Monday, April 27, 2015

Week 16 (April 27th-May1st)

Monday: Review Gulf of Tonkin, Monk Burning, and Ngo Din Diem. Read 20.2 (649-655) and answer 20.2 Questions (see blendspace) US Involvement Grows
Tuesday: Discuss 10 20.2 Questions. Focus on Vietcong's tactics, the Vietnam fighting experience, and Hawks vs. Doves US Involvement Grows
Wednesday: Complete Vietnam War Map. Read 20.3 (656-663) and complete 20.3 Questions The War Divides America
Thursday: Discuss 20.3 The War Divides America
Friday: Hawks vs. Doves Discussion

Friday, April 24, 2015

Week 15 (April 20-24)

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Chapter 19 Review. Discuss Great Society
Wednesday: Chapter 19 Test. Read 20.1 and complete 20.1 WKST
Thursday: Chapter 19 Test. Read 20.1 and complete 20.1 WKST Origins of the Vietnam War
Friday: Discuss 20.1 WKST. Golf of Tonkin Resolution. Vietnam War Map. Origins of the Vietnam War

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Week 14 (April 13th-17th)

Monday: Review 19.1 (1960 Election, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis) 19.1 Blendspace
Tuesday: Block Scheduling. Review 19.1 in Groups, Superpower Video, Read 19.2 (623-627) and complete check points, political cartoon questions, and thinking critically questions. 19.1 Blendspace
Wednesday: Block Scheduling. Review 19.1 in Groups, Superpower Video, Read 19.2 (623-627) and complete check points, political cartoon questions, and thinking critically questions. 19.1 Blendspace
Thursday: Discuss President Kennedy's Assassination (Zapruder Film)
Friday: Read 19.3 (629-636) on Johnson's Great Society. Complete 19.3 WKST. 19.3 Blendspace

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Week 13 (April 6th-10th)

Monday: Introduce 18.3 (New Struggles in the later years of the Civil Rights Movement). Begin Jigsaw Activity. 18.3 Blendspace
Tuesday: Jigsaw Activity in small groups discussing the CR Movement in the late 1960's and 1970's. 18.3 Blendspace
Wednesday: Discuss Black Power. Short 18.3 Quiz
Thursday: Begin Chapter 19. Discuss 1960 Election. Read 19.1 Kennedy and the Cold War
Friday: Discuss 19.1 Kennedy and the Cold War

Friday, March 20, 2015


The story behind the infamous photo of Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan. (Click the ladies' names above.)

Week 12 (March 23-27)

Monday: Discuss Emmett Till and Jim Crow Laws. You pick 3 Questions to answer for tomorrow! 18.1 Blendspace
Tuesday: Complete 18.1-18.2 Timeline Review of Major Events (Brown v. Board, Little Rock 9, etc.) 18.1 Blendspace
Wednesday: Read 18.2 and complete Civil Rights Organization WKST 18.2 Blendspace
Thursday: 18.2 Notes and Discussion. Focus on SNCC, SCLC, and NAACP 18.2 Blendspace
Friday: Discuss Freedom Riders, Clash at Birmingham, and March on Washington. Finish the week with a short 18.1-18.2 Quiz.

Have a safe, fun, and relaxing spring break!