Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Thursday, July 22, 2021, United States History: Day 24

First Hour Independent Work 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance

Reading 10 minutes: What do you know about Saddam Hussein?

Video 15 minutes: Write a 3-4 sentence summary of the Iranian Revolution according Crash Course. Please write a 3-4 sentence summary on Operation Desert Storm.  
  1. Iran Revolution 1979
  2. What was Operation Desert Storm?
Research 20 minutes: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
  1. Watch Video and read page
  2. Who was responsible for 9/11?
  3. How many planes were hijacked? 
  4. What happened to those planes? 
  5. Flight Path
  6. What were the results of 9/11?
  7. How has 9/11 changed your life?
  8. Patriot Act (How has the Patriot Act changed the everyday lives of Americans?)
  9. Afghanistan War (Do you think the U.S. should have went to war in Afghanistan? Do you think it is the right call for the U.S. to withdraw at this time and why?)
First Hour Google Meet 
Lecture 10 minutes: Reganomics 

Independent Work
Reading like a Historian 30 minutes: Ronald Reagan
Research 20 minutes: Using the link please describe al-Qaeda  role in world terrorism.
Timeline 20 minutes: Using the timeline, pick a terrorist attack against the United States occurring after 2000 and find an article related to it. Read it and analyze the impact of the attack.
Research 20 minutes: 
  1. Reading: p. 898-899 Summarize War in Iraq
  2. Iraq War Wikipedia
  3. Operation Iraqi Freedom
    1. Find two more sources to gather information about the Iraq War
    2. Based off of your research information, why did the United States invade Iraq and do you agree with the United States decision?
Second hour google meet 
Final

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, World History: Day 22

First Hour Independent Work 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance 

Standards: 11.1.3, 11.8.5, 11.8.8, 11.9.3, 11.9.4, 11.10.4, 11.11.4, CST.1, CST.2, HREP.3, HREP.4, HI.1

Objectives: SWBAT
  • Describe the Nixon Administration and the Watergate Scandal. 
  • Analyze the Fall of the Berlin War and the decline of the Soviet Union. 
  • Describe new conflicts in the Middle East after the Cold War.
  • Analyze the War on Terrorism. 
  • Describe America after the Cold War. 
Reading 10 minutes: p. 808-809
  1. Based off the Television of the 1970's, what was life like? 
Reading 10 minutes: p. 799-801
  • Kissinger and Realpolitik 
  • Nixon Visits China
  • Nixon Travels to Moscow
Video 10 minutes: Reagan Tear Down This Wall Speech
  • Why does Reagan say president's visit Berlin?
  • How does Reagan say it is to live behind the Iron Curtain under Soviet control?
  • What might the Brandenburg Gate Symbolize?
    •  
Video 15 minutes:
Fall of the Berlin Wall part 1 
Fall of the Berlin Wall part 2
  • What did the Fall of the Berlin Wall Represent?
  • How did people feel in Berlin during this time?
  • What does Freedom mean to you?

First Hour Google Meet
Reading 20 minutes: Foreign Policy after the Cold War p. 848-852 (Describe/Significance/ Draw)
  • Gorbachev initiates reform 
  • The Soviet Union Declines 
  • The Collapse of Communist Regimes 
  • Communism Continues in China 
Reading 15 minutes: Middle East Trouble Spots  p. 852-853
  1. Geography Skill builder #1-2 p. 854

Independent Work
Vocabulary 20 minutes:  
  1. William Jefferson Clinton
  2. H. Ross Perot
  3. Hilary Rodham Clinton
  4. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 
  5. George W. Bush
  6. Al Gore
  7. Bill Gates
  8. NASDAQ
  9. dotcoms
  10. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  11. Internet
  12. Telecommunications Act of 1996
  13. genetic engineering
  14. urban flight/ gentrification
  15. proposition 187
Reading 10 minutes: Immigration and Migration p. 888-889 & The Debate over Immigration p. 901-902 (Summarize each reading)
Research 20 minutes: The United States/Mexico Border (2014)
  • Look At Stories 2-5, and 12
  • What are similarities between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
  • What are differences between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
  • Why do nations put up walls/fences/ or borders?
  • How would life be different in the United States if there wasn't a fence?
  • What do fences represent other than keeping people in or out of a country?
  • Are fences necessary?
  • How has the debate changed since this story was published? How has the situation changed? 

