WEDNESDAY--JUNE 1

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

CW:
guided note sheet #4
video clip: Hugh Thompson and My Lai
President Nixon's "secret plan to end the war"
"Peace with Honor"; "Vietnamization of the war"
Fortunate Son
1969-early 1970:
anti-war protests escalate (34:41--39:00)-Silent Majority speech included
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 testifies before Congress (48:45--end)
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:
REVIEW NOTES!
NOTES QUIZ ON THURSDAY
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IB HOTA
EQ:
What events have shaped the fight for social equality for gays/lesbians in the United States in the 1960s and beyond?

CW:
first ten minutes from 1970s--Netflix
Princeton Mom 
Title IX and women's sports
misogyny in the media 
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timeline of the struggle for LGBT equality
video clips from 1960s DVD:
gays/lesbians struggle for acceptance in the U.S.
Stonewall Riots
Ryan White--AIDS
Matthew Shepard's murder --1998
North Carolina's HB2 bill 
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HW:
Read pp. 859-60
Rise of the Counterculture

TUESDAY--MAY 31

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

CW:
Unit 8 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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IB HOTA
EQ: How did women and gays/lesbians make advances in social equality in the 1960s?

CW:
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)
Casey vs. Planned Parenthood (1992) 
MS's last abortion clinic 
TX abortion regulations
abortion restrictions and DIY abortions
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Princeton Mom
clip from Miss Representation on women in politics and depictions in the culture
misogyny in the media

HW:
Read pp. 859-60
Rise of the Counterculture

FRIDAY--MAY 27

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

CW:
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:
Kill Anything That Moves
DUE TUESDAY
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IB HOTA
EQ:
What was President Johnson's vision for a Great Society?

CW:
background on LBJ
LBJ ordering pants
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The State of America in 1964
vision: "Out FDR FDR"
FDR's Second Bill of Rights speech
Harvest of Shame--1960
May 4, 1964--LBJ's vision of a Great Society (clip from 1964 DVD)
1964 presidential election:
Daisy Ad
results 
Great Society Docs
questions on poverty
clips from American Winter

HW:
Read pp. 864--67
Identity Politics to The Long Road Home

THURSDAY--MAY 26

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:
Read pp. 948--53
the draft and the anti-war movement
hawks vs. doves
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IB HOTA
EQ:


CW:
UNIT 8 EXAM


HW:
Read pp. 842-46

WEDNESDAY--MAY 25

US HISTORY
EQ:
What events have shaped the fight for social equality for gays/lesbians in the United States in the 1960s and beyond?

CW:
UNIT 7 QUEST!
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first ten minutes from 1970s--Netflix
timeline of the struggle for LGBT equality
video clips from 1960s DVD:
gays/lesbians struggle for acceptance in the U.S.
Stonewall Riots
Ryan White--AIDS
Matthew Shepard's murder --1998
North Carolina's HB2 bill 
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1960s DVD: Counterculture of the 1960s

HW:
Read pp. 936--38; 940-41

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IB HOTA
EQ:
Where are we as a nation on the issue of racial equality post-Civil Rights Movement? 

CW:
reading/discussion: white privilege
police shootings
school re-segreation today
Little Rock, Central from HBOGo

racial bias in young children

Viola Davis emmy speech from 2015
Beyonce turned black!

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM

TUESDAY--MAY 24

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

CW:
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)
Casey vs. Planned Parenthood (1992) 
MS's last abortion clinic 
TX abortion regulations
abortion restrictions and DIY abortions
-----------------------
Princeton Mom
clip from Miss Representation on women in politics and depictions in the culture
misogyny in the media
----------------------------------------------------
timeline of the struggle for LGBT equality
Stonewall Riots
North Carolina's HB2 bill

HW:
STUDY NOTES FOR UNIT 7 QUEST (QUIZ/TEST--NO ESSAY)
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IB HOTA
EQ:
Why did the CRM become more militant in the late 1960s?

