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Unit 7 - 1960s America

3/27/2016

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Thursday 5/19/16
Homework:
None
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Daily Activities:
Unit Exam 
Journals and HW packet due today

​Journal Entry:
​None

Wednesday 5/18/16
Homework:
Study for test
Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Review for exam
5/6 Period - Nixon response question (20 min) and exam review

​Journal Entry:
​None

Tuesday 5/17/16
Homework:
2nd Period  - None
Due Wednesday 5/18/16
5/6 Period  - Finish Nixon Web Quest & study for test

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Vietnam Protest - Create a Slogan & Poster Assignment
5/6 Period - All lit

​Journal Entry:

Monday 5/16/16
Homework:
2nd Period - None
5/6 Period - Nixon Web Quest. Answer the questions using the documents included below.  This is a longer assignment, I would start on it tonight and finish it tomorrow. 
  • US v Nixon
  • Smoking Gun 
Due Wednesday 5/18/16


Daily Activities:
Vietnam Protest

​Journal Entry:

Friday 5/13/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Vietnam Protest

Journal Entry:
​None

Thursday 5/12/16
Homework:
Finish My Lai Massacre - see 5/10/16

Daily Activities:
Vietnam Protest

​Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/11/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finish Vietnam, start protest

​Journal Entry:

Tuesday 5/10/16
Homework:
Find 2 war protest songs from the 1960s or 1970s excluding Ohio by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Explain what in the lyrics make the songs anti-war.
Print and bring to class or have a way to read My Lai Massacre

​Due Wednesday 5/11/16
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Daily Activities:
​My Lai Massacre 
1968 Election
The War at home - Start protest and the Living Room War
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Journal Entry:

Monday 5/9/16
Homework:
Finish We Were Soldiers Write up
​Due Tuesday 5/10/16

Daily Activities:
Finish We Were Soldiers (if we haven't yet)

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 5/6/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Chapter 52 the TCI textbook
Due Monday 5/9/16
​
Daily Activities:
We Were Soldiers
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​Journal Entry:

Thursday 5/5/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Chapter 52 the TCI textbook
Due Monday 5/9/16

Daily Activities:
We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers alternative assignment

​Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/4/16
Homework:
Show the opt out form for We Were Soldiers to your parents. 

Read and take notes from Chapter 52 the TCI textbook
Due Monday 5/9/16

Daily Activities:
Jigsawed Vietnam Battles

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 5/3/16
Homework:
Finish Vietnam Battles Jigsaw

Daily Activities:
Work day on jigsaw

Daily Journal Entry:
​None

Monday 5/2/16
Homework:
Start on Vietnam Battles Jigsaw
Due Wednesday 5/5/16

Daily Activities:
Finished discussion of chapter 50/51 questions
Started Vietnam Battles Jigsaw

Daily Journal Entry:
What do you think had a greater impact on US soldiers lack of support by the Vietnamese people or lack of support back home in the US?

Friday 4/29/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Chapter 50/51 questions discussion

Journal Entry:
Hawks and Doves, what are they? What was their argument for escalating the war?

Thursday 4/28/16
Homework:
Finish chapter 50/51 questions

Daily Activities:
Brief work on questions, started going through and clarifying information from chapters 50/51

Journal Entry:
Based on what you know so far why is the United States involved with any conflict in Vietnam?

Wednesday 4/27/16
Homework:
Work on Chapter 50/51 Questions

Daily Activities:
Sub today - Worked on questions

Journal:
​None

Tuesday 4/26/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Tonkin Gulf Incident

Journal:
What is the difference between a controversy and a conspiracy?
How does the Tonkin Gulf Incident fit into that spectrum? (Based on what you know)

Monday 4/25/16
Homework:
Critically read the background section & Conflict in Vietnam section of the Tonkin Gulf Incident, print or have a way to access the article for class on Tuesday.
  • Due Tuesday 4/26/16

Daily Activities:
Introduction to Vietnam

Journal Entry:
What do you know about Vietnam?

Friday 4/22/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from chapter 50 sections 1-4
​Due Monday 4/25/16
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Daily Activities:
Kennedy debates

​Journal Entry:
Was Kennedy killed by a lone gunman or not?

Thursday 4/21/16
Homework:
Finish Kennedy read
​
Daily Activities:
Finish discussion of politics/presidents from the 60s
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Journal Entry:
Explain both the long and short term impacts of the president you researched

Wednesday 4/20/16
Homework:
Work on Kennedy read
​​Daily Activities:
​Presidents of the 1960s 
  • 1960s Presidential research
Due at the end of the period today, Wednesday 4/20/16
​
Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 4/19/16
Homework:
Start Kennedy Read
  • Critically read the following sections, this is a long one so make sure you start it early.
​Due Friday 4/22/16
You will be broken into groups you will need to read the following information...
  • Everyone will read - 
    • Background
    • A suspect Apprehended, and murdered
    • Warren Commission concludes Kennedy was shot by a lone gunman
    • Criticism of Warren's Findings Prompts Congressional
      Investigation
  • Depending on your group read...
    • Either the case for or against that a lone gunman killed Kennedy
    • This is where the groups come into play
  • Be prepared to discuss this case with your group members and the class

Daily Activities:
  • Introduced the unit 
  • Started 1960s politics

Journal Entry:
​How was break?

Monday 4/18/16
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities
Post assessment

Journal Entry;
None

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