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Fundamentals of Govt.:
Homework:
Syllabus #1 - Aug. 29-Sept. 21
25 Random Things assignment
Classwork:
Declaration of Independence
Fundamentals of Govt. Powerpoint
Fundamentals of Govt. Powerpoint notes
Bill of Rights - amendments & scenarios
The Industrial Age:
Homework:
Syllabus #2 - Sept. 25-Oct. 13
Indust. &
Immig
. Where Do You Stand?
Industrial Era Philosophies
Assimilation reading & questions
Labor negotiation reflection
The Industrial Era Test Review
Classwork:
Industrialization starter activity
The Rise of Smokestack America Powerpoint
and
notes
Industrial definitions
Immigration intro notes
Assimilation primary source
Life in America Powerpoint
and
notes
Progressive Era Reforms Powerpoint
and
notes
Labor negotiation game
Progressive Era political cartooning
Reconstruction:
Homework:
Realities of Reconstruction Pt. 1 (KKK)
and
Realities of Reconstruction Pt. 2 (Black Codes & Jim Crow)
Fundamentals of Govt. & Reconstruction Review Sheet
Reconstruction Essay
Classwork
:
Intro to Reconstruction & Causes of the Civil War Powerpoint
and
notes
Reconstruction - character descriptions
Problems of Reconstruction chart
The Reconstruction Era: Political, Economic, &
Social Changes Powerpoint and
notes
Sharecropping Game handout
Voting Rights in the Post-Reconstruction South
Progressive Era:
Homework:
Syllabus #3 - Oct. 16-Nov. 3
Modern Day Muckraking Essay
Modern Day Muckraking Essay OUTLINE
Modern Day Muckraking Peer editing form
Modern Muckraking Examples
Election 2018 resources:
Class handout
What are midterm elections?
The U.S. midterms explained
1920s:
Homework:
MA syllabus #4 - Oct. 24-Nov. 9
Flapper reading & questions
1920s test review sheet - 2018
Classwork:
"The Century: Boom to Bust" movie questions
The Economy in the 1920s slideshow
&
notes
Changing Manners & Morals Powerpoint
&
notes
Jazz Age slang
Prohibition Powerpoint
&
notes
The Simpsons: Homer v. the 18th Amendment
The Great Migration & Harlem Renaissance Powerpoint
&
notes
Harlem Renaissance poetry
Backlash to the Roaring '20s slideshow
&
notes
WWII:
Homework:
MA syllabus #6 - Dec. 3-17
Grandma's Wartime Kitchen cookbook
and
Extra Credit assignment
Women in the War Effort Powerpoint
and
notes
WWII review sheet
Classwork:
The Road to WWII Powerpoint
and
notes
Rationing Trivia
Mobilization of the Home Front Powerpoint
and
notes
WWII debate timelines
WWII Debates
Debate supplement
*Atomic bomb sources:
Atomic bomb resources
,
"Horrors of Hiroshima"
,
Was the U.S. Justified?
(read both sides),
Powerpoint
and
"Survivors of the Bomb" accounts
* Japanese internment sources:
Japanese internment resources
,
"Home Was a Horse Stall"
,
Internment Was/Not Justified
(read both sides)
Powerpoint
and
"Kenji" lyrics
Midterm Exam Review Sheet 2018-2019 (also posted in Google Classroom)
Essay Planning -
NOTE: this is for planning
purposes only. Yo
u MUST retype or handwrite your outline following the guidelines in the exam packet
.
1960s:
Homework:
MA syllabus #9 - Feb. 26-March 23
Classwork
:
Domestic Issues of the 1960s Powerpoint
and notes
Louisiana voting test
and
Voting Rights Act
The Times They Are a Changin' movie notes
Comics and Activism project
X-men
Fantastic Four
Black Panther
Luke Cage
Iron Man
Ms. Marvel
Wonder Woman
Daredevil
Capt. Enviro
Quarter 3 Extra Credit - Modern Activism
1970s & 1980s:
Homework
:
Syllabus #11 - April 8-May 3
1970s Where Do You Stand?
1970s & 1980s Test Review Sheet
Classwork
:
Nixon - Where Do You Stand?
Nixon Presidency Powerpoint
and
notes sheet
'70s economic challenges - note sheet
,
stagflation
,
consumerism
,
energy crisis,
economic recession
Presidential Politics in the 1970s Powerpoint
and
notes sheet
"Family Ties" episode analysis
Reagan - Where Do You Stand?
