Spring Assignments & Grades

U.S. History

Lou Sartor--Room C226

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Make-up Assignments

 

 Date

 Days

 Standards

 Class Activiities

 Homework

 January 4/5

WEEK 1

Wed/Thurs

 

US History Performance Standards

GGT ON-LINE PRACTICE TESTS

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.

a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the meatpacking industry.

b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of women in reform movements.

c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence of the NAACP.

d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.

e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative, recall, and referendum; direct election of senators; reform of labor laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.

f. Describe the conservation movement  and the development of national parks and forests; include the role of Theodore Roosevelt

SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.

a. Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and anti-Asian immigration sentiment on the west coast.

b. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over American expansionism.

c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal.

 

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Fall Assignments

Welcome Back Students!

Discuss Spring Semester Activities

Lecture Notes: SSUSH 13

Video Questions: America's Time--1900-1914

The Progressive Era

 

Read Chapter 17 Summary

and

"The Progressive Era" crossword

 January 6/9

 Fri/Mon

 

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. 

SSUSH14 The student will explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.

 

Lecture Notes: SSUSH 14

Discuss video questions: America's Time--1900-1914

Prepare for Presentations of SSUSH 13 and 14

Atlanta Race Riot of 1906

 Read Read "What We Work For Now"

 January 10/11

WEEK 2

 Tues/Wed

 

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. 

SSUSH14 The student will explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.

Audio: Ida--A Sword Against the Lions

 Student Presentations: SSUSH 13 and 14, pt 1

Video Questions Theodore Roosevelt

Read Chapter 18 Summary

and

"Ida B. Wells and Her Fight Against Discrimination and Lynching"

 January 12/13

 Thurs/Fri

 

 SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. 

SSUSH14 The student will explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.

Audio: Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life

Student Presentations: SSUSH 13 and 14, pt 2

Discuss Theodore Roosevelt questions

Discuss "Progressive Era" crossword

Theodore Roosevelt Biography

Theodore Roosevelt Timeline

The Spanish American War

Read  "The Atlanta Race Riot 100 Years Later"

and

America Claims an Empire
 January 16

 Monday

 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday
   

 January 17/18

WEEK 3

 Tues/Wed

 

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. 

SSUSH14 The student will explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.

 

Complete Student Presentations: SSUSH 13 and 14

Video Questions: W.E.B. DuBois

 
The Struggle for Civil Rights

January 19/20

 

Thurs/Fri

 

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. 

SSUSH14 The student will explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.

Audio: Stephen Kinzer discusses his book, "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq"

 

 

 

Pictures: Leo Frank, Mary Phagan and Leo Frank

Discuss Chart: The Progressive Movement, Map: Election of 1912, Map: Women's Suffrage, Graph: Foreign Born Population 1880-1910, Chart: Third Parties 1880-1984, Graph: Child Labor 1890-1930, Timeline: 1900-1933; Map: The American Empire, Graphic: Panama Canal Locks, Map: Panama Canal Zone, Chart: US Policies for Overseas Expansion, Chart: Causes & Effects of Overseas Expansion, Maps: Spanish-American War, The Hawaii Apology and Timeline: 1893-1917

Leo Frank

Discuss "America Claims an Empire" crossword

Quiz: The Progressive Era and American Expansionism

 

Discontent and Reform

Read  "The Lynching of Leo Frank"

January 23/24

 

WEEK 4

 

Mon/Tues

 

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. 

SSUSH14 The student will explain America's evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.

Audio: First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Nation a World Power

 

 

 

 

 

Review for Test: SSUSH 13 and 14

 

Test: Progressive Era and American Expansionism

 

 

 

YouTube Video: A People's History of American Empire

 

Read Chapter 19 Summary

 

January 25/26

 Wed/Thurs

 

SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with reference to unrestricted submarine warfare.

b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, as reflected by the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.

c. Explain Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations.

d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, establishing woman suffrage.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

a. Explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.

b. Identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile.

c. Describe the impact of radio and the movies.

d. Describe modern forms of cultural expression; include Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley.

