Thursday

Then we will return to Don't Know Much About History.

Make sure you have turned in these questions

 Read Don't Know Much About History pages 476-496

Answer the following questions:

1) Who killed JFK and what are the theories around the assassination.

2) Discuss who Malcolm X was and how did he become a spokesperson for African-Americans? Who assassinated him?

3) What was Johnson's Great Society?

4) Discuss Nixon's Checkers speech. Why did he give it? How did the public respond?

5) What was the Bay of Pigs?

6) What was the Tonkin Resolution? Why is it important?

7) Why did Nixon lose the 1960 election?

8) Discuss the Feminine Mystique. 

 New Questions

9) Give some milestones of the Vietnam War. Why did the U.S. lose the war? 

10) What where the Wyatts Riots?

11) Discuss the Miranda law.

12) What did Muhammad Ali do in the 1960s to protest Vietnam?

13) Discuss the My Lai Massacre. 

14) What were the Pentagon Papers?

 

Tuesday

  Today we will continue with the documentary on nuclear weapons. Your assignment will be to write a paragraph overview of the main idea - from today - and summarize the events of the film. 

Quiz tomorrow.

Monday

 Read Don't Know Much About History pages 455-476.

Answer the following questions:

1) Who killed JFK and what are the theories around the assassination.

2) Discuss who Malcolm X was and how did he become a spokesperson for African-Americans? Who assassinated him?

3) What was Johnson's Great Society?

4) Discuss Nixon's Checkers speech. Why did he give it? How did the public respond?

5) What was the Bay of Pigs?

6) What was the Tonkin Resolution? Why is it important?

7) Why did Nixon lose the 1960 election?

8) Discuss the Feminine Mystique.

Friday

 You need to do the Edpuzzle assigned.

Thursday

 Today we will continue with the documentary on nuclear weapons. Your assignment will be to write a paragraph overview of the main idea - from today - and summarize the events of the film. 

Also, make sure you know the following - for a quiz on Monday:

Questions to Answer:

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?

What was the Iron Curtain?

What was the Truman Doctrine about?

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.

Discuss the beginning of the space race.

Wednesday

  Wednesday - write a short essay (1/2  to 1-page) in which you compare Eisenhower's Farewell Address with Washington's Farewell Address.  You might have to research what Washington's farewell address was about. Think about the warnings that each gives.  How are they similar?  Different? 

 

 

Tuesday

 Today we are going to look at primary sources. You will need to SOAPSTone two of them after we read them.

1) The Truman Doctrine (go HERE)
2) The Marshall Plan (go HERE)
3) Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Eisenhower's Address go HERE;
4) A statement from "The Association of Manhattan District Scientists" concerning the arms race (GO HERE )

Monday

 Today we will be finishing Don't Know Much About History.

We will also start a documentary on the development of nuclear weapons.

Note, we will be going into the cold war next week. Your assignment with the documentary is write a paragraph about the main idea of the film and give 2-3 details examples of how this idea is developed. 

 Tomorrow we will need to look at a series of primary sources/key developments today:

1) The Truman Doctrine (go HERE)
2) The Marshall Plan (go HERE)
3) Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Eisenhower's Address go HERE;
4) A statement from "The Association of Manhattan District Scientists" concerning the arms race (GO HERE )



 Wednesday - write a short essay (1/2  to 1-page) in which you compare Eisenhower's Farewell Address with Washington's Farewell Address.  You might have to research what Washington's farewell address was about. Think about the warnings that each gives.  How are they similar?  Different? 

 

 

 

Friday

 We need to finish Don't Know Much About History today.

Questions to Answer:

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?

What was the Iron Curtain?

What was the Truman Doctrine about?

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.

Discuss the beginning of the space race.

Thursday

 Today we will read a few pages from Don't Know Much About History and then allow you to work on teh edpuzzle assigned to you.

Wednesday

 

 Today we will continue the Cold War in Don't Know Much About History

Questions to Answer:

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?

What was the Iron Curtain?

What was the Truman Doctrine about?

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.

Discuss the beginning of the space race. 

Tuesday

 

 Today we will begin the Cold War in Don't Know Much About History

Questions to Answer:

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?

What was the Iron Curtain?

What was the Truman Doctrine about?

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.

Discuss the beginning of the space race. 

 

Cold War

 We will be starting the Cold War today. 

Friday

 Test

Thursday

 Today we are going to go over the practice test from yesterday and play a review game.

World War II

 Today I will give you a review/practice test to work on. You can use your books if needed. The test will be on Friday.

Tuesday

 Today we will look at the end of World War II.

Monday

 Today we begin looking at World War II in the Pacific.

 

Things to know for the TEST

1.  What military strategy did FDR favor? Winning Asia or Europe?
2.  What was America's first major challenge when the war began?
3.  What was the reaction of most ethnic groups in America to WWII?
4.  Why were Japanese-Americans placed in concentration camps in WWII?

6.  Why did most women leave the workforce after WWII?
7.  What was the impact of WWII on African-American culture in America?

10.  What happened to the national debt during WWII?
11.  What battle turned the tide of Japanese advancement in the Pacific?
12.  What was the US strategy for the war in the Pacific?
13.  The conquest of which island made air raids over the Japanese mainland possible?
14.  What battle in Europe was the end of Nazi advancement?
15.  Why did the Allies postpone opening a second front until 1944?
16.  What was a criticism of the unconditional surrender policy?
17.  What was the importance of the Postdam?
18.  Who headed the D-Day invasion?
19.  What was the main reason why FDR won election in 1944?

21.  What was the primary reason the United States used the atomic bombs in Japan? 

 

 

Discuss the Battle of Midway.
2) Discuss island-hopping as a strategy
3) What was the Manhattan Project?  Who headed it up?
4) Discuss D-Day.  What was it?
5) Why did the U.S. use atomic weapons on Japan?  What cities were bombed? 
6) Who were the Axis Powers?  Who were the Allied Powers?
7) List and explain three causes of the Depression

8) What was the New Deal?
10) Who were FDR's critics and what did they criticize?
11) What were the Fireside Chats?
12) Discuss the reasons the U.S. entered into World War I
13) Discuss three points of Wilson's 14 points.
15) What were some negative outcomes of World War I
16) Why did the U.S. enter the Spanish-American War?
17) How did the War make the U.S. an imperial power?
18) Discuss Theodore Roosevelt's importance as President.  What did he do?

Friday

 I will give you a few minutes to work on the study questions from yesterday. We will review some more and then move onto a primary source.

 

Thursday

 Today we will review and look at some primary sources.

Wednesday

 We are moving on to the next section in the book.

Tuesday

Today we will play a review game and then finish reading the chapter on American Home Front.