Class Agenda 4/30

1.  Bellringer:  In 3 words or less...describe your reaction to watching "The Untold Story of Emmett
Louis Till."
2.  Answer the question:   Why was Emmett Till so important to the Civil Rights Era? 
3.  Design a tombstone to honor  Emmett Till.  Choose one of the following options:

• Include an epitaph (definition - a concise phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died).  Your epitaph MUST be 30 words or less...4 sentence max...AND MUST relate to the question in #2 above.  
• Compose a poem, haiku, or cinquain...AND, be sure to relate it to question #2 above.

HW - finish your tombstone

Class Agenda 4/29

1.  Bellringer:  Essential Question:  Why was Emmett Till so important to the Civil Rights Era?
2.  Complete "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till"

HW -
       - Optional:  Bring "Four Perfect Pebbles" to Mr. Law (if you ordered it)
       - Write a paragraph - Why would you like to share lunch with our guest speaker?

Class Agenda 4/28: The Civil Rights Era

1.  Bellringer:  What rights are we guaranteed by our Constitution?  Bridge discussion to the Civil Rights Era and segregation.  Rights were NOT guaranteed to our African-American citizens...

2.  Civil Rights Case Study:  Emmett Till.  Why was Emmett Till so important to the Civil Rights Era? 

HW -

Class Agenda 4/17

1.  Bellringer:  Review old Quizzes...get stuff back.
2.  FINAL Cold War Quiz
3.  1968 with Tom Brokaw

HW - Enjoy your break!

Class Agenda 4/16

1.  Bellringer:  Cold War Source Analysis.
2.  Complete Source Analysis Paragraph
3.  Critical Friends

HW - QUIZ tomorrow
       - Optional - purchase book!

Class Agenda 4/15

1.  Bellringer:  Nixon's Cold War & Vietnam (clip).  Ping-pong Diplomacy & Detente.  Open to pg. 42...finish Vietnam.
2.  Cold War Around the World (pg. 61)
3.  Russia/Ukraine Crisis:  A New Cold War?

HW - pgs. 62-64
       - QUIZ on THURSDAY
       - Optional - purchase book?

Class Agenda 4/14

NEW SEATS:  FINAL MARKING PERIOD!

1.  Bellringer:  Do the last page of your "Vietnam War Learning Stations" packet.
2.  Vietnam Overview:  Clips & Powerpoint (pg. 42)

HW - Quiz on THURSDAY
       - Optional - order book?

Class Agenda 4/11

1.  Bellringer:  Go to assigned Learning Station
2.  Vietnam Learning Stations (in-class research project)

• Anti-War Movement Clip
• Search & Destroy Clip

3.  Closure:  Do NOT do the last page of the packet (Conclusion).  We will complete that as a bellringer on Monday.

HW -

Class Agenda 4/10

1.  Bellringer:  Review....define domino theory.  Then - With your table partner:  Draw a simple picture of the domino theory.
2.  Group Activity - "The Fall of Saigon" (pgs. 53-58)
3.  Brain-pop:  Vietnam War

HW - none
        - Optional:  order visiting author's book?

Class Agenda 4/9

1.  Bellringer:  Imagine you are Michael Rosenberg (age 10).  Write a letter to your father and mother while they are in prison.  What would you ask them?  What would you tell them about your life since they have been gone?  Base your response on your reading from yesterday.
2.  Review of the Rosenberg Trial (pg. 50)

• Did the American government murder an innocent person(s) due to Cold War hysteria?  Can you create an arguement that Ethel DID deserve the death penalty?  Did NOT deserve it?  

3.  Documentary clips Heir to an Execution/NBC interview with Ivy Meerpol... time permitting.

HW - none

Class Agenda 4/8

1.  Bellringer:  "The Dot Game" - a Cold War simulation.
2.  Movie Clip:  What was McCarthyism?
3.  Notes:  pg. 43-44

HW - pgs. 45-50

Class Agenda 4/7

1.  Bellringer:  Quiz review...did you review your vocab page?
2.  QUIZ:  Cold War (Part I)
3.  The Birth of Rock and Roll

HW -

Class Agenda 4/4

1.  Bellringer:  How are your interests/hobbies/music/likes/dislikes different from your parents or guardians?  Create a "T" chart to contrast.  Introduce concept of generation gap

2.  1950s Culture Story (pgs. 34-39).  Drawing pictures will NOT be a requirement (see packet).

3.  American Culture (clip...Interstate Highway Act, suburbs, new technology)

HW - Cold War (part I) Quiz tomorrow.  Review "Part I" of your packet... Vocab (pgs. 3a-3c)...excluding #12-16, 18-19, 22-23.  

Class Agenda 4/3

1.  Bellringer:  Read pg. 25
2.  Watch the reading of the "Butter Battle Book"...complete pg. 25 (top).  Discuss.
3.  Activity:  Complete pg. 25

HW - Finish pg. 25 (bottom assignment).  Due Monday
       - QUIZ MONDAY:  Cold War (Part I)

Class Agenda 4/2

1.  Bellringer:  Do pgs. 29-31.
2.  Pg. 32
3.  Cuban Missile Crisis (pg. 6)

HW -

Class Agenda 4/1

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 28...bomb drill primary source.  What was the purpose of this document?  Clip.
2.  The Cold War - Ike and JFK (pg. 26-27)...Compare and contrast their approaches to the Cold War
3.  Current Events:  Nuclear weapons in the world today.
4.  Movie Review:  Identify 3 unit vocabulary words in the movie...and draw a simple picture representing one of those vocabulary words.

HW -