Well gang,
It looks like the Vietnam Era stretched out a little longer than anticipated. It is such a pivotal and interesting time in our history, and I hated not doing it justice. We will spend this week finishing up the Cold War and looking at the policies and leaders involved in bring it's end.
Agenda Day 6
Outcome(s) I can:
· Describe the end of US involvement and the final outcome in Vietnam
Focus: Review Vietnam part 1- look at photographs
Focus: Three things learned about Vietnam from Webquest
Powerpoint Vietnam part 2/write protest song about war using information gathered
Listen to protest songs while creating or watch the History Rocks :The Seventies
Present songs (if time)
Agenda Day 7
Outcome: I can identify changes in the Communist world that ended the Cold War
Focus Protest Songs/ Legacy of Vietnam Review
Instruct Discovery learning: students will read excerpts about final events in Cold War and create news headlines for each event
Discuss end of Cold War.
Watch Presidents Video Nixon-Regan
Homework: Review Puzzle
Agenda Day 8: Groupwork: Creation of “We didn’t start the fire” replace words for ideas, people, and phrases from the Cold War and
Visual Representation of the Cold War
Perform songs
Have a great week!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Vietnam in one week!
Hello History lovers!
We are moving this week into one of my favorite areas of United States History: The Vietnam Conflict. This era forever transformed how Americans felt about politicians, Presidents, and the media. The levels of protest and challenge to the United States government were unprecedented as many fought to keep relatives out of a war they believed had no merit. Vietnam was just another block in the "wall of containment".
Unit: Cold War
Outcome(s) I can
· Explain the reasons for the origin and escalation of US involvement in Vietnam
· Summarize the social and political impacts of the Vietnam War at home and abroad
Agenda Day 6
Focus (No time)
Instruct: PowerPoint Vietnam conflict
1968 Video
Complete readings packet
Exit question: Describe how Vietnam changed the military, political, and social issues in the United States
Unit: Cold War
Agenda Day 7
Outcome(s) I can:
· Describe the end of US involvement and the final outcome in Vietnam
Focus: Review Vietnam part 1- look at photographs
Instruct: Vietnam part 2
Vietnam Web quest
Using readings provided, write protest song about war using information gathered
Listen to protest songs while creating or watch the History Rocks :The Seventies
Agenda Day 8
Present songs (if time)
End of Cold War
We are moving this week into one of my favorite areas of United States History: The Vietnam Conflict. This era forever transformed how Americans felt about politicians, Presidents, and the media. The levels of protest and challenge to the United States government were unprecedented as many fought to keep relatives out of a war they believed had no merit. Vietnam was just another block in the "wall of containment".
Unit: Cold War
Outcome(s) I can
· Explain the reasons for the origin and escalation of US involvement in Vietnam
· Summarize the social and political impacts of the Vietnam War at home and abroad
Agenda Day 6
Focus (No time)
Instruct: PowerPoint Vietnam conflict
1968 Video
Complete readings packet
Exit question: Describe how Vietnam changed the military, political, and social issues in the United States
Unit: Cold War
Agenda Day 7
Outcome(s) I can:
· Describe the end of US involvement and the final outcome in Vietnam
Focus: Review Vietnam part 1- look at photographs
Instruct: Vietnam part 2
Vietnam Web quest
Using readings provided, write protest song about war using information gathered
Listen to protest songs while creating or watch the History Rocks :The Seventies
Agenda Day 8
Present songs (if time)
End of Cold War
Monday, April 20, 2009
Cold War Days 3-5
Hello history lovers,
This week brings the dreaded state testing to LHS! I will be seeing most of you on Monday and Friday, and A4 will be with me all week. Congratulations! We will be covering the 50's and 60's this week. We look at the political fallout of life in the midst of the Cold War, but we also take a more lighthearted look at the culture, art, and music of the 50's. We will hopefully even have time to complete a space race class competition.
