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

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... 

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DUE next Monday (May 5th):

READ Civil Rights Era, pp. 5-8

QUESTIONS pp. 3-4

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (May 5th)

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KEEP staying aware... 
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.



DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday  

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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.

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REMEMBER THIS IS A 100 POINT ASSIGNMENT

DUE: Thursday, May 15 (ONLY 3 WEEKS)

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.

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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... 

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DUE next Monday (April 28th):

READ Civil Rights Era, pp. 1-4

QUESTIONS pp. 1-2

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (April 28th)

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KEEP staying aware... 
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.



DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday  

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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.

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DUE: Thursday, May 15

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...
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... 

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DUE next Monday (April 21st):

• READ The U.S. in the Cold War, pp. 5-8
• QUESTIONS pp. 3-4

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (April 21st)

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Stay aware of your world! 
ONE CURRENTS entry is due this week.



DUE: we will do this in class on Thursday  

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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.

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DUE: Thursday, May 15

 


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)

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... 

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DUE next Monday (April 14th):

• READ The U.S. in the Cold War, pp. 1-4
• QUESTIONS pp. 1-2

DEADLINE: due next MONDAY! (April 14th)

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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 

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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.

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DON'T FORGET THE

DUE: Thursday, May 15