FRIDAY--MAY 1

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

CW:
Operation Olympic
Manhattan Project locations 
Trinity Test--July 16, 1945
Potsdam Conference
USS Indianapolis
Aug. 6, 1945--Hiroshima bombed; Aug. 9, 1945--Nagasaki bombed
Aug. 15, 1945--V-J DAY
UN created in 1945 
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Cold War begins
map of Germany post-WWII
containment handout
Truman Doctrine (1947)
National Security Act--1947
video clip from Truman DVD--20-ish--23-ish minutes
video clips: Marshall Plan (1948-52)
first five minutes and then part on Greece at 22:00-ish
Berlin Airlift (1948-49)
creation of NATO (1949)

HW:
Text pp. 791-94
start reading at NSC-68 and stop at Eisenhauer subheading
THE READING FOCUSES ON THE KOREAN WAR!!
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US History
EQ:
How did the Cold War impact American foreign policy and Americans at home?

CW:
discuss 26:4: Cold War at Home and Abroad:
Iran: 1953; Guatemala--1954
Sputnik I (show image from Cold War ppt)
Sputnik II
Eisenhower's New Look defense plan--1957
Eisenhower Doctrine
images from Cold War ppt
Nat'l Hwy Defense Act--1957
video clips from Atomic Cafe
MAD; fear of the bomb
video clip: President Eisenhower warns against the military-industrial complex

HW:
STUDY AND REVIEW NOTES!!! 
UNIT 5 EXAM IS ON MONDAY

ALL AMERICAN HISTORY STUDENTS

Here are the trailers for Schindler's List and The Pianist respectively. I highly recommend them.

THURSDAY--APRIL 30--LAST DAY OF APRIL!! WOW!

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

CW:
War in the Pacific (1942-45)
interactive map
1942
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal
1943:
Peleliu--Eugene Sledge's account of the battle
 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 doc
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US History
EQ:
How did the Cold War impact the United States at home?

CW:
What are some freedoms that we as Americans enjoy?
26:3--The Cold War at Home (OVERHEAD NOTES--USE THEM IF ABSENT!)
GREAT LINK FOR COLD WAR AT HOME INFO
Loyalty Review Boards
(first 18 minutes; then pick up at 22:30 for McCarthy's downfall)
Alger Hiss convicted of perjury
video clip: He May be a Communist
Who's the Communist?
rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy (elected in 1946; re-elected in 1952)
The Rosenbergs
handout: McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, WV--1950
Truman's response to McCarthy telegram 
Declaration of Conscience 
video clip: HUAC and McCarthy
video clip: Edward Murrow's take down of McCarthy

HW
26-4 RG

WEDNESDAY--APRIL 29

Honors US History
EQ:
What were the impacts of the Holocaust in Europe and beyond (1933-45)?

CW:
discuss:
The Everlasting Shame of Mankind
map of the Holocaust
Holocaust documents
extermination camps and concentration camps used in the Holocaust
Nazi medical experiments:
NOVA site
Holocaust Museum
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clips from Band of Brothers--Why We Fight

HW:
Text pp. 771-76
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US History
EQ:
How did the rivalry between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. affect other nations around the world?

CW:
discuss 26:2 RG--The Korean War (1950-53)
video clips from Presidents series (Truman)
origins of the war and UN/American troops on the ground
(1:08:22---1:26:30)
stalemate achieved and MacArthur is fired (1:35:16---1:41:17)
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North Korea today:
video clip: survivors of NK's prison camps
North Korea's horrible human rights record
Dennis Rodman visits North Korea (from Vice)


HW:
read 26:3
26:4 RG DUE FRIDAY

MONDAY--APRIL 27

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


CW:
notes: Battle of the Bulge
Band of Brothers--"Bastogne"


HW:
Holocaust reading
DUE WEDNESDAY
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US History
EQ:
Was containment an effective policy to thwart communist expansion?