Unit: Cold War
Day: 3 Monday
Outcome(s): Students will understand the culture of the US in the 1950’s. Students
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
• Focus: TCI 1.3 McCarthy experiential exercise (or suburb cartoon)
• Review Cold War, HUAC, and McCarthyism
* Lecture/Discussion of 1950's
• Watch Fifties video (United Streaming or the Century)
• Exit Question: Explain how the US changed politically, socially, and economically in the 1950’s?
Unit: Cold War
Agenda 4/22 Testing: 4th block video
Unit: Cold War
Agenda Day 4 Friday
Students will be able to describe the new military policy of the Kennedy administration and how it fit into the Cold War Policy of Containment
Students will understand the competition between superpowers in the space race
Focus: Kennedy Presidents Video
Instruct: Discuss Kennedy Overview of campaign promises, obstacles
Use TCI 1.4 Handouts
Space Race: Students will separate into teams of two and “build a space shuttle”
Assessment: Answer debriefing questions about space race
Exit question: Were the Kennedy accomplishments during his short time in office creating a successful or failed approach to containment and foreign policy?
Unit: Cold War
Outcome(s) I can
• Explain the reasons for the origin and escalation of US involvement in Vietnam
• Summarize the social and political impacts of the Vietnam War at home and abroad
Agenda Day 5
• Focus (No time)
• Instruct: Powerpoint Vietnam conflict
• Complete packet/webquest
• Exit question: Describe how Vietnam changed the military, political, and social issues in the United States
This week brings the dreaded state testing to LHS! I will be seeing most of you on Monday and Friday, and A4 will be with me all week. Congratulations! We will be covering the 50's and 60's this week. We look at the political fallout of life in the midst of the Cold War, but we also take a more lighthearted look at the culture, art, and music of the 50's. We will hopefully even have time to complete a space race class competition.
Unit: Cold War
Day: 3 Monday
Outcome(s): Students will understand the culture of the US in the 1950’s. Students
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
• Focus: TCI 1.3 McCarthy experiential exercise (or suburb cartoon)
• Review Cold War, HUAC, and McCarthyism
* Lecture/Discussion of 1950's
• Watch Fifties video (United Streaming or the Century)
• Exit Question: Explain how the US changed politically, socially, and economically in the 1950’s?
Unit: Cold War
Agenda 4/22 Testing: 4th block video
Unit: Cold War
Agenda Day 4 Friday
Students will be able to describe the new military policy of the Kennedy administration and how it fit into the Cold War Policy of Containment
Students will understand the competition between superpowers in the space race
Focus: Kennedy Presidents Video
Instruct: Discuss Kennedy Overview of campaign promises, obstacles
Use TCI 1.4 Handouts
Space Race: Students will separate into teams of two and “build a space shuttle”
Assessment: Answer debriefing questions about space race
Exit question: Were the Kennedy accomplishments during his short time in office creating a successful or failed approach to containment and foreign policy?
Unit: Cold War
Outcome(s) I can
• Explain the reasons for the origin and escalation of US involvement in Vietnam
• Summarize the social and political impacts of the Vietnam War at home and abroad
Agenda Day 5
• Focus (No time)
• Instruct: Powerpoint Vietnam conflict
• Complete packet/webquest
• Exit question: Describe how Vietnam changed the military, political, and social issues in the United States
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Cold War Begins
Hello gang,
I hope you had a safe and restful weekend. We have ended our run in World War II, the US arising not only as victors but true superpowers on the world stage. There will be some major "fallout" (no pun intended) from actions taken during the War. We will witness a former ally (USSR) becoming the United States worst enemy for a prolonged period (almost the rest of the century). The Cold War was not a true "war" in the sense that the two rivals never directly fought with one another. Rather it is more like a chess match where the two flex their muscles in terms of technology, political control of world regions, and weapons buildup. It was a terrifying time for many Americans as these rivals gained nuclear capabilities that, if used, would have devastating impacts for the entire world. Yikes!
Day 1 Agenda April 14 ---Cold War
Outcome(s):
By the end of class students will have a better understanding of the origins of the Cold War and the early events that influenced the Cold War era.