Reagan Era Pow
erpoint
and
notes sheet
Reagan document analysis
Reagan Presidential Assessment
Gender Roles & Stereotypes - quotes
Women's Movement Powerpoint
and
notes sheet
Great Depression:
Homework:
MA syllabus #5 - Nov. 12-21
MA syllabus #6 - Nov. 27-Dec. 22
Where Do You Stand: Great Depression
Human fa
ce of the Great Depression Powerpoint
and
hand
out
Great Depression Test review sheet - 2018
Classwork:
Causes of the Great Depression Powerpoint
and
notes
Trickle down game
What Should Be Done to Cure the Depression?
Hoover v. FDR notes
-
filled in notes
New Deal Powerpoint
and
notes
Depression Era Relief Efforts
Cold War & 1950s:
Homework
:
MA syllabus #7 - Jan. 2-19
MA syllabus #8 - Jan. 28-Feb. 8
Korean War - A Brief History
Atomic Age Pop Culture Project
Homosexuality in the 1950s reading
Feminine Mystique reading & questions
"On Rock & Roll" reading & notes
1950s Essay assignment
and outline form
Classwork
:
Origins of the Cold War Powerpoint
and
notes sheet
"The Fifties: The Fear and the Dream" video notes
1950s America Powerpoint
and
notes
"Leave it to Beaver" norm scavenger hunt
1950s Women Powerpoint
and
notes
Youth Culture and Rebellion Powerpoint
and
notes
Dating, Marriage & Sex in the 1950s notes
Race relations in the years up to Brown
Brown v. Board of Education notes
Eyes on the Prize video notes - Emmett Till/Little Rock notes
1950s essay supplemental resources
"Discovering Sex" reading
(parallels the video watched in class)
"Generation in a Spotlight"
(secondary source on teen life & consumption in the 1950s)
The Other America reading
(secondary source)
The Impact of Emmett Till
(primary source)
"Central High was not a normal environment"
(primary source)
A Neighborhood Vote - racial exclusion in the suburbs
(primary source)
Video sources:
"Boys Beware"
(homosexual scare)
"How to Say Goodnight"
"Asking for a Date"
"Women Know Your Limits"
(BBC)
"Mrs. and Miss. America"
clip
Vietnam War:
Homework:
MA syllabus #10 - March 4-29
Vietnam interview
Brutality of War reading
and
questions
Letter from Ho Chi Minh reading & questions
Lessons of Vietnam essay assignment
and
outline
Vietnam Unit Test Review
and
word splash (review)
Vietnam Essay assignment
Classwork
:
Vietnam - Where Do You Stand? questions
Origins & Early Years in Vietnam Powerpoint
&
notes
The 4 Options
Vietnam, 1965-1968 Powerpoint
&
notes
Values in a Time of War
The Rules of War
Student Protest & the Anti-War Movement Powerpoint
&
notes
The Counterculture & hippie movement notes
The Vietnam War 1968-1973 Powerpoint
&
notes
The War Powers Act
Extra sources for your essay:
Textbook readings (pdf)
Anti-war songs
My Lai
Life
magazine article
Guerrilla war poem
Geneva Convention Laws of War
U.S. Army Field Manual Rules of War
"Napalm Sticks to Kids" poem
"No Crime is a Crime During War" reading
A Soldier in the Quagmire & Conscience and the War - primary sources
"Our Country, Right or Wrong" (defending the Vietnam War) and "No Cause Other than Our Survival" (fighting a different kind of war) - primary sources
The Pentagon Papers
(excerpts)
"Cost of US Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan Will Linger Over 100 Years"
Lessons/comparisons to be drawn from Vietnam
1990s:
Homework:
MA syllabus #14 - May 21 - June 15
1990s Presentations
assignment
'90s and Beyond - Where Do You Stand?
Class work:
Updated Political Spectrum Quiz
Modern Republican vs. Democratic Party notes
The Clinton Era Powerpoint
and
notes
'90s Projects (2019):
Y2K
CGI in '90s films
Video games in the '90s
Columbine
OJ Simpson trial
Dolly the Sheep
Magic Johnson & HIV
'90s tv
'90s hip hop
Hubble telescope
FINAL EXAM REVIEW PACKET 2019
FINAL EXAM ESSAY PLANNER (
PDF version
- Google doc/editable version is in Google Classroom)
Final Exam Details:
When?
Thursday, June 13th, 8AM-11AM
Where?
B461