Day:

105

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 711-720

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-After a short post war recession the U.S. economy boomed in the 1920s fueled by a explosion of new consumer goods, mass production, improved distribution systems, refined corporate management structures, expanded consumer credit, advertising, and higher wages.  However farmers & some workers did not share this prosperity

-Women lost economic status in the 1920s

-Labor unions weakened with economic prosperity

-Warren Harding was elected for his amiable mediocrity and oversaw a administration rife with scandal

-Republican candidates like Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover believed in limited, pro-business government and conservative social values.

-Despite isolationist tendencies the U.S. pursued global policies that the Republican administrations believed to be in Americas national interests

-Once women gained the vote, their votes splintered having little impact on national politics, slowing the pace of reform

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Review Test

Homework:

optional

&

Flashcards:

 (CAN USE TOMORROW'S CLASS NOTES TO COMPLETE )

-Automobile Culture

-National Conference on Outdoor Education

-Mass Produced Entertainment

-Rise of Celebrity Culture

-Dating

-Flappers

-Harlem Renaissance

-The New Negro

-Literature of the 1920s

Turn in next class:

Day:

106

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Electric appliances changed the lives of women

-The automobile profoundly reshaped American life & culture

-Increased mobility both increased awareness for environmental conservation as American tourists visited wild places and increased stress on these places as the became tourist attractions

-Mass produced entertainment like magazines, books, radio, and movies fostered the standardization of American culture and introduced new viewpoints and ways of behaving like the flappers, opening a larger world to ordinary Americans.

-Millions of affluent Americans embraced the relaxed moral standards popularized in the media, while others remained true to more traditional values

-African American artistic culture blossomed in Harlem and was patronized by both black and white audiences

-The 1920s saw a flowering of literature critical of war, materialism, and social conservativism

-Many writers and artist found the cultural turbulence of the 1920s a creative stimulus

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Slide Show -- Popular Culture and The Arts in the 1920sb

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-National Origins Act

-Mexican Immigration

-Sacco-Vanzetti Trial

-Scopes Trial

-Fundamentalism

-Ku Klux Klan

-Universal Negro Improvement Association

-Prohibition

-Al Capone

Turn in next class:

Day:

107m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Rapid social changes in the 1920s produced a backlash including efforts to preserve America as a "white" nation, strong anti-radical rhetoric, a rise in Protestant Fundamentalism, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan and the Garvey Movement

-Prohibition did reduce alcohol consumption but increased crime contributing to its decline

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Lecture -- Culture of the 1920s

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Election of 1928

-Herbert Hoover

Turn in next class:

Day:

108t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 737-740

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The Hoover presidency tempered the ultra conservativism of the Harding/Coolidge administration with a call for voluntary corporate reform

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Lecture or DBQ practice

SNOW (RAIN) DAY ASSIGNMENT:

Finish yesterday's lecture by listening to the MP3 file while looking at this pdf file

Homework:

&:

&

Flashcards:

-Black Thursday

-Causes of the Great Depression

-Hoover's response to the Depression

-Bonus Army

-American Fiction of the Early Depression

-Election of 1932

Turn in next class:

Day:

109

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 743-749 & Crash Course

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The Prosperity of the 1920s came to an end as systemic problems in the with-in the US economy culminated in a crash of the stock market and widespread bank failures resulting in the Great Depression

-Hoover struggled with the crisis, but his ideological commitment to private initiative and his horror of governmental coercion limited his effectiveness leading to the election of Franklin Roosevelt

-The early years of the Depression produced fiction that exuded disillusionment and despair

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

SNOW (ICE) DAY ASSIGNMENT:

Cartoon

You must draw pictures, it should look like a Garfield like cartoon when you are done.  Be sure to read the book and watch the crash course video before stating.  Email me if you are confused

Homework:

&:

&

Flashcards:

-The New Deal

-Brain Trust

-Eleanor Roosevelt

-Hundred Days

-Fireside Chats

-Dust Bowl

-Anti-New Deal American Liberty League

-Huey Long

Turn in next class:

Day:

110

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-In response to the Depression, FDR proposed an array of emergency measures that became law by large margins.  These measures reflected differing and sometimes contradictory approaches, by they involved three basic goals: industrial recovery though business-government cooperation and pump-priming federal spending, agricultural recovery through crop reduction, and short-term emergency relief funneled through state and local agencies when possible and the federal government when not.