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
1)Focus: Small group activity: hand out definition sheet (such as socialism, etc.) Have students write one quote that summarizes the belief or philosophy
2) Origins of Cold War PowerPoint/discussion
3)Hand out TCI 1.2 Slide handouts. Students will read the handout and create a timeline of early events in the cold war. (May be done in groups and presented or individually as time allows)
For each event, do the following:
· Place the event in the appropriate location of the timeline with a label and date(s)
· Write a short paragraph or two to five bullets of important information about the event
· Draw a “thumbs up or thumbs down for the event to indicate whether you think the country or countries involved should be praised or condemned for their actions. Write a short justification statement to accompany each symbol
Example
I think the US should be praised for approving the Marshall Plan because many countries were
relieved from economic hardship and Western Europe was saved from communist aggression
_______1947_____________________________________________________________
*The plan provided 17 billion dollars to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
*The plan was designed to cement American ties to Western Europe. It was also intended to prevent the spread of communism
4)Review the roots of the Cold War
Daily Assessment:
Exit Question: Create a metaphor for the U.S. role in the early Cold War.
The role of the United States in the Cold War was like________________ because
*A police officer on campus * A referee at a basketball game
* A bully on the playground * A gunfighter in the Wild West
Explain why
Unit: Cold War
Day: 2
Outcome(s): By the end of class students will have a better understanding of the origins of the Cold War and the early events that influenced the Cold War era.
Explain how Communists came to power in China and how the US reacted
Summarize the events of the Korean War
Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the United States
1) Focus: Answer skill builder questions 1 and 2 on page 604
2)Instruct/Assess: Review Timeline/ McCarthyism PowerPoint
3)Watch the Presidents video Truman-Eisenhower (or farther if time)
Exit Question: How did the fear of Communism at home and abroad guide American politics in the 1950’s?
Discuss 2 actions taken in response to the communist threat at home or abroad.
Have a great week!
I hope you had a safe and restful weekend. We have ended our run in World War II, the US arising not only as victors but true superpowers on the world stage. There will be some major "fallout" (no pun intended) from actions taken during the War. We will witness a former ally (USSR) becoming the United States worst enemy for a prolonged period (almost the rest of the century). The Cold War was not a true "war" in the sense that the two rivals never directly fought with one another. Rather it is more like a chess match where the two flex their muscles in terms of technology, political control of world regions, and weapons buildup. It was a terrifying time for many Americans as these rivals gained nuclear capabilities that, if used, would have devastating impacts for the entire world. Yikes!
Day 1 Agenda April 14 ---Cold War
Outcome(s):
By the end of class students will have a better understanding of the origins of the Cold War and the early events that influenced the Cold War era.
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
1)Focus: Small group activity: hand out definition sheet (such as socialism, etc.) Have students write one quote that summarizes the belief or philosophy
2) Origins of Cold War PowerPoint/discussion
3)Hand out TCI 1.2 Slide handouts. Students will read the handout and create a timeline of early events in the cold war. (May be done in groups and presented or individually as time allows)
For each event, do the following:
· Place the event in the appropriate location of the timeline with a label and date(s)
· Write a short paragraph or two to five bullets of important information about the event
· Draw a “thumbs up or thumbs down for the event to indicate whether you think the country or countries involved should be praised or condemned for their actions. Write a short justification statement to accompany each symbol
Example
I think the US should be praised for approving the Marshall Plan because many countries were
relieved from economic hardship and Western Europe was saved from communist aggression
_______1947_____________________________________________________________
*The plan provided 17 billion dollars to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
*The plan was designed to cement American ties to Western Europe. It was also intended to prevent the spread of communism
4)Review the roots of the Cold War
Daily Assessment:
Exit Question: Create a metaphor for the U.S. role in the early Cold War.
The role of the United States in the Cold War was like________________ because
*A police officer on campus * A referee at a basketball game
* A bully on the playground * A gunfighter in the Wild West
Explain why
Unit: Cold War
Day: 2
Outcome(s): By the end of class students will have a better understanding of the origins of the Cold War and the early events that influenced the Cold War era.
