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Monday, March 30, 2015

Day 126 - Monday

U.S. History I - Periods 1, 5, and 6: 

Essential Questions:
-Does state or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Does the United States have a mission to expand democracy and freedom?
-What might 19th century Native Americans have said about Manifest Destiny? 
-How might the country have developed differently if no gold or other precious minerals had been discovered in the West?
-Does war cause national prosperity?
-Is economic, social, or physical coercion an effective method of achieving our national interest in domestic affairs

Themes: State Rights vs. Federal Government, Reform Movements of the 19th Century, Prison Reform, Education Reform, Women's Rights, and Abolitionism

1. Period 5 ONLY -  QUIZ TODAY on the different Reform Movements of the mid-19th century.

2. Binder Checks for those students who did not get checked on Friday.

3. In partners, one representing a Madman and the other a Hero, please debate the nature of which Nat Turner rebelled against the Southern institution of slavery.  As an entire class we will have a discuss on the merits of a justified act or crime.  
-Was Nat Turner a Hero or Madman? 

Homework:
1. Please begin reading Chapter 10 - The Union in Peril - Pages 302-309. I would like you to outline these pages into 3 Categories:
A. Differences between the North and South - Create a chart to illustrate the differences!!!

B. Slavery in Territories - highlights should include the cause-effect relationship of the Wilmot Proviso and California Statehood.

C. The Senate Debates - Fugitive Slave Act, Clay's Compromise of 1850 (terms), California, Popular Sovereignty, Calhoun Goals/Webster's Goals, response to the compromise, Stephen Douglas and Millard Filmmore's views on slavery.

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 4:

Essential Questions:
- Who is responsible for starting the Cold War?
-Why didn't the Cold War ever turn "hot"?
-How did the Cold War challenge American values, at home and abroad?
-Is the Cold War still going on? How?
-Should Americans and the U.S. government have feared an internal Communist subversion in the 1950's?

Themes: Containment, Domino Theory, The Domestic Cold War, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Joseph McCarthy, Blacklist, Alger Hiss, The Rosenbergs

1. We will conduct the Silent Conversation/Debate Question: Did Joseph McCarthy create a "Red Scare" or did a "Red Scare" create Joseph McCarthy?

2. Cold War Slideshow #1 1945-1960 - We will move forward to Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency. 

3. Please download the President Eisenhower - Handout.

4. Slideshows/Visuals on the Cold War
Homework:
1. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidential Library - Please use this link to go to his Presidential Library that includes a plethora of primary sources on President Dwight D. Eisenhower.  I would like you to navigate and explore this website and the documents they provide.  Create a four column T-chart that in each top column include Domestic Policy and Foreign Policy, and in the bottom columns include Successes and Failures.  
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Modern America Class - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. How much do popular trends reflect and/or shape American values and traditions?
2. Does our entertainment reflect society, or does our entertainment shape our society?
3. What is Pop Culture?
4. How do we know if something is Popular Culture?

Themes: Pop Culture, Top Charts, American Exceptionalism, 1980's Decade, 1980's TV, 1980's Major Events in Politics, Culture, Sports, Science.

1. The Rise of Hip Hop Music
-We will listen to four early songs and discuss the tone, feel, and what the songs are about:
A. Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
B. Grandmaster J and the Furious Five "Another one bits the dust" - freestyle remix
C. Run DMC "It's Tricky"
D. LL Cool J "I can't live without my radio"

2. More Rap and Hip-hop music
-DJ EZ Rock “It takes Two.” 
-Public Enemy “My uzi weighs a ton.” 
-Public Enemy “Don’t believe the Hype” 
-NWA “Straight out of Compton”

-Ice T “Six in the Morning”

-KRS “Stop the violence”

3. Female performers
-Queen Latifah - “All Hail the Queen”
-Salt and Pepper’s  - “Push it”

4. What are these rappers doing today? Go research


5. Use NPR’s “Fresh Air” to take a better look at the earliest founders of Hip-Hop Music such as DJ kool Here, Grandmaster Flash, Russell Simmons, Melle Mel, LL Cool J, De La Soul, Ice-T

6. Hip Hop Culture and Resources:
-1980's Timeline of Hip Hop Music
-The true birth of Hip Hop in the 1960's and 1970's - LA Weekly
-Where Hip Hop was Born - Podcast and Article
-The social significance of Rap and Hip Hop Music - Stanford University

7. 1980's Links to get you started:
-What happened in the 1980's - ThePeopleHistory.com - Toys, Sports, Furniture, Events, Fashion, Appliances, and Music are all categories you can investigate.
-History Channel - The 1980's - Cars, The Politics, Cold War and Pop Culture
-The 1980's Playlist - Popular Music from the 1980's
-Ronald Reagan and Reaganism

Homework:
1. What are your thoughts on early hip-hop and rap in the 1980's? Be descriptive on instruments, lyrics, and what are they singing about? Please post to Google Classroom and RESPOND to at least one other person's post.  All original (from you) posts MUST be done by 10:00pm!

2. Please make sure you do not forget about managing your"Podcast Interview Project on the 1980's.  I will be looking over all Questions this weekend and will have acceptance or needs improvement by Monday. 

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