Friday, April 29, 2016

MONDAY--MAY 2

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


CW:
reading quiz
notes: The Cold War Heats Up--Korean War (1950-53)
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)
MacArthur vs. Truman in public opinion
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North Korea today:
video clip: life in North Korean prison camps
North Korea's horrible human rights record 
March 2016--American college students sentenced to 15 years hard labor
Dennis Rodman visits North Korea (from Vice)

HW:
Read pp. 822-27
Loyalty Review Boards
HUAC
Alger Hiss; The Rosenbergs
Senator Joseph McCarthy's hunt for Commies!
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IB HOTA
EQ:
What factors/events led to WWII in 1939?
How did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor impact the United States and its citizens?

CW:
return/discuss DBQ essays
preview Unit 7
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WWII-Cold War pre-test
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timeline military aggression in Europe (handout)/Japanese aggression on back
Rape of Nanking; beheading
video clip from The War--"How did this happen?"
Disc #1 28:50--38:00
America remains neutral--Neutrality Acts of the 1930s (handout)
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
notes/analysis: Why were Japanese-Americans interned during WWII?
EO 9066
War Relocation Authority video  
Japanese relocation in Portland 

HW:
Read pp. 758-60 (Mobilzing the American Fighting Force--Civil Rights)
762-65 (Life on the Homefront--stop at Japanese internment)

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