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Today's Agenda

4/30/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create the 1970s Graphic Organizer.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the economic system in the United States? 
    1. barter or trade economy 
    2. socialist or mutual economy 
    3. capitalist or market economy 
    4. ​communist or collective economy
  3. Guided Instruction: The Century - 1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse
  4. Reflection Question: Play the Citizenship Test Practice #2 Quizziz Game.

Homework: The 1970s

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/27/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger.
  2. Citizenship Question: In what month is the Election Day for President? 
    1. January 
    2. June 
    3. August 
    4. ​November
  3. Guided Instruction: The Vietnam War Years
  4. Reflection Question: Play the Citizenship Test Practice #1 Quizziz Game.

Homework: The Vietnam War

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/26/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizziz Practice #4 game.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the capital of Kentucky? 
    1. Louisville
    2. Bowling Green 
    3. Lexington
    4. ​Frankfort
  3. Guided Instruction: The Vietnam War Years
  4. Reflection Question: How did the Tet Offensive impact American popular opinion about the Vietnam War?

Homework: The Vietnam War

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/25/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Lyndon Johnson.
  2. Citizenship Question: Name two of the six current U.S. Representatives for the state of Kentucky.
    1. ​Bradley Byrne and Martha Roby
    2. Phil Roe and Jimmy Duncan
    3. Marcy Kaptur and Mike Turner
    4. ​Hal Rodgers and John Yarmuth
  3. Guided Instruction: The Vietnam War Years
  4. Reflection Question: What was the credibility gap? How did it contribute to the protests against the Vietnam War?

Homework: The Vietnam War

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/24/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizziz Practice #3 game.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives? 
    1. John Boehner 
    2. Nancy Pelosi
    3. Paul Ryan
    4. ​Dennis Hastert
  3. Guided Instruction: The Vietnam War Years
  4. Reflection Question: Who were the Vietminh? The VietCong? 

Homework: The Vietnam War

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/23/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: “Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Malcolm X.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the political party of the current President? 
    1. Democratic
    2. Libertarian
    3. Progressive
    4. ​Republican
  3. Guided Instruction: The Civil Rights Movement
  4. 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?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/20/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: “Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Malcolm X.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the political party of the current President? 
    1. Democratic
    2. Libertarian
    3. Progressive
    4. ​Republican
  3. Guided Instruction: The Civil Rights Movement
  4. 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?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/19/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: “Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizziz Practice #2 game.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who is the current Chief Justice of the United States? 
    1. Chief Justice Earl Warren
    2. Chief Justice Warren Burger
    3. Chief Justice William Rehnquist
    4. ​Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr.
  3. Guided Instruction: Murder in Mississippi
  4. Reflection Question: Why did civil rights groups organize Freedom Summer in 1964?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/18/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: “Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 change American society?
  2. Citizenship Question: Name one of the two current U.S. Senators for the state of Kentucky. 
    1. Senator Hatch
    2. Senator Sanders
    3. Senator McConnell 
    4. ​Senator Warren
  3. Guided Instruction: Murder in Mississippi
  4. Reflection Question: Why did civil rights groups organize Freedom Summer in 1964?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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Today's Agenda

4/17/2018

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

Critical Vocabulary: “Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizziz Practice #1 game.
  2. Citizenship Question: Who is the current Governor of Kentucky? 
    1. Governor Patton 
    2. Governor Bevin
    3. Governor Collins
    4. ​Governor Beshear
  3. Guided Instruction: The Civil Rights Movement
  4. Reflection Question: Why did Martin Luther King believe that it was essential for protesters to remain non-violent in spite of the actions of others?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement

​Tentative Test Date: April 27
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