Explain how Communists came to power in China and how the US reacted
Summarize the events of the Korean War
Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the United States
1) Focus: Answer skill builder questions 1 and 2 on page 604
2)Instruct/Assess: Review Timeline/ McCarthyism PowerPoint
3)Watch the Presidents video Truman-Eisenhower (or farther if time)
Exit Question: How did the fear of Communism at home and abroad guide American politics in the 1950’s?
Discuss 2 actions taken in response to the communist threat at home or abroad.
Have a great week!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Welcome back gang!
I hope your spring break was restful and you are recharged for a two month wind down of the school year. We are in the latter stages of World War II this week. We will be discussing the development and use of the atomic bomb, and the fall out of these events on future decades. Next week we begin discussing the Cold War.
Day: 6 Monday 4/6
Outcome(s):
Students will understand what the atomic bomb was and what its impact on foreign affairs was.
Students understand the rationale behind the American usage of the atomic bomb during World War II and whether or not it was “just.”
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
-Journal/Focus: Holocaust photograph
- React to the photograph and explain your reaction.
- PowerPoint: “Da’ Bomb”
-TCI 2.2- Assessing the Decision to Build and Use the Bomb
- Group activity and Discussion
-Exit Slip:
- Was the United States decision to drop the atomic bomb justified?
Daily Assessment:
-Journal/Focus
-TCI 2.2 and discussion
-Exit Slip
Day: 7 Wednesday 4/8
Outcome(s):
Students will know the major conferences and events that led to the end of World War II.
Students will know the results (winner and losers) of World War II.
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
-Focus/Journal: Rush’s “Manhattan Project”
-Students will listen to the song and read through the lyrics and discuss what they believe to be the meaning.
-PowerPoint: “Just War”
-Major Conferences Graphic Organizer
-Exit Slip:
-Was World War II a “just war?”
Daily Assessment:
-Focus/Journal
-Major Conferences graphic organizer
-Exit Slip
Day 8: Friday 4/10
Outcome(s):
· Students will know the major players, events and results of World War II.
· Students will understand how World War II affected not only the United States but the world.
Lesson Activities/Resources:
-Brief Review:
-Answer any last minute questions students may have before exam.
-Exam
Daily/Assessment:
-Exam
I hope your spring break was restful and you are recharged for a two month wind down of the school year. We are in the latter stages of World War II this week. We will be discussing the development and use of the atomic bomb, and the fall out of these events on future decades. Next week we begin discussing the Cold War.
Day: 6 Monday 4/6
Outcome(s):
Students will understand what the atomic bomb was and what its impact on foreign affairs was.
Students understand the rationale behind the American usage of the atomic bomb during World War II and whether or not it was “just.”
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
-Journal/Focus: Holocaust photograph
- React to the photograph and explain your reaction.
- PowerPoint: “Da’ Bomb”
-TCI 2.2- Assessing the Decision to Build and Use the Bomb
- Group activity and Discussion
-Exit Slip:
- Was the United States decision to drop the atomic bomb justified?
Daily Assessment:
-Journal/Focus
-TCI 2.2 and discussion
-Exit Slip
Day: 7 Wednesday 4/8
Outcome(s):
Students will know the major conferences and events that led to the end of World War II.
Students will know the results (winner and losers) of World War II.
Lesson Activities/ Resources:
-Focus/Journal: Rush’s “Manhattan Project”
-Students will listen to the song and read through the lyrics and discuss what they believe to be the meaning.
-PowerPoint: “Just War”
-Major Conferences Graphic Organizer
-Exit Slip:
-Was World War II a “just war?”
Daily Assessment:
-Focus/Journal
-Major Conferences graphic organizer
-Exit Slip
Day 8: Friday 4/10
Outcome(s):
· Students will know the major players, events and results of World War II.
· Students will understand how World War II affected not only the United States but the world.
Lesson Activities/Resources:
-Brief Review:
-Answer any last minute questions students may have before exam.
-Exam
Daily/Assessment:
-Exam
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