American Studies 2 & 3 (A-B)

Vietnam: Moving towards Conflict

2010-04-27T07:08:00.000-07:00

Today we discussed the beginning of US involvement in Vietnam

Topics discussed include

- French Conflict

- Ho Chi Minh

- Vietminh

- Conflict against the Japanese

- Dien Bien Phu

- Geneva Accords

- Ngo Dinn Diem

- Vietcong

- Gulf of Tonkin = WMD

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/5.%20Vietnam/2.%20Moving%20Toward%20Conflict/Viet%20Nam%20-%20Moving%20Toward%20Conflict.pdf

Link to assignment

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/5.%20Vietnam/2.%20Moving%20Toward%20Conflict/Entry%20to%20Viet%20Nam%20Worksheet.doc

Cold War: Unit Test Pt 2

2010-04-26T07:07:00.000-07:00

Today the students took the second part of the cold war test.

Cold War: Johnson and the Great Society

2010-04-23T07:04:00.000-07:00

Today we talked about Johnson's transition to president, as well as some of his domestic policies.

Topics discussed

- LBJ Treatment

- War on Poverty

- 1964 Election

- "I will send no troops to Vietnam"

- Medicare & Medicaid

- 1964 Civil Rights Act

- Warren Court

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/7.%20The%20Great%20Society/Cold%20War%20-%20Johnson%27s%20Presidency.pdf

Test review

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/8.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Unit%20Test/Cold%20War%20PT%202%20Review.doc

Cold War: Kennedy's New Frontier and Death

2010-04-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

Today we talked about Kennedy's domestic agenda, as well as his assassination.

Topics discussed

- Peace Corps

- Alliance for Progress

- Race to the Moon

- Assassination in Dallas

- Lee Harvey Oswald

- Jack Ruby

- Magic Bullet

- Conspiracy

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/6.%20The%20New%20Frontier/Cold%20War%20-%20Death%20of%20a%20President.pdf

Cold War: Kennedy and the Cold War

2010-04-19T13:29:00.000-07:00

Today students continued discussing the cold war - today's discussion focused on Kennedy and his interactions

Topics discussed

- Election of 1960

- 1st Televised Debate

- White House = Camelot

- New Military Policy

- Bay of Pigs

- Cuban Missile Crisis

- Formation of the Berlin Wall

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/5.%20Kennedy%20and%20the%20Cold%20War/JFK%20The%20Early%20Years.pdf

Cold War: Part 1 Unit Test

2010-04-15T13:33:00.000-07:00

Today the students took the assessment for the first part of the Cold War Unit.

Link to review

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/8.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Unit%20Test/American%20Studies.doc

Cold War: Two Nations Live on the Edge

2010-04-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

Today we talked about ratcheting tension between the two great superpowers, and it's effects.

Topics discussed

- Brinkmanship

- Warsaw Pact

- Eisenhower Doctrine

- Nikita Khrushchev

- Sputnik

- U-2 Incident

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/4.%20Two%20Nations%20Live%20on%20the%20Edge/Cold%20War%20-%20Two%20Nations%20Live%20on%20the%20Edge.pdf

Cold War: The Cold War at Home

2010-04-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

Today we discussed the effects of the Cold War on the American people.

Topics discussed

- Federal Employee Loyalty Program

- HUAC

- Hollywood Ten

- McCarran Act

- Alger Hiss

- The Rossenberg's

- McCarthy

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/3.%20The%20Cold%20War%20at%20Home/The%20Cold%20War%20-%20Cold%20War%20at%20Home.pdf

Cold War: The Cold War Heats Up

2010-04-09T14:44:00.000-07:00

Today we discussed the Korean War

Topics discussed

- Communist China

- Korean War

- 38th Parallel

- Chinese Join the War

- MacArthur Fired

- End of the war

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/2.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Heats%20Up/The%20Cold%20War%20Heats%20Up.pdf

The Cold War: Origins of the Cold War

2010-04-07T06:30:00.000-07:00

Today in class the students began discussing the origins of the Cold War. Students also received the terms to study for the unit test.

Topics discussed were:

- Pre-WWII Conflicts

- Russian Civil War

- Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

- Communism Vs Capitalism

- Different Views on Security

- Containment

- Truman Doctrine

- Marshall Plan

- Berlin Airlift

- Nato

Link to notes

Link to study terms

World War II: Unit Test

2010-03-30T07:57:00.000-07:00

Today the students took the unit assessment.

World War II: End of the War

2010-03-29T10:01:00.000-07:00

Today in class we discussed the end of World War II, and it's effect on the American home front. Students also received a test review; the test is tomorrow.

Topics discussed included the following:

-Economic opportunities durring the war

- Great Migration

- Racial Discrimination

- Racial Violence in '43

- Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles

- Japanese Internment Camps

- Nuremberg Trials

- Japanese Occupation

- Japanese War Criminals

- Reshaping Japanese Economy

- New Japanese Constitution

Link to the notes for today:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/WarsEnd

Link to Test Review

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/WW2Review

World War II: The War in the Pacific

2010-03-26T11:15:00.000-07:00

Today we discussed the Allied efforts in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

The following topics were covered:

- MacArthur's retreat from the Philippines

- Doolitle's Raid

- Battle of the Coral Sea

- The Battle of Midway

- Guadalcanal

- Battle of Leyte Gulf

- Iwo Jima

- Okinawa

- Manhattan Project

- Hiroshima

- Nagasaki

Link for today's notes: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/Pacific

World War II: Pearl Harbor and the European Theatre

2010-03-25T11:27:00.000-07:00

Today in class we discussed the US entry into World War II.

The following topics were covered:

- Pearl Harbor

- Battle of the Atlantic

- The Battle of Stalingrad

- The North African Front

- The Italian Campaign

- Minority Units

- Tuskegee Airmen

- 442 Regimental Combat Team

Link for today's notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/PearlHarbor

World War II: D-Day and the Liberation of Europe

2010-03-24T11:35:00.000-07:00

Today in class we discussed the end of the war in Europe.

The following topics were covered:

- D-Day

- Liberation of Paris

- Battle of the Bulge

- Hitler's marriage and suicide

- Germany's unconditional surrender

- Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes President

Link to today's notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/D-Day

World War II

2010-03-23T11:15:00.000-07:00

Today the Schindler's List writing assignment was due, and the students received a review assignment to help them recall the information we were talking about before we went to spring break. Mrs. Hawley and I decided that since we did not have school on Monday, we would allow the students class time to finish up their To Kill a Mocking Bird tests. This took the entire period.

Link to today's assignment:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/SBReview

World War II: The Holocaust

2010-03-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

Today we finished up watching Schindler's List. The students received a writing assignment over the movie. This assignment will be due when the students return from spring break.

Link to the assignment:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/Schindler

World War II: The Holocaust

2010-03-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

Today we continued watching the movie Schindler's List.

World War II: The Holocaust

2010-03-10T15:05:00.000-08:00

Today in class we started discussing the Holocaust and it's effects on the world. We also began watching the movie Schindler's List. I feel that this movie does a very good job of making the situations of the Holocaust real for the students.

Topics covered in class today

- kristallnacht

- Gehtto's and their conditions

- Early concentration camps

- Einsatzgruppen

- Extermination Camps

- Final Solution

- Targets

- Jews

- Freemasons

- Catholics

- Homosexuals

- Mentally and physically disabled

Links to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/Holocaust1

World War II: The Holocaust

2010-03-10T12:01:00.000-08:00

Today we began talking about the Holocaust in Europe that took place during WWII. We also began the movie Schindler's List.

The following topics were discussed:

- Kristallnacht

- Concentration Camps

- Ghetto's

- Death Camps

- Wansee Conference

- Einsatzgruppen

- Methods the Nazi's used to control the Jews

Link to today's PowerPoint:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/Holocaust

World War II

2010-03-09T15:10:00.000-08:00

Today in class the students spent the entire hour working on projects for Mrs. Hawley. We will begin discussing the Holocaust tomorrow in class.

World War II

2010-03-08T15:19:00.000-08:00

Today the students took a test over To Kill A Mockingbird for Mrs. Hawley. Tomorrow students will finish up their projects for the book.

World War II: The War In Europe

2010-03-05T15:06:00.000-08:00

Today in class we began talking about the beginning of World War 2.

Topics discussed were:

- German/Russian Non-aggression pact

- Secret agreement to split Poland

- German invasion of Poland

- Blitzkrieg

- Sitzkrieg

- Maginot Line

- German invasion of Netherlands and Belgium

- German invasion of France

- Dunkirk

- Massive British flotilla to save the army

- Fall of Paris

- Vichy France

- Charles 'de Gaul

Link to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/WarInEurope

World War II: Buildup to War

2010-03-04T15:06:00.000-08:00

Today we discussed the factors leading up to the beginning of World War II.

Topics discussed:

- Failure of the Treaty of Versailles

- Nationalist fervor

- Transformation of the Soviet Union under Stalin

- Rise of Fascism in Italy

- Hitler and the Nazi Party

- Nationalism in Japan

- Civil War in Spain

- US Isolationism

Links to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/RiseofDictators

Great Depression: Unit Test

2010-03-02T15:19:00.000-08:00

Today the students took the Unit assessment.

Great Depression: Impacts of the New Deal

2010-03-01T14:35:00.000-08:00

Today the student discussed the impacts of the new deal on the American people.

Topics discussed:

- Advent of motion pictures

- Radio's impact

- End of the New Deal

- Expanding Government

- New Deal policies still in effect today

- Social Security

- Effects on the Environment

Link to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/ImpactNewDeal

Great Depression: Hover Transitions to Roosevelt

2010-02-26T14:39:00.000-08:00

Today in class we discussed Hoover's initial attempts to stem the depression, then moved on to the election of Roosevelt.

Topics discussed:

- Hoover's Philosophy

- Boulder Dam

- Bonus Army

- Electing Roosevelt

- The Hundred Days

- Fireside Chat

- Regulating Banking and Finance

- Rural Assistance

- Work Projects

- Opposition to the New Deal

- Supreme Court reacts

- Supreme Court Packing

- FDR eventually appoints 7 new justices due to retirement

Link to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/HoverRoosevelt

Great Depression: The Nations Sick Economy Causes Hardship

2010-02-25T14:35:00.000-08:00

Today we discussed the beginning of the Great Depression, some of the causes and initial effects.

Topics covered:

- Troubles on the Horizon

- Decline in agriculture

- Living on Credit

- Uneven Distribution of Income

- Exploitation of the Stock Market

- Speculation

- Buying on Margin

- Black Tuesday

- Banks begin failing

- World wide effects

- Depression in the cities

- Depression in rural areas

- Dust Bowl

- Social and Psychological effects

Link to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/GreatDepression

Assignment due Monday

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/Assignment-7

English Assessments

2010-02-24T08:28:00.000-08:00

Today the students finished up taking the English Assessment.

English Assessments

2010-02-23T08:29:00.000-08:00

Today the students were again taking the English Assessment.

English Assessment

2010-02-22T14:35:00.000-08:00

Today the students began taking the English Assessments. This will last three days.

English Assessments

2010-02-17T09:29:00.000-08:00

Today the students were again preparing for the English Assessments that begin next week.

English Assessments

2010-02-16T09:30:00.000-08:00

Today the students spent another day with Mrs. Hawley preparing for the English Assessments.

English Assessments

2010-02-15T14:11:00.000-08:00

Today the students spent the entire hour with Mrs. Hawley preparing for the English Assessments.

English Assessments

2010-02-12T09:32:00.000-08:00

The students began preparing for the English Assessment today.

To Kill a Mockingbird

2010-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

The students spent the entire hour with Mrs. Hawley working on their TKaMB projects.

World War I: Unit Test

2010-02-10T13:38:00.000-08:00

Today the students took the Unit Assessment.

World War I: The End of the War

2010-02-09T14:17:00.000-08:00

Today the students discussed the end of World War I and it's immediate aftermath.

Topics discussed include:

- American Selective Service Act

- Mass Production of war materials

- Total War

- Convoy System

- American troops deploy to Europe

- New Weapon systems introduce new problems

- Russia leaves war effort

- Americans help stop the German advance

- Surrender of Austria-Hungary

- Armistice 11/11/1918

- 22 Million dead, 1/2 civilian

- 20 Million more wounded

Link to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/WWIEnds

To Kill a Mockingbird

2010-02-08T14:18:00.000-08:00

Today students spent the hour working with Mrs. Hawley on finishing up their TKaMB reading logs and writing assignments.

World War I: WWI Declassified

2010-02-05T14:17:00.000-08:00

Today the students watched a video clip from the history channel. It debunks several urban legends surrounding WWI, as well as provides needed background and images.

World War I: The War @ Home

2010-02-04T13:59:00.000-08:00

Today the students discussed the effects that WWI had on the American home-front.

Topics discussed included:

- War Industries board

- Selling the war

- War financing

- Committee for Public Information

- Propoganda

- Films, flyers, radio ads, posters

- Anti-Immigrant hysteria

- Espionage and Sedition Acts

- The Great Migration

- War effects on women

- Spanish Flu Pandemic

Links to notes:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%...">http://doiop.com/WWIHomefront