Class Agenda 3/28

1.  Bellringer:  Top Secret Activity!  pg. 32.  Develop solutions to the crisis in Cuba.

• "Hour of Maximum Danger" movie clip.  How did we avert the Cuban Missile Crisis?  

2.  Cuban Missile Crisis Notes (pg. 6)
3.  Space Race:  Trip to the Moon.

HW - Enjoy your vacation!  Go SU!

Class Agenda 3/27

1.  Bellringer:  Take out a piece of paper and label it "Butter Battle Book" Active Listening Notes.
2.  Watch the reading of the "Butter Battle Book"...and take notes.  This is good practice for the ELAs when we get back from break.

3.  Activity:  Compare an Contrast the Butter Battle Book with what you have learned about the Cold War (pg. 25).  Lastly - write an ending to the book...based on what we know today about the end of the Cold War...how should this ending be re-written?

HW - Read about the Cuba Crisis (pg. 29-30)...and answer the questions at the end.

Class Agenda 3/26

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 28...bomb drill primary source.  What was the purpose of this document?
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 -

Class Agenda 3/25

1.  Bellringer:  Pg. 24...map activity:  Korean War
2.  Korea 1950-53 (pgs. 21-22)
3.  Brain-pop:  Korean War
4.  Current Events:  Are we STILL fighting the Korean War?

HW -

Class Agenda 3/22

1.  Bellringer:  What would be the motivation for someone to "run away" from home?  Bridge into concept:  defect (verb)

2.  Preventing Soviet Expansion (pg. 4-5)

3.   Review "Berlin Crisis (pg. 19-20)."  Bridge into discussion on Berlin Wall (powerpoint).  Apply concept:  defect

HW - 

Class Agenda 3/21

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 14
2.  Make a "T" chart with USA and USSR at the top...then classify the following words/adjectives:  controlled, democracy, command, capitalism, freedom, totalitarian (review from yesterday).
2.  Cold War (pgs. 4-5).

HW - Do pg. 7 (skip last column)

Class Agenda 3/20: The Cold War Unit

1.  Bellringer:  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"...

2.  Cold War intro (powerpoint).  Pg. 8

3.  Intro Activity (pg. 4)... UP TO "Soviet Expansion"

HW - pg. 9-13