Second google meet hour 
Reading 20 minutes: p. 894-897 Terrorism
Inquiry 5 minutes: What do you know about Saddam Hussein?
Lecture 20 minutes: America after the Cold War 
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Thursday, July 15, 2021

Monday and Wednesday, July 19 & 21, 2021, United States History: Day 21 & 23

 Do this for both Monday and Wednesday

  1. Collect three current events for the same topic from different news sources. Current Events
  2. Analyze the three different articles and sources. Which do you find more trustworthy and balanced? why?  
  3. For each gather the who, what, when, where, and why. 
  4. Why is this topic important to you, the United States, and the World? 
  5. What does it say about possible outcomes for the future?
Films 
  1. Find one film for each for the following topics: Nixon & Carter . (These films can be documentaries or historical fiction (your choice). 
  2. Cite the film using MLA format and make sure it is appropriate. 
  3. Based off of your current knowledge or knowledge gained through reading the text, is this film accurate and informative? 
Field Trips 
  1. Choose a museum to visit. 
  2. Create a Snapchat like story with at least twenty pictures/videos
  3. Story should provide things you learned during your visit. 
Reading 
  1. Ch. 25 The Conservative Tide p. 828-856 
  2. Ch. 26 The United States in Today's World  p. 858-890 
Assessments
  1. Ch. 25 The Conservative Tide p. 856 Assessment- Terms and Names #1-10, Main Ideas #1-8, Critical Thinking #1-3, STP #1-4
  2. Ch. 26 The United States in Today's World  p. 890 Assessment- Terms and Names #1-10, Main Ideas #1-8, Critical Thinking #1-3, STP #1-3
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Thursday, July 15, 2021, United States History: Day 20

First Hour Independent Work

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda

Standards: 11.1.3, 11.8.5, 11.8.8, 11.9.3, 11.9.4, 11.10.4, 11.11.4, CST.1, CST.2, HREP.3, HREP.4, HI.1

Objectives: SWBAT
  • Describe the Tet Offensive and its effect on the American People.
  • Explain the domestic turbulence of 1968. 
  • Describe the 1968 presidential election.
  • Describe Nixon's policy of Vietnamization. 
  • Explain the public's reaction to the Vietnam War during Nixon's presidency. 
  • Describe the end of the U.S. involvement and the final outcome in Vietnam.
  • Examine the war's painful legacy in the United States and Southeast Asia.
Warm Up 10 minutes: Summarize Objectives from the following day and answer question
  1. How important is freedom of speech to you? Should you be able to say anything you want or are there some thing that should be prohibited? List Examples.
Reading 10 minutes: p. 744 The Roots of Opposition (Summarize Reading)
Video and Speech 20 minutes:
Mario Savio's Free Speech  
Mario Savio Free Speech Transcript
  1. What are some of Mario Savio's grievances with the University?
Reading 15 minutes: p. 786-787 Signs of the Sixties (Summarize Reading)

First Hour Google Meet  
Video and reading 10 minutes: Woodstock Clip and Reading 
  1. Why or why not should Woodstock be considered a significant event during the 1960s? What is its legacy?
Writing 10 minutes: Ch. 23.3 Culture and Counterculture p. 781-785
  1. What lasting impact did the Counter Culture Movement have the on the nation?
  2. If living during the 1960s, where do you think you would fit in with society?
Reading 10 minutes: p. 808-809
  1. Based off the Television of the 1970's, what was life like? 
Lecture 20 minutes: The Nixon Administration & Watergate

