Fri. 4/22 Class Agenda

Period 2 - Report to your assigned class to work on your Math project

Period 3 - Report to your assigned class to take your Civil Rights quiz, and work on ELA assignment(s)

Period 6 - Report to your assigned class to work on Science Review Packet.

Period 8/9 - Talent Show

Thurs. 4/21 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Complete assignment from yesterday...questions 7-8.
2.  Other Civil Rights Groups (pg. 37) - use textbook

HW - Quiz tomorrow
        - Four Perfect Pebbles?

Wed. 4/20 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:  Civil Rights speech (JFK)
3.  Use Post-Standard resource (link) to complete the extension assignment (on your own).

HW - Finish Extension
       - QUIZ on FRIDAY
       - Four Perfect Pebbles

Tues. 4/19 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Complete 5-6 using in-class resources.
2.  Discuss LBJ's "Great Society" - has it helped America?
3.  Civil Rights Today:  Hate Crimes

HW - Quiz Friday

Mon. 4/18 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  All of those changes during the 60s cleared up all the segregation issues, right?  Read article...click here.
2.  Civil Rights...life after the legislation.

• Clips 4 & 5 (pg. 26)
• Power point & James Craig Anderson

HW - 

Fri. 4/15 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  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.
2.  Contrast the visions of Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X (pg. 25).  Use in-class resources to complete the Malcolm X portion of the venn diagram.
3.  Black Power Movement (p.pt)

• The significance of the 1968 Olympics (start at 2:30)

HW -

       - Four Perfect Pebbles

Thurs. 4/14 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Other integration struggles...Jackie Robinson
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?

HW -
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

Wed. 4/13 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  New Seats...New Marking Period.  Emmett Till Gallery Walk...Let's take a moment to check out one another's work.
2.  Case Study:  boycott of school lunch in Connecticut.
3.  Central High Clip (1957)...Ruby Bridges (1960)

HW -
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Tues. 4/12 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Open to pg. 21...and read directions carefully
2.  Complete pg. 21 during class today
3.  Examine pg. 10...what is the artist saying about segregation today?  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain...

HW - Till (pg. 7) due TMRRW!
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

Mon. 4/11 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Complete pgs. 11-12.  Making inferences...question 4.
2.  Integration of schools (pg. 13-20).  Complete questions on pg. 20
3.  Work on Till assignment (pg. 7)

HW - Till due WEDNESDAY
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

Fri. 4/8 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  You thought it couldn't get worse after hearing about the trial...
2.  Roots of Segregation (review) - pg. 9
3.  Watch:  52:00-1:08 (end)
4.  Emmett Till aftermath...then, activity - pg. 7

HW - Till assignment (pg. 7) - DUE WEDNESDAY
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

Thurs. 4/7 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  In one word, summarize your impression of what you saw yesterday.  Any questions regarding the story thus far...let's get those cleared up.
2.  Watch:  The Funeral 30:41 - 52:00

HW -
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Wed. 4/6 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Write a 20 word summary of the Till story (thus far)...
2.  Watch - 15:36 - 30:41 (Till "The Funeral")

HW -
       - Four Perfect Pebbles?

Tues. 4/5 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 16:00

HW -
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Mon. 4/4 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Binder up - Desk cleared
2.  QUIZ:  Cold War Final
3.  Clip - Space program and trip to the moon; Civil Rights intro

HW -

Fri. 4/1 Class Agenda

1.  Bellringer:  Nixon's Cold War & Vietnam (clip).  Ping-pong Diplomacy & Detente.
2.  Cold War Around the World (pg. 44)
3.  From Russia With Hope (pg. 45-46)

HW - Cold War FINAL quiz MONDAY (pg. 4-5; know leaders names; and be able to contrast the 2 power blocs)
       - Source Analysis Paragraph?