Day 68 - Thursday...all classes are 35 minutes long today.

U.S. History I - Periods 1, 5, and 6: 
Essential Questions:
-What do we want from Government?
-Does our state government or federal government have more of an impact in our lives?
-Does the system of checks and balances provide us with an effective and efficient government? 
-Is a strong federal system the most effective government for the United States? Which level of government, federal or state, can best solve our nation's problems? 

Themes: Federalism, State Rights vs. Federal Government, Liberty vs. Hierarchy, U.S. Constitution, State Rights vs. Federal Rights, Bill or Rights, Checks and Balances, Amendments 11-27

1. Everyone will be going to the Library to FINALIZE your research and execution of your Digital Story Telling Project. Make sure you can summarize and highlight the major aspects of your Article(s) and/or Amendments AND also make plenty of connections to how these pieces of the Constitution are relevant to today. Finally, PLEASE make sure you review the Tips on DST and the Rubric on DST in the class folder, these documents are designed to HELP you succeed!

2. U.S. Constitution Resources:

United States Government Brief Slideshow
Current U.S. Government Slideshow

Branches of Government + U.S. Constitution Outline

Homework:

1. You should be putting the final touches on your Digital Story Telling Project.  Please make sure you have:

• An Essential Question - We should all be able to answer it after your presentation.
• A Thesis Statement - Prove it in your Digital Story!
• Reviewed the DST Rubric
• A final draft (Script and Link/Movie of your project) in your Project Folder.

2. Finalize your U.S. Constitution Article or Amendment. You should have managed, added credible research material, and have a FINAL WORKS CITED PAGE (Chicago Style Format) in your Google Doc in our Classroom Project Folder. Remember the Due Date is Friday, December 12th at 7:00am
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 4:

Essential Questions:
-Who was Herbert Hoover and how did his leadership affect the American people during the Great Depression?

-How did the Great Depression affect the lives of millions of Americans?

-What affect did the Dust Bowl have on Americans during the Great Depression?
-What was the New Deal and how did it affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-What affect did the Stock Market Crash of 1929 have on the American people during the Great Depression?
-What were the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), The Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and how did the affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and how did his leadership affect the American people during the Great Depression?

1. Order of the Digital Story Telling on the Great Depression Era:
Monday's Presentations
A. The Common Man - Logan and Shalin - Done
B. Racism during the Great Depression - Peter and Ryan Morey - Done
C. FDR and his policies - Benny - Done

Tuesday's Presentations
D. Economics of the Great Depression - Devanshu and Nihal - Done

E. Children and the Great Depression - Reagan and Ryan O'Connor - Done

F. The Dust Bowl - Nevin and Anthony - Done

Wednesday's Presentations

G. Music and Fashion - Dalena, Tiffany, and Leah - Done

H. Migrant Workers and Farmers - Matthias and Adam - Done

Thursday's Presentations
I. Crime during the Great Depression - Anna and Will

2. The New Deal and FDR slideshow - Slideshare

3. Timeline of the Great Depression - PBS.org

4.  End of the Great Depression and the New Deal - Foundation of Economic Education Organization
-The Great Depression Numbers: Library of Economics and Liberty - Professor Gene Smiley of Marquette University
-Podcast by Robert Higgs - An instrumental critic of New Deal policies

Homework:

1.  Due Monday!!! Please read the directions, review the Documents #5-9 and then complete the Document Analysis sheets from #5-9 of the DBQ - Great Depression and FDR effectiveness.

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International Studies - Period 2
Essential Questions:
1. How do we think about POWER in the 21st Century?
2. How should we deal with extremist?
3. Do you think ordinary people can create change or movement for a cause?

Themes: War vs. Peace, Sustainability Change, Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power, The Taliban, Islamic State in Syria (ISIS)

1. Global Security Resources:
Department of Defense - 21st Century Security for Americans
Wikipedia - U.S. Commission on National Security
Council on Foreign Relations - National Security in the 21st Century - Hart-Rudman Commission
Wikipedia - Major U.S. Intelligence Reforms/Laws

2. We will finalize our review of slides #1--12 on the Afghanistan Slideshow - A brief history. 
-Afghanistan - Where, Who, What, Why analysis study before we begin exploring the Taliban and -U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.  
-In-depth study of Afghanistan War
-Total Number of Troops in Afghanistan today
-Casualties in Afghanistan

3. U.S. News Political Cartoons on Afghanistan


4. U.S. News and World Report: "Bring on the Zero Option"

Homework:

1. "The Road to 9/11: A Brief History of Conflict in the Middle East" (PBS, 2006). There is NO Youtube clip on this, so I will show it in class on Wednesday through Friday.  Due Friday, December 12th - After watching the movie titled "The Road to 9/11: A Brief History of Conflict in the Middle East" (PBS, 2006). Please answer the following questions below from the movie and previously studied material from our case study/debate on the Taliban/Al Qaeda.

Road to 9/11 Questions: All students should be able to answer these questions below after watching the movie.

1. Are we winning or losing this war?

2. Can this war be won?

3. Is there a competition for hearts and minds? If so, who is winning the hearts and minds of Afghans? Who is winning the hearts and minds of Americans?

4. What progress have we made in Afghanistan? What progress have we made in Pakistan?

5. What is President Obama's strategy for this war?

6. Does the film have an agenda? What perspective and tone does it give to Americans? Cite specific evidence.

Essential Questions on Taliban Rule in Afghanistan:
• What is the relationship between Islam and the Taliban?
• How does the Taliban try to control Afghan women?
• How has the experience of Afghan women changed with the Taliban’s emergence?
• What was the United States’ role in the Taliban coming to power?
• How is clothing used as a means of oppression in Afghanistan?