3/31 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  The Venona Project.
2.  The Rosenberg Trial (pg. 34-35)
3.  Review closure.  Venona project and the Rosenbergs…

• Clip (time permitting):  Heir to an Execution

HW -
       - Are you going away early?  If so…see me!

3/30 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  "Dot" simulation…
2.  Red Scare (Again…) pg. 33
3.  Case Study:  Alger Hiss.  Was he a "dot"…or not???

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3/27 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 3…and try to use as many unit vocabulary words as possible!
2.  QUIZ:  Cold War Part I
3.  Birth of Rock & Roll.  What role did the radio and tv play?  How did this new medium contribute to the generation gap?

HW - Butter Battle Assignment due Monday!

3/26 Class Agenda

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

2.  1950s American Culture clip:  Interstate Highway Act, suburbs, new technology
3.  Powerpoint overview 

HW - TOMORROW - Cold War (part I) Quiz.  Review "Part I" of your packet... Vocab (pgs. 5-6) ...excluding #12-16, 18-19, 22-23.
- TOMORROW - extra credit assignment (article - handout)
- MONDAY - Butter Battle Assignment

3/25 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Read pg. 23
2.  Watch the reading of the "Butter Battle Book"...complete pg. 23 (top).  Discuss.
3.  Activity:  Complete pg. 23

HW - Finish pg. 23 (bottom assignment).  Due MONDAY.
       - QUIZ FRIDAY:  Cold War (Part I)

3/24 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 30
2.  Class Activity:  Pg. 27-29
3.  Cuban Missile Crisis (pg. 13)

• Episode 14
• What is the state of Cuban relations today?  clip.

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3/23 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 26...bomb drill primary source.  What was the purpose of this document?  Clip.
2.  The Cold War - Ike and JFK (pg. 24-25)...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.

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3/19 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 22
2.  Korean War (pg. 19-21).  Review closure questions…

• Brain-pop:  Korean War

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3/18 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What would be the motivation for someone to "run away" from home?  Read pg. 18…what was the motivation for someone to "run away" from communist East Germany?  Bridge into concept:  defect (verb) - 

2.   Berlin Airlift and Berlin Wall (pg. 15-19).  Apply concept:  defect

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3/17 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Complete pg. 9, if not done.  Then do pg. 8.

• Brain-pop:  Communism

2.  Using the Classroom Reading Packet, complete pgs. 10-11.  Review your work with your table partner.

HW -

3/16 Class Agenda: Cold War Unit

1.  Bellringer:  Activity (pg. 12)... UP TO "Soviet Expansion"
2.  What does it mean when someone is acting "cold" to you (or someone is giving you the "cold shoulder?"  How does that make you feel?  Link this concept to the "Cold War"...

3.  Cold War intro (powerpoint).  Pg. 7

HW - pg. 9

3/13 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What are the "5 Keys" at JDMS?
2.  Two Enemies article…complete handout.

HW -

3/12 Class Agenda

1.  TEST:  World War II 

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3/11 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Review…pg. 5, 6, 42.  What are your strengths and weaknesses?
2.  Follow-up:  Robert Bales question on pg. 41.
3.  United Nations (Brain-pop).  How was it an improvement over the League of Nations?

HW - STUDY FOR TEST TOMORROW

3/10 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  In your Classroom Reading Packet, read pg. 51:  Present text-based evidence to support this claim:  The Atomic Bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had devastating effects.
2.  Clip:  Manhattan Project
3.  Analyze Author's Claims:  Should the US have dropped the Atomic Bomb?  Which author makes his case most effectively?

HW - WW2 TEST THURSDAY

3/9 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 33
2.  D-Day clip

• D-Day and the end of World War II in Europe
• Liberation of Concentration Camps:  Viewer Discretion is Advised.  

HW - Do pg. 39-41(Nuremberg Trials)
       - TEST on THURSDAY!  

3/5 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do map analysis on pg. 32.  In your own words, define turning point?  
2.  Turning the Tide (p.pt).  Identify the key turning points of the war.
3.  Class Activity:  D-Day (pg. 31)

• Video Clip:  D-Day

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3/3 - 3/4 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 16
2.  Hitler's Hatred (pg. 17)
3.  Class Video - "The Last Days."  How is this film an outstanding lesson in empathy (one of "The Five Keys" for us at JDMS).

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3/2 Class Agenda

1.  Source Analysis:  World War II (Quiz grade)
2.  Peer Review

HW - pg. 34-35