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US History – Week of 4/29 - 5/3

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 18 An Era of Change.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

How did earlier political and social movements influence the counterculture movement of the 60’s?

Learning Objectives

Topic 18.1 The Counterculture

Objectives: Describe the rise of the counterculture. List the major characteristics of the counter- culture. Evaluate the impact of the counterculture on American values and society.

Topic 18.2 The Women’s Rights Movement

Objectives: Analyze how a movement for women’s rights arose in the 1960s. Explain the goals and tactics of the women’s movement. Assess the impact of the women’s movement on American society.

Topic 18.3 Origins of the LGBTQ Movement

Objectives:  Discuss the origins of the modern American LGBT movement. Develop an understanding of the different communities within the LGBT movement.

Topic 18.4 The Rights Revolution Expands

Objectives: Explain how the Latino population grew after World War I. Analyze the Latino and Native American rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Describe the expansion of rights for consumers and the disabled.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 18.1 The Counterculture
  2. Topic 18.2 The Women’s Rights Movement
  3. Topic 18.3 Origins of the LGBTQ Movement
  4. Topic 18.4 The Rights Revolution Expands

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 17.3 America’s Role Escalates
  2. Topic 17.4 The War Divides America
  3. Topic 17.5 The War’s End and Effects
  4. Topic 17 Quiz

US History – Week of 4/22 - 4/26

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue Topic 17 The Vietnam War Era.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

We often discuss how the American ideals that we champion are sometimes forgotten or dismissed when it doesn’t suit the US interests. What specific incident from this topic highlights the United States’ refusal to support democracy and the right to self-determination in Vietnam?

Learning Objectives

Topic 17.3 America’s Role Escalates

Objectives: Identify the factors that caused President Johnson to increase American troop strength in Vietnam. Assess the nature of the war in Vietnam and the difficulties faced by both sides. Evaluate the effects of low morale on American troops and on the home front.

Topic 17.4 The War Divides America

Objectives: Describe the divisions within American society over the Vietnam War. Analyze the Tet Offensive and the American reaction to it. Summarize the factors that influenced the outcome of the 1968 presidential election.

Topic 17.5 The War’s End and Effects

Objectives: Assess Nixon’s new approach to the war, and explain why protests continued. Explain what led to the Paris Peace Accords and why South Vietnam eventually fell to the communists. Evaluate the impact of the Vietnam War on the United States.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 17.3 America’s Role Escalates
  2. Topic 17.4 The War Divides America
  3. Topic 17.5 The War’s End and Effects

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 17.1 The Cold War and Vietnam
  2. Topic 17.2 The Beginning of the War in Vietnam

US History – Week of 4/15 - 4/19

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 17 The Vietnam War Era.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

We often discuss how the American ideals that we champion are sometimes forgotten or dismissed when it doesn’t suit the US interests. What specific incident from this topic highlights the United States’ refusal to support democracy and the right to self-determination in Vietnam?

Learning Objectives

Topic 17.1 The Cold War and Vietnam

Objectives: Explain the steps Kennedy took to change American foreign policy. Analyze the causes and effects of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Assess the results of the Berlin Crisis and other foreign-policy events of the 1960s.

Topic 17.2 The Beginning of the War in Vietnam

Objectives: Describe the reasons that the United States helped the French fight the Vietnamese. Identify ways in which the United States opposed communism in Southeast Asia. Analyze how the United States increased its involvement in Vietnam.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 17.1 The Cold War and Vietnam
  2. Topic 17.2 The Beginning of the War in Vietnam

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 16.4 Kennedy’s Reforms
  2. Topic 16.5 Reform Under Johnson

US History – Week of 4/8-4/12

Hey Folks!

Welcome back!!!

This week we will finish Topic 16 The Civil Rights Movement and have a quiz on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Many people credit Kennedy for initiating the “moon shot” by inspiring Americans to greater expectations. What current day issue(s) could a “moon shot” speech inspire Americans to accomplish?

Learning Objectives

Topic 16.4 Kennedy’s Reforms

Objectives: Discuss the election of 1960. Evaluate Kennedy’s domestic policies. Assess the impact of the Kennedy assassination.

Topic 16.5 Reform Under Johnson

Objectives: Evaluate Johnson’s policies up to his victory in the 1964 presidential election. Analyze Johnson’s goals and actions as seen in his Great Society programs. Assess the achievements of the Great Society.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 16.4 Kennedy’s Reforms
  2. Topic 16.5 Reform Under Johnson

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 16.3 Successes and Setbacks

US History – Week of 3/18 - 3/22

Hey Folks!

This week we will continue Topic 16 The Civil Rights Movement.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Why did Dr. King speak out against United States' involvement in Vietnam when he risked doing harm to his status as a civil rights movement leader, as well as harming the movement itself?

Learning Objectives

Topic 16.4 Kennedy’s Reforms

Objectives: Discuss the election of 1960. Evaluate Kennedy’s domestic policies. Assess the impact of the Kennedy assassination.

