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Today's Agenda

4/30/2019

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

Critical Vocabulary: Vietnamization, My Lai Massacre, Cambodian Campaign, Kent State Shooting, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, New York Times v. Sullivan, Paris Peace Accords, War Powers Act, Nixon Doctrine, Realpolitik, Detente, SALT I, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Silent Majority, Southern Strategy, New Conservatism, New Federalism, Watergate, Committee to Re-Elect the President, Plumbers, Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon Tapes, U.S. v. Nixon, Stagflation, Whip Inflation Now, Helsinki Accords, Fall of Saigon, Mayaguez Incident, National Energy Act, Crisis of Confidence Speech, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, SALT II

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizizz Practice #5 game.
  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: Forrest Gump
  4. Reflection Question: How did the Watergate Scandal impact American's view of their government?

Homework: The 1970s Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/29/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play The Cold War Quizizz Game.
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two major political parties in the United States?
    1. ​​Libertarian Party and Democratic Party
    2. Progressive Party and Libertarian Party
    3. Democratic Party and Republican Party
    4. Progressive Party and Republican Party
  3. Independent Learning: The Cold War Sketchnotes
  4. Reflection Question: How successful were the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy Doctrines in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/26/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play AP Exam Practice #1.
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two major political parties in the United States?
    1. ​​Libertarian Party and Democratic Party
    2. Progressive Party and Libertarian Party
    3. Democratic Party and Republican Party
    4. Progressive Party and Republican Party
  3. Guided Instruction: The Red Scare
  4. Independent Learning: The Cold War Sketchnotes
  5. Reflection Question: How successful were the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy Doctrines in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/25/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for John F. Kennedy.
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two major political parties in the United States?
    1. ​​Libertarian Party and Democratic Party
    2. Progressive Party and Libertarian Party
    3. Democratic Party and Republican Party
    4. Progressive Party and Republican Party
  3. Guided Instruction: The Kennedy Doctrine​
  4. Reflection Question: How successful was the Kennedy Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/24/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Why did the U.S. get involved in the conflict on the Korean Peninsula in 1950? What was the result of the fight there?
  2. Citizenship Question: How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? 
    1. 5
    2. 7
    3. 9
    4. 11
  3. Guided Instruction: Inside North Korea
  4. Reflection Question: How successful was the Eisenhower Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/23/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Dwight Eisenhower.
  2. Citizenship Question: How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? 
    1. 5
    2. 7
    3. 9
    4. 11
  3. Guided Instruction: The Eisenhower Doctrine​
  4. Reflection Question: How successful was the Eisenhower Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/22/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Harry Truman.
  2. Citizenship Question: Which of the following includes two Cabinet-level positions? 
    1. ​Secretary of Education and ​Secretary of History
    2. ​Secretary of Energy and ​Secretary of Motor Vehicles
    3. ​Secretary of Human Affairs and ​Secretary of of the Navy
    4. ​Secretary of Homeland Security and ​Secretary of the Treasury
  3. Guided Instruction: The Truman Doctrine​
  4. Reflection Question: How successful was the Truman Doctrine in fighting the Cold War? Explain.

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/19/2019

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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.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Who, other than Martin Luther King, should be remembered as a Civil Rights hero? Why?
  2. Citizenship Question: How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? 
    1. 5
    2. 7
    3. 9
    4. 11
  3. Individual Learning: The Civil Rights Movement Quiz
  4. Individual Learning: The Cold War Vocabulary
  5. Reflection Question: To what extent can issues such as civil rights be addressed through cultural change (Jackie Robinson) vs. government action (Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act)?

Homework: The Cold War Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/18/2019

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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: What did Civil Rights leaders hope to accomplish during Freedom Summer?
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the political party of the current President? 
    1. Democratic
    2. Libertarian
    3. Progressive
    4. ​Republican
  3. Guided Instruction: Murder in Mississippi
  4. Reflection Question: To what extent can issues such as civil rights be addressed through cultural change (Jackie Robinson) vs. government action (Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act)?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement Reading
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Today's Agenda

4/17/2019

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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: What did Civil Rights leaders hope to accomplish during Freedom Summer?
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the political party of the current President? 
    1. Democratic
    2. Libertarian
    3. Progressive
    4. ​Republican
  3. Guided Instruction: Murder in Mississippi
  4. Reflection Question: To what extent can issues such as civil rights be addressed through cultural change (Jackie Robinson) vs. government action (Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act)?

Homework: The Civil Rights Movement Reading
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