HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!!!
I'LL MISS YOU...don't get sunburned!
Friday, June 6, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Almost finished...but just not yet...
This week we will continue our analysis of the Cuban Missile Crisis as portrayed in the movie, 13 Days. Oh - and we will have an "assignment" at the end of the week ["BRRRRR It's Cold"]....don't freak out...I think you'll like it!
And just to see how many are still with me - the first 6th grader to tell me who the Soviet Ambassador during the Cuban Missile Crisis will win a prize...no, I'm not telling you what it is yet...answer the question and you'll find out...
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Friday, May 16, 2014
FINAL EXAMS WEEK
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santyana
THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE 100 POINT FINAL EXAM!The STUDY GUIDE can be obtained here.
The 6th grade final will be this Wednesday, May 21st.
REMEMBER - you may recite the Declaration of Independence (either verbally or written), as an optional replacement! YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNERS OF THE DOCUMENT!
If you wish to quote the Declaration, you must see Mr. Johnson on Monday to schedule this without fail!
We will review on Monday - come with your guides filled in (as far as you can)...if you do not come with your STUDY GUIDE worked in, you may not review with the rest of the class. Do your part, the review will do it's part...
YOU HAVE THE TEST IN THE STUDY GUIDE - STUDY IT AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACE THIS PUPPY!!!
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Conservativism and the Obama Phenomena
1980-the Present
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan
Reagan caught everyone off guard.......since the Progressive Movement of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, solidified by FDR's New Deal and LBJ's Great Society, social programs basically began to run the country - and most of every facet of American lives.
Reagan and the Conservative Revolution changed that - or did it?
Soon after the Reagan presidency, the country shifted once again toward a more liberal, socialized approach until...
...the Obama Phenomena.
This week we will end our class discussions with how independent we were in the 18th-19th centuries, only to slowly become more and more dependent in the early 20th century to the present. What does this mean for America today?
What does it mean to you?
The FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE can be obtained here.
The 6th grade final will be on Wednesday, May 21st.
REMEMBER - you may recite the Declaration of Independence (either verbally or written), as an optional replacement! YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNERS OF THE DOCUMENT!
You must arrange this with Mr. Johnson, if you chose to recite the Declaration. You will also not be able to take the other final, if you chose to do the recitation - so make sure.
We will review some this week but the MAIN REVIEW is next Monday and Tuesday - come with your guides filled in (as far as you can)...
DUE next Monday (May 19th):
You heard right....this is the FINAL reading assignment in Mr. Johnson's class. Let the parades begin!!!!
DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (May 19th)
KEEP staying aware...
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.
DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday
The INFOGRAPHIC is due TUESDAY (May 27) - the day of the FIRST DEBATE!
The DEBATE schedule will be in the month of May toward the end of the year.
DON'T FORGET THE
REMEMBER THIS IS A 100 POINT ASSIGNMENT
DUE: THIS THURSDAY, May 15th!
Monday, May 5, 2014
SUBJECT: Vietnam/Watergate 1954-1976
"Well, I'm not a crook....I hereby resign this office of president of the United States."
Richard Nixon
August 9, 1974
August 9, 1974
We will continue analyzing our nation's involvement in a war to avoid the Domino Effect - but as the war escalated under Lyndon B. Johnson, the American people (especially the young men forced to die) changed their viewpoints, quickly seeing Vietnam as an unpopular war. Therefore, they sent a clear message to Washington, electing Richard Nixon.
Nixon had significant accomplishments (including reaching out to China), but he will be forever known by the scandal, Watergate - and he will always be known as the only President who resigned...before facing impeachment.
The end of the twentieth century enters a troublesome time...
TEST this week!
REMEMBER to go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily...
***KNOW UP TO 33 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS FOR THIS TEST***
...first and last name - dates of their administration...
DUE next Monday (May 12th):
DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (May 12th)
KEEP staying aware...
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.
DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday
The INFOGRAPHIC is due TUESDAY (May 27) - the day of the FIRST DEBATE!
The DEBATE schedule will be in the month of May toward the end of the year.
DON'T FORGET THE
REMEMBER THIS IS A 100 POINT ASSIGNMENT
DUE: Thursday, May 15 (ONLY 2 WEEKS)
Friday, April 25, 2014
SUBJECT: Vietnam Era 1954-1976
"If I left [the war in Vietnam] and let the Communists take over South Vietnam, then I would be seen as a coward and my nation would be seen as an appeaser, and we would both find it impossible to accomplish anything for anybody anywhere on the entire globe."
Lyndon B. Johnson
Memoirs, 1971
Memoirs, 1971
The Cold War was in full "heat"...as well as the Civil Rights Movement in America. But across the Pacific, issues that had been boiling since the end of World War II erupted into civil war in South East Asia - Vietnam.
One of those places most Americans had never heard of, Vietnam became a quagmire. Because we were in the United Nations, one of those "entangling alliances" George Washington warned us to avoid about 160 years earlier, we were pulled into a war that has defined a generation.
It was a troublesome time in our history.
It was a violent time.
This week we will analyze the causes for American involvement in Vietnam and the results of that war.
Count on another QUIZ this week!
REMEMBER to go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily...
***KNOW UP TO 33 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS FOR THIS WEEK***
You know the drill...first and last name - dates of their administration...
DUE next Monday (May 5th):
DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (May 5th)
KEEP staying aware...