Topic 16.5 Reform Under Johnson

Objectives: Evaluate Johnson’s policies up to his victory in the 1964 presidential election. Analyze Johnson’s goals and actions as seen in his Great Society programs. Assess the achievements of the Great Society.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 16.3 Successes and Setbacks
  2. Topic 16.4 Kennedy’s Reforms
  3. Topic 16.5 Reform Under Johnson

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 16.1 The Civil Rights Movement Strengthens
  2. Topic 16.2 The Movement Surges Forward

US History – Week of 3/11 - 3/15

Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 16 The Civil Rights Movement.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Why did Dr. King speak out against United States' involvement in Vietnam when he risked doing harm to his status as a civil rights movement leader, as well as harming the movement itself?

Learning Objectives

Topic 16.1 The Civil Rights Movement Strengthens

Objectives: Describe efforts to end segregation in the 1940s and 1950s. Explain the importance of Brown v. Board of Education. Describe the controversy over school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. Discuss the Montgomery bus boycott and its impact.

Topic 16.2 The Movement Surges Forward

Objectives: Describe the sit-ins, freedom rides, and the actions of student protests in the early 1960s. Explain how the protests at Birmingham and the March on Washington were linked to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Summarize the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Topic 16.3 Successes and Setbacks

Objectives: Explain the significance of Freedom Summer, the March on Selma, and why violence erupted in some American cities in the 1960s. Compare the goals and methods of African American leaders. Describe the social and economic situation of African Americans by 1975.

“Beyond Vietnam” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Objectives: Use primary sources to analyze the reasons Dr. King spoke out against the war in Vietnam and how this action was received. Place King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech into an historical, social, and political context. Improve analytical and critical thinking skills. Develop strong arguments based on primary source materials. Broaden understanding of King beyond that of just a civil rights movement leader.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 16.1 The Civil Rights Movement Strengthens
  2. Topic 16.2 The Movement Surges Forward
  3. Topic 16.3 Successes and Setbacks
  4. “Beyond Vietnam” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Pleasantville Viewing Questions

US History - Week of 3/4 - 3/6

Hey Folks!

This week we will finish Topic 15 Post War America. 

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

 What are the positive, negative, values, and cultural contributions of the 1950's

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Pleasantville Viewing Questions

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 15.6 Mass Culture in the 1950’s
  2. Topic 15.7 Social Issues of the 1950’s
  3. Topic 15 Quiz

US History - Week of 2/26-3/1

Hey Folks!

This week we will finish Topic 15 Post War America. We will have a quiz on Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

How did American educational priorities change in the years following World War II?

Learning Objectives

Topic 15.6 Mass Culture in the 1950’s

Objectives: Examine the rise of the suburbs and the growth of the interstate highway system. Explain the causes and effects of prosperity in the 1950’s on consumers. Discuss postwar changes in family life. Describe changes in education in the postwar period. Describe the rise of new forms of mass culture.

Topic 15.7 Social Issues of the 1950’s

Objectives: Summarize the arguments made by critics who rejected the culture of the 1950’s. Describe the causes and effects of urban and rural poverty. Explain the problems that many minority groups faced in the postwar era.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 15.6 Mass Culture in the 1950’s
  2. Topic 15.7 Social Issues of the 1950’s
  3. Topic 15 Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 15.4 Cold War Fears at Home
  2. Topic 15.5 Post War Prosperity

US History - Week of 2/20-2/23

Hey Folks!

This week we continue Topic 15 Post War America.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What effect did the 2nd Red Scare have on free speech in the United States? Does the fear of communism create situations where we begin to embrace what we claim to despise?

Learning Objectives

Topic 15.4 Cold War Fears at Home

Objectives: Describe the efforts of President Truman and the House Un-American Activities Committee to fight communism at home. Explain how domestic spy cases intensified fears of communist influence in the US government. Analyze the rise and fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the methods of McCarthyism.

Topic 15.5 Post War Prosperity

Objectives: Describe how the United States made the transformation to a booming peacetime economy. Discuss the growth of the Sunbelt and the effects of migration. Describe the changes in the US economy in the postwar period. Discuss the accomplishments and leadership qualities of Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Topic 15.6 Mass Culture in the 1950’s

Objectives: Examine the rise of the suburbs and the growth of the interstate highway system. Explain the causes and effects of prosperity in the 1950’s on consumers. Discuss postwar changes in family life. Describe changes in education in the postwar period. Describe the rise of new forms of mass culture.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 15.4 Cold War Fears at Home
  2. Topic 15.5 Post War Prosperity
  3. Topic 15.6 Mass Culture in the 1950’s

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War
  2. Topic 15.2 The Korean War
  3. Topic 15.3 The Cold War Intensifies

US History - Week of 2/12-2/15

Hey Folks!

This week we continue Topic 15 Post War America.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Does the US policy of containment and the notion of self-determination align with our beliefs in freedom and democracy?

Learning Objectives

Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War

Objectives: Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the US and USSR unraveled. Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe. Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin.

