Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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!

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