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TUESDAY--FEB 2--SECOND SEMESTER!!!

US History
EQ:
What is the study of history?

CW:
timeline activity 
intros
course outline and general course expectations
first day forms
remind
class discussion
five minute history of the United States
discuss the following quote: "History is not the past. History is an argument of the past."
lunch room fight activity

HW:
POST A COMMENT ON THE BLOG
GET FORMS SIGNED
Slave work reading--responses to questions are due on THURSDAY
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IB History
EQ:
What is the study of history?


CW:
timeline activity
intros
course outline and general course expectations
first day forms
remind 
five minute history of the United States
discuss the following quote: "History is not the past. History is an argument of the past."
historical investigation: Pocahantas "saving" John Smith
video clip
John Smith investigation

HW:
POST A COMMENT ON THE BLOG
GET FORMS SIGNED
What Do We Really Know About Osama Bin Laden's Death?

FINALS WEEK--PSYCH

FINAL EXAMS ARE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

FINALS WEEK AT A GLANCE--US HISTORY

US History
EQ:


CW:
Sept. 20, 2001--President Bush declares war on terror
Invasion of Afghanistan--Oct 2001
March 20: Invasion of Iraq 2003
Timeline of the Iraq War
May 1, 2003--Mission Accomplished Speech
clips from Operation Homecoming
Hurricane Katrina--2005
clips from When the Levees Broke
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top ten events in US History

HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR REVIEW FINAL EXAM AND REVIEW B-BALL!


WEDNESDAY
US HISTORY



CW:
review b-ball


HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR FINAL EXAM
3RD PERIOD FINAL IS TOMORROW

THURSDAY

CW:
2nd period: review time
final exam--3rd period


FRIDAY:
2nd period final exam

MONDAY--JAN 25---FINAL WEEK OF THE FALL SEMESTER!!

US History
EQ:
What events led up to the terrorist attacks on September 11?

CW:
1979:
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Russian invasion of Afghanistan
1983:
Terrorist attack on Marine barracks in Beruit, Lebanon 
1989-1991:
Cold War ends
Hasselhoff at the Berlin Wall

1993: 
bombing of the World Trade Center 
2000:
USS Cole attacked in Yemen
August 2001:
PDB
September 11, 2001

HW:
REVIEW NOTES!
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Psych (25-26)
EQ:


CW:
return exam
review b-ball


HW:
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM

THURSDAY--JAN 21

US History
EQ:


CW:
Unit 7B exam



HW:
9/11 reading
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Psych (21-22)
EQ:


CW:
Unit 5 Exam


HW:
START REVIEWING FOR YOUR FINAL EXAM

WEDNESDAY--JAN. 20

EQ:
How did Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter impact the presidency?

CW:
video from EOTP: Busing in South Boston
FORD--->CARTER POWERPOINT NOTES--IT'S A BIG FILE
1976 presidential results
Carter presidency: 1977--1981
Part II of DVD:
Carter ppt
Human rights foreign policy (6:42--11:51)
economic crisis and floundering as president: (14:45--17:39)
Camp David Peace Accords: (27:20--29:50)
Domestic malaise speech: (30:00--42:13)
Iranian Hostage Crisis: (52:22--56:01); (1:01:28--1:03:00)

HW:
9/11 reading
DUE FRIDAY

TUESDAY--JAN 19

US History
EQ:
How did Richard Nixon impact the presidency?


CW:
presidential election--1968:
ads
results
President Nixon powerpoint
Nixon's Enemies List 
1972 presidential election results 
Watergate ppt
 October 1973--Yom Kippur War oil embargo
Watergate timeline
Watergate summary 
Nov. 1973--"I'm not a crook..."
video clips: Watergate (beginning--26:00); White House tapes--39:04---41:05; aftermath--43:25--45:00
Nixon farewell address
1974: Busing in South Boston from EOTP

HW:
Read pp. 1016-23
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Psych (18-19)
EQ:
How does mental illness impact behavior?


CW:
Kip Kinkel Documentary


HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM!!

FRIDAY--JAN 15

US History
EQ:
How did President Nixon go about ending the Vietnam War?
What is the legacy of the Vietnam War? 


CW:
video: Hugh Thompson returns to My Lai
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guided note sheet #4
President Nixon's "secret plan to end the war"
"Peace with Honor"; "Vietnamization of the war"
Fortunate Son
Nov. 3, 1969-Silent Majority Speech (29:21--until video ends)
Nixon escalates the war and begins bringing troops back home
clip from Nixon DVD--secret bombings of Cambodia and Laos
May 4, 1970-Kent State Massacre
"Ohio"  
The Day Nixon Cracked 
erosion of soldiers' morale: clips from World of Charlie Company
1971--Vets turn against the war:
John Kerry's speech before members of Congress
NY Times vs. US--Pentagon Papers handout
POW handout
1973: War ends
War Powers Act passed by Congress
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Legacy of the Vietnam War:
lessons learned from Vietnam (in Vietnam packet)
video clip from Hearts and Minds: 1973 (1:36:18--until end of film; 10 minutes)
last 15 minutes of Dear America...
discussion: Was Vietnam a Just War? 

HW:
READ pp. 1002-07

THURSDAY--JAN 14

US History
EQ: How did combat in the Vietnam War impact American soldiers and Vietnamese civilians?

CW:
Unit 7B study guide 
guided note sheet
booby traps in Vietnam
discussion: A System of Suffering
video clips from Dear America-- combat soldiers; search and destroy mission
Agent Orange in Vietnam
video clips from My Lai documentary
Hugh Thompson returns to My Lai
(or VHS)


HW:
Read pp. 960-67
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Psych (14-15)
EQ:
How does mental illness impact behavior?