Audio: 1912--Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Eugene Debs--The Election That Changed the Country

 SSUSH 15 Lecture Notes

SSUSH 15 and 16 Assigned Terms for Presentations

Video Questions: Woodrow Wilson

 

World War One documents

Trenches on the Web

World War One Links

 

 

January 27/30

WEEK 4 

 

Fri/Mon

 
SSUSH15
The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16
The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

 

Discuss Woodrow Wilson video questions

SSUSH 15 and 16 Student Presentations, pt 1

Discuss World War One Events

 

 

 Read Chapter 19 Summary

January 31/1

 

Tues/Wed

SSUSH15
The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16
The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

 

SSUSH 15 and 16 Student Presentations, pt 2

Discuss World War One crossword

Review Fall Semester SSUSH Standards

Chapter 20 Summary

February 2/3

 

 

 Thurs/Fri

SSUSH15
The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16
The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

Audio: Cameron McWhirter describes the events of the Red Summer of 1919

Lecture Notes: SSUSH 16 

SSUSH 15 and 16 Student Presentations, pt 3

Chapter 20 Summary

"Roaring Twenties" crossword

February 6/7

Week 5

 Mon/Tues

SSUSH15
The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16
The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

Discuss Shell Shock video questions

Video Questions: America's Time: The 1920s

Read Chapter 21 Summary

 

February 8/9

Wed/Thurs

SSUSH15
The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

 

February 10/13

 

 

Fri/Mon

 

SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

 

 
Discuss Portraits: Sacco & Vanzetti, A. Mitchell Palmer, Lenin, Stalin, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan, Marcus Garvey, Henry Ford, Al Capone, Al Smith, Margaret Sanger, Jane Addams; Picture: Versailles Palace, Cartoon: Ammunition for Sale, Cartoon: Anarchist Immigrants, Graphic: Woodrow Wilson and League of Nations, Document: Schenck v. U.S.; Cartoon: Revisionist Historians, Map: Great Migration, Graphic: Urban-Suburban Growth 1920-1970, Graphic: Atlanta Trolley Car, Graphic: Consumer Spending 1920-1929, Graphic: Net Farm Income 1919-1929, Graphic: Ford Assembly Line, Graphic: Foreign Policy in the 1920s, Graphic: Prohibition Era, Map: 1928 Election, Graphic: Becoming a Citizen

Quiz: World War One and the 1920s

 
War, Prosperity and Depression

Read "Margaret Sanger: Warrior for Women's Rights"

and

Prepare for Test

 

February 14/15

Week 6

 Tues/Wed

SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with reference to unrestricted submarine warfare.

b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, as reflected by the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.

c. Explain Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations.

d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, establishing woman suffrage.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

a. Explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.

b. Identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile.

c. Describe the impact of radio and the movies.

d. Describe modern forms of cultural expression; include Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley.

 

Review for Test

Test: SSUSH 15 and 16

 

 

EOCT Review #2: The 1780s & The Federalist Era

February 16/21

 

 

Thurs/Tues

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

a. Describe the causes, including overproduction, underconsumption, and stock market speculation that led to
the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
b. Explain the impact of the drought in the creation of the Dust Bowl.
c. Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in developments such as Hoovervilles.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

a. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the environment.
b. Explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism.
c. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.
d. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women's activism.
e. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt's domestic and international leadership; include the role of Huey Long, the "court packing bill," and the Neutrality Act.

 

Lecture Notes SSUSH 17

 

Read Chapter 22 Summary

"Five Men at Odds with FDR"

 

February 17/20

 Fri/Mon

 

 

 

President's Holiday Break

GGT Practice Test
 

 

February 22/23

 

WEEK 7

Wed/Thurs

 

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

a. Describe the causes, including overproduction, underconsumption, and stock market speculation that led to
the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
b. Explain the impact of the drought in the creation of the Dust Bowl.
c. Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in developments such as Hoovervilles.


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SUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

a. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the environment.
b. Explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism.
c. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.
d. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women's activism.
e. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt's domestic and international leadership; include the role of Huey Long, the "court packing bill," and the Neutrality Act.

Audio: Michael Hiltzik discusses the New Deal

 

 

 

 

Read Chapter 22 Summary

 

March 3/4

 Thurs/Fri

 

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

Audio: Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 

Lecture Notes SSUSH 17.c. and 18.a.b.c.

Discuss Video Questions

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Great Depression

Chapter 23 Summary

"New Deal Policies Forged with Common Folk in Mind"

Chart: New Deal Agencies

 March 7/8

 

WEEK 8

Mon/Tues

 

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

 

Lecture Notes SSUSH 18.d.e.

