June 9th/10th

1. Continued watching Forrest Gump


2. Reviewed for final exam


3. Oral Defeneses


4. A level due next class!

June 7th/8th

4th Period-

• Politics in Recent Years Activity
  


• Began watching Forrest Gump- do viewing guide as watching
  


• B level due today

5th, 7th, and 8th Periods

• Began watching Forrest Gump- do viewing guide
  


• B level due today

June 3rd/6th

4th Period- U.S. in a New World Chart/Map activity (see last post for links)

5th, 7th, and 8th Periods-

• Politics in Recent Years Activity


• Finished working on U.S. in a New World Chart/Map activity


• Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

June 1st/2nd

4th Period-

• Notes- Reagan's Foreign Policy (see last post for link to PowerPoint)


• Activity- George H.W. Bush Main Ideas and Supporting Details


• Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

5th, 7th, and 8th Periods-

• Activity- George H.W. Bush Main Ideas and Supporting Details


• Activity- U.S. in a New World Chart/Map

May 26th/31st

4th period- it was a work day due to the American Lit class guest speaker
5th, 7th, and 8th-

• Notes- Reagan's Foreign Policy


• Worked C levels and completed oral defenses

May 24th/25th

1. Notes- Reagan's Domestic Policy
   


2. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

May 20th/23rd

1. Video Review Activity


2. Reagan Revolution Cause/Effect Activity


3. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

May 18th/19th

1. Video- The Century: America's Time- A New World (Cornell Notes- C Level #15)


2. Discussed video


3. Worked on C levels

May 16th/17th

1. Jigsaw Activity- Roots of the New Conservatism


2. Worked on C Levels and completed oral defenses

May 12th/13th

1. KWL Chart- 1980s and 1990s


2. Activity- Vocab Poster (pick one of the words from the new unit)


3. Handed out and went over new unit- Passage to a New Century (this our last unit of the year)


4. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses.

May 10th/11th

1. Age of Limits unit test


2. A Level task due today


3. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

May 6th/9th

1. Activity- Ford and Carter: Foreign Policy


2. Review for Age of Limits unit test- hand out study guide


3. B level due today

May 4th/5th

1. Watergate Quiz


2. Notes- Ford and Carter: Domestic Issues


3. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

May 2nd/3rd

1. Notes- Nixon and Watergate PowerPoint


2. Activity- "Watergate" acrostic poem (can turn in for a C level)


3. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

April 27th/28th

1. Activity- Watergate Chronology (worked with a partner to put 9 events in the correct order, discussed answers as a class and wrote a chronology of the scandal)


2. Activity- Watergate Cartoons (C Level #9)

April 25th/26th

1. Watched video- Watergate and took Cornell Notes on it (C level #3)


2. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses

This week is the end of the 6 week grading period!

All late work is due by 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28th!!

April 21st/22nd

1. Activity- 4 Square Poster for Chapter 25 Section 2


2. Worked on C levels/oral defenses

April 19th/20th

1. Activity- Nixon's Domestic Policy Main Idea/Supporting Details


2. Worked on C level tasks/oral defenses

April 14th/18th

1. Activity- Age of Limits Vocabulary Poster


2. Began Age of Limits unit packet


3. Picked C levels and began working on them

April 12th/13th

1. Vietnam War Unit Test


2. A Level due today

April 8th/11th

1. Used the SQP2RS strategy to read Chapter 24 Section 3.


2. Handed out the study guide for the Vietnam War test


3. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses


4. B level due today!

April 6th/7th

1. Finished Vietnam War PowerPoint lecture from 3/29-30


2. Worked on C levels/oral defenses

April 4th/5th

1. Formative Assessment quiz- Vietnam War


2. Finished Vietnam War music activity from last class


3. Worked on C levels/oral defenses

March 31st/April 1st

1. Activity- Vietnam War Music


2. Handouts you need- Historic Head, Lyrics 1, Lyrics 2

March 29th/30th

1. Notes- Vietnam War


2. Worked on C levels/oral defenses

March 18th/28th

Activity- Vietnam War Vocabulary- see me for directions

March 16th/17th

Activity- Four Square on Chapter 24 Section 1

March 14th/15th

1. Finished Gulf of Tonkin Resolution activity


2. Met with counselors in library

March 9th/10th

Activity- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: We read several versions of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and then analyzed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution using a document analysis worksheet.

March 7th/8th

1. Activity: The War Unfolds Cause and Effect activity- see me for directions
2. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

All missing work is due by 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 9th!

March 3rd/4th

1. KWL Chart- The Vietnam War
2. Video- CNN's The Cold War: Vietnam
3. Handed out Vietnam Unit
4. Began working on C level tasks

March 1st/2nd

1. Era of Activism unit test
2. A level due today

The end of the 6 weeks is next week, need to get all missing work turned in by Wednesday, March 9th.