CW:
discuss: mood disorders and ECT
bi-polar disorder handout and video clip
ECT video clip
video clip: living with depression (from DVD)
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discuss schizophrenia and examine from schizophrenia handout (in packet)
video clips:
schizophrenia (from VHS tape)
childhood schizophrenia
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discuss:
psychopaths and psychopathic behavior
psychopath test
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discuss conduct disorder and school shooters
guns used in recent mass shootings
video clips:
traits of mass shootings
acceptance of mass shootings 
Obama's press conference
Australia's crackdown on mass shootings

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM
UNIT EXAM NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

WEDNESDAY--JAN 13

US History
EQ:
How did events in Vietnam affect the political and social life of Americans (1966-68)?

CW:
Guided note sheet 
1966: Ballad of the Green Beret
1966-67: Anti-War Movement Grows in Strength
video clip Muhammad Ali takes a stand against the draft--1966
video clip:
April 1967--Dr. King begins speaking out against the Vietnam War
1967: anti-war movement grows on college campuses
clips on student protests against Dow Chemical at the University of Wisconsin
public opinion on Vietnam War
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1968: A Year of Shocks
clips from 1960s DVD:
begin with clip from 1968 DVD--Evel Kinevel 
January--Tet Offensive--clip from Hearts and Minds--1:02:30---1:10:04
February--Walter Cronkite's report from Vietnam--CNN-1968-DVD
March--LBJ announces he will not seek a second term
April--MLK assassinate--1968 DVD
June--RFK murdered in L.A--1968 DVD
RFK's funeral train--NYC--->Arlington Nat'l Cemetery
Aug--violence at the Democratic Nat'l Convention in Chicago--1968 DVD
1968 campaign ad--Nixon (third ad)
1968 presidential results
Nov.--Richard Nixon wins the White House


HW:
A System of Suffering
EXPECT A READING QUIZ

TUESDAY--JAN 12

US History
EQ:
What factors led to U.S. intervention in SE Asia?


CW:
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1945-66:
guided note sheet
origins of US involvement in Vietnam--lecture and clips from 1960s DVD
U.S. policy in Vietnam under JFK
JFK orders the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Buddhist monk self-immolation in Saigon 
U.S. policy under LBJ--1963-66
1964: Gulf of Tonkin incident
March 1965--first American ground forces arrive in Vietnam
anti-war protests begin

HW:Kill Anything That Moves
DUE THURSDAY
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Psych (12-13)
EQ:
How does mental illness affect behavior?


CW:
discuss the DSM; diagnosing Mr. Smith activity
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discuss: anxiety disorders
Dan Harris' panic attack on live TV
examine the handout on OCD
video clip: Howie Mandel--living with OCD
video clip: Howie Mandel hypnotized
video clip: perfectionism
children of hoarders
clips from Oprah episode on severe OCD and treatment
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therapies handout

HW:
COMPLETE ALL OF THE READING GUIDE
FINAL HW CHECK OF THE SEMESTER WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT CLASS
YOU HAVE A TOTAL 215 POSSIBLE POINTS LEFT IN THE SEMESTER
15= HW check
100=Unit 5 exam
100=comprehensive final exam

MONDAY--JAN 11

US History
EQ:
How did the counterculture revolution impact American life in the 1960s?


CW:
Unit 7A assessment
video from the 1960s: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll


HW:
read 30:1

FRIDAY--JAN 8

US History
EQ:
How did women and gays/lesbians make advances in social equality in the 1960s?

CW:
Unit 7A study guide
Women's liberation: origins of second wave feminism
1960s note sheet and LGBT timeline
define feminism
male privilege checklist--handout
"The problem with no name...: The Feminine Mystique (1964)
video clip from 1960s DVD--Times, They are a Changin' (00:00--12:21)
Gloria Steinem and the creation of NOW (14:16--17:33)
Griswold vs. CT--1967--access to birth control
reading: Sexual Revolution of the 1960s
clips from Makers DVD-- the pill (10:45--12-ish)
abortion--14:00--20-ish; Roe v. Wade (1973)
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Princeton Mom
clip from Miss Representation on women in politics and depictions in the culture
Title IX and women's sports
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timeline of the struggle for LGBT equality
Stonewall Riots

HW:
review notes for assessment on Monday
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Psych (Friday-8; Monday--11)
EQ:
How do mental disorders impact human behavior?

CW:
review characteristics of PTSD
video clip: Andrew Pogany's experience in Iraq
(section 2 of the video--Psychological Impact of Combat--8:31---14:35)
 video: Wartorn

HW:
complete the anxiety disorders section of your reading guide

THURSDAY--JAN 7

US History
EQ:
What did President Lyndon Johnson hope to achieve in his vision for a Great Society?


CW:
background on LBJ
LBJ ordering pants
vision: "Out FDR FDR"
The State of America in 1964
May 4, 1964--LBJ's vision of a Great Society (clip from 1964 DVD)
1964 presidential election:
Daisy Ad
results 
Great Society Docs
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discussion questions regarding poverty
War on Poverty 50 Years Later
clips from American Winter


HW:
Read pp. 982--986 in your textbook

WEDNESDAY--JAN 6

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


CW:
Cuban Missile Crisis--Oct 1962--from ppt
clips from 1960s DVD
Nov. 22, 1963--JFK assassinated in Dallas, TX
clips from VHS tape on JFK assassination
Zapruder Film
JFK assassination--clips from 1960s video 

HW:
Read pp. 895--897
Building a Great Society---Stop at the Reforms of the Warren Court
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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 NEXT CLASS