 

Video Questions: The Great Depression: To Be Somebody

Read "FDR: History Sees Greatness and Tragic Errors"

 

Essay:

"How to Get Through a (1930s) Depression and Enjoy Life"

 

March 9/10

Wed/Thurs

 

 SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

 

GGT Practice Test #3

"The Legacy of FDR: Pervasive Government"

March 11/14

 

WEEK 9

Fri/Mon

 

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

  

 

Discuss Chart: Causes and Effects of the Great Depression, Graph: US Economic Indicators 1929-1939, Map: Election of 1932, Painting: "Transients Cooking Their Meal," Chart: Causes and Effects of the New Deal, Graph: Labor Union Membership 1930-1990, Map: Tennessee Valley Authority, Cartoon: "Old Reliable!" and Timeline: 1931-1959

Discuss Video Questions

 

The New Deal and World War Two

 

Prepare for Chapters 22 & 23 Test

March 15/16

WEEK 10

Tues/Wed

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

a. Describe the causes, including overproduction, underconsumption, and stock market speculation that led to
the
stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
b. Explain the impact of the drought in the creation of the
Dust Bowl.
c. Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in developments such as
Hoovervilles.


SSUSH18 The student will describe
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

a. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the environment.
b. Explain the
Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism.
c. Explain the passage of the
Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.
d. Identify
Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women's activism.
e. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt's domestic and international leadership; include the role of
Huey Long, the "court packing bill," and the Neutrality Act.

 

Review for Test: Jeopardy Game

Discuss "Great Depression & New Deal" puzzle

Test: Chapters 22 & 23 (Great Depression and New Deal)

Chapter 25 Summary

 

March 17/18

 

Thurs/Fri

 

SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

a. Explain A. Philip Randolph's proposed march on Washington, D.C., and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's response.

b. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese- Americans, German-Americans, and Italian-Americans.

c. Explain major events; include the lend-lease program, the Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin.

d. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries.

e. Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic bomb.

 

SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.

a. Describe the creation of the Marshall Plan, U.S. commitment to Europe, the Truman Doctrine, and the origins and implications of the containment policy.

b. Explain the impact of the new communist regime in China and the outbreak of the Korean War and how these events contributed to the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

c. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis.

d. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive, and growing opposition to the war.

SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970.

a. Describe the baby boom and its impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the
presidential
debates(Kennedy/Nixon,1960)
and news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement.

c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life; include the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone.

d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower's actions.

 

 

 

 

GGT Powerpoint Review #1

GGT Powerpoint Review #2

GGT Powerpoint Review #3

Read

"50th Anniversary of D-Day"

 

March 21-24

 Mon-Thurs

GGT Testing

 

GGT Testing

Read "Remembering the War that Reshaped the Woirld"

March 25/28

 Fri/Mon

 
SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.

Audio: Arthur Herman discusses the legacy of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

 

Lecture Notes 19.a.b.c.d.e.

Discuss American Involvement in WW2

Video: America's Time: Homefront in WW2

Audio: Harry S. Truman: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

Read Chapter 25 Summary

WW2 puzzle

"WW2 Taught a Lesson on Preparedness"

 

March 29/30

WEEK 11

 Tues/Wed

SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

 

SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.

 

 

 

Discuss WW2 Homefront Video Questions

 

Video: America's Time: The Cold War

Read Chapter 26 Summary

and "The Cold War" Puzzle

"The War that Changed the World"

 

March 31/1

Thurs/Fri

 

SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the United States, 1945-1975.

a. Describe the baby boom and its impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.

b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement.

c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life; include the development of the personal computer and the expanded use of air conditioning.

d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.

b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.

c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.

d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech.

e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.

b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; include the impact on civil rights legislation.

c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society; include the establishment of Medicare.

d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968; include the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention.

 

Groups: Cold War puzzle

Discuss Video Questions: America's Time: The Cold War

Discuss WW2 puzzle

 

Rubric for Project Essay

Read Chapter 27 Summary

"WW2 Gave Rise to a Can-Do Generation"

 April 4-9

  Mon-Fri

-

 Spring Break

 -

April 11/12

WEEK 13 

 Mon/Tues

SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the United States, 1945-1975.

a. Describe the baby boom and its impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.

b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement.

c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life; include the development of the personal computer and the expanded use of air conditioning.

d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.

b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.

c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.

d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech.

e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.

b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; include the impact on civil rights legislation.

c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society; include the establishment of Medicare.

d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968; include the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

a. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics; include sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.

b. Describe the National Organization for Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.

c. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.

d. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.

e. Explain the importance of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the resulting developments; include Earth Day, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the modern environmental movement.

f. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss Map: Europe After WW2, Chart: Causes and Effects of the Cold War, Map: NATO in the Cold War, Map: Berlin Airlift, Map: 1948 Election, Timeline: 1945-1960, Map: Cold War in the 1950s, Map: Korean War 1950-1953, Chart: The Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Diagram: United Nations, Chart: Comparative Economic System, Timeline 1954-1991, Map: The Cold War Ends

