WEDNESDAY

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

CW:
FORD--->CARTER POWERPOINT NOTES--IT'S A BIG FILE 1976 presidential results
Carter presidency: 1977--1981
powerpoint info along with clips from 1970s on Netflix streaming
The State of Our Union is Not Good

HW:
REVIEW FOR UNIT EXAM!

TUESDAY

EQ:
What were the major accomplishments of the Nixon administration (1968-72; 72-74)


CW:
Vietnam notes quiz
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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 video clips (beginning--26:00); White House tapes--39:04---41:05; aftermath--43:25--45:00
Nixon farewell address 

HW:
Read pp. 1016-23
(beginning--26:00); White House tapes--39:04---41:05; aftermath--43:25--45:00)




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MONDAY

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

CW:
guided note sheet #4
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
CLIPS FROM THE DAY THE 60s died about Kent State and invasion of Cambodia
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!
VIETNAM NOTES QUIZ TOMORROW!

FRIDAY

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

CW:
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

THURSDAY

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

WEDNESDAY

US HISTORY
EQ:
What factors led to U.S. military intervention in Vietnam?


CW:
Unit 8 Study Guide

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

TUESDAY

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

CW:
Unit 7 Quest
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finish discussion on women's rights/issues
Princeton Mom
clip from Miss Representation on women in politics and depictions in the culture
misogyny in the media
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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
HB 2 in NC
HB 2 repeal

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

MONDAY

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
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Princeton Mom
clip from Miss Representation on women in politics and depictions in the culture
misogyny in the media
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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)

FRIDAY

EQ:
Did America win its War on Poverty?


CW:
discussion: questions on poverty
either watch American Winter or Poor Kids


HW:
Read pp. 982-85*
*stop at the ERA section
 

THURSDAY

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

CW:
finish info on JFK assassination
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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


HW:
1. questions on poverty

Read pp. 982-85*
*stop at the ERA section
DUE MONDAY

WEDNESDAY--JAN 18--EPIC SNOW DAZE!

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

TUESDAY--POST SNOW DAY

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 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

FRIDAY

EQ:


CW:
FRONTIER HOUSE/TBD


HW:
Read pp. 878-80*
*stop at the Cuban Missile Crisis
DUE MONDAY

THURSDAY

EQ:


CW:
Unit 6 exam


HW:
Read pp. 878-80*
*stop at the Cuban Missile Crisis 
DUE MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

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

 CW:
1967:
urban unrest in Newark, NJ/handout in CR packet--(1960s DVD)
Poor People's Campaign; 1967-68
April 4, 1968 
Memphis sanitation worker strike
Dr. King's final speech
Dr. King murdered in Memphis, TN--(1960s DVD)
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The present:
reading/discussion: white privilege
police shootings
voter ID-NC
Fight to Vote in a Swing State
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