TUESDAY--SNOW DAY ON MONDAY

US History
EQ:
What were the significant foreign and domestic policies of the Kennedy administration (1961-63)?

CW:
1960 presidential election: the past vs. the future
TV changes the presidency--TV debates:
Bush Sr. checking his watch in 1992 
Admiral Stockdale--1992
VP Gore in Governor Bush's face in 2000
Rick Perry's "Oops"Moment--2011
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JFK: Cold Warrior against the USSR
JFK PPT and video clips from The 1960s DVD (5:48--22:45)
April 1961-Bay of Pigs Invasion against Cuba
winter/fall--Berlin Crisis--1961


HW:
28-2 RG
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Psych (6-7)--WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
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:
complete the anxiety disorders section of your reading guide
DUE FRIDAY/MONDAY

FRIDAY--DEC. 18--WINTER BREAK BEGINS AT 3:05!!!

US History
EQ:



CW:
return old work
grade/discuss Unit 6 exam
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police shootings

Voter ID laws

Suppressing the vote

Little Rock, Central from HBOGo

HW:
28-1
28-2 RG
SEE THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE FOR THE LINKS TO THESE DOCS

THURSDAY--DEC. 17

US History



CW:
Unit 6 exam


HW:
28-1
28-2 RG
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Psych (17-18)
EQ:


CW:
Unit 4 exam


HW:
Mental Disorders TQ-
First two pages front and back

WEDNESDAY--DEC. 16

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

CW:
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam (see Malcolm X handout in civil rights packet)
clips from EOTP
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August 1965: 
Watts Riots

video clip: Watts Riots in LA
Dick Gregory on the Watts Riots
1965--Dr. King turned back in Chicago--from (1960s DVD)
1966
June--James Meredith's March Against Fear
video clip: Black Power/Stokely Carmichael (from Many Rivers)
short clip from EOTP--Stokely Carmichael pulling workers out of the field 
reading: What We Want
rise of the Black Panther Party--Oakland, CA (clips from Eyes on the Prize)
1967:
urban unrest in Newark, NJ--(1960s DVD)
April 4, 1968 
Dr. King murdered in Memphis, TN--(1960s DVD)

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM!

DEC. 15--TUESDAY

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

CW:
guided notesheet
1964:
Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi
video clips from Freedom Summer DVD 
1. overview of the struggle in MS (10:00-22:52)
discuss VEP from Civil Rights documents 
2. MS prepares for invasion/training of FS volunteers (32:20--40:42)
June 22, 1964 disappearance/murder of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney 
(clip from 1960s DVD--51:18--)
July 2, 1964--Civil Rights Act signed into law--view document
3. volunteers leave for MS and start their work--FS DVD
(46:48--56:00)
4. bodies of three civil rights workers found (rest of clip from 1960s DVD)
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Jan--Mar 1965: Selma Campaign for voting rights begins
clips from EOTP
Feb. 18--Jimmy Lee Jackson beaten and shot--dies eight days later
March 7, 1965--Bloody Sunday (EOTP)
clip from "Selma"
March 9, 1965--Turnaround Tuesday (30:00--39-ish; from EOTP)
--clip from Selma
James Reeb's vicious attack
March 13--Gov. Wallace and President Johnson meet in the Oval Office for three hours
clip from Selma
March 15, 1965--President Johnson calls for a Voting Rights Act --DVD
March to Montgomery---March 21, 1965--DVD

HW:
review notes
finish CR reading
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PSYCH (15-16)
EQ:
How can sleep problems affect a person's sleep patterns?

CW:
discuss dreams and dream theories
dreams get weirder the longer we sleep
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 FOR UNIT EXAM 

MONDAY--DEC. 14

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


CW:
1962--63
1962: Albany, GA campaign and its failures (short video overview from EOTP)
1963:
April--May
Project C/Children's Campaign in Birmingham (NOTES)
clips from EOTP
Letter from the Birmingham Jail--from packet
June 
Medgar Evers in Jackson, MS--clip from 1960s DVD
Governor Wallace's stand at the schoolhouse door in Alabama--1960s DVD
Medgar Evers murdered-June 11, 1963
JFK's speech on civil rights--1960s DVD (all below on 1960s DVD)
Aug. 28, 1963--March on Washington--"I Have a Dream..."
Sept. 15, 1963--16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham
clip from Selma
Civil Rights Act of 1964 becomes law (handout)  

HW:
Freedom Summer reading

FRIDAY--DEC. 11

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

CW:
1960-61: black and white college students take action
lunch counter sit-in movement (Feb. 1960-July 1960)
Greensboro 4
video clips from The 1960s on lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, TN
May--Nov 1961
Freedom Rides overview
Freedom Rides--1961(watch the film here)
(showing first 30-40 minutes; Fisk students enter the rides: 46:12--54:41; Montgomery Riot: 1:04:00--1:12:12; Parchman, MS: 1:30:00---1:52:00)

HW:
finish Civil Rights reading
REVIEW NOTES
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Psych (11; 14)
EQ:
What is the function of sleep and how does sleep impact learning and behavior?