 

Video: America's Time: Eisenhower Years

 

Audioclip: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Read "Josesph McCarthy: Reexaming the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator"

April 13/14

 

Wed/Thurs

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

 

 

Discuss Video Questions

Discuss Cold War puzzle

The Civil Rights Era

Video Questions: The 1960's, JFK Years

 

Read Chapter 28 Summary

April 15/18

 Fri/Mon

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

 

Discuss Video Questions

Video Questions: America's Time: The 1960's, LBJ Years

Read Chapter 29 Summary

Read "Silent Spring Launched a Movement"

"The 1960's" Puzzle

April 19/20

 Tues/Wed

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

 

Groups: Prepare Reports from SSUSH Standards

Prepare for History EOCT

April 21/22

 Thurs/Fri

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

Group Reports: SSUSH Standards

Prepare for History EOCT

EOCT Practice Test

April 25/26

 WEEK 16 

Mon/Tues

(Monday is Language Arts EOCT)

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

EOCT review (3A, 3B & 4B)

EOCT PPT #1

EOCT PPT #2

 April 27

 Wednesday

 SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 EOCT in US History

3A--discuss exam
 

April 28/29

 

Thurs/Fri

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

a. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.

b. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights; include such decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action.

c. Explain the Carter administration’s efforts in the Middle East; include the Camp David Accords, his response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and the Iranian hostage crisis.

d. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagan’s presidency; include Reaganomics, the Iran-contra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

e. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton; include the North American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment and acquittal.

Video: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Discuss Video Questions

May 2/3

WEEK 17

Mon/Tues

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 

Groups: 1960s puzzle

Video Questions: The 1970's, the Nixon Years

Chapter 30 Summary

Read "The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall"

 

 

Audio: Tomika Brown-Nagin discusses Atlanta's Civil Rights History at UGA (2011)

May 4/5

Wed/Thurs

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968

 

 

 

Discuss 1960s puzzle

 

Video Questions: Frontline America: Vietnam War and the Oppostion

 

Audioclip: Nixon Land

 

Chapter 32 Summary

 

Read "Betty Friedan Ignited Feminist Cause"

"The 1970's" Puzzle

May 6/9

 

 Fri/Mon

 

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 

 

Groups: 1970s puzzle

Discuss Key Events of the Civil Rights Movement

Discuss Key Events of the Vietnam War

 

 

 

Read Chapter 33 Summary

 May 10/11

 

 Tues/Wed

 SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968

 

Makeup Assignments: Compass Learning

Discuss The Watergate Scandal

Discuss Nixon video questions

Video Questions: The 1970's, the Carter Years

Read "50 Products That Changed American Life" and "Historians Pick America's Ten Most Influential Women"

 May 12/13

 

 Thurs/Fri

 

 SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 

Groups: 1980s puzzle

Discuss 1970's Puzzle

Video Questions: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Chapter 33 Objectives

Chapter 33 Summary

Read "Ronald Reagan: The Man Who Knew How to Be President"

"The 1980's" Puzzle

 May 16/17

 Mon/Tues

 

 SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 

 

Discuss Carter & Reagan Video Questions

1980s puzzle due

Discuss Chart: Women's Movement, Graph: Women in Workforce 1950-1995, Graphic: Woodstock Festival, Map: 1960 Election, Map: 1964 Election, Map: 1968 Election, Timeline: 1960-1979, Graphic: Vietnam War Draft, Graph: US Military Forces in Vietnam, Map: Bombing Campaigns in Vietnam, Cartoon: Choices in Vietnam War, Map: The Tet Offensive, Map: The Vietnam War, Graph: African American Education Attainment 1960-1995, Graph: Pres. Nixon's Approval Ratings 1969-1974, Map: OPEC Member Nations, Map: Election of 1972, Map: Election of 1976, Graph: Consumer Price Index 1946-1993, Depreciation of the US Dollar; Graph: Federal Debt & Budget 1945-1995, Map: The Middle East, Chart: The Conservative 1980s, and Timeline 1980-1990

Audio: From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations Since 1776

 Prepare for Final Exam

 May 18/19

 Wed/Thurs

 SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

Discuss "The 1980's" Puzzle

Jeopardy Game:

Round One

Round Two

  Prepare for Final Exam

 May 20/23

 FridayMon

 

 

SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.

SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970.

 SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 Final Exam: Post War America (chapters 25-33)

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 May 24

 Tuesday
 

Make-up Day and GradyFest

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