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

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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)

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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.

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