 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:
PREP FOR UNIT EXAM

MONDAY--MAY 23

US HISTORY
EQ:
How did President Johnson attempt to create a Great Society for the US?

CW:
background on LBJ
LBJ ordering pants
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The State of America in 1964
vision: "Out FDR FDR"
FDR's Second Bill of Rights speech
Harvest of Shame--1960
May 4, 1964--LBJ's vision of a Great Society (clip from 1964 DVD)
1964 presidential election:
Daisy Ad
results 
Great Society Docs
questions on poverty
clips from American Winter

HW:
Read pp. 982-85*
*stop at the ERA section
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IB HOTA
EQ:
How did the Selma Campaign impact the Civil Rights Movement?

CW:
Jan--Mar 1965: Selma Campaign for voting rights begins 
EXAMPLES OF LITERACY TESTS
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 to Montgomery---March 21, 1965--DVD
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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Suppressing the vote 
John Oliver clip on Voter ID

HW:
Read pp. 860-62

FRIDAY, MAY 20

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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IB HOTA
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
clip from 1960s DVD-disappearance of Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney
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. clip from 1960s DVD--three bodies found in MS
4. clip/notes on the MFDP at the 1964 Democratic Convention
Edgar Ray Killen from History DVD

HW:
REVIEW NOTES

THURSDAY--MAY 19

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
-------------------------
JFK inaugural speech--Jan. 20, 1961 (1:58-end)
Marylin Monroe--1962
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:
REVIEW NOTES
Read p. 880-82 Cuban Missile Crisis
888-89--Tragedy in Dallas
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IB HOTA
EQ:
To what extent was the civil rights movement effective in securing equal rights for African Americans?


CW:
SCLC created in 1957
SNCC created in April 1960--video clip from Many Rivers
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

WEDNESDAY--MAY 18

US HISTORY
EQ:


CW:
UNIT 6 EXAM


HW:
Read pp. 878-80*
*stop at the Cuban Missile Crisis
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IB HOTA
EQ:
To what extent was the civil rights movement effective in securing equal rights for African Americans?

CW:
Test prep sheet #8
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:
Tan CR packet:
finish the rest of the packet

TUESDAY--MAY 17

US HISTORY
EQ:
Where are we as a nation on the issue of racial equality post-Civil Rights Movement?

CW:
1967:
urban unrest grips the nation
April 4, 1968--MLK murdered
------------------------
reading/discussion: white privilege
police shootings
Suppressing the vote John Oliver clip on Voter ID
school re-segreation today
Little Rock, Central from HBOGo

racial bias in young children   

Viola Davis emmy speech from 2015
Beyonce turned black!

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT EXAM
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IB HOTA
EQ:
To what extent was the civil rights movement effective in securing equal rights for African Americans?

CW:
1955:
the murder of Emmett Till
Montgomery Bus Boycott  (along with clips from Many Rivers)
Claudette Colvin handout 
1957:
Little Rock 9 integrate Central HS (clips from Eyes on the Prize)
1960:
Ruby Bridges in New Orleans (Many Rivers)

HW:
Readings:
lunch counter sit-ins--Freedom Rides from Civil Rights packet

MONDAY--MAY 16

US HISTORY
EQ:
What changes did the CRM experience in the late 1960s?


CW:
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam (see Malcolm X handout in civil rights packet)
clips from EOTP
----------------
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:
prep for unit exam
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IB HOTA
EQ:
What are the origins of the Civil Rights Movement?
How did the Brown decision impact public education in the South?

