation of American schools--Saving Central
ferguson, eric garner

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM!
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Honors US History
EQ:
How did the Cold War impact American foreign policy and domestic life in the 1950s?

CW:
The Rosenberg case
notes: The Cold War during the Eisenhower adminstration (1952-60)
the New Look
Iran--1953--Operation Ajax
Guatemala--1954-Operation PBSUCESSES
MAD: fear of nuclear annihilation; bomb shelters
clips from Atomic Cafe
1957--Sputnik launch and fears of a "missile gap" with the Soviets 
(show 31:48--34:18)
May 1960: U-2 shot down over the Soviet Union
video clip: President Eisenhowser warns Americans against the rise of a "military-industrial complex"

STUDENTS--THIS POWERPOINT MAY BE VERY USEFUL FOR YOUR ESSAY PREPARATION
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PSYCH (17-18)
EQ:
How do mental disorders impact human behavior?

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
does abnormality equal mental illness? (bus stop activity)
discuss: factors that contribute to mental illness
assessing mental illness and the DSM
video clip: Andrea Yates

HW:
FINISH READING GUIDE OVER BREAK



1 Comments:

Anonymous Logan Stedman said...

You weren't kidding. That powerpoint was helpful for my essay outline!

10:17 PM

 

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