CW:
discuss: rhythms of sleeping and waking
video clip: circadian rhythms 
discuss: stages of sleep and questions about sleep
video clip: stages of sleep 
video clip: 10 things you should know about sleep (28:00--46:13)
video clip: effects of sleep on learning
sleep and teenage brain
video clip: later start times for high school

HW:
finish the RG
review notes

THURSDAY--DEC. 10

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

CW:
Montgomery Bus Boycott  along with clips from Many Rivers)
Claudette Colvin handout
1957:
Little Rock integrate Central HS (clips from Eyes on the Prize)
1960:
Ruby Bridges in New Orleans (Many Rivers)
school segregation in public education today
a tale of two schools--South Carolina
video clips from EOTP: sit-in movement begins Feb. 1, 1960 in Greensboro

HW:
READ
Freedom Rides from the Civil Rights reading










 

WEDNESDAY--DEC. 9

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

CW:
Cornell notes reminder
Unit 6 study guide
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origins of the civil rights movement:
Reconstruction
Jim Crow laws; Era of Terror; convict leasing
de jure segregation vs. de facto segregation
early 20th century: W.E.B. DuBois; Booker T. Washington
1920s: Marcus Garvey; UNIA
1930s: HOLC--1930s--limitations on development of black wealth
WWII--the "Double V"
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1940s and 1950s: fight against racial segregation in public education
video clip: the NAACP builds its case against school segregation and the Plessy decision--Many Rivers clip
doll test
documents:
the Brown decision (1954)
Southern Manifesto (1956)   
1955: catalyst for the movement
the murder of Emmett Till

HW:
Civil Rights reading:
READ the sections on lunch counter sit-ins and the Freedom Rides
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Psych (9-10)
EQ:
What are the levels of consciousness?

CW:
return/discuss Unit 3 exam
preview Unit 4 and the rest of the semester
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Unit 4 study guide
discuss: continuum of consciousness
illustrate the continuum of consciousness

HW:
COMPLETE THE READING GUIDE

TUESDAY--DEC. 8

US History
EQ:
What was American life like in the 1950s?

CW:
return Unit 5 exam
preview Unit 6
video clip: Cornell notes how-to (reminder)
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1950s: A Transformative Decade in American Life
1950s ppt
dating do's and don't's
handout: How to be a good wife
growth of suburbia
Baby Boom
conformity
Rock and Roll comes of age in the 1950s
conspicuous consumption

HW:
Civil Rights overview reading: read the sections on the lunch counter sit-ins and the Freedom Rides
DUE THURSDAY

MONDAY--DEC. 7

US History
EQ:


CW:
Unit 5 exam


HW:
Read 27:2 and 27:3 from your book
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PSYCH (MON-TUES)
EQ:


CW:
UNIT 3 exam


HW:
complete pages 1-2 of the RG

FRIDAY--DEC. 4

US History
EQ:
How did Eisenhower fight communism in the Cold War? (1952-60)
How did fear of nuclear war impact American life in the 1950s?

CW:
discuss 26:4: Cold War at Home and Abroad:
Eisenhower and the Cold War ppt
Iran: 1953; Guatemala--1954
Sputnik I (show image from Cold War ppt)
Sputnik II
Eisenhower's New Look defense plan--1957
Eisenhower Doctrine
MAD; fear of the bomb
Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia (first 10 minutes)
Family bomb shelters--33:30
 video clips from Atomic Cafe
MAD; fear of the bomb
Nuke Map
video clip: President Eisenhower warns against the military-industrial complex

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

THURSDAY--DEC. 3

US History
EQ:
How did the Cold War impact the United States at home?

CW:
Video clip: How to detect a communist
WHO'S THE COMMIE? 
The Great Fear
26:3--The Cold War at Home (OVERHEAD NOTES--USE THEM IF ABSENT!)
GREAT LINK FOR COLD WAR AT HOME INFO
McCarthyism
(first 18 minutes; then pick up at 22:30 for McCarthy's downfall)
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 clips from Atomic Cafe

HW:
26-4 RG
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Psych (Dec. 3-4)
EQ:
How do groups influence people's behavior?

CW:
comfort in social situations questionnaire
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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
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review time

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM

WEDNESDAY--DEC. 2

US History
EQ:
What efforts did President Truman make to stop the spread of communism?

CW:
Berlin Airlift--1948 
creation of NATO
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: life in North Korean 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