Friday, October 30, 2009

Friday, October 30th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Activity- Main Ideas/Supporting Details for The Arms Race
  3. Watched newsreel clip about the launch of Sputnik
  4. Discussed Tuesday's upcoming test over the Cold War- handout the study guide.
  5. A level task due today.

Cold War Test Study Guide

Satellite nations

Iron curtain

Cold War

Containment

Blacklist

Marshall Plan

Berlin airlift

NATO

HUAC

Truman Doctrine

Warsaw Pact

Hollywood Ten

Korean War- why, who, outcome

Joseph McCarthy

McCarthyism

Yalta Conference

Truman and communism

Stalin’s fears about Germany

Deterrence

Brinkmanship

Sputnik

U-2 incident

The Rosenbergs

Alger Hiss

Mao Zedong

General Douglas MacArthur

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wednesday, October 28th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Storyline Activity- wrote a story using terms I put up on the board. Read stories out loud.
  3. Read and discussed pgs. 658-660 in the textbook.
  4. Worked on A level task and completed more oral defenses.

Remember A level task is due Friday and test will be Tuesday.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Monday, October 26th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Notes- Conflicts in China and Korea
  3. Worked on B level task- due today!
  4. Completed oral defenses
Remember your A level is due Friday.
Cold War unit test will be Tuesday, November 3rd

Thursday, October 22nd

I was gone today so this is what the sub was supposed to do with you:

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Discussed information about Korea's 20th Century history
  3. Read "Truman's Korean War Statement"
  4. Broke into 2 groups and made a list of reasons why the U.S. entered the war in Korea- one group used Truman's statement and the other the textbook
  5. Compared the lists generated by both groups
  6. Discussed Soviet reaction to Truman's statement
B level is due Monday the 26th and A level is due Friday the 30th. Cold War unit test will be Tuesday, November 3rd.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Video- McCarthy's Downfall
  3. Worked on C level tasks and did oral defenses- due TODAY!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Thursday, October 15th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Dot Activity- simulated the hunt for communists
  3. Political Cartoon analysis of McCarthyism- go to the following website (www.loc.gov/rr/print/herblock/fire.html) and pick one of the cartoons to analyze using the Cartoon Analysis worksheet.
  4. Notebook check- worth points so you need to show it to me
  5. Worked on C level tasks- due on Tuesday the 20th!

Tuesday, October 13th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Notes- The Cold War at Home
  3. Worked on C Level tasks

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Thursday, October 8th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Notes- The Cold War Heats Up
  3. Worked on C level tasks- must start doing oral defenses next time in order to complete them all on time

All missing work from this 6 Week grading period is DUE TODAY!!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Tuesday, October 6th

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Capitalism vs. Communism
  3. Activity: Sources of Discord- see me to get the handouts you need
  4. Worked on C level tasks

Friday, October 2, 2009

Friday, October 2nd

  1. Daily Opener
  2. Notes- The Early Cold War
  3. Worked on C level tasks