Hutchison was out today, but all of the assignments were in a PDF document under Period 8 if you were absent as well! You focused again on the Civil Rights movement, first exploring some issues presented in a practice DBQ set, then completing a DocBlock analysis of the Southern Manifesto. the last activity was to explore the expansion of the Civil Rights movement to other sub groups.
Don't forget to have your chapters readings completed for tomorrow! H The Civil Rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's was the topic of discussion today. We started class with an open notes quiz over today's textbook readings, then we looked at the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a case study on Civil rights activism during the era. We followed this with a brief DocBlock lit circle using two documents, one by Martin Luther King, Jr. and another by Malcolm X.
Make sure this weekend to finish up anything you did not complete in class. The online contributions for your last scored discussion are due Monday before midnight and your next textbook notes are due next Tuesday. Have a great weekend! H Today's conversations centered on the early Cold War. We started by reading and analyzing an essay by George Orwell on atomic weapons, then looked at some of the events at the end of and immediately following WWII and used a set of documents to develop hypotheses related to the causes of the Cold War. We next examined four documents displaying differences of opinion on domestic and international actions during the Cold War in a DocBlock lit circle. We ended the day talking about U.S. interventions in other nations during the Cold War and examined three in particular using some documents stations and essential historical questions.
Don't forget to have your textbook readings completed for tomorrow! H Today Mr. Richardson's classes tackled the scored discussion over nuclear weapons in WWII and Hutchison's explored the 1950's issues activities, especially focusing on teens and gender roles.
Tomorrow we will shift our focus to the Cold War originating at the end of WWII. Make sure you have your textbook readings ready to go! H Mr. Richardson was out today so his class tackled the post-war & 1950's era activities that Mr. Hutchison's class will be doing tomorrow. Meanwhile, Hutchison's folks ran our final scored discussion of the school year, this one over the use of atomic weapons at the end of WWII. The online discussion board is open and you have until midnight next Monday, April 23 to submit your comments.
Richardson's folks will be taking on the scored discussion tomorrow, while Hutchison's classes need to be sure you have your first set of readings ready to go! Be checking the class calendar here on this site for what portions of each chapter are due on each day of class. Click on the reading on the calendar to get the details of the assignment to open. H We took Exam 3 in class today. Anyone that was absent, remember, you will need to come to TWO tutorials to make up the exam: One tutorial to take the multiple choice and a second to take the short answer section. Alternatively, you can come before school to take the make-up exam.
Tonight, your online contributions for last week's scored discussion are due before midnight. Tomorrow in class we will conduct our last scored discussion, so be sure you have prepared! The reading selections are posted under Period 7. Make sure you keep up with the calendar because, starting this Wednesday, you will have PORTIONS of the chapter readings due instead of one whole chapter at a time. Don't be surprised if one of these reading selections groups end up being quizzed! H REMINDER!!! THE AP EXAM REVIEW SESSIONS ARE ONLY FOR FALL SEMESTER STUDENTS!!! IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY TAKING APUSH THIS SEMESTER, DO NOT SIGN UP!!! Today was your first in-class DBQ. They seemed to go well and I hope to have them back to you by Thursday, April 26 so you will have time to look them over before your next DBQ. Monday is Exam 3, covering Periods 6 & 7, Chapters 17 through 27. I have attached the binder check list below as well. Also, don't forget your final scored discussion will be next Tuesday! Readings are posted under Period 7. Have a great weekend! H
Today we explored some more WWII related topics as we used some primary sources to determine what the U.S. government knew about the ongoing events of the Holocaust and when they knew it. We then explored some opposing viewpoints regarding the war and the definition of American identity through some Dr. Seuss political cartoons. We wrapped up by analyzing document sets discussing specific home front issues during the war. Some classes had time to start the DocBlock over the Korematsu case document. If you did not or didn't finish, the document can be found under Period 7.
Tomorrow is our first in class DBQ. The questions will be drawn from what we have covered in class over the last week (New Deal, WWII). Take advantage of the resources on the Writing Tips page of this site to review and prep! H Today we started our discussion over WWII with an examination of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech and how it was a response to the threat of WWII in Europe and fascist ideology. After this discussion, we had a brief content block examining just what was facist ideology and then we wrapped up by examining some documents about Hitler's rise to power and economic plans. The documents and questions for this activity can be found on the "Hitler Documents" page in the drop down menu on Period 7. Whatever you didn't finish in class you need to finish up tonight!
H Today was the fourth scored discussion for this semester and we focused on differing views regarding the success of the New Deal. You online comments for this discussion need to be posted by 11:59pm next Monday, April 16.
Chapter 27 is due tomorrow as we begin exploring issues related to WWII. Don't forget that your first in-class DBQ essay is this Friday! Check out the DBQ information on the Writing Tips page, including the PDF of practice activities. If you were out of school two Fridays ago when we had out writing workshop, I will be running a makeup workshop during lunch Thursday, April 12 (The session will begin at 10:35 and run to the end of lunch). Your next exam will be Monday, April 16 and your last scored discussion will be next Tuesday, April 17! H |
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