CW:
WWII wrap up:
GI Bill--1944
atomic bomb wrap up (video clips from Atomic Cafe)
V-J Day--August 14, 1945; September 2, 1945
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discuss 26:1--Origins of the Cold War
Potsdam Conference--July 1945
origins of containment handout
Truman Doctrine (FIRST FIVE MINUTES)
Marshall Plan in action--Greece (23:21--27:50)
Berlin Airlift
creation of NATO--1949

HW:
26:2 RG

FRIDAY--APRIL 24

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

CW:
video clip:
Bataan Death March (from The War)
handout:
1942--a pivotal year in WWII
video clip: Operation Torch
Operation Husky/Mincemeat
Nov. 1943: Tehran Conference
D-Day reading/ Operation Overlord
video clips:
German defenses along the Atlantic Wall in France (from VHS tape)
Operation Fortitude
D-Day clips from The War
video clip: first 15 minutes from Saving Private Ryan

HW:
Text pp. 770-73
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?

CW:
WWII maps
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

THURSDAY--APRIL 23

Honors US History
EQ:
How did the USG mobilize the country for total war?


CW:
post-Pearl Harbor: anti-Japanese sentiment skyrocketed: We're Gonna Have to Slap...
primary source analysis: Japanese internment
notes: Unrestricted War notes
notes: War on the Homefront and Mobilizing for War
TOTAL WAR
handout: propaganda from the Office of War information
video clips:
draft/enlistment in the military (disc #1 from The War)
African Americans fight for the "Double V"
disc #2:
War production (from The War: 24:00---37:00)
interment camps
rationing


HW:
Text pp. 767-70
--------------------------------------US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in the Pacific?


CW:
War in the Pacific (1944)
notes/video clips:
Saipan and Peleliu
 --------
The Pacific--Peleliu


HW:
Atomic bomb docs
DOCS MUST BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY

WEDNESDAY--APRIL 22

Honors US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to WWII in 1939?

CW:
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
preview Unit 7
-----------------------------
notes: The Road to War
German aggression in Europe and handout
Japanese aggression in Asia (same handout)
Rape of Nanking; beheading
handout: US foreign policies during the 1930s
video clip from The War (start after Pearl Harbor and go back)
notes: the U.S. enters the war (1941)

HW:
Unrestricted War reading--DUE TOMORROW (THURSDAY)
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?


CW:
notes/video clip: Guadalcanal
The Pacific--Guadalcanal


HW:
review notes

HONORS STUDENTS

HERE'S THE POWERPOINT I COVERED IN CLASS ON FRIDAY AND TODAY. 

 

TUESDAY-APRIL 21

Honors US History
EQ:


CW:
DBQ exam--Great Depression/New Deal


HW:
Unrestricted War reading
DUE THURSDAY
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US History
EQ:
What were the impacts of the Holocaust in Europe and beyond (1933-45)?


CW:
reading quiz on Holocaust reading
discuss 24:3 RG
The Everlasting Shame of Mankind
map of the Holocaust
Holocuast documents
extermination camps and concentration camps used in the Holocaust
Nazi medical experiments:
NOVA site
Holocaust Museum
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clips from Band of Brothers--Why We Fight

HW:
back side of 25:3--starting with the Atomic Bomb section

HONORS US HISTORY STUDENTS

Here are the documents for the DBQ exam on Tuesday. I will give out the documents on Monday for you to answer the questions that accompany each document. 

Please look over the documents this weekend so you have an idea what's in them.

DOCUMENTS

MONDAY--APRIL 20

UNIT 6 EXAM IS NOW ON TUESDAY--IT WILL BE OPEN NOTE--MORE INFORMATION COMING TODAY

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:
prepare notes for DBQ essay
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?

CW:
WWII quiz

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video clips/notes: Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945)
Band of Brothers--Breaking Point
video clip from The War:
Yalta Conference and firebombing of Dresden

HW:
Everlasting Shame of Mankind reading
24:3 RG

FRIDAY--APRIL 17

Honors US History
EQ:
How did the American people and the USG respond to the Great Depression?

CW:
notes: President Hoover takes on the Depression
reading: Hoover's philosophy of "self-reliance"
video clip: Bonus Army marches on D.C.--1932
notes/video clips: the Dust Bowl
video clips with ppt:
banking holiday (The Roosevelts--Disc #2-- 11:00--17:00)
first 100 days (19:17--27:00-ish)
New Deal PPT--first 100 days of FDR's presidency (if absent, email me for powerpoint)
video clip: insider trading in the stock market (in reference to the establishment of the SEC) 

HW:
TEXT:
pp.726-27: New Deal Under Attack
pp. 730-32: Supreme Court Fight, Congressional Opposition, Roosevelt Recession
pp. 735: Blacks and the New Deal
pgp. 745-46: Legacy of the New Deal
 -----------------------------------------------------------
US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII?


CW:
review D-Day notes
first part of Saving Private Ryan (D-Day sequence)
Band of Brothers--"Carentan"

HW:
Holocaust reading
24:3--NOW DUE ON TUESDAY

WWII QUIZ--MONDAY

ALL HUMANS

SIZZLER IS AMERICA. AMERICA IS SIZZLER. 

PLEASE SHARE YOUR FAVORITE PARTS OF THE VIDEO IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. 

For example, why is the woman at 2:14 aggressively licking her chops?

THURSDAY--APRIL 17

Honors US History
EQ:
What factors/events caused the Great Depression (1929--41)

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 5 exam
preview Unit 6
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notes: Causes of the Great Depression
notes: Hard Times and Harder Times
video clips--Americans cope with the Depression:
Riding the Rails
the Dust Bowl

HW:
Text pp. 714-18
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Alllied victory in WWII?

CW:
Navajo code talkers
Black soldiers fight for the "Double V"
Fighting and Winning the War in Europe and North Africa--1942-44
map of Allied operations in Europe (1942-45)
Battle of the Atlantic--video clip from The War--Battle of Midway--1942
Stalingrad
Operation Torch in North Africa--video clip from The War--Disc #2
Italian Campaign--1943--45
video clip--The War--Disc #2--1:29--41
 opening up a second front in Europe--
preparations for Operation Overlord (D-Day)--June 6, 1944
video clips:
German preparations (from VHS tape)
D-Day landing (clips from The War)

HW:
Everlasting Shame of Mankind reading
24-3 RG
ALL DUE ON MONDAY

WEDNESDAY--APRIL 15

Honors US History
EQ:



CW:
Unit 5 exam


HW:
Text pp. 697-99; 701--707
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events led to an Allied victory in WWII (1939-45)?

CW:
FORECASTING INFORMATION
return Japanese internment paragraphs
discuss 25:1 RG--America Mobilizes for War
what kind of sacrifices should the gov't require of citizens in war?
notes: Unrestricted War notes
video clips from The War:
1. the draft
2. propaganda
3. Donald Duck pays his taxes--- handout: Comics Go to War
------------
WWII Museum
Disc #2
4. Mobile, AL--mobilization on the homefront
5. rationing
6. internment of Japanese-Americans
from Many Rivers--contributions of African Americans--"the Double V"
Tuskegee Airmen

HW:
read 25:2

TUESDAY--APRIL 14

Honors US History
EQ:
How did changing views of religion, business, entertainment, and sex roles cause clashes of disagreement among young and old people of the twenties?

CW:
1920s America:
Great Migration (1915--30)
Harlem Renaissance--video clip
"If We Must Die"--Claude McKay
Marcus Garvey--UNIA
Prohibition's impacts on women
--------------------
Conservative reaction to change in the 1920s:
Modernists vs. Fundamentalists
Sacco and Vanzetti
resurgence of nativism in the U.S.
the new Klan of the 1920s
nativism today: Electric fence; DREAMers
clash between science and Christian fundamentalism: Scopes Monkey Trial
video clip from The Revisionaries

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM!!!
1920s POWERPOINT--VERY USEFUL FOR ESSAY #3
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US History
EQ: What factors/events led to American intervention in WWII?