CW:
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"
-------------------------------------
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) 
White Citizens Councils fight against integration--commie plot
a tale of two schools--South Carolina
River Bluff HS

HW:
REVIEW TODAY'S NOTES

FRIDAY--MAY 13

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
June 22, 1964 disappearance/murder of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney
(clip from 1960s DVD--51:18--)
 video clips from Freedom Summer DVD 

1. discuss VEP from Civil Rights documents 
2. MS prepares for invasion/training of FS volunteers (31:06--40:42)
July 2, 1964--Civil Rights Act signed into law--view document3. volunteers leave for MS and start their work--FS DVD
(46:48--56:00)
Aug--three bodies found--clips from History Channel DVD)
video clip from FS DVD--MFDP
------------------------------------
Jan--Mar 1965: Selma Campaign for voting rights begins 
EXAMPLES OF LITERACY TESTS

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
Read pp. 923-27
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IB HOTA:
EQ:


CW:
UNIT 7 EXAM


HW:
READ the sections on the Brown decision of 1954 and the Southern Manifesto from the Civil Rights Packet

THURSDAY--MAY 12

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


CW:
SCLC created in 1957
SNCC created in April 1960--video clip from Many Rivers
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-----------------------------------------------------
IB HOTA
EQ:
What efforts did President Eisenhower make to contain the spread of global communism (1952-60)?
How did the fear of nuclear attack impact American life in the 1950s?

CW:
notes: Cold War years under Eisenhower (1952-60)
Eisenhower and the Cold War ppt
Iran: 1953;
Guatemala--1954--stop at 5:09
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
US military spending since the Cold War 
new nuclear arms race

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 7 EXAM

WEDNESDAY--MAY 11

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

CW:
Unit 6 study guide
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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IB HOTA
EQ:
What was American social and economic life like in the 1950s?

CW:
1950s: A Transformative Decade in American Life
1950s ppt
The Founder trailer--Ray Kroc
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:
Read pp. 794-97*
*Eisenhower/New Look to the Cold War at Home

TUESDAY--MAY 10

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

CW:
1955:
the murder of Emmett Till
Montgomery Bus Boycott  (along with clips from Many Rivers)
Claudette Colvin handout 
1957:
Little Rock 9 integrate Central HS (clips from Eyes on the Prize)
1960:
Ruby Bridges in New Orleans (Many Rivers)
 Feb. 1, 1960--lunch counter sit-in movement begins in Greensboro, NC
black college students--Diane Nash-Fisk University--Nashville, TN
lunch counter sit-in movement (Feb. 1960-July 1960)
Greensboro 4


HW:
Freedom Rides from the tan Civil Rights packet
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IB HOTA
EQ:


CW:
IB TESTING-REVIEW DAY


HW:
Read pp. 794-97*
*Eisenhower/New Look to the Cold War at Home

MONDAY--MAY 9

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

CW:
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"
-------------------------------------
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)   
White Citizens Councils fight against integration--commie plot
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 Ride
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IB HOTA
EQ:
How did anti-communist hysteria impact life the United States during the 1940s and 1950s?

CW:
Video clip: How to detect a communist
WHO'S THE COMMIE? 
------------------
notes: The Great Fear/Second Red Scare
Truman establishes LRBs
HUAC
GREAT LINK FOR COLD WAR AT HOME INFO
McCarthyism
McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, WV--1950
(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
Truman's response to McCarthy telegram 
Declaration of Conscience  
video clips from Atomic Cafe

HW:
Read pp. 794-97*
*Eisenhower/New Look to the Cold War at Home

FRIDAY--MAY 6

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

CW:
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:
read about the Brown decision and the Southern Manifesto from Civil Rights packet
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IB HOTA
EQ:
How did President Truman attempt to stop the spread of communism (1948-52)?

CW:
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 
American POWs are brainwashed--They Chose China
-------------------
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:
pp. 799--801
Great Fear to Modern Republicanism

THURSDAY MAY 5

US HISTORY
EQ:


CW:
UNIT 5 EXAM




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IB HOTA
EQ:
What efforts did President Truman take to stop the spread of communism?