February 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 28th

February 23rd- 4th Period/February 28th- 5th, 7th, and 8th periods

1. Activity- Mainstream vs Counterculture
2. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses
3. B day classes received study guide for test on Wednesday 3/2

February 24th/25th

1. Activity- 4 Square: Divided into groups, each group did one of the sections we've covered in the textbook. Presented posters to the class as a review of the unit.
2. Worked on C levels
3. 4th period- received study guide for test on Tuesday 3/1

February 18th/22nd

1. Era of Activism Formative Quiz- points for taking it, not how well you do
2. Activity- Environmental and Consumer Movements (this is #12 of your C levels)
3. Prepared for Mainstream vs. Counterculture Debate- need to read a handout and picked roles
4. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses

February 16th/17th

1. Research- Using the information I provided, found the goals, strategies, leaders/groups, and accomplishments of assigned minority group.
2. Activity- Venn Diagram- In a group of 3, created a 3 circle Venn Diagram comparing 3 of the 3 minority groups. (Can use diagram as a C level if you write a paragraph summarizing the diagram)
3. Discussed the efforts of all 6 groups.
4. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses.

February 14th/15th

1. Reviewed Kennedy's foreign policy
2. Activity- The Women's Mov't Cornell Notes
3. Discussed Women's Liberation Movement
4. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses.

February 10th/11th

1. JFK's Foreign policy
2. Activity- Hot Spots Map- click on link for directions and click on map for the blank map you'll need. This can be used for a C level task.
3. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses.

February 8th/9th

1. Brief introduction to Earl Warren and the Warren Court
2. Activity- working in a group, created a poster about one of the cases from the Warren Court. See last slide in Warren Court PowerPoint for directions. This activity, if done individually, is part of #8 of the C level tasks.
3. Presented posters.
4. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses.

February 4th/7th

1. Introduction to Lyndon Baines Johnson
2. Activity- Great Society Chart: using the 8 informational posters on the different Great Society programs, complete the chart. (This is #4 on your C levels for this unit)
3. Worked on C level tasks- contract due today!

February 2nd/3rd

1. Notes- Kennedy's Presidency
2. Worked on C level tasks- remember your contract is due next class.

February 1st

1. KWL- The 1960s
2. Went over new unit- Era of Activism
3. Contract for unit is due on Friday for 4th period and Monday for 5, 7, and 8 periods.

Finals- January 27th and 28th

1. Final Exam
2. A Level task due

If you are missing anything from the Civil Rights Movement unit you have until 3 p.m. on Friday January 28th to turn it in. You must bring it out to my portable though, don't put it in my mailbox.

January 24th/January 25th

1. Role of music in the Civil Rights Movement- listened to "We Shall Overcome" and talked about why it was the anthem of the movement. Then broke into groups and analyzed a specific song. Groups then shared their song.
2. Activity- Civil Rights Movement timeline: everyone got either a picture or description of an event from the CRM. Found the person who had the matching picture or description. Then partners found out which event they had and when it happened. Finally, as a class we created a human timeline of the events and shared what they were.
3. Discussed the final exam- study guide is available from a post last week. You can have all period, no music until you are finished.
4. B level task due today, A level on the day of your final.

January 20th/January 21st

1. Civil Rights Movement Formative Quiz- this is the one you get points for taking, not how well you do
2. Cornell Note Activity- Black Power- worked on this in groups, can turn in for a C level. The answers to the questions and terms are in Chapter 21 Section 5. For each term you need to not only define it but draw a symbol that represents it.
3. Completed oral defenses.
4. Handed out study guide for final exam- see last post for the link

January 18th/January 19th

1. Activity- Looked at an example of a Literacy Test, attempted to complete it
2. Notes- Civil Rights Protests and the Political Response (you can turn this in for a C level or extra credit)
3. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses. C levels were due today.

Final Exam Study Guide- here is the study guide for the final, you'll get a hard copy next class period

Reminder, all missing work from the 1950s unit is due by this Friday, the 21st, at 3 p.m.!!!!

January 13th/January 14th

1. Activity: Sit-ins- worked in groups to read 4 newspaper articles about the Greensboro sit-ins. Created a chart of the positive and negative information in each article, and then discussed the articles as a class.
2. Read an oral history from Freedom's Children- James Roberson organized the sit-ins in Huntsville, Alabama
3. Discused the strategy of sit-ins, what it must have taken to participate.
4. Worked on C levels and completed oral defenses.

January 11th/January 12th

1. Finished MLK notes from last class
2. Stay and Stray Activity- Shared baseball card of Civil Rights leader
3. Completed Civil Rights Leader Chart
4. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses

January 7th/January 10th

1. Notes- MLK, Jr. and nonviolence (has links to several YouTube videos, including his "I Have a Dream" speech)
2. Civil Rights Leader Baseball Card- we went to the library and researched a specific civil rights leader and you created a baseball card about your assigned leader. Baseball cards are due next class, it will be used to do an activity in class.
3. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses.

January 5th/January 6th

1. Read and discussed an eyewitness account of the first day of school in Little Rock.
2. Activity- worked in groups to complete a chart about the NAACP, National Urban League, CORE, SCLC, and SNCC. For each organization you need to know when it was founded, who it's leaders were, and what the features of the group were.
3. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses.

January 3rd/January 4th

Happy New Year!!

1. Caption This! Activity- wrote a 1-2 sentence caption for the picture, shared with partner and then with the rest of the class.
2. Notes- School Desegregation
3. Brown v. Board of Education decision and the 14th Amendment- read sections and discussed what they meant
4. Worked on C level tasks and completed oral defenses