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Final Exam Week
Final Exam Study Guide (Click Here)
1920s Notes
Great Depression Notes
Second World War Notes
Cold War Notes
Domestic Notes
1920s Notes
Great Depression Notes
Second World War Notes
Cold War Notes
Domestic Notes
The Week of June 5-9
Monday, June 5
Falkowski absent :(
1. Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Tuesday, June 6
Falkowski absent :(
1. Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Wednesday, June 7
Objectives: Students should be able to:
1. Evaluate the extent of success in the civil rights movement
Procedure:
1. Domestic PowerPoint Day 5
2. Selma
HW: Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Thursday, June 8
Falkowski absent :(
1. Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Friday, June 9
Objectives: Students should be able to:
1. Evaluate the extent of success in the civil rights movement
Procedure:
1. Domestic PowerPoint Day 6
2. Selma
HW: Work on Final Exam Study Guide
Falkowski absent :(
1. Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Tuesday, June 6
Falkowski absent :(
1. Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Wednesday, June 7
Objectives: Students should be able to:
1. Evaluate the extent of success in the civil rights movement
Procedure:
1. Domestic PowerPoint Day 5
2. Selma
HW: Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Thursday, June 8
Falkowski absent :(
1. Work on Q4 Research Assignment (due Friday, June 9!)
Friday, June 9
Objectives: Students should be able to:
1. Evaluate the extent of success in the civil rights movement
Procedure:
1. Domestic PowerPoint Day 6
2. Selma
HW: Work on Final Exam Study Guide
The Week of May 29-June 2Monday, May 29
No School Tuesday, May 30 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Describe the rise of Levittown and the growth of suburbs 2. Explain the role of the GI Bill following the Second World War Procedure: 1. Do Now: Suburbia Statistics A. How does the central city population change from 1950 to 1970? B. How does the suburban (outside central city) population change? C. Now look at the White and African-American populations; how do those two populations differ in rates of growth in the center city and the suburban areas during those two decades? 2. Domestic PowerPoint Day 1 3. Birth of the suburbs 4. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Q4 Research Assignment Wednesday, May 31 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the impact of the Red Scare domestically during the Cold War 2. Analyze the development of the interstate highway system under Eisenhower Procedure: 1. Do Now: Review 2. Domestic PowerPoint Day 2 3. The Highway System Video 4. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Q4 Research Assignment Thursday, June 1 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the domestic of agendas of JFK and LBJ Procedure: 1. Do Now: Kennedy's assassination 2. Domestic PowerPoint Day 3 3. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Q4 Research Assignment Friday, June 2 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Explain the developments of the Civil Rights Movement Procedure: 1. Do Now: Matching Review 2. Domestic PowerPoint Day 4 3. Selma 4. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Q4 Research Assignment due Friday, June 9 |
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The Week of May 22-26Monday, May 22
Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Analyze the role of detente during the last stage of the Cold War Procedure: 1. Do Now: Matching 2. Cold War Notes Day 12 3. Q4 Research Assignment HW: None. Tuesday, May 23 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Distinguish between the various Cold War policies utilized by various presidents 2. Evaluate the role of détente in ending the Cold War Procedure: 1. Reagan Evil Empire Speech 2. Cold War Notes Day 13 3. Tear Down This Wall! 4. Berlin Wall Torn Down 5. Q4 Research Assignment HW: None. Wednesday, May 24 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Distinguish between the various Cold War policies utilized by various presidents 2. Evaluate the role of détente in ending the Cold War Procedure: 1. Do Now: Review 2. Cold War Notes Day 14 3. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Prepare for quiz on days 7-14 for Friday, May 26 Thursday, May 25 Falkowski absent :( - Work on Q4 Research Assignment - Prepare for quiz on days 7-14 (consult previous graphic organizers and activities) HW: Prepare for quiz on days 7-14 for Friday, May 26 Friday, May 26 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Analyze and demonstrate mastery of content concerning the Cold War Procedure: 1. Quiz on Foreign Policy/Cold War HW: Work on Q4 Research Assignment |
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The Week of May 15-19Monday, May 15 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the role of the space race during the midst of the Cold War 2. Analyze the impact of the nuclear arms race on the USSR and the United States with respect to the Cuban Missile Crisis Procedure: 1. Do Now: Sputnik Shock 2. Cold War Notes Day 7 3. 13 Days Timeline 4. 13 Days Clip #1: Which concept does this clip highlight? 5. 13 Days Clip #2: Naval Blockade 4. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Begin locating resources for Q4 research assignment Tuesday, May 16 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Explain how the erection of the Berlin Wall intensified relations between the US and USSR. Procedure: 1. Put Events in Order 2. Cold War Notes Day 8 3. Berlin Wall Stories 4. Berlin Wall Graffiti - Make it! 5. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Wednesday, May 17 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Examine the underlying causes of the Vietnam War under Johnson Procedure: 1. Do Now: Share Berlin Wall Graffiti 2. Cold War Notes Day 9 3. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Primary Source 4. Q4 Research Assignment HW: Thursday, May 18 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the role of escalation during the Vietnam War Procedure: 1. Do Now: Political Cartoon 2. Cold War Notes Day 10 3. Nepalm Attack 4. Kahoot 5. Summative Review: Q4 Research Assignment HW: Friday, May 19 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Describe reasons for the declining approval for the Vietnam War Procedure: 1. Living Room War - Excerpt 2. Cold War Notes Day 11 3. Walter Cronkite 4. Graphic Organizer HW: Begin working on Q4 Research Assignment |
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The Week of May 8-12Monday, May 8
Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Describe the effect of the Cold War on the home front 2. Explain how civil rights were impacted during the Cold War era Procedure: 1. The Dot Game 2. Cold War Notes Day 4 3. People Accused of Communism A. What did this highlight about the impact of the Second Red Scare on society? 4. Army-McCarthy Hearings Video: Have you no decency? 5. Rosenbergs Video HW: Prepare for quiz on Thursday, May 11 Tuesday, May 9 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the role of the space race during the midst of the Cold War 2. Analyze the impact of the nuclear arms race on the USSR and the United States Procedure: 1. Soviet Thermonuclear Test 2. Surviving a Nuclear Attack Video 3. Cold War Notes Day 5 4. Ham, the first living thing in space 5. Calculate the Nuclear Fallout 6. Summative Review: Graphic Organizer HW: Prepare for quiz on Thursday, May 11 Wednesday, May 10 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the role of the space race during the midst of the Cold War 2. Analyze the impact of the nuclear arms race on the USSR and the United States Procedure: 1. Eisenhower's Farewell Address and Image 2. Military Spending by Country 3. Cold War Notes Day 6 4. Summative Review: Political Cartoon 5. Graphic Organizer HW: Prepare for quiz on Thursday, May 11 Thursday, May 11 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Analyze and describe mastery of content and skill concerning the prelude and early events of the Cold War Procedure: 1. Quiz HW: Friday, May 12 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the role of the space race during the midst of the Cold War 2. Analyze the impact of the nuclear arms race on the USSR and the United States Procedure: 1. Do Now: Matching Review 2. Cold War Notes Day 7 3. Sputnik Shock 4. Graphic Organizer HW: |
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The Week of May 1-5
Monday, May 1
Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Explain the origins of the Cold War following the Second World War Procedure: 1. Review Twitter in WWII 2. Cold War Notes Day 1 3. Iron Curtain Speech 4. Summative Review HW: None. Tuesday, May 2 Falkowski absent :( Read module 21, lesson 1. and answer the following prompt in 5-7 sentences using in-text citations (Danzen 1): What were some of the causes behind the Cold War? Explain the foreign policy enacted by the American government to stop the spread of communism. This is due at the end of the class period on Schoology. Wednesday, May 3 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Discuss the foreign policy strategies employed by the United States to prevent the spread of communism 2. Describe the role and effects of the Berlin Airlift Procedure: 1. Do Now: If I were... Activity 2. Cold War Notes Day 2 3. Berlin Airlift Video 4. Summative Review: Marshall Plan Cartoon HW: Thursday, May 4 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Describe the origins of the Korean War during the Cold War Procedure: 1. Do Now: NATO and Finland 2. Cold War Notes Day 3 3. MacArthur Fired Video 4. Respond: Should MacArthur have been fired? 5. Summative Review HW: Friday, May 5 Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. Evaluate the totality of the Korean War Procedure: 1. Do Now: Korean War Gallup Poll 2. Create a thesis statement on Containment 3. Summative Review: Kahoot HW: |
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