Independent Work
Posters 25 minutes: p.768-780 Students create a poster in the following areas: The Latino Presence Grows, Latinos Fight for Change, Native Americans Struggle for Equality, A New Women's Movement Arises, The Movement Experiences Gains and Losses, The Movement's Legacy.
  1. Title 
  2. Summary
  3. Significance
Key terms 20 minutes:
  1. Cesar Chavez
  2. United Farm Workers
  3. La Raza Unida
  4. American Indian Movement
  5. Betty Friedan
  6. feminism
  7. National Organization of Women
  8. Equal Rights Amendment
  9. Phyllis Schlafly
  10. Countercultrue
  11. Haight-Ashbury
  12. Beatles
  13. Woodstock
  14. Title IX
Activity 20 minutes: p. 84-103 Using the Constitution to argue a case
  1. Pick a side on Roe v. Wade 
  2. using the Constitution, find three amendments that support your argument.
  3. Write a cohesive statement suggesting why your opinion is correct under the guise of the constitution. 
Activity 20 minutes: p. 831
  1. Pick a side to Affirmative Action
  2. How should or does this play a role in college admissions.
  3. Based on where we are as a nation, should affirmative action as a country still exist?
Activity 20 minutes: p. 768-771
  1. Who is Cesar Chavez 
  2. What were his goals?
  3. How did he try to accomplish his goals?
  4. Were his goals accomplished?
  5. Should immigrant students have the opportunity to be taught in bilingual schools?
  6. What are the pros and cons of immigration?
  7. Is immigration important for America?
Second hour of Google Meet 
Reading 10 minutes: p. 799-801
  • Kissinger and Realpolitik 
  • Nixon Visits China
  • Nixon Travels to Moscow
Quiz 20-35 minutes: Vietnam Quiz 
Study Guide Final 2
Closing 5 minutes
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, United States History: Day 18

First Hour Independent Work 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance.

Standards: 11.3, 11.3.4, 11.9.4

Objectives: SWBAT
  • Describe the counterculture movement.
  • Analyze the countercultures impact on American Society.
  • Describe the causes and effects of the Vietnam War 
Reading 25 minutes:  Domino Theory and Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Reading: 
  1. Please summarize each. 
  2. Relate the speech and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
Key Terms 25 minutes: Define and Significance 
  1. Ho Chi Minh
  2. Domino Theory
  3. guerillas
  4. Dien Bien Phu
  5. Ngo Dinh Diem
  6. Vietcong
  7. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  8. Napalm
  9. Agent Orange
  10. Ho Chi Minh Trail
First Hour Meeting 
Independent Work 
Research 25 minutes: Vietnam War 
  • Read Article
  • Watch at least three videos
  • View all pictures
  • listen to at least two speeches
Use the Research to answer the following questions pointing out specific facts gained by your research using the provided website. 
  1. What was the Vietnam War about? 
  2. Was the Vietnam War worth it? 
  3. What are some consequences of the Vietnam War?
Activity 45 minutes: 
  • Mapping the war. Examine the maps of the different phases of the Vietnam War. Using the information from these maps, prepare a single map that shows what you think are the most important events and locations in the war -- in other words, the things that someone who has never heard of the war would most need to know. (You can show events from different years on a single map by creating a numbered series of call-out boxes, each describing a different event and with its own date.
Geography Skills 10 minutes: The Tet Offensive, 1968 p. 748-750
Quotations/Statements from the 1960s-1970s  40 minutes:
  1. Find a quote from a prominent person during the Vietnam Era 
  2. Put on a page with a picture accompanying the statement.
Second hour on Google Meet 
Vocabulary 15 minutes: Ch. 17.4 Vocab
Study Guide:
  1. Please identify Ho Chi Minh and his relationship to the Vietminh and the significance of Vietnamese Nationalism and Dien Bien Phu.
  2. What were the Geneva Accords and how does it relate to America’s involvement in Vietnam?
  3. Please be sure to mention America’s policy of Containment and the Domino Theory.
  4. Please describe the difference between the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administration’s policies towards American involvement in Vietnam.
  5. Please describe how the Tet Offensive and Pentagon Papers challenged Johnson’s and America’s credibility for fighting a war in Vietnam.
  6. What were some characteristics of the Antiwar Movement and what policy of the federal government caused the differences between the antiwar sentiment during the Vietnam War in contrast towards the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
  7. Vietcong-
  8. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-
  9. Hawks and Doves-
  10. Vietnamization-
  11. War Powers Act- 
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Friday, July 9, 2021