CW:
discuss 24:4 RG: America Moves Toward War
handout: U.S. foreign policy in the 1930s
Pearl Harbor--December 7, 1941
video clip: Pearl Harbor from The War
anti-Japanese sentiment and nationalism swept across the U.S.--handout
"We're Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap"
The Angry American
primary source analysis: Why Were Japanese--Americans Interned? (small groups--4 different groups to examine documents; if time)
War Relocation Authority video
video clip from The War--internment

HW:
25-1 RG

MONDAY--APRIL 13--QUARTER FOUR!!!!!!

Honors US History
EQ:
How did changing views of religion, business, entertainment, and sex roles cause clashes of disagreement among young and old people of the twenties?


CW:
Sacco and Vanzetti
1920s slang quiz
notes/handout: 1920s--A Decade of Great Change
Great Migration handout
Harlem Renaissance--video clip from Many Rivers
Hollywood--Charlie Chaplin
Jazz!--Duke Ellington
Blues--Bessie Smith
video clips: the advent of Prohibition and the social effects of Prohibition

HW:
Text pp. 681-88
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US History
EQ:
What factors/events caused WWII?

CW:
new seating chart
return/discuss mid-term
preview Unit 5
---------------------
discuss 24:1--Dictators Threaten World Peace
map of German aggression in Europe 
discuss 24:2--Aggression in Europe and Asia
timeline military aggression in Europe (handout)/Japanese aggression on back
video clip from The War--"How did this happen?"
Disc #1 28:50--38:00

HW:
24:4 RG

THURSDAY--APRIL 9

Honors US History
EQ:
Why did the U.S. involve itself in WWI in 1917?
How did the U.S. gov't generate support for WWI?


CW:
notes: U.S. involvement in WWI
why did the U.S. go to war in 1917?
primary/secondary source analysis (these documents pertain to an essay question!!!)
notes: War on the Homefront (1917-18)
examples of propaganda from the Committee on Public Information
persecution of anti-war critics; handout: Schenck vs. US; anti-German attitudes; Sedition Act
Spanish Flu--1918
-----------------------------
notes: An Uncertain Peace
President Wilson's 14 Points
the fight for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
video clip: Wartorn
First Red Scare--1919-20
President Warren G. Harding (1921-23)
"A return to normalcy"
Washington Naval Arms Conference (1921)
Harding's love letters to Carrie Fulton Phillips


HW:
Text pp. 673-77; 680-81
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US History


CW:
MID-TERM


HW:
24:1 and 24:2

WEDNESDAY--APRIL 8

Honors US History
EQ:
How successful was the Progressive Era in reforming the United States?
Why did the U.S. involve itself in WWI in 1917?

CW:
test prep sheet #5
Progressive Era wrap up:
President W. H. Taft (1908-12)
video clip: presidential election of 1912
TR's New Nationalism vs. Wilson's New Freedom
Progressive Era graphic organizer
----------------------
notes: U.S. involvement in WWI
why did the U.S. go to war in 1917?
primary/secondary source analysis (these documents pertain to an essay question!!!)

HW:
Text pp. 647-51 (stop at Wartime Reform)
pick up on p. 654 (Promoting Nat'l Unity)--655

FOCUS ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE U.S. GOV'T TO MOBILIZE PUBLIC SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT FOR THE WAR EFFORT
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US History
EQ:


CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
review b-ball


HW:
STUDY FOR MID-TERM!!!!

TUESDAY--APRIL 7

First period, I forgot to show this video to you. It's Lady Gaga mixed with the Progressive Era. Enjoy.




Honors US History
EQ:
How successful was the Progressive Era in reforming the United States?

CW:
test prep sheet #5
notes: Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal (1901-08)
video clips/notes:
1. TR takes on monopolies and trusts--The Roosevelts--Disc #1--11:00--17:00
2. 1902 coal miner strike--21:18--26:25
reading: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
pink slime
Square Deal legislation: Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
video clip (1:18:40---1:25:40)
1912 Presidential campaign---video clip: (13:00--19:41)
TR's New Nationalism vs. Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
video clip of the campaign--(31:00--38:00)

HW:
Text pp. 638-47
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US History


CW:
UNIT 4 EXAM
DBQ essay


HW:
STUDY FOR MID-TERM!!

