4/30 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Quote Analysis…what does this quote mean to you?  "If you told me a child's address in Onondaga County, I could predict with pretty good certainty…what their life outcomes would be."  - Sally Santangelo (2014).  Discuss.
2.  Civil Rights Overview (pg. 29-36)

HW - finish (29-36)
        - Review Packet due tomorrow

4/29 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Look at the bottom of pg. 10…What is the artist's message?  Can any student be successful in ANY public school?  Explain.
2.  Source Analysis:  JFK and Civil Rights (group activity).
3.  Use Post-Standard resource (link) to complete the extension assignment (on your own).

HW - finish Extension
       - Finish Review Packet
       - Four Perfect Pebbles

4/28 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Contrast the visions of Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X (pg. 25).  Use in-class resources.
2.  All of those legislative changes in 1964 and 1965 made segregation is illegal…right?  Watch.  And the "civil rights" issue was completely resolved back in the 1960s…right?  Watch.
3.  Civil Rights after the legislation (bottom pg. 26)

• Clips 4-5
• The significance of the 1968 Olympics (start at 2:30)

HW - Complete Review Packet

       - Four Perfect Pebbles

4/27 Class Agenda

1.  Bellrigner:  Emmett Till Gallery Walk…let's take a few minutes to admire one another's approach to the assignment.
2.  View Civil Rights Highlights Clips (pg. 26)...civil disobedience in action.

• Clip 1
• Clip 2
• Clip 3

3.  Closure:  Based on the footage you saw in the clips...Why do you think TV was so important in the successes of the Civil Rights movement?  How was this similar to what we discussed about the TV and the Vietnam War?  How does Social Media play a similar role today?
4.  Did President Lyndon B. Johnson really change the political landscape forever?  Look at the shift of many of the southern states between 1952 and 1964.

HW - Review Packet
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?
   

4/24 Class Agenda

Today's schedule will be altered due to state exams, and a Student Council presentation.  The remaining class time will be devoted to working on the Final Exam Review Packet.

HW - E.Till due Monday!
       - Review Packet

4/23 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer….Clip.  Summarize:

• Problem?
• Kids Reaction?
• Result?    
• Connect to Martin Luther King, Jr...and define boycott and civil disobedience.

2.  Class Activity:  pg. 21.  View Clip.

HW - E.Till due 4/27
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

4/22 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Watch Brown vs. BOE Brain-pop as a refresher.  What is integration?  
2.  Reading Activity (pg. 13-20).  Do the questions on pg. 20.
3.  Watch "Central High" clip.  Passing laws and Supreme Court decisions did NOT change the hearts and minds of many white southerners.  What happens when integration occurs for young kids?  Case Study:  Ruby Bridges.

HW - E.Till due 4/27
        - Four Perfect Pebbles?  

4/21 Class Agenda

1.  New Marking Period = New Seats!
2.  Finish Emmett Till (Start at 56:00 and finish)
3.  Do pg. 2

HW - Pg. 2 assignment due MONDAY 4/27
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

4/20 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Review from the film:  Who, what, when, where, why?  Why was Emmett Till so important to the Civil Rights Era?  

2.  Emmett Till Case Study, Day 2.  Start at 25:00, and watch through 56:40.  

HW - 

       - Four Perfect Pebbles?  

4/17 Class Agenda

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?  Watch up to 25:08

HW -
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?  

4/16 Class Agenda: Civil Rights Era Unit

1.  Bellringer:  pg. 11-12
2.  Roots of Segregation (pg. 6)

HW -
       - Four Perfect Pebbles book?

4/15 Class Agenda

1.  Cold War:  Quiz (Open Notes)
2.  Four Perfect Pebbles Preview:  Next month, Marion Blumenthal Lazan will be visiting JDMS to share her incredible story of surviving the Holocaust.  If you'd like to purchase her book before she visits, she will be happy to sign your book for you at no cost!  I would recommend ordering a copy as soon as possible on Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com ($5.99).

HW -

4/14 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Nixon's Cold War & Vietnam (clip).  Ping-pong Diplomacy & Detente.
2.  Cold War Around the World (pg. 41)
3.  From Russia With Hope (pg. 42-43)

HW - Finish pg. 42-43
       - Cold War FINAL quiz tomorrow

4/13 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Get your "station" group…
2.  Vietnam Learning Stations:  You will travel to 6 different stations, and complete the Vietnam Station Packet.

HW - Cold War "Quiz" on Wednesday

4/2 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Review classwork…watch Brain-pop to review important themes.
2.  Vietnam War (pg. 38).  Abridged version posted here.

• Watch clip…identify two ways "booby traps" impacted the American military in Vietnam.

HW - enjoy your vacation!

4/1 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  What was the domino theory?
2.  "Fall of Saigon" - do pgs. 36-37
3.  Closure

HW - pg. 39