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, Fugitive Slave Act, Clay's Compromise of 1850 (terms), Popular Sovereignty, Calhoun Goals/Webster's Goals, response to the compromise, Stephen Douglas and Millard Fillmore's views on slavery.
1. Please post your completed version of the Primary Source Activity + Essential Question on The Fugitive Slave Act on Google Classroom by no later than 11:59 tonight.
2. Primary Sources
-Group 3 - Slaves and Court - A Supreme Court Case in 1842 - Prigg vs Pennsylvania
-Group 5 - Anthony Burns of Boston
Questions:
1. Why might
the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 have been
enacted?
2. What might be the impact of
the 1850 law on free blacks?
3. How might
the 1850 law impact the abolitionist
movement?
4. What does the
enactment of the 1850 law suggest about
relations between the North and South in
the 1850s?
5. How might this practice of
kidnapping affect anti-slavery sentiments?
3. Please download and review 12 Years a Slave Questions. You will need to complete these questions while you watch the film 12 Years a Slave. We will watch selected scenes from the 2014 Academy Award Winner of Best Picture.
4. Background information on Solomon Northup and the Author David Wilson, Screen-writer Steven McQueen and Editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
5. Slavery: Then and Now - Please review and read for an understanding of how slavery has evolved and examples of 21st Century Slavery.
Homework:
1. Permission Slips NEED TO BE SIGNED TONIGHT or else we don't watch the movie!
2. Please review the rest of the slideshow on Antebellum South Slideshow in conjunction with the Solomon Northup Slideshow as BOTH will help you understand the era of slavery in America in the 19th Century.
3. Please download and review the questions BUT do NOT answer them yet on 12 Years a Slave Questions.
4. Slavery: Then and Now - Please review and read for an understanding of how slavery has evolved and examples of 21st Century 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, CIA covert missions, Iran Overthrow, The Space Race, U-2 incident
1. Please post to Google Classroom. What problems or concerns did have as you researched President John F. Kennedy's Presidency? What were the main topics or situations you choose to research and write your thesis statements on?
2. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis - Read and review
-Cuban Missile Crisis - Students will look at Photographs + listen to Audio files for 20 minutes
3. Class Discussion after reviewing materials:
-Why did the Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba? What could they gain by deployment?
-Why was Fidel Castro and Cuba a threat to the United States?
-Did missiles actually threaten the United State's Security?
-Why did the U.S.A blocade Cuba? Was it an effective measure to problem solve this situation?
-How did the secret discussion affect the outcome?
-Should President Kennedy be considered a hero or lucky? Why?
-What did the international community (United States/Soviet Union/Cuba/Others) gain or lose from this crisis?
4. John F. Kennedy Resources:
JFK Library - Life of Kennedy and a whole heck of lot more!
Historic Speeches by JFK - JFK Library
JFK Cabinet, Headlines, and more - Online database on Presidents
JFK at a glance and his Domestic and Foreign policies - The Miller Center - University of Virginia
JFK through photos - A photo walk of JFK through the Presidential Years
5. Cold War Resources:
John F. Kennedy Assasination
The United Nations
The Cold War Museum
All sort of Cold War resource - videos, primary sources, etc
The Miller Center - University of Virginia - Cold War Era - Lots of Primary Sources
Timeline of the Cold War
Cold War Slideshow #1 1945-1960 - The beginning of the Cold War
Cold War Slideshow #2 1960-Present day
The Cold War Slideshow
Homework:
1. None.
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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 Decade that Made Us - 1980's - Part 2- Steve Jobs (16:15 mark)
2. MTV - Why all the craze? Why does it represent the 1980's? How does it become a game-changer for popular culture?
3. The Decade that Made Us - Madonna and MTV - Part 3 (14:00 mark)
4. 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
Homework:
1. Please make sure you PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES on your"Podcast Interview Project on the 1980's, which are are A PROJECT GRADE and will be due TODAY on Wednesday, April 8th by 11:59pm!
Themes: State Rights vs. Federal Government, Fugitive Slave Act, Clay's Compromise of 1850 (terms), Popular Sovereignty, Calhoun Goals/Webster's Goals, response to the compromise, Stephen Douglas and Millard Fillmore's views on slavery.
1. Please post your completed version of the Primary Source Activity + Essential Question on The Fugitive Slave Act on Google Classroom by no later than 11:59 tonight.