MONDAY--APRIL 6

HONORS STUDENTS--THE WEEKEND READING ASSIGNMENT IS NOW DUE ON TUESDAY!!!!! SEE BELOW FOR MONDAY'S AGENDA AND BEGIN GIVING IT SOME THOUGHT. 

Honors US History
EQ:
How successful was the Progressive Era in reforming the United States?

CW:
the fight for women's rights (2nd wave feminism)
discussion: what does it mean to be a feminist?
anti-suffrage arguments (primary source handout) and anti-suffrage propaganda
video clip: Iron Jawed Angels--Alice Paul
Bad Romance (women's suffrage version)
Comstock Law (take notes on this)
reading: Margaret Sanger and the fight for birth control
view excerpts from Family Limitation by Margaret Sanger
Controversies over birth control today:
video clips:
Affordable Care Act's women's health coverage
Sandra Fluke's testimony
Rush Limbaugh's remarks on Ms. Fluke's testimony
Foster Fries remarks
Obama's remarks on contraceptive services
Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case
Remarks on rape and a woman's right to choose:
Todd Akin: "legitimate rape"
Richard Mourdock

HW:
Text pp. 591-600
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US History
EQ:
How did the American people and the USG respond to the Great Depression?

CW:
discuss 23:1--Critics of the New Deal
video clip from The Roosevelts
"A traitor to his class..."
1936 re-election speech: I welcome their hate!
1936 election results
--------------------
small groups will answer scaffolding questions for DBQ

HW:
PREPARE FOR DBQ ESSAY!

FRIDAY--APRIL 3

Honors US History
EQ:
How successful was the Progressive Era in reforming the United States?

CW:
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
preview Unit 5
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discuss: What was the state of America at the turn of the century?
Women? African Americans?  Cities?  American workers?  Big Business?
notes: The Progressive Era (1890--1920)
photographs of Jacob Riis
the fight for women's rights (2nd wave feminism) 
anti-suffrage arguments (primary source handout) and anti-suffrage propaganda
video clip: Iron Jawed Angels--Alice Paul

HW:
Text pp. 591-600
NOW DUE ON TUESDAY!!!
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US History
EQ:
How did the US gov't respond to the Great Depression?


CW:
video clip: 100 Days of legislation (19:17--27:00-ish)
First 100 Days (Glass-Steagall/Emergency Banking Relief Act, CCC, NIRA, Federal Securities Act, and TVA)
Second New Deal--1935--complete New Deal PPTvideo clips:
Lorena Hickok travels the U.S. for Harry Hopkins (38:55--40:00ish)
African Americans left behind in the New Deal (45:24--50:00-ish)
Second New Deal (55:00--1:00:00)
letters to the Roosevelts activity
distribute impact of New Deal handout 

HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR DBQ ESSAY

HEY MILLENIALS!!

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THURSDAY--APRIL 2

Honors US History


CW:
Unit 4 Exam



HW:
Text pp. 574-79; 582-83 (stop at Reforming Politics heading)
READ CAREFULLY!! FOCUS ON REFORMS!!
-------------------------------------
US History
EQ:
How did the U.S. gov't respond to the Great Depression?

CW:
22:3 notes: Hoover Tackles the Depression (1929-33)
rugged individualism--Hoover reading
video clip: the Bonus Army--1932
1928 presidential election results vs. 1932 presidential election results
-------------------------
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal--First New Deal--1933
video clips from The Roosevelts (disc #2)
banking crisis: (11:00--17:00)
New Deal Powerpoint (alternate between video clips and powerpoint)
video clip: 100 Days of legislation (19:17--27:00-ish)
First 100 Days (Glass-Steagall/Emergency Banking Relief Act, CCC, NIRA, Federal Securities Act, and TVA)

HW:
23-1 RG