May

Monday, April 28
  • Topic: WWII & Cold War review
  • Workshop: Research papers
Wednesday, April 30
  • Reading: Norton 802-806 (review) & 834-837(new)
  • Topic: The Cold War at Home
  • Workshop: ICE prep
Friday, May 2
  • Reading: Norton 815-821
  • Topic: The Cold War Abroad
  • Workshop: In-class essay
    • In what ways did the actions and inaction of the United States during WWII lead to the Cold War?
Tuesday, May 6
  • Reading: Norton 837-840
    • terms: Brown vs. Board of Ed., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Topic: The Civil Rights Era
  • Workshop: research time
Thursday, May 8
  • Reading: Norton 872-877
    • terms: SCLC, Black Panthers, Malcolm X, Civil Rights Act
  • Topic: The Vietnam War
  • Due: Crisis Paper
Monday, May 12
  • Reading: Norton 901-906
  • Topic: Nixon & Watergate
  • Workshop: Berlin Airlift Simulation
    • Adam, Tyler, Lexi 
  • Due: Civil Rights id terms (7 above)
Wednesday, May 14
  • Reading: Norton 913-916
  • Topic: Jimmy Carter & the Iran Hostage Crisis
  • Workshop: Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation
    • Matt, Kaylee, Alex, Angelica  
Friday, May 16
  • Reading: Norton 923-931
  • Topic: Reagonomics
  • Workshop: Gulf of Tonkin Simulation
    • Tristan, Anna, Mat, Grace
    Tuesday, May 20
    • Reading: Norton 957-962
    • Topic: The Clinton Years
    • Workshop: Iran Hostage Simulation
      • Emerson, Diana, TJ 
    • Due: Vietnam War assignment
      • answer the questions distributed in class in the form of:
        • Timeline (include: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Tet Offensive, Vietnamization + at least 3 more events - identify: Ngo Dinh Diem, Ho Chi Minh
        • 2 page essay
        • five paragraph responses to 5 questions
        • other graphic organizer of your choice
    Thursday, May 22
    • Reading: Norton 964(from last paragraph)-969
    • Topic: George Bush, Electoral Politics & the War on Terror
    • Workshop: TBD
    • Due: Nixon, Carter & Reagan GRQs
    Tuesday, May 27
    • Reading: none
    • Topic: Clean-up
    • Workshop: Exam review
    • Due: Review sheet
    Thursday, May 29
    • Exam 4