Monday & Wednesday, July 12 & 14, 2021, United States History: Day 17 & 19

 Do this for both Monday and Tuesday 

  1. Collect three current events for the same topic from different news sources. Current Events
  2. Analyze the three different articles and sources. Which do you find more trustworthy and balanced? why?  
  3. For each gather the who, what, when, where, and why. 
  4. Why is this topic important to you, the United States, and the World? 
  5. What does it say about possible outcomes for the future?
Films 
  1. Find one film for each for the following topics: Cold War, Civil Rights, and Vietnam. (These films can be documentaries or historical fiction (your choice). 
  2. Cite the film using MLA format and make sure it is appropriate. 
  3. Based off of your current knowledge or knowledge gained through reading the text, is this film accurate and informative? 
Field Trips 
  1. Choose a museum to visit. 
  2. Create a Snapchat like story with at least twenty pictures/videos
  3. Story should provide things you learned during your visit. 
Reading 
  1. Ch. 22 p. 728-764
  2. Ch. 23 p. 766-788
Assessments
  1. Ch. 22 p. 764 Assessment: Terms and Names #1-10, Main Ideas #1-10, Standardized Test Practice  #1-3
  2. Ch. 23 p. 788 Assessment : Terms and Names #1-10, Main Ideas #1-6, Standardized Test Practice #1-4 
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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Thursday, July 8, 2021, United States History: Day 16

 First Hour Independent Work 

Selma to Montgomery

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Agenda, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 11.10.4, 11.10.5, 11.10.6, 11.11.2
Objectives: SWBAT
  • connect their own perceptions with the Civil Rights Movement.
  • describe the importance of Nonviolence protest in changing the minds of Americans.
  • discuss importance of the legal side of the Civil Rights Movement.

Analysis 20 minutes: What were the consequences of Plessy v. Ferguson? p. 290-291
Key Terms and People 30 minutes: Define and Significance 
  1. Separate-but-equal 
  2. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
  3. sit-ins 
  4. Thurgood Marshall 
  5. Brown v. Board of Education
  6. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  7. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  8. Crisis in Little Rock 
  9. The Watts Riot
  10. The Kerner Commission
  11. Chicago Movement
  12. Black Power
  13. Stokely Carmichael 
  14. Malcolm X
  15. Black Panthers
  16. Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
First Hour Meeting
Lecture 20 minutes: The New Frontier and the Great Society 
Lecture 20 minutes: Challenging Segregation 
Independent Work 
Research 30 minutes:
  1. Pick one to research
  2. Describe who, what, when, where, why
  3. Why is this event, organization or person important in the Civil Rights Movement?
  4. Three Pieces of Evidence defending your case
  5. Describe why some may not view this as significant
  6. Create a piece of writing describing why your choice is significant in creating change in America.
    1. Thesis
    2. Three Claims
    3. Three Examples to Support Three Claims
    4. Counter Claim
    5. Conclusion
Time line 20 minutes: Using the web resource Time Line
  1. Create a Time Line of ten Events 
  2. Pictures 
  3. Why these are the most important. 
Reading 15 minutes: Vietnam Evacuation of Saigon 
  • Answer questions #1-9
Second hour of google meet 
Lecture 20 minutes: New Issues
Testing 20 minutes: Students take test.

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