Blog Archives - A More Perfect Union

Daily Agenda

4/28/2017

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how the United States participates with the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of those efforts.

Learning Target:
I can analyze the social, political, & economic problems that Americans faced in the 1990s.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create the 1990s Graphic Organizer.
Video: The Century: America's Time - The 90s And Beyond
Reflection Question: Why did national politics move towards the right in the 1980s?

Daily Agenda

4/27/2017

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how the United States participates with the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of those efforts.

Learning Target:
I can analyze the causes and effects of the conservative movement of the 1980s.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Video: The Century: America's Time - 1981-1989
Reflection Question: Why did national politics move towards the right in the 1980s?

Daily Agenda

4/26/2017

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how the United States participates with the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of those efforts.

Learning Target:
I can analyze the causes and effects of the conservative movement of the 1980s.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create the 1980s Graphic Organizer.
Video: The Century: America's Time - 1981-1989
Reflection Question: Why did national politics move towards the right in the 1980s?

Daily Agenda

4/25/2017

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how the United States participates with the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of those efforts.

Learning Target:
I can analyze the social, political, economic, & environmental problems that Americans faced in the 1970s.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Betty Friedan, and Gloria Steinem.
Video: The Century: America's Time - 1976-1980
Reflection Question: How would you grade each of the presidents of the 1970s? Explain.

Daily Agenda

4/24/2017

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how the United States participates with the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of those efforts.

Learning Target:
I can analyze the social, political, economic, & environmental problems that Americans faced in the 1970s.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create the 1970s Graphic Organizer.
Video: The Century: America's Time - 1971-1975
Reflection Question: How did the so-called 'identity politics' of the 1970s divide Americans? Give examples to support your claims.

Daily Agenda

4/21/2017

Content Standards:
Students will explain and give examples of how after WWII, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggle for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Act) and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

Learning Target:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger.
Notes: The Vietnam War Years
Reflection Question: How did the War Powers Act impact presidential power?

Daily Agenda

4/20/2017

Content Standards:
Students will explain and give examples of how after WWII, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggle for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Act) and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

Learning Target:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Complete the EOC Practice #8.
Notes: The Vietnam War Years
Reflection Question: How did the Tet Offensive impact American popular opinion about the Vietnam War?

Daily Agenda

4/19/2017

Content Standards:
Students will explain and give examples of how after WWII, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggle for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Act) and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

Learning Target:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notes: The Vietnam War Years
Reflection Question: What was the credibility gap? How did it contribute to the protests against the Vietnam War?

Daily Agenda

4/18/2017

Content Standards:
Students will explain and give examples of how after WWII, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggle for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Act) and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

Learning Target:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Complete the EOC Practice #7.
Activity: 1960s Graphic Organizer
Notes: The Vietnam War Years
Reflection Question: Who were the Vietminh? The VietCong?

Daily Agenda

4/17/2017

Content Standards:
Students will explain and give examples of how after WWII, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggle for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Act) and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

Learning Target:
I can summarize the key events of the Civil Rights Movement, & I can evaluate the impact of each.

Today's Agenda:

Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Malcolm X.
Notes: The Civil Rights Movement
Reflection Question: How did the views of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King compare? Why did you think Malcolm X's message was so popular during the 1960s?