Finished Freedom Riders movie. Questions need to be answered and checked after the break.

Started the Freedom Riders Movie: 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch

Movie Questions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2TFZYdXl6bkFpS0E/edit?usp=sharing

21.1 Notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2MkRGUGJVZzNsMms/edit?usp=sharing

Finished Montgomery Bus Boycott Reading

Questions:

1. What were the goals of the boycott?
2. Why did some citizens choose to support the boycott, while others did not?
3. How long were they willing to boycott?
4. Did the citizens of Montgomery see the issue as simply seating arrangements on a bus or something larger?
5. Why were citizens of Montgomery willing to walk for miles each day, risk their jobs and personal safety to support the boycott?
6. Analysis Questions: Why is a boycott an effective strategy? What obstacles stood in their way? What are some of the strategies for transforming institutional racism? Write a one page paper to answer these questions.

Montgomery Bus Boycott Reading:
Read each page from the Alabama Council Newsletter.  Each page has multiple subtitles which are underlined.  Some sections are bigger than others.  For each section read it, write the subtitle down and write one sentence in your own words that describes what that section talked about.

Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5

Civil Rights Timeline:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2bmNjVWJhc3B5Uzg/edit?usp=sharing

Create a timeline using each slide of the power point.  You only have to put the date and event down, not an explanation.

Begin writing final draft.  You will have tomorrow in class to finish draft and hand in

Worked on the Rough Draft today

Rough Draft Due Monday

Finishing outline today.  Tomorrow we begin the rough draft.

Essay Outline

Today we went over the 1950's outline.  You need to have your Thesis statement completed by tomorrow. 

1950's Essay Outline

Introduction to 1950's Essay

Topic:
Evaluate the 1950's as a time of Conformity or Turmoil.

5 Paragraph Essay Format

Exam tomorrow!

·         Describe how the Red Scare and McCarthyism impacted life in the US.

Army McCarthy Hearings Witch hunt/subversives Dirty politics McCarthy’s background

·         Assess the domestic policies of Truman and Eisenhower.

Taft-Hartley Act Fair Deal Reconversion Modern Republicanism NASA

Explain how the actions of HUAC affected the American public and the Hollywood movie industry.

Blacklist Hollywood Ten McCarran-Walter Act Loyalty Program

Today we did a chapter 20 Jigsaw over chapter 20 section 3
If you missed class you need to either take notes on 20.3 or get notes from a classmate.

Test Question #2
Assess the domestic policies of Truman and Eisenhower

Continued Guilty by Suspicion and answered film questions.

Today we began Guilty by Suspicion.  There are movie questions to go along with it.

Test Question #2
Assess the domestic policies of Truman and Eisenhower

Write a letter to Senator McCarthy regarding how he has handled the search for Communists in America.  Your task is to give him advice on the appropriate way of finding subversives and give him examples of what he is doing wrong.

Format: 3 paragraph essay

 

Dear Senator McCarthy,

 

-Intro

-Body

-Conclusion

 

Sincerely,

Your Name

Read pages 649-651 and take notes on Cold War at Home.  Title the notes HUAC in your table of contents.

Make an editorial cartoon of McCarthy

If you missed class do the following:

McCarthy Political Cartoon- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2ZDc3Yzk0MjItZjAzMS00MjIwLWE0Y2YtODE1OTIyNmU0NzUz/edit?usp=drive_web

McCarthy Cartoon Questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFZiIKgalfH-lBlSPIPfeUbLACXgCCLF8qwfUELV2xs/edit

McCarthyism Notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2REJscW8yUE4yZVU/edit?usp=sharing 

Today we took the 1950's Exam #1

Test question #4

Explain how technologies affected peoples lives

We watched "Let's Play House" 

Exam Friday

Post War Years Worksheet

1950's Storyboard

Create a storyboard of the 1950's
Terms: Conservatism, GI Bill of Rights, Conformity, Gender Roles

Format:
Subtitle: Use the term in a sentence
Summary: 2-3 Sentences in your words of what it means
Picture: Draw a picture of it
Question: Create a question about the term.

Exam Question #3:

·         Explain how the desire for stability led to the rise of conservatism.

 

Test Questions #2

Trace the growth of American suburbs and the development of suburban lifestyles.

Mood of the 1950's Notes:

http://prezi.com/driuz4iqk6tr/mood-of-the-1950s/

Finished Power Point notes from yesterday

20.1 Questions

CH 20 Section 1

1.     How did WWII influence corporate expansion?

2.     How did roads built under the Interstate Highway Act contribute to changes in American culture?

3.     What is per capita income?

4.     How did conglomerates and franchises evolve in the postwar economy?

5.     What is the purpose of a transistor and how did it contribute to other developments?

6.     How did the baby boom and GI Bill of rights affect suburban growth?

7.     Name 3 inventions/ideas that were developed post WWII between 1945-1960 and tell why each was important to their society and how it has evolved into an important part of our society today.

Intro to 1950's Power Point- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2XzRTVjhYWGVaeEk/edit?usp=sharing

We will finish  the power point tomorrow and work on 20.1 questions.

Today we took Cold War Exam #2 and turned in our notebooks.  See me for makeup if you missed class and make sure to hand in your notebook for grading.

Review pp 662-663  # 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27

Complete exam question #4.

Test Rubric for Monday

Identify the key events in the Korean War and explain its role in the larger conflict of the Cold War.

1.UN 2. Yalu River 3. MacArthur 4. Cease Fire

Describe the Communist Revolution in China and its impact on East Asia.

1.Chiang Kai Shek 2. Mao Zedong 3. Long March 4. PRC 5. Reform

Describe the arms race in the Cold War and the impact of new technology.

1.Deterrence 2. Brinkmanship 3. ICBM 4. Sputnik 5. U-2 Incident

Analyze the policy of containment and the Eisenhower policy of massive retaliation.

1.Hydrogen Bomb 2. Rosenbergs 3. Eisenhower/Khrushchev 4. Vietminh 5. Mutual Assured Destruction 6. Suez Crisis