2. Primary Sources
2. Primary Sources
-Group 3 - Slaves and Court - A Supreme Court Case in 1842 - Prigg vs Pennsylvania
-Group 5 - Anthony Burns of Boston
Questions:
1. Why might the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 have been enacted?
2. What might be the impact of the 1850 law on free blacks?
3. How might the 1850 law impact the abolitionist movement?
4. What does the enactment of the 1850 law suggest about relations between the North and South in the 1850s?
5. How might this practice of kidnapping affect anti-slavery sentiments?
Questions:
1. Why might the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 have been enacted?
2. What might be the impact of the 1850 law on free blacks?
3. How might the 1850 law impact the abolitionist movement?
4. What does the enactment of the 1850 law suggest about relations between the North and South in the 1850s?
5. How might this practice of kidnapping affect anti-slavery sentiments?
3. Please download and review 12 Years a Slave Questions. You will need to complete these questions while you watch the film 12 Years a Slave. We will watch selected scenes from the 2014 Academy Award Winner of Best Picture.
4. Background information on Solomon Northup and the Author David Wilson, Screen-writer Steven McQueen and Editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
5. Slavery: Then and Now - Please review and read for an understanding of how slavery has evolved and examples of 21st Century Slavery.
Homework:
1. Permission Slips NEED TO BE SIGNED TONIGHT or else we don't watch the movie!
2. Please review the rest of the slideshow on Antebellum South Slideshow in conjunction with the Solomon Northup Slideshow as BOTH will help you understand the era of slavery in America in the 19th Century.
3. Please download and review the questions BUT do NOT answer them yet on 12 Years a Slave Questions.
4. Slavery: Then and Now - Please review and read for an understanding of how slavery has evolved and examples of 21st Century Slavery.
___________________________________________________
Essential Questions:
-Should Americans and the U.S. government have feared an internal Communist subversion in the 1950's?
Themes: Containment, Domino Theory, CIA covert missions, Iran Overthrow, The Space Race, U-2 incident
1. Please post to Google Classroom. What problems or concerns did have as you researched President John F. Kennedy's Presidency? What were the main topics or situations you choose to research and write your thesis statements on?
2. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis - Read and review
2. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis - Read and review
-Cuban Missile Crisis - Students will look at Photographs + listen to Audio files for 20 minutes
3. Class Discussion after reviewing materials:
-Why did the Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba? What could they gain by deployment?
-Why was Fidel Castro and Cuba a threat to the United States?
-Did missiles actually threaten the United State's Security?
-Why did the U.S.A blocade Cuba? Was it an effective measure to problem solve this situation?
-How did the secret discussion affect the outcome?
-Should President Kennedy be considered a hero or lucky? Why?
-What did the international community (United States/Soviet Union/Cuba/Others) gain or lose from this crisis?
4. John F. Kennedy Resources:
JFK Library - Life of Kennedy and a whole heck of lot more!
Historic Speeches by JFK - JFK Library
JFK Cabinet, Headlines, and more - Online database on Presidents
JFK at a glance and his Domestic and Foreign policies - The Miller Center - University of Virginia
JFK through photos - A photo walk of JFK through the Presidential Years
5. Cold War Resources:
3. Class Discussion after reviewing materials:
-Why did the Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba? What could they gain by deployment?
-Why was Fidel Castro and Cuba a threat to the United States?
-Did missiles actually threaten the United State's Security?
-Why did the U.S.A blocade Cuba? Was it an effective measure to problem solve this situation?
-How did the secret discussion affect the outcome?
-Should President Kennedy be considered a hero or lucky? Why?
-What did the international community (United States/Soviet Union/Cuba/Others) gain or lose from this crisis?
4. John F. Kennedy Resources:
JFK Library - Life of Kennedy and a whole heck of lot more!
Historic Speeches by JFK - JFK Library
JFK Cabinet, Headlines, and more - Online database on Presidents
JFK at a glance and his Domestic and Foreign policies - The Miller Center - University of Virginia
JFK through photos - A photo walk of JFK through the Presidential Years
5. Cold War Resources:
The United Nations
The Cold War Museum
All sort of Cold War resource - videos, primary sources, etc
The Miller Center - University of Virginia - Cold War Era - Lots of Primary Sources
Timeline of the Cold War
Cold War Slideshow #1 1945-1960 - The beginning of the Cold War
Cold War Slideshow #2 1960-Present day
The Cold War Slideshow
1. None.
1. How much do popular trends reflect and/or shape American values and traditions?
1. The Decade that Made Us - 1980's - Part 2- Steve Jobs (16:15 mark)
2. MTV - Why all the craze? Why does it represent the 1980's? How does it become a game-changer for popular culture?
3. The Decade that Made Us - Madonna and MTV - Part 3 (14:00 mark)
4. 1980's Links to get you started:
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