-Roosevelt was wildly popular with the American public but he did face criticism from conservatives and leftists

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

New Deal Poster Project

SNOW (ICE) DAY ASSIGNMENT:

Get started on this, you will have two more days in class to work on it.

Homework:

Boyer: 756-762

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Election of 1936 & the new Democratic coalition

-black cabinet

-Environmentalism during the New Deal

-The Indian Reorganization Act, 1934

Turn in next class:

Day:

111t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-As the spirit of national unity faded around 1935 and Roosevelt faced criticism from the right and left, he abandoned the unity theme and veered left implementing a new series of new measures that favored the poor over big business interests

-The New Deal vastly expanded the role of the Federal Government in American life and redefined the scope of the executive branch

-FDR's democratic party attracted new voters including northern blacks, farmers, union members, and women

-Although the Roosevelts made some symbolic gestures of support and appointed a few blacks and women to government posts, racism and sexism pervaded American society

-The Roosevelt administration focused a level of attention on environmental issues that had not been seen since the Progressive Era

-The West was reshaped by the New Deal

-Government moved away from Dawes Act policy and Indians regained some of their lost land

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

New Deal Poster Project

World War II Research Project Assigned

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Roosevelt's court reform bill

-Roosevelt Recession

-Dorothea Lange

Turn in next class:

Day:

112w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-From 1937 to 1939 Roosevelt's New Deal slowly came to an end because of a renewed economic downturn and a rise of conservative politicians

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

New Deal Poster Project

Homework:

&:

&

Flashcards:

-Social Impact of the Depression

-CIO

-Scottsboro Boys

-repatiados

-Movies of the Depression

-Popular Front

-The Grapes of Wrath, 1939

-Swing

-Regionalism in Depression Era Art and Literature

-Grant Wood

-Folk Art

-Streamlining

-New York World's Fair 1939

-War of the Worlds

Turn in next class:

Day:

113t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-For industrial workers, African Americans, and migrant laborers, the activists climate of the New Deal stimulated movements to resist exploitation and discrimination.  This resistance had mixed results

-Union membership increased dramatically in the 1930s

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

DBQ Workshop

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Prepare for Socratic Seminar, please consider Boyer as you answer.  As always, please annotate

Guiding Questions

1. How would you characterize Schweikart's opinion of president Hoover's response to the Depression?

2. Schweikart argues that FDR's New Deal was designed to "get business" and maintain Democratic control over the longterm.  How well does he support this claim?

3. Is Schweikart calling FDR a socialist, Keynesian, or schizophrenic?

4. Schweikart states that moving the United States off the gold standard was the "single positive action" of the New Deal and implies that nothing built by the WPA and PWA were valuable.  How well does he support these arguments?

5. Schweikart compares Roosevelt to "Boss" Tweed.  Is this a fair comparison?

Day:

114f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Schweikart: 553-575

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-By the end of the 1930's American became more optimistic and nationalistic, this was reflected in popular entertainment, literature, music, art and industrial design.

-The threat of war in Europe and Asia loomed in the last years of the Depression

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Socratic Seminar

Prepare for Socratic Seminar:

Guiding Questions

1. How would you characterize Schweikart's opinion of president Hoover's response to the Depression?

2. Schweikart argues that FDR's New Deal was designed to "get business" and maintain Democratic control over the longterm.  How well does he support this claim?

3. Is Schweikart calling FDR a socialist, Keynesian, or schizophrenic?

4. Schweikart states that moving the United States off the gold standard was the "single positive action" of the New Deal and implies that nothing built by the WPA and PWA were valuable.  How well does he support these arguments?

