20th Century Studies II: 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

Friday, December 16

Agenda:

Discuss/Collect Civil Rights Timelines
Watch segment of "Citizen King" and discuss the protest in Birmingham
Read/discuss "A Letter From Birmingham Jail"

HW: make up work

Thursday, December 15

Agenda:

Discuss/turn in Freedom Rider questions
Civil Rights Protest Timeline (linked)

HW: finish timeline

Wednesday, December 14

Agenda:

Continue with "Freedom Riders"

HW: finish questions on Freedom Riders

Tuesday, December 13

Agenda:

Discuss "Freedom Riders"
Start to view film on "Freedom Riders" (questions and video link available under assignment links)

HW: work on questions

Monday, December 12

Agenda:

Leaders and Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement Power Point (linked)

HW: none

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Friday, December 9

Agenda:

"Demand for Civil Rights" Power Point Lecture/Discussion

HW: none

Thursday, December 8

Agenda:

Finish Civil Rights Questions (gold sheet)

HW: have questions finished for tomorrow

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wednesday, December 7

Agenda:

Finish "The Century: Poisoned Dreams"
Turn in video questions
Civil Rights pre-test (linked)

answer the first ten questions
discuss answers
hold on to the paper so you can answer the other questions

HW: none

Tuesday, December 6

Agenda:

The Century: "Poisoned Dreams"

discuss civil rights
begin viewing
answer questions (linked under "Assignments")

Video link:

Part One (first 15 minutes)

Part Two (second 15 minutes)

Part Three (last 15 minutes)

HW: First half of video questions

Monday, December 5

Agenda:

1950s Test

HW: none

Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 2

Agenda:

1950s clicker review

HW: study for test on Monday

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1

Agenda:

Chapter 20.1/20.2 questions due
Discuss chapter 20 questions
1950s review sheet (test is on Monday)

HW: Start studying for your test. Remember that any review notes you create from the review sheet are extra credit.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30

Agenda:

Truman's Fair Deal Power Point (notes and discussion)
Paragraph on Truman (see the last slide of the power point for instruction)

HW: chapter 20, sections 1 and 2 questions are due tomorrow

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tuesday, November 29

Agenda:

50s Questions: 20.1 & 20.2 (linked)

HW: work on questions (due Thursday)

Monday, November 28, 2011

Monday, November 28

Agenda:

Prezi on the 1950s--discussion and notes (linked below)

1950s Presentation

HW: none

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Friday, November 19

Agenda:

Grade Update/make up work
Finish 1950's Advertising questions
"I Love Lucy"

HW: none

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thursday, November 18

Agenda:

Discuss 50's Advertising
"Leave it to Beaver" episode--discussion of life in the 1950's

HW: make up work is due tomorrow

Wednesday, November 16

Agenda:

Library

Finish LIFE Magazine Assignment
Complete 50's Advertising Questions (linked)

HW: finish questions

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Tuesday, November 15

Agenda:

Library for LIFE Magazine research

HW: none

Monday, November 14

Agenda:

Levittown homes due
20-1 Reading Questions (linked)

HW: questions due

Friday, November 10

Agenda:

"The Postwar Economy" Power Point Lecture
Finish Levittown house (due tomorrow)

HW: finish home design

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Wednesday, November 9

Agenda:

Paper return/grade update
Design your own Levittown house (instructions and graph paper needed)

HW: missing assignments

Tuesday, November 8

Agenda:

Finish "The Century: Happy Days"
Turn in video questions
Discuss "Levittown" houses

HW: none

Monday, November 7

Agenda:

Test Return
"The Century: Happy Days" Video/Questions

HW: none

Friday, November 4

Agenda:

Cold War Test

HW: none

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Thursday, November 3

Agenda:

Test Review Power Point (linked)

HW: study for test!!!

Wednesday, November 2

Agenda:

Finish/discuss Cold War map questions
Cold War test review sheet

descriptions are extra credit on your test

HW: study for test

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Tuesday, November 1

Agenda:

Chapter 19, Section 4 Quiz
Cold War Map Questions

Identify the countries and answer the questions for each of the Cold War maps

Monday, October 31

Agenda:

Continue with Cold War film
Propaganda Posters due
Read pages 657-661 (quiz tomorrow)

HW: read assigned pages--notes can be used on the quiz

Friday, October 28, 2011

Friday, October 27

Agenda:

Work on cold war propaganda posters (due Monday)
Start "Guilty by Suspicion"

HW: finish propaganda poster

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Thursday, October 26

Agenda:

Communism in Latin America, the Middle East, and the arms race (Power Point linked)
Propaganda poster work (due Monday)

HW: none

Wednesday, October 26

Agenda:

Communism in China Power Point Notes (linked)
Propaganda Poster Work (Poster examples linked)

HW: Ideas for poster

Tuesday, October 25

Agenda:

Korean War Power Point
Cold War Map Work

HW: Cold War Map Due Tomorrow

Monday, October 24, 2011

Monday, October 24

Agenda:

Cold War Connections Activity
Cold War Map

HW: Cold War Connections

Friday, October 21, 2011

Friday, October 21

Agenda:

Collect and discuss questions on Korea
View "The Century: Best Years" and answer questions

HW: none

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Thursday, October 20

Agenda:

Stamp Korean War Handouts
The Century: Best Years (questions linked)

HW: none unless Korean War questions are unfinished

Wednesday, October 19

Agenda:

19-2 worksheet due
Korean War Handout (linked)

HW: Korean War Handout due tomorrow

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Tuesday, October 18

Agenda:

Discuss "The Cold War at Home" Power Point (linked)
19-2 Review Worksheet

HW: finish 19-2 Wkst.

Monday, October 17

Agenda:

University Visits for Juniors
Review Cold War and start discussing the Cold War at home

HW: none

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Wednesday, October 12

Agenda:

Cold War Heats Up Power Point Notes (linked)

HW: none

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Tuesday, October 11

Agenda:

Test Return/Grade Update
Finish 19-1 Guided Reading Activity

HW: All missing work due tomorrow by 2:45

Monday, October 10, 2011

Monday, October 10

Agenda:

Paper Return/Grade Update
What is the Cold War?
Chapter 19, Section 1 Reading Guide

HW: make up work

Friday, October 7

Agenda:

WWII Exam

HW: All missing work due next Wednesday (10/12)

Thursday, October 6

Agenda:

Discuss Cartoons, Connections, and WWII Map Questions (turn in)
Test Review

HW: Study

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Wednesday, October 5

Agenda:

Finish Tuesday's Assignments (see yesterday's post)
18-5 Questions (linked today)

HW:

Cartoon Analysis, Connections Puzzle, and WWII Map Questions Due Tomorrow
18-5 Questions Due Friday
Test Friday

Tuesday, October 4

Agenda:

WWII Cartoon Analysis (for each of the four cartoons answer the three questions that go with them)
WWII Connections Puzzle

(choose one item from each of the columns and figure out which terms from the other two columns go with it. Also explain why there is that connection
For example- U-boats, wolfpacks, liberty ships....German submarines traveled in groups and tried to sink American ships that were transporting troops and goods).