CW:
small group activity: How should we remember the dropping of the atomic bomb? (if time)
discussion on Japanese and German occupations post-WWII
Japanese balloon bomb
Nuremberg Trials
UN created in 1945 
-------------------------------
Cold War begins (1947)
map of Germany post-WWII  
notes:  CONTAINMENT OF COMMUNISM
Containment Docs
National Security Act--1947
video clips from The Cold War
clip #1--Truman Doctrine--(first five minutes)
clip #2--Marshall Plan in Greece (23:21--27:50)
map of Berlin
Berlin Airlift--1948 

HW:
Read pp. 791*-94
pick up at NSC-68 and stop at Eisenhower

WEDNESDAY--MAY 4

US HISTORY
EQ:
What efforts did President Eisenhower make to contain the spread of global communism (1952-60)?
How did the fear of nuclear attack impact American life in the 1950s?

CW:
notes: Cold War years under Eisenhower (1952-60)
Eisenhower and the Cold War ppt
Iran: 1953
Guatemala--1954--stop at 5:09
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
US military spending since the Cold War 
new nuclear arms race

HW:
PREPARE FOR UNIT 5 EXAM!
--------------------------------
IB HOTA
EQ:
What was Hitler's Final Solution (1941-45)?
What were the social and military impacts behind the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan?

CW:
notes: the GI Bill--1944
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Holocaust-1933-45; Final Solution (1941-45)
video clip: Anti-Semitism in the US pre-WWII
attitudes toward Jewish refugees
Holocaust documents
extermination camps and concentration camps used in the Holocaust
Nazi medical experiments:
NOVA site 
Holocaust Museum
video clips
attitudes toward Jewish refugees
The War: "It Happened"
Band of Brothers: "Why We Fight" (if time)
--------------------
July 16, 1945--Trinity Test in New Mexico
video clip: U.S.S. Indianapolis (from The War)
OPTIONS?!?
Operation Olympic
video clip from The War--bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945) 
V-J Day--Aug. 15, 1945 
White Light & Black Rain (42:33---53:10)
small group activity: How should we remember the dropping of the atomic bomb?

HW:
Text pp.  784-85; 788--91*
*stop at containment militarized

TUESDAY--MAY 3

US History
EQ:
How did anti-communist hysteria impact life the United States during the 1940s and 1950s?

CW:
Video clip: How to detect a communist
WHO'S THE COMMIE? 
------------------
notes: The Great Fear/Second Red Scare
Truman establishes LRBs
HUAC
26:3--The Cold War at Home (OVERHEAD NOTES--USE THEM IF ABSENT!)
GREAT LINK FOR COLD WAR AT HOME INFO
McCarthyism
McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, WV--1950
(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
Truman's response to McCarthy telegram 
Declaration of Conscience  
video clips from Atomic Cafe

HW:
review notes for a Cold War notes quiz
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IB HOTA
EQ:
How did the Allies defeat the Axis powers (1942-45)?

CW:
war on the homefront (BRIEF)
"Double V"
rationing, war production, civilian sacrifice, war bonds, taxes to fight the Axis
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Map of Axis controlled Europe--1942 
Allies in WWII 
Fighting and Winning the War in Europe and North Africa--1942-44
map of Allied operations in Europe 
Stalingrad
Operation Torch in North Africa--video clip from The War--Disc #2
Italian Campaign--1943--45
opening up a second front in Europe--
preparations for Operation Overlord (D-Day)--June 6, 1944
video clips:
video clip: Operation Fortitude 
D-Day landing (clips from The War)
first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan--D-Day sequence (IF TIME)
video clip/notes:
Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 1944-Jan 1945)
Feb. 1945--Yalta Conference
Feb-Mar 1945--firebombing of German cities
April 12--FDR dies; April 30--Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
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War in the Pacific (1942-45)
map of the Pacific Theater of Operations (1942-45)
island hopping campaign
March 9, 1945--Fireboming of Tokyo--video clip from The War
effects of destruction
Battle of Okinawa--April 1-June 22, 1945
kamikaze attacks
Ketsu Go!

HW:
Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb