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Daily Agenda

3/29/2017

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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).
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Learning Target:
I can discuss the origins of the Cold War, & I can evaluate the methods used by the United States to contain communism.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Harry Truman, Robert Oppenheimer, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy.
  2. Notes: The Early Cold War 
  3. ​Activity: The Cold War Chart
  4. Reflection Question: How successful were the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower Doctrine, and New Frontier in fighting the Cold War? Explain.
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Daily Agenda

3/28/2017

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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).
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Learning Target:
I can discuss the origins of the Cold War, & I can evaluate the methods used by the United States to contain communism.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Complete the EOC Practice #3 Quizziz Activity.
  2. Activity: The Cold War Timeline
  3. Notes: The Early Cold War 
  4. Reflection Question: How successful was the Truman Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.
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Daily Agenda

3/24/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:

I can explain the opportunities & hardships the war created for Americans on the home front.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Which battle(s) marked the turning point in each of the following wars? Why? American Revolution, Civil War, World War II
  2. Notes: The War at Home
  3. Reflection Question: ​Summarize the ways in which World War II impacted life on the American home front. How did that compare to World War I?
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Daily Agenda

3/23/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the military strategies the United States & its allies pursued during World War II.
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Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Define each of the following:
  2. Activity: Use the War in Europe and the War in the Pacific Notes to complete the map activity.
  3. Reflection Question: 
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Daily Agenda

3/16/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the military strategies the United States & its allies pursued during World War II.
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Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for George Marshall.
  2. Notes: The War in Europe​
  3. Reflection Question: Complete the EOC Practice #2 Quizziz game.
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Daily Agenda

3/15/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the military strategies the United States & its allies pursued during World War II.
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Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What event prompted the United States to enter World War II in 1941?
  2. Video: The Story of Us - World War II
  3. Reflection Question: How did World War II change American society? 
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Daily Agenda

3/14/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:
I can analyze the military strategies the United States & its allies pursued during World War II.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Label and color the World War II-era map of Europe.
  2. Notes: World War Looms
  3. ​Activity: World War Looms Political Cartoons​
  4. Reflection Question: Complete the EOC Practice #1 Quizziz game.
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Daily Agenda

3/13/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the origins of World War II, & I can assess the American response to the growing international crisis from 1935-1941.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create an account on VoiceThread. Use your school email and share the password with me here.
  2. Notes: World War Looms
  3. ​Activity: VoiceThread Discussion
  4. Reflection Question: Should the U.S. have gotten involved in the growing international conflict before 1941? Explain.
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Daily Agenda

3/10/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:

I can describe the government's response to the Great Depression, & I can evaluate its effects on the nation.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Why did Roosevelt want to reorganize the Supreme Court in 1937?
  2. Notes: The New Deal
  3. ​Activity: The Great Depression Graphic Organizer
  4. Reflection Question: Test your Great Depression knowledge in the Quizizz game.
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Daily Agenda

3/9/2017

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Content Standards:
Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into the workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of the U.S. as an economic and political superpower).
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Learning Target:

I can describe the government's response to the Great Depression, & I can evaluate its effects on the nation.

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Why was Hoover reluctant to provide direct relief to the American people during the Great Depression? Were his fears justified? Explain.
  2. Notes: The New Deal
  3. Reflection Question: Whose approach to the Great Depression do you think was most appropriate? Why?
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    • Unit 1
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    • Trading Cards
    • US History Flashcards
    • US Presidents Flashcards
  • Et Cetera
    • Class Toolbox
    • Crash Course Videos
    • iTunes U >
      • US History to 1877
      • US History since 1877
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      • US History Overview 1
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      • US History Overview 3
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