5. Schweikart compares Roosevelt to "Boss" Tweed.  Is this a fair comparison?

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Good Neighbor Policy

Turn in next class:

Day:

115m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 781-783

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-In the years leading up to World War II, the US backed off direct military intervention in Latin America in favor of economic pressure

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

DBQ Practice

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Neutrality Acts

-Ludlow Amendment

-German Jewish Refugees

Turn in next class:

Day:

116t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 783-786

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-At first Americans were very reluctant to become involved in the conflict in Europe, however by 1938 Roosevelt started a military build up and more Americas realized war was coming closer

-Despite obvious persecution of Jews in Germany, America was reluctant to allow large scale immigration

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Map of Appeasement

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-cash and carry

-Election of 1940

-Selective Service and Training Act

-lend-lease

-The Atlantic Charter

-Convoy System

-Embargo of Japan

-Pearl Harbor

Turn in next class:

Day:

117w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 786-789

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Gradually the United States shifted from total neutrality, to economic and material support for the allies, to defensive support, to a trade embargo on Japan to full scale war after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Quiz: timed multiple Choice

1920-1941

20 questions in 13 minutes

Video: Pearl Harbor

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

These can be done during class lecture tomorrow

-Joint Chiefs of Staff

-Office of Strategic Services

-War Production Board

-The War Manpower Commission

-National War Labor Board

-Office of Price Administration

-James Byrnes

-Office of War Mobilization

-Economic Impact of the War

-Maintenance of Membership Rule

-War Bonds

-Revenue Act of 1942

-Scientific Advances of WW II

-The Manhattan Project

-Office of Censorship

-Office of War Information

-Operation Torch

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

-Operation Overlord

-Douglas MacArthur

-Harry Truman

Turn in next class:

Day:

118t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Federally directed mobilization efforts dramatically increased American's war readiness at a breathtaking pace

-The wartime economy created unprecedented prosperity that redistributed wealth and made America a middle class nation

-As never before, the federal government managed the economy, molded public opinion, funded scientific research, and influenced people's daily lives

-The tide of war slowly changed as America and her allies slowly fought their way to Axis capitals

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Lecture -- Fighting the war

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Prepare for Socratic Seminar

1. Was it possible for Germany and Japan to win World War II with the US involved?

2. Could Roosevelt have avoided war?  Or should he have entered earlier?

3. Schweikart argues that America's corporate leadership & capitalism where the keys to US victory.  How well does he support this claim?

4. How does Schweikart characterize American public opinion concerning the war?

5. Does Schweikart contradict himself in his assessments of the Government's response to the Great Depression and World War II?

Day:

119f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Schweikart: 589-605

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Socratic Seminar on Schweikart

Prepare for Socratic Seminar

1. Was it possible for Germany and Japan to win World War II with the US involved?

2. Could Roosevelt have avoided war?  Or should he have entered earlier?

3. Schweikart argues that America's corporate leadership & capitalism where the keys to US victory.  How well does he support this claim?

4. How does Schweikart characterize American public opinion concerning the war?

5. Does Schweikart contradict himself in his assessments of the Government's response to the Great Depression and World War II?

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Women on the home front

-Women in the military

-Popular Culture during WW II

-African Americans during WW II

-Indians during WW II

-Mexican Americans during WW II

-Veteran's Benevolent Association

-Japanese Internment

Turn in next class:

Day:

120m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 798-806

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The war created unprecedented opportunity for women and African Americans laying the foundation for greater equality in the future.

-The war created a much more dynamic society that both fostered great tolerance and continuing discrimination.  This facilitated movements and organizations advocating for the rights and greater tolerance  of African Americans, American Indians, Mexican Americans, and Homosexuals.

-

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Jigsaw: Impact of the war on African Americans, Indians, Latinos, Homosexuals, and Japanese

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Yalta Conference

-Potsdam Conference

Turn in next class:

Day:

121t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 806-807, 810-812

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-As World War II came to a close tensions between the US and USSR increased.

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Post War Boom

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-The G.I. Bill

-Post World War II Economy

-The Bretton Woods Agreement

Turn in next class:

Day:

122w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 815-820

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The GI Bill fueled the upward mobility of veterans, democratized higher education, spurred the post war economy and fostered the growth of the middle class

-Despite high inflation and labor unrest America's economy prospered after the war

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Junior Advisement

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Truman Doctrine

-Atomic Energy Commission

-National Security Act of 1947

-Marshall Plan

-The Berlin Airlift

-NATO

-H-Bomb

Turn in next class:

Day:

123t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Cold War

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Day:

124f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Project Work Day

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Day:

125m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Project Presentations

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Day:

126t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Project Presentations

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-The Korean War

Turn in next class:

Day:

127w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 828-830

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-An assertive United States eager to protect and expand its influence and power in the world, sought to contain communism and a Soviet Union obsessed with its own security and self-interest.

-During the Korean conflict, Truman's actions enhanced the power of an already powerful presidency and set the precedent for later undeclared wars.  It helped spark and economic boom and added fuel to a second Red Scare.

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Korean War In Documents

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Robert A. Taft

-Taft-Hartley Act

-Race relations in the late 1940s

-Dixiecrats

-The Fair Deal

Turn in next class:

Day:

128t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 830-834

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Truman's attempts at reforms were stifled by an increasingly strong conservative movement, economic prosperity and strong anti-communism rhetoric

-World War II magnified African American awareness of the disparities between the American profession and practice of democracy leading to increasing demands for equality and a southern white backlash

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

lecture

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Truman Era Red Scares

-Joseph McCarthy

-McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act

-Election of 1952

Turn in next class:

Day:

129f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 834-840

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-American fear of global communism spawned anxieties at home fostering a second wave of red scares in the 1940s and 1950s

-Postwar Red Scares, combined with economic prosperity and pent-up demand for consumer goods weakened the appeal for liberal reform and the democratic party

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Red Scares and Hollywood

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Prepare for seminar

1. Where the Red Scares & and anti-communist actions of the 1940's and 1950's justified?

2. Who was responsible for fueling the fear and persecution of communists?

3. Did American foreign policy radicalize the Cuban revolution and drive Castro to the Soviets?

4. Did the military industrial complex fuel the red scare or did the red scare fuel the military industrial complex?

5. Should this period in American history be viewed with admiration or shame?

Other data to consider as you form your opinion for question 5:

Day:

130t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Zinn: 428-442

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Socratic Seminar

Prepare for seminar

1. Where the Red Scares & and anti-communist actions of the 1940's and 1950's justified?

2. Who was responsible for fueling the fear and persecution of communists?

3. Did American foreign policy radicalize the Cuban revolution and drive Castro to the Soviets?

4. Did the military industrial complex fuel the red scare or did the red scare fuel the military industrial complex?

5. Should this period in American history be viewed with admiration or shame?

Homework:

&/or:

&

(Can be done with class notes)

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

-Federal Aid Highway Act, 1956

-Earl Warren

-Brown v. Board of Education, 1954

-Little Rock Nine

-John Foster Dulles

-Proxy Wars

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Day:

131w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Despite attempts by Eisenhower to moderate the Cold War conflict it remained intense during his presidency

-Domestically Eisenhower was a moderate conservative who was open to ideas and legislation from both parties

-Eisenhower's Interstate Highway system transformed America's economy and landscape

-While limited tangible progress was made in the civil rights movement during Eisenhower's presidency, the ground work was laid for major advances in the future.

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

lecture

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Big Business in the 1950s

-Silent Spring

-Suburbia

-Levittown

Turn in next class:

Day:

132t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Industry, business, and agriculture increased in scale and complexity in the 1950s and became more dependent on science and mechanization

-The standard of living for most American's increased in the 1950s

-Technological advances brought environmental degradation and reactions to it in the 1950s

-A variety factors led to the growth of American suburbs which transformed the landscape of America's cities fostered a culture of conformity

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

DBQ

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Baby boomers

-Dr. Benjamin Spock

-Billy Graham

-Television

Turn in next class:

Day:

133f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 860-865

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Mainstream America tended to be politically passive, preoccupied with personal gain, and conformist in the 1950s

-The increase in birthrates and decrease in infant mortality of the 1950s had long term consequences for America

-The ideal of a women's place is in the home resurged in the 1950s however an increasing number of women entered the workforce

-America witnessed a resurgence of religion in the 1950s

-Television transformed America's economy, culture and politics in the 1950s

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Students watch a variety of media from the 1950s and determine if the patterns identified in their textbook are evident in the media

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-White Flight

-Montgomery bus boycott

-Hispanic Americans in 1950s America

Turn in next class:

Day:

134m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 865-869

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-While many Americans prospered in the 1950s, poverty and racial discrimination were rife and dire, and struggles for social justice intensified

-The African American community utilized nonviolent civil disobedience to provoke crises that would force whites to confront their racism

-The legal and illegal immigration of large numbers of Hispanic to America in the 1950s provoked discrimination

-Native Americas remained the poorest minority in America and continued to face government action that weakened the reservation system

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

The Other America -- video clips

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Impact of Sputnik on America

-Rock-n-Roll

-The Blackboard Jungle

-The Beats

Turn in next class:

Day:

135t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 869-872

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Soviet advances in the space race fostered government support for science and education

-Together with the Beats and rock music, this vocal minority of the "silent generation" heralded a youth movement that would explode in the 1960s

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Jumbo Quiz

Truman to Eisenhower

Start lecture on Kennedy and Johnson

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-New Frontier

-Kennedy Presidency

-Clean Air Act

-The Peace Corps

-Cuban Missile Crisis

-Detente

-Ralph Nader

Turn in next class:

Day:

137w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The US was taken to the brink of war over Soviet missiles in Cuba which led to Kennedy improving relations with the Soviets

-The charming Kennedy style created an aura of can do vigor with liberal rhetoric and youthful glamour that obscured an unexceptional domestic record

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Lecture on Kennedy and Johnson

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-The Great Society

-Election of 1964

-Medicaid and Medicare

-National Wilderness Preservation Act

-Gideon v. Wainwright

-Miranda v. Arizona

-Loving v. Virginia

-Katzenbach v. Morgan

-Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

Turn in next class:

Day:

138t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-Johnson's Great Society promoted an active government that worked for a fairer and better life for all Americans

-The Warren court made several decisions that transformed America

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Civil Rights Timeline

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Finish by Day 140

-CORE

-Freedom Ride

-SNCC

-Albany Movement

-Birmingham Campaign, 1963

-Letter from a Birmingham Jail

-March on Washington

-EEOC

-Civil Rights Act of 1964

-Freedom Summer Project

-Democratic National Convention, 1964

-Voting Rights Act, 1965

-SCLC

-Martin Luther King

-Malcolm X

-Nation of Islam

-Race Riots of 1964-1968

-Black Power

-Black Panther Party

Turn in next class:

Day:

139f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The landmark Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, ending the legality of racial discrimination and black disfranchisement, provided greater equality of opportunity for African Americans and nurtured the self-esteem of blacks.  However, causing many to question liberalism's faith in government action to solve social problems, the laws left untouched the maladies of the urban black ghetto.  There, unfulfilled expectations and frustrated hopes exploded into rioting, swelling the white backlash and undermined support for the liberal agenda. 

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Civil Rights Timeline

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Guiding Questions

1. It seems civil rights workers actually had two enemies, hate in the south and indifference on the part of the federal government.  How accurate is this statement?

2. Malcolm X argues that the March on Washington was co-opted by the white establishment, assuming this is true, how do you think this impacted the movement?

3. How did the Civil Rights Movement change in the late 1960's and what accounts for those changes?

4. Could the changes in the civil rights movement in the late '60's be termed a grassroots insurgency?

5. Evaluate the success and failures of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

Day:

140m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Socratic Seminar

Guiding Questions

1. It seems civil rights workers actually had two enemies, hate in the south and indifference on the part of the federal government.  How accurate is this statement?

2. Malcolm X argues that the March on Washington was co-opted by the white establishment, assuming this is true, how do you think this impacted the movement?

3. How did the Civil Rights Movement change in the late 1960s and what accounts for those changes?

4. Could the changes in the civil rights movement in the late '60s be termed a grassroots insurgency?

5. Evaluate the success and failures of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Homework:

&/or:

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Flashcards:

-Indian Civil Rights Protests in the 1960s

-Cesar Chavez

-Hispanic-American Civil Rights Protests in the 1960s

-Asian American Political Alliance

-The National Organization of Women

-The Feminine Mystique

-Women's Strike for Equality

-The Pill

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Day:

141t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

The aura of liberalism in the 1960s markedly affected Native Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian Americans, and women.  They, too, were inspired by Kennedy's rhetoric, by Johnson's actions and by liberalism's emphasis on government intervention to solve social problems.  These groups challenged the status quo, demanding full and equal citizenship rights, emphasizing group identity and pride.

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

DBQ

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Kennedy and Vietnam

-Johnson and Vietnam

-Opposition to Vietnam

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Day:

142w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The war in Vietnam pursued by liberals ended the era of liberalism.

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Vietnam -- movie?

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-New Left

-Students for a Democratic Society

-Kent State Shooting

-Hippies

-Music of the 1960s

-The sexual revolution

-Stonewall

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Day:

143t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-While most baby boomers followed conventional paths, some joined a new left political movement that sought to transform American democracy, while others were drawn to cultural rebellion focusing on personal liberation

-The countercultural movements of the 1960s and early 70s transformed American attitudes and actions regarding sex

-Like other oppressed groups, homosexuals found a voice and mobilized to improve their condition in the 1960s and 70s

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Working with a partner students create a concept web that answers this questions: How did Vietnam, the civil rights movement, and the baby boom reshape America's culture 1960s?

Be sure the concept web addresses both short and long term changes, includes specific examples/evidence of both causes and effects and effectively summarizes the arguments made on pages 905-913

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

- Tet Offensive

-Election of 1968

-Silent Majority

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Day:

144f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Political Upheaval

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-End of Vietnam

-Detente

-Henry Kissinger

-SALT I

-Oil Embargo of 1973

-Nixon Doctrine (include examples

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Day:

145m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 919-924

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-North Vietnamese determination, discontent at home, and declining troop moral forced Nixon to end US involvement in Vietnam; despite an attempt at peace with honor, the war became something most Americas preferred to forget

-Nixon & Kissinger transformed Cold War diplomacy while maintaining the containment policy by negotiating with the USSR and China & utilizing military aid instead of direct US involvement in the third world.

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

 Nixon on the World Stage: Change and Continuities overtime

Homework:

&/or:

Flashcards:

-Domestic Politics of the Nixon Presidency

-Nixon Recession

-Environmental Protection Agency

-Election of 1972

-Watergate

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Day:

146t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 924-932

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-With Democrats in control of Congress, Nixon's first term saw several efforts at reform

-Johnson and Nixon's policies led to the first recession since World War II

-Nixon's determination to win a second term led him to engage in a wide variety of nefarious activities which culminated in his resignation

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Lecture: Nixon and Watergate

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Yuppies and gentrification

-Disco

-Greenpeace

-Equal Rights Amendment

-Roe v. Wade

-Act-Up

-Abortion Debate

-Anita Bryant

-Moral Majority

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Day:

147w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer 935-943

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The activists, radical spirit of the sixties continued to influence the environmental movement, the women's movement, gay rights and changing sexual norms but these years also saw a reaction against the 1960s, expressed both in a retreat from public concerns to private pursuits and in a sharp conservative backlash

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Legacy of the 1960s -- concept web phase two.

Students create a concept web that supports the claim made in the material to master with evidence from pages 935-943

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Two worlds of black America

-Affirmative Action

-Immigration Reform and Control Act, 1986

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Day:

148t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 944-947

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-While many African-Americans successfully pursued the academic and professional avenues opened by the civil-rights movement, others remained trapped in poverty

-Prospects for many Native American groups improved in the '70s and '80s

-New patterns of immigration changed the nation's ethnic and demographic profile

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Explore New York Times Immigration Map and view PBS segments on African Americans in the 1970s and 1980s

While completing this

Homework:

Optional: Boyer: 947-952

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Ford Presidency

-Carter Presidency

-Camp David Accords

-Iran Hostage Crisis

-Stagflation (what & when)

Turn in next class:

Day:

149f

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Boyer: 947-952

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-The Ford and Carter administrations struggled combat inflation, unemployment and recession brought on by soaring gas prices.

-Abroad, Ford and Carter experienced mostly disappointment

-While the Carter administration was limited in its impact, he did make progress on environmental reform

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Lecture: Ford and Carter

Homework:

&

&

Flashcards:

-New Right

-Reaganomics

-Regan's Foreign Policy

-Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

-1984 Election

-Iran-Contra Affair

-Reagan's mission to Moscow

-Terrorism of the 1980s

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1. Was Reagan's success more about style or substance?

2. What was Reagonomics and did it work?

3. Did Reagan fulfill the conservative ideal of small government, low taxes, and balanced budgets?

4. How did Reagan transform the Cold War?

5. Does Reagan's record support the acclaim he frequently receives?

Day:

150m

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Schweikart: 745-762

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-While Regan's economic policy intensified the economic down turn initially, by the end of his first term the American economy was booming

-While the Regan Revolution is celebrated for  tax cuts, an attack on big government and the defeat of the Soviet Union, the full picture is more complex

-Regan's election reflects an intensification of the conservative backlash that emerged in the late '60s

-Reagan intensified the Cold War with extensive involvement in the third world and a reinvigoration of the arms race  

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Socratic Seminar

1. Was Reagan's success more about style or substance?

2. What was Reagonomics and did it work?

3. Did Reagan fulfill the conservative ideal of small government, low taxes, and balanced budgets?

4. How did Reagan transform the Cold War?

5. Does Reagan's record support the acclaim he frequently receives?

Homework:

&

&

Flashcards:

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1. Did tax cuts help or hurt America?  Consider both in the short term and long term.

2. Was the government's investment in defense in the 1970s and 1980s worth it?

3. Was American foreign policy in the Reagan years and perhaps before a contradiction to American Values?

4. Zinn implies that the Democrats and Republicans worked in collusion to undermine democracy and equality in America.  Evaluate this argument.

5. Reagan receives create praise in our collective memory.  What are these accolades and are they justified?

Day:

151t

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Zinn: 573-592

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

-After Nixon's disgrace, Ford's caretaker presidency, and Carter's rocky tenure, Reagan's two full terms helped restore a sense of stability and continuity to U.S. politics.  Domestically Reagan compiled a mixed record, the economy moved from recession to boom, while the federal deficit soared, the trade gap widened, social and environmental issues were largely ignored, and scandals shock the white house.

-Reagan's admirers give him high praise for reassertion of traditional values of self-reliance and free enterprise; contributing to America's Cold War victory through his military buildup; and, with his infectious optimism and patriotism, helping restore American pride.     

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

Socratic Seminar, continued

1. Did tax cuts help or hurt America?  Consider both in the short term and long term.

2. Was the government's investment in defense in the 1970s and 1980s worth it?

3. Was American foreign policy in the Reagan years and perhaps before a contradiction to American Values?

4. Zinn implies that the Democrats and Republicans worked in collusion to undermine democracy and equality in America.  Evaluate this argument.

5. Reagan receives create praise in our collective memory.  What are these accolades and are they justified?

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

Turn in next class:

Day:

152w

Dates:

Topic #:

Our Topic:

Required

Pre-Reading:

Essential Question(s):

Material to Master:

Documents to be utilized:

In Class:

TEST

Homework:

&/or:

&

Flashcards:

-Election of 1988

-Operation Desert Storm

-Rodney King Riots

-The Americans with Disabilities Act

-Bush Presidency

-Election of 1992

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