FINAL "WEEK" OF CLASSES

MONDAY, June 19

CW:
Review b-ball

HW:
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
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TUESDAY, June 20 


CW:
FINAL EXAM

FRIDAY

EQ:
What happened in NYC on September 11, 2001?



CW:
9/11 documentary


HW:
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM

THURSDAY

EQ:
What events led up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?


Road to 9/11
1979--Iranian Hostage Crisis
1983--Marine barracks attacked in Lebanon
1993--WTC attack
1998-American embassies bombed in Kenya 
1999-Millenium bombing plot
2000-USS Cole attacked
August 2001--PDB
President Bush on 9/11 in Florida
video clips from
United 93
9/11
ZD30


HW:
REVIEW NOTES

WEDNESDAY

EQ:
How did George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton impact the United States?


CW:
PRESIDENT George H.W. Bush (1989-93)
Nov 1989--Berlin Wall 
First Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm (1990-91)
Rodney King Beating-1991
Clarence Thomas Hearings--summer 1991
clips from Still I Rise
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Bill Clinton presidency (1992-2000)
1992 presidential debate and campaign
Admiral Stockdale VP debate moment
Joyride with Ross Perot
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notes/video clips: The Clinton Years
Disc #1 Big Leap to DC: (1:01:00--1:06:00)
Bill Clinton jogging
SNL skit
Hillary Clinton
Healthcare and Republican takeover (1:36:00--1:42:00)
Disc #2:
Lewinsky scandal: (55:43--60:00)
perjury (1:06:00--1:16:00)
Clinton deposition (1:19:00--1:22:00)
2000 presidential election (00:00--4:22) 

HW:
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM

TUESDAY

EQ:
How did Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush impact the presidency?


CW:
 notes/video clips: The Reagan Years (1981-89)
Jan 1981--Gov't is not the solution...
March 30, 1981: assassination attempt on President Reagan's life
1984 campaign ad
Reagan vs. Mondale debate clip
Iran-Contra affair (overview)
video clip: (Disc #3---16:00---23:00); if absent from class, watch this clip
Reagan at the Berlin Wall--1987
War on Drugs and its effects on African Americans--from Still I Rise
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President George H.W. Bush Years (1989--1993)
1988 RNC--No New Taxes
Senator Dan Quayle vs. Senator Lloyd Bentsen debate moment
VP Quayle gaffes
Nov 1989--Berlin Wall 
First Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm (1990-91)
Rodney King Beating-1991
Clarence Thomas Hearings--summer 1991
clips from Still I Rise

President Bush throwing up in Japan--1992


HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR FINAL EXAM

MONDAY--LAST FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL!

EQ:


CW:
UNIT 8 EXAM


HW:
Read 1040-44

FRIDAY

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!

THURSDAY

EQ:
What were the major accomplishments of the Nixon administration (1969-73; 73-74)?

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. 1018-23
Jimmy Carter wins the presidency
Energy crisis
Economic crisis
Carter and human rights
Camp David Accords
hostage crisis in the Middle East

WEDNESDAY

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!

TUESDAY

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

MONDAY

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

FRIDAY

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