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.
DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday
The INFOGRAPHIC is due THIS THURSDAY (May 1).
The DEBATE schedule will be in the month of May toward the end of the year.
Click here for the assignment sheet and rubric.
DON'T FORGET THE
REMEMBER THIS IS A 100 POINT ASSIGNMENT
DUE: Thursday, May 15 (ONLY 3 WEEKS)
Thursday, April 24, 2014
The FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE can be obtained here.
We will review later in MAY - but YOU must review/fill in what can first!
The 6th grade final will be on Wednesday, May 21st.
REMEMBER - you may recite the Declaration of Independence (either verbally or written), as an optional replacement! YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNERS OF THE DOCUMENT!
You must arrange this with Mr. Johnson, if you chose to recite the Declaration. You will also not be able to take the other final, if you chose to do the recitation - so make sure.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
CONTINUED
Yup - SBAC testing for MATH is continued this week. So Monday and Wednesday will be regular days - Tuesday and Thursday, not as much....but you are pioneers - you can do it!
SUBJECT: Civil Rights Era 1945-1975
"Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either."
Jesse Owens
The Cold War was in full "heat" and the nation was just learning what it felt like to be free from the struggles of war (WWII and Korea)...only to be embroiled in another "war"...the Civil Rights Movement!
We ended slavery in 1865 with the 13th Amendment.
Our Congress then passed the 14th Amendment, promising to allow any naturalized or born person to be recognized as a citizen of America.
Only to follow up with the 15th Amendment, ensuring any male citizen the right to vote - regardless of color!
Too bad so many still held to archaic prejudices and never ending biases.
The Civil War had ended in 1865.
But it took another hundred years to teach the nation what freeing the slaves meant - universal acceptance of people of different race.
Count on another QUIZ this week!
REMEMBER to go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily...
***KNOW UP TO 33 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS FOR THIS WEEK***
You know the drill...first and last name - dates of their administration...
DUE next Monday (April 28th):
DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (April 28th)
KEEP staying aware...
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.
DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday
The INFOGRAPHIC is due on May Day (May 1).
FOR THIS WEEK - work on your final concept and continue your research.
The DEBATE schedule will be in the month of May toward the end of the year.
Click here for the assignment sheet and rubric.
DON'T FORGET THE
DUE: Thursday, May 15
Saturday, April 12, 2014
This week will be the Smarter-Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing for LANGUAGE ARTS. So Monday and Wednesday will be regular days - Tuesday and Thursday will be a bit mixed up....but you will survive and do just great!
SUBJECT: The Cold War (CONTINUED) 1945-1963
"We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face..."
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of State
BRINKMANSHIP...Secretary of State
The practice of pushing a diplomatic situation to the very "brink" of disaster (even war) to force your opponent to agree to your position or belief.
Dangerous? Maybe.
But it worked.
The Cold War was a dangerous time - and yet a time of great achievement (landing on the moon, for instance), in technology (telecommunications, electronics, power, even the computer), as well as prosperity (during the Reagan years). We will continue our discussion on the Cold War era and the events that corresponded.
Count on a QUIZ this week!
REMEMBER to go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily...
***KNOW UP TO 28 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS FOR THIS WEEK***
YUP!...first and last name as well as the dates of their administration...
DUE next Monday (April 21st):
DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (April 21st)
Stay aware of your world!
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.
DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday
CURRENTS now have a real purpose - you will not only be DEBATING a topic drawn from the class CURRENTS assignments, but also producing a table team INFOGRAPHIC, to help you research and prepare for your debates.
The INFOGRAPHIC will be due on May Day (May 1).
FOR THIS WEEK - thesis statement and outline - Due Thursday, April 17
The DEBATE schedule will be in the month of May toward the end of the year.
Click here for the assignment sheet and rubric.
DON'T FORGET THE
DUE: Thursday, May 15
Friday, April 4, 2014
SUBJECT: The Cold War 1945-1963
"...the United States has it in its power to increase
enormously the strains under which Soviet policy must
operate, to force upon the Kremlin a far greater degree
of moderation and circumspection than it has had to
observe in recent years, and in this way to promote
tendencies which must eventually find their outlet in
either the breakup or the gradual mellowing of Soviet
power."
George Kennan
The Sources of Soviet Conduct (1947)
The Sources of Soviet Conduct (1947)
World War II was over.
A new "war" began - a clash of cultures and economic world perspectives that lead to the COLD WAR, all shadowed under the ATOMIC, and much more destructive, HYDROGEN BOMB. We will continue analyzing this challenging period of time in our history that reaches to our very present today...
Count on a QUIZ this week!
REMEMBER to go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily...
***START LEARNING UP TO 33 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS!***
YUP!...first and last name as well as the dates of their administration...
DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (April 14th)
You will only be required to provide ONE CURRENTS entry for each week until the end of the year (yeah!).
This is to keep you informed about your world...
DUE: Completed in class each Thursday
CURRENTS now have a real purpose - you will not only be DEBATING a topic drawn from the class CURRENTS assignments, but also producing a table team INFOGRAPHIC, to help you research and prepare for your debates.
The INFOGRAPHIC will be due on May Day (May 1).
The DEBATE schedule will be in the month of May toward the end of the year.
Click here for the assignment sheet and rubric.
DON'T FORGET THE
DUE: Thursday, May 15
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