June 3-4

EQ:
What were the major foreign and domestic policies of Presidents Reagan and Bush?

CW:
return/discuss the Unit 8 exam
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notes: The Reagan Years (1981-89)
Jan 1981--Gov't is not the solution... 
Reagan-Bush ppt
March 30, 1981: assassination attempt on President Reagan's life
video clip: Just Say No!
ad for a VCR
Atari ads
Breakdancing
1986--Challenger explosion
MTV VJs
1984 campaign ad
Reagan vs. Mondale debate clip
Iran-Contra affair (overview)
Iran-Contra summary
War on Drugs and its effects on African Americans--from Still I Rise
video clip: defining moments of the 1980s


HW:
REVIEW FOR THE FINAL EXAM

May 30-31

EQ:


CW:
UNIT 8 EXAM



HW:
Read 29:2 pp. 2-7
Reaganomics
Cutting programs
"Peace through strength"
Reagan Doctrine
Iran-Contra Scandal
Arms control

May 28-29

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

CW:  
FORD--->CARTER POWERPOINT NOTES--IT'S A BIG FILE      
clips from 1970s on Netflix streaming The State of Our Union is Not Good  
clip #1: Ford pardons Nixon (1:54--6:03)
clip #2: Stagflation/WIN, 1976 pres election (6:03--11:57)  
clip #3 Ford-Carter debate (13:04--15:01)
clip #4 Carter takes overseas trip (18:00--20:00)  
video clip: 1977 Camp David Accords  
clip #5 Iranian revolution; gas crisis continues; hostage crisis, "Malaise speech" (22:22--32:55)  
clip #6 Hostage rescue failure (34:31--35:56)  
clip #7 Reagan 1980--Make America Great Again (38:08--   


HW: 
REVIEW FOR UNIT EXAM!

May 23-24

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

CW:
Vietnam notes quiz
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results
Pres. Nixon ppt
Nixon's Southern Strategy
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notes: Watergate scandal powerpoint
video: Watergate break-in June 17, 1972
Watergate timeline--handout
clips from The Seventies (Netflix---18:11--41:33)
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 28:3 pp. 3-6
Election of Jimmy Carter-1976
Energy crisis
Economic crisis
Carter and human rights
Camp David Accords
hostage crisis in the Middle East

May 21-22

EQ:
How did the Vietnam War end?
What is the legacy of the Vietnam War?

CW:
Episode #9-The Vietnam War 
1.  re-entry of soldiers--(00:00--9:32)
2. low morale/drug use by soldiers--(17:52--21:41)
3. Vietnam Veterans Against the War (29:13--41:26)
4. Pentagon Papers--1971 (41:30--51:44)
5. 1972--Nixon's re-election and napalm photo in S.V. (1:17:17--1:22:07)
6. Jane Fonda (1:26:16--1:28:51)
7. Late December 1972--Christmas bombings (1:35:40--1:41-ish)
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video clip: 1973: War Powers Act; draft ends

Episode #10--The Vietnam War
1. 00:00---7:55--was the war worth the sacrifice?
2. April 1975-Fall of Saigon (47:10--57:45)
3. PTSD---(1:15:00--1:17:00)
4. 1981--Vietnam War Memorial design contest/selection; Maya Lin--(1:17:00--1:28:00)
5. Legacy of the war--(1:34:11--1:44:00)

HW:
VIETNAM NOTES QUIZ NEXT CLASS

May 17; 20

EQ:
How did President Nixon go about ending the Vietnam War?

CW:
video from VHS: Hugh Thompson
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guided note sheet #4 
review 1968 presidential election:
Episode #7--Nixon's interference peace talks with S.V. (49:43--54:00)
President Nixon's "secret plan to end the war"
Episode #8: 
POWs--(8-ish--12--ish)
"Peace with Honor"; "Vietnamization of the war" (18-ish--26:00)
Fortunate Son
1969-early 1970:
Episode #8: Black and Latino soldiers; fragging--(30:44---40:42)
Nov. 1969--anti-war march and Silent Majority speech (47:48---58:40)
April 30--May4, 970:
invasion of Cambodia; Kent State and Jackson State Massacres (1:31:25---1:45:55)
"Ohio"  The Day Nixon Cracked  

HW:
Read 26:3 pp. 3-5
Fall of South Vietnam
Cambodia and Laos
Human toll of the war
Legacy of the war
War Powers Act

May 15-16

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
clips from The Vietnam War--episode #5
combat in Vietnam (beginning---20:47)
Tiger Force and anti-war protest in D.C (42:56--53-ish)
Agent Orange in Vietnam
video clips from My Lai documentary (DVD)
aftermath of My Lai: Varnado Simpson:
clip #1( discussing killings--18:45-20:00)
clip #2 (discussing death of his son and suicide--22:00---26:00)
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Hugh Thompson returns to My Lai (if time)
(or VHS)

HW:
Read 26:3 pp. 1-3 (stop at The Domino Effect)
Vietnamization
Killings at Kent State and Jackson State Universities
Pentagon Papers
Peace negotiations

May 13-14

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: the controversy of the draft (20:55--28-ish)
video clip Muhammad Ali takes a stand against the draft--1966
video clip: Greg Popovich speaking out on race
video clip: Lebron James--"Shut up and dribble..-2018
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
video clip: Tet Offensive explained
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

May 9-10

EQ:
What factors led to U.S. military intervention in Vietnam?
 
CW:
Unit 8 study guide
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1954-66:
guided note sheet
US policy in Vietnam under Eisenhower 
origins of US involvement in Vietnam--lecture and clips from The Vietnam War--Ken Burns
Episode #1
video clip/notes:
Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Accords-1954 (50:10--1:03:24)
NLF and Vietcong (1:15:31--1:17-ish)
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U.S. policy in Vietnam under JFK (1961-63)
Episode #2:
Buddhist crisis and assassination of Diem
59:13--1:20:00
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U.S. policy under LBJ--1963-65
1964: 
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Episode #3 (46:00--55:00)
1965
Operation Rolling Thunder
Episode #3 (46:00--55:00)
Operation Rolling Thunder
March 1965--first American ground forces arrive in Vietnam
(1:17:00--1:49:00)
Battle of the Ia Drang Valley
anti-war protests begin


HW:
Read 26:2 pp. 1-6
credibility gap
controversy over the draft
Tet Offensive
LBJ: no 2nd term
1968 presidential election

May 7--EIGHT PERIOD DAY--MAY 8 OFF

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

CW:
Unit 7 Quest
finish discussion on women's rights/issues:
Title IX and women's sports
Army Rangers accept women 
Princeton Mom
clip from Miss Representation on women in politics and depictions in the culture
10 hours walking in NYC
misogyny in the media
Women's soccer and pay equity 
MeToo era--harassment in the workplace
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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
LGTQ pop in US today
legal protections for gays and lesbians
video clip: transgender students in high schools


HW:
Read 26:1 pp. 1-5
Ho Chi Minh and nationalism in Vietnam
France--Dien Bien Phu
Geneva Accords
JFK-Vietnam
Diem assassinated
LBJ-Vietnam--August 2-Gulf of Tonkin incident