Day 174 - Monday

U.S. History I - Periods 2, 5, and 6: 
Essential Question:

-Does state or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Why did the Election of Abraham Lincoln trigger the Civil War?

-Does war cause national prosperity?

-Who were the heroes and the losers of the American Civil War?
-What military lessons can we learn from the fighting in the American Civil War?
-How and why did President Lincoln's position on slavery, race, and emancipation change over time?
-Was the American Civil War worth it's costs? 

Themes:  State Rights vs. Federal Government, Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, Secession, Anaconda Plan, The Confederate Army of the United States vs. The Union Army, Key Battles/Turning Points

1. What were the important Themes, successful moments, and ultimate failures of The Reconstruction Era you discussed and learned about yesterday?

2. Did you like the PBS "Reconstruction History" video? Why or why not? Give me the 3 biggest takeaways from this video.

 4.

4. Reconstruction Resources:
-Reconstruction Packet to illustrate a basic understanding of Laws, Andrew Johnson, and the South (The first 2 pages are a review guide) 

-Radical Reconstruction Short Slideshow

-Reconstruction Presidents - Vidoe Questions

-Lincoln's Plan

-Johnson's Plan

-Radical Republican Plan

-The Reconstruction Act of 1867 - Military Map

-Civil Rights Amendments

-Timeline of Johnson's Impeachment

-1868 Election

-African-Americans during Reconstruction

-The origins of the KKK: See video below!

5. Abraham Lincoln Assassination Resources:

National Geographic interactive - follow John Wilkes Booth path to assassination - A MUST SEE (you may have trouble viewing on your ipad, but if not, check this out on another device, it's fascinating!)

John Wilkes Booth's reason for assassination

150 years later - The Blood Relic from the Lincoln's Assassination

Recent Newspaper Article from the Washington Post - Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Homework:
1. Please STUDY FOR YOUR FINAL EXAMS and remember you can bring in an 8 x 11 outline for the Silent Conversation/Debate.  Here is your US History I Study Guide and outlining your Final Exam Essay. Your Final Exam will be 45 Multiple Choice and a Silent Conversation/Debate with a partner. DON'T FORGET TO FIND YOUR TEXTBOOK and bring it to school on the day of your exam. NO TEXTBOOK = NO EXAM :(

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:

Essential Questions:
-Why didn't the Cold War ever turn "hot"?
-Is the Cold War still going on? How?
-Why is the 1960's such a violent decade?
-Why was the Vietnam War so divisive? 

Themes: Failed Conferences, The Iron Curtain, Containment, Containment, Domino Theory, The Domestic Cold War, President Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy

1. We will be completing a Top-Down Web in class on Chapter 32 - An Age of Limits on Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter and your understanding of the 1970's.
A. What patterns and themes define the decade??? 
B. Which event single-handily defines the decade?  
C. Write a thesis statement regarding the decade that reflects upon how American's felt about the Presidents in the 1970's?

2. We will also complete a Top-Down Web together on the Vietnam War using the Vietnam Slideshow, and The Vietnam War Overview 1964 - 1968. Please remember we will be utilizing your homework that was to describe at least 3 game-changing moments from an American Point of View and provide evidence and support as to why these game-changing moments were turning points during the Vietnam War, which you were supposed to post to Google Classroom.

3. Vietnam Resources:
Vietnam War Overview found on Digital History.
Read and review Chapter 30 in your Textbook pages 936-971
The Beginning of the Vietnam War
PBS - The Vietnam Battlefield
Digital History - The Vietnam Overview
Vietnam Slideshow
Geneva Conference - Vietnamese and American Perspectives
Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis
What were America's options in Vietnam
The Vietnam War 1965-1975 - America's Ordeal
The End of the Vietnam War - Looking Back!
Anti-Vietnam Movement Activity
Fall of Saigon Slideshow
The End of the Vietnam War - Timeline, story, photos, and primary sources

4. -The 1970's A Decade in Review
-A chronoglocial review of the 1970's
-Nixon and Watergate Scandal
-Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979
America in the 1970's 
The 1970's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1970's
American journalism in the 1970's
The Cold War in the 1970's

5. The 1980's A Decade in Review
The 1980's History and Pop Culture
End of the Cold War
Ronald Reaganisms
America in the 1980's
The 1980's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1980's
American journalism in the 1980's

The Cold War in the 1980's

6. The 1990's A Decade in Review
The 1990's History and Pop Culture

7. The 2000's A Decade in Review
The 2000's Review

8. September 11th Video

8. Remembering September 11th Video

Homework:
1. Please prepare for your Final Exam Silent Conversation by outlining on an 8 x 11 sheet of paper the essential question and theme you were assigned. Please carefully study and utilize your U.S. History II Final Exam Review Guide and prepare for your multiple choice section using a 3 x 5 note-card. 
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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Why do some people choose violence as an attempt to bring about change?
2. Does one country have a right to intervene in the affairs of another?
3. What is the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist?
4. What does Global Terrorism look like?