Topic 15.2 The Korean War

Objectives: Explain how Mao Zedong and the communists gained power in China. Describe the causes and the reasons for US involvement in the Korean War. Identify the long-term effects and outcomes of the Korean War.

Topic 15.3 The Cold War Intensifies

Objectives: Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race between the US and USSR. Explain how Eisenhower’s response to communism differed from that of Truman. Analyze the impact on the US of significant international Cold War conflicts. Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the space race.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War
  2. Topic 15.2 The Korean War
  3. Topic 15.3 The Cold War Intensifies

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II
  2. Topic 14 Quiz
  3. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War

US History - Week of 2/5-2/9

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 14 WWII and take a quiz on Tuesday. Wednesday we will begin Topic 15 Post War America.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Does the US policy of containment and the notion of self-determination align with our beliefs in freedom and democracy?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II

Evaluate the goals that Allied leaders set for the postwar world. Describe the steps that the United States and other nations took toward international cooperation. Explain the impact of WWII on the postwar US.

Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War

Objectives: Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the US and USSR unraveled. Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe. Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin.

Topic 15.2 The Korean War

Objectives: Explain how Mao Zedong and the communists gained power in China. Describe the causes and the reasons for US involvement in the Korean War. Identify the long-term effects and outcomes of the Korean War.

 

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II
  2. Topic 14 Quiz
  3. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War
  4. Topic 15.2 The Korean War

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.7 The Holocaust
  2. Schindler’s List Reflection Questions
  3. Topic 14.6 The Allies Win the War

US History - Week of 1/29 - 2/2

Hey Folks!

This week we continue with Topic 14 WWII and talk more about the Holocaust.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are some of the factors that possibly led to inaction by the United States in dealing with the Holocaust while it was happening?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.7 The Holocaust

Objectives: Trace the roots and progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews. Explain the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of Nazi death camps. Examine how the United States responded to the Holocaust.

Topic 14.6 The Allies Win the War

Objectives: Analyze the planning and impact of the invasion of Normandy. Understand how the Allies achieved final victory in Europe. Explore the reasons president Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan.

Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II

Evaluate the goals that Allied leaders set for the postwar world. Describe the steps that the United States and other nations took toward international cooperation. Explain the impact of WWII on the postwar US.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.7 The Holocaust
  2. Schindler’s List Reflection Questions
  3. Topic 14.6 The Allies Win the War
  4. Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.4 A War on Two Fronts
  2. Topic 14.5 The Home Front

US History - Week of 1/22-1/26

Hey Folks!

This week we continue with Topic 14 WWII and talk about the Holocaust.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are some of the factors that possibly led to inaction by the United States in dealing with the Holocaust while it was happening?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.7 The Holocaust

Objectives: Trace the roots and progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews. Explain the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of Nazi death camps. Examine how the United States responded to the Holocaust.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.7 The Holocaust
  2. Schindler’s List Viewing Questions

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.4 A War on Two Fronts
  2. Topic 14.5 The Home Front

US History - Week of 1/17-1/19

Hey Folks!

This week we continue with Topic 14 WWII and take a look at the war in the European Theater and at home.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Why did Roosevelt support a “Europe First” strategy even though it had been Japan that had attacked the US first in WWII?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.4 A War on Two Fronts

Objectives: Analyze the reason for and impact of the Allies’ “Europe First” strategy. Explain why the battles of Stalingrad and Midway were major turning points in the war. Discuss how the Allies put increasing pressure on the Axis in North Africa and Europe.

Topic 14.5 The Home Front

Objectives: Examine how the need to support the war effort changed American lives. Analyze the effects of the war on civil liberties for Japanese Americans and others. Explain how WWII increased opportunities for women and minorities.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.4 A War on Two Fronts
  2. Topic 14.5 The Home Front

Last Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.1 Rise of Aggressive Dictators
  2. Topic 14.2 America Debates Involvement
  3. Topic 14.3 The United States Enters World War II

US History - Week of 1/8-1/12

Hey Folks!

Welcome back for Semester 2!!

This week we will begin Topic 14 World War II.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What were the reasons the allied countries chose to engage in a policy of appeasement?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.1 Rise of Aggressive Dictators

Objectives: Explain the rise of dictatorships in the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, and Japan in the 1930’s. Summarize the acts of aggression by Italy, Germany, and Japan. Analyze the responses of Britain, France, and the US to the aggressive regimes.

Topic 14.2 America Debates Involvement

Objectives: Understand the course of the early years of WWII in Europe. Describe FDR’s foreign policy in the mid-1930’s and the great debate between interventionists and isolationists. Explain how the US became more involved in the conflict.

Topic 14.3 The United States Enters World War II

Objectives: Explain why Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor, and describe the attack itself. Outline how the United States mobilized for war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Summarize the course of the war in the Pacific through the summer of 1942.

This Week’s Assignments

  1. Topic 14.1 Rise of Aggressive Dictators
  2. Topic 14.2 America Debates Involvement
  3. Topic 14.3 The United States Enters World War II
  4. Pearl Harbor Primary Source Activity