If You Were Absent:
It is your responsibility to get all the materials you missed while you were absent. Please do the following before you check with me (your lovely and caring teacher).

 1. Yes, we did something while you were gone. Check what we did by looking for the appropriate post below. Make sure you pay attention to any due dates, quizzes or tests coming up. You will still be expected to take all quizzes and tests on their due dates (very few exceptions will be given).

 2. Check the Daily Presentations and Classwork links (to the right) to get the daily question and any materials you need to make up work.

 3. If you still have questions, then please ask me (your lovely and caring teacher) for clarification outside of class. That means before or after class or school, or during Access.

 A reminder on late-work policy:
If you have an excused absence, you have two days for each day you were absent to make up work. After that, your work will be considered late. All late work is 75% off for the first week and then is automatically deducted 50%. Once we begin a new unit, no more late work from the previous unit will be accepted.

Monday, February 9, 2015

February 9 - February 13

Essential Questions
What promises did JFK make in his inauguration speech?
Did JFK make the right decision in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who shot President John F. Kennedy?

In-Class Activities
Monday: Analyze JFK's inauguration speech
Tuesday: Cuban Missile Crisis simulation
Thursday: Quiz #3/JFK Assassination Activity

Homework
No video notes this week

Important Dates/Reminders
Parent-Teacher Conferences - February 11
Quiz #3 - February 12
NO SCHOOL - February 13 & February 16
Unit Test - February 19

Documents
JFK Inauguration Speech Analysis
Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation - Worksheet
Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation - Powerpoint
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 2 - February 6

Essential Questions
Monday: What was life like for suburban housewives in the 1950s?
Tuesday: How did people rebel against conformity in the 1950s?
Thursday: None - Writing practice
Friday: How did JFK win the 1960 election?

In-Class Activities
Monday: Housewife document analysis
Tuesday: Teen/Beatnik music and literature
Thursday: DBQ Writing practice (If absent, please get from Ms. Hartlaub)
Friday: Discussion about 1960 election

Homework
JFK Video Notes - Due 2/6
Quiz 2 - 2/6

Important Dates/Reminders

Documents
Housewife Document A
Housewife Document B
Housewife Document C
Housewife Document D
Housewife Graphic Organizer (Front)
Housewife Graphic Organizer (Back)
Anti-Conformist Songs and Poems
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

January 26 - January 30

Essential Questions
How did HUAC impact American films?
Did the Rosenbergs have a fair trial?
How did McCarthyism increase the desire to conform?
How did the suburbs enforce conformity?

In-Class Activities
Monday: The Manchurian Candidate
Tuesday: Rosenberg Trial (see Ms. Hartlaub for make up activity)
Thursday: McCarthyism (see Ms. Hartlaub for make up activity)
Friday: Suburbs and Levittowns

Homework
Prepare for Rosenberg Trial - Due 1/27
Video Lecture Notes: Cold War Society - Due 1/30

Important Dates/Reminders
No Access on Thursday!

Documents
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

January 20 - January 23

Essential Questions
Was the Korean War an example of containment?
How did HUAC impact films in America?
Did movies increase the fear of Communists in the Second Red Scare?

In-Class Activities
Tuesday: Korean War activity (see Ms. Hartlaub if you need to make this up)
Thursday: HUAC, the Second Red Scare and films - The Manchurian Candidate
Friday: HUAC, the Second Red Scare and films - The Manchurian Candidate

 Homework
Second Red Scare Notes due 1/22
Cold War Society Notes due 1/29

Important Dates/Reminders
Winter Assembly on 1/22

Documents
Korean War activity - see Ms. Hartlaub
HUAC, Second Red Scare and The Manchurian Candidate
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Monday, January 12, 2015

January 12 - January 16

Essential Questions
Monday: How did the US government influence the way people felt about the atomic bomb?
Tuesday: How did the US government influence the way people felt about the atomic bomb?
Thursday: None (Writing Assessment)
Friday: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War?

In-Class Activities
Monday: Atomic Cafe
Tuesday: Atomic Cafe
Thursday: Writing Assessment
Friday: Who was responsible for the Cold War?

Homework
Video Notes - Causes of the Cold War (Due 1/15)
Video Notes - Second Red Scare (Due 1/22)

Important Dates/Reminders
No School on Monday, January 19!

Documents
Cold War Timeline
Document Questions Side A
Document Questions Side B
Henry Wallace Letter
Iron Curtain Speech
Soviet Ambassador Telegram
Truman Doctrine

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

January 7 - 9

Essential Questions
Thursday: How did the United States become a superpower at the end of World War II?
Friday: How did the US government influence people's feelings towards the atomic bomb?

In-Class Activities
Wednesday: Syllabus, Review
Thursday: Review
Friday: Film - Atomic Cafe

 Homework
Signed Syllabus Due 1/12
Causes of the Cold War Due 1/15

Important Dates/Reminders

Documents
Class Syllabus
Unit 4 Vocabulary
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Monday, November 17, 2014

November 17 - November 21

Objectives
Unit 2 Test
Understand the causes of World War II and why the US entered WWII

In-Class Activities
Tuesday: Unit 2 Test (MC and FRQ)
Wednesday: Causes of WW2
Thursday: Causes of WW2
Friday: Pearl Harbor/US entry into WW2

Homework

Important Dates/Reminders

Documents
Causes of World War 2 (take notes on this if you were absent at any point during the week)
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