Themes:  Terrorism, Extremist, Global Security, September 11, 2001

1. We will discuss your reaction to what happened in Orlando, Florida at Pulse Night Club.
-Terrorist Attack is the biggest mass shooting in US History
-Omar Seddique Mateen
-Lone Wolf Attacks encouraged by the Islamic State

2. News/Podcast/Videos we should listen too and debate on the fight against ISIS:
Negative portrayals of Muslims get more media attention - Live Science
Islamaphobia is made up - The Islamic Monthly
What do you think when you look at me? - TED Talk
The FBI numbers that investigate homegrown Terrorism plots
The FBI's Budget - US Department of Justice
They are neither State or Islamic - The Independent UK News
Islamic State, ISIS, ISIS, or Daesh? - NPR on language
US Limited War against ISIS - Podcast on NPR
The Pentagon's Evolving Strategy - NPR International News
ISIS destruction in Ancient Cities in Syria - NPR International News
ISIS destroying 1,400 year old Christian Montastary in Iraq - NPR Podcast News
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - Podcast on NPR
US Fight Against ISIS - CNN video
Rebels Attack Raqqa - WSJ Online
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - New York Times
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah - Washington Post
Reporting on the War in Syria - NPR Podcast
#Syria - Twitter Hashtag on up to the minute news on Syria and ISIS
Global Terrorism Database - Incredible resource on terrorism and the numbers involved
Countries with the most Terrorist Attacks 2014 - Chart
Concentration of Terrorist Attacks in 2014 - Map
A World of Terrorism - Visualization Chart

Homework:
1. Prepare for your Final Exam by taking a look at all the resources above under "News/Podcast/Videos we should listen to and debate on the fight against ISIS" and you may use any 2 you want for the final exam. You need to be smart about selecting a resource that can enhance your understanding of how the world should react to terrorism.  

Day 173 - Friday - Our last Friday together :(

U.S. History I - Periods 2, 5, and 6: 
Essential Question:

-Does state or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Why did the Election of Abraham Lincoln trigger the Civil War?

-Does war cause national prosperity?

-Who were the heroes and the losers of the American Civil War?
-What military lessons can we learn from the fighting in the American Civil War?
-How and why did President Lincoln's position on slavery, race, and emancipation change over time?
-Was the American Civil War worth it's costs? 

Themes:  State Rights vs. Federal Government, Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, Secession, Anaconda Plan, The Confederate Army of the United States vs. The Union Army, Key Battles/Turning Points

1. What were the important Themes, successful moments, and ultimate failures of The Reconstruction Era you discussed and learned about yesterday?

2. Did you like the PBS "Reconstruction History" video? Why or why not? Give me the 3 biggest takeaways from this video.

 4.

4. Reconstruction Resources:
-Reconstruction Packet to illustrate a basic understanding of Laws, Andrew Johnson, and the South (The first 2 pages are a review guide) 

-Radical Reconstruction Short Slideshow

-Lincoln's Plan

-Johnson's Plan

-Radical Republican Plan

-The Reconstruction Act of 1867 - Military Map

-Civil Rights Amendments

-Timeline of Johnson's Impeachment

-1868 Election

-African-Americans during Reconstruction

-The origins of the KKK: See video below!

5. Abraham Lincoln Assassination Resources:

National Geographic interactive - follow John Wilkes Booth path to assassination - A MUST SEE (you may have trouble viewing on your ipad, but if not, check this out on another device, it's fascinating!)

John Wilkes Booth's reason for assassination

150 years later - The Blood Relic from the Lincoln's Assassination

Recent Newspaper Article from the Washington Post - Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Homework:
1. Please STUDY FOR YOUR FINAL EXAMS and remember you can bring in an 8 x 11 outline for the Silent Conversation/Debate.  Here is your US History I Study Guide and outlining your Final Exam Essay. Your Final Exam will be 45 Multiple Choice and a Silent Conversation/Debate with a partner. DON'T FORGET TO FIND YOUR TEXTBOOK and bring it to school on the day of your exam. NO TEXTBOOK = NO EXAM :(

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:

Essential Questions:
-Why didn't the Cold War ever turn "hot"?
-Is the Cold War still going on? How?
-Why is the 1960's such a violent decade?
-Why was the Vietnam War so divisive? 

Themes: Failed Conferences, The Iron Curtain, Containment, Containment, Domino Theory, The Domestic Cold War, President Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy

1. We will be completing a Top-Down Web in class on Chapter 32 - An Age of Limits on Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter and your understanding of the 1970's.
A. What patterns and themes define the decade??? 
B. Which event single-handily defines the decade?  
C. Write a thesis statement regarding the decade that reflects upon how American's felt about the Presidents in the 1970's?

2. We will also complete a Top-Down Web together on the Vietnam War using the Vietnam Slideshow, and The Vietnam War Overview 1964 - 1968. Please remember we will be utilizing your homework that was to describe at least 3 game-changing moments from an American Point of View and provide evidence and support as to why these game-changing moments were turning points during the Vietnam War, which you were supposed to post to Google Classroom.

3. Vietnam Resources:
Vietnam War Overview found on Digital History.
Read and review Chapter 30 in your Textbook pages 936-971
The Beginning of the Vietnam War
PBS - The Vietnam Battlefield
Digital History - The Vietnam Overview
Vietnam Slideshow
Geneva Conference - Vietnamese and American Perspectives
Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis
What were America's options in Vietnam
The Vietnam War 1965-1975 - America's Ordeal
The End of the Vietnam War - Looking Back!
Anti-Vietnam Movement Activity
Fall of Saigon Slideshow
The End of the Vietnam War - Timeline, story, photos, and primary sources

4. America in the 1970's 
The 1970's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1970's
American journalism in the 1970's

America in the 1980's
The 1980's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1980's
American journalism in the 1980's

5. Cold War Resources for the 1970's and 1980's:

The Cold War in the 1970's
The Cold War in the 1980's

6. We will watch the History Channel Presidential Videos on the 1970's Presidents, 1980's, and early 1990's

7. September 11th Video

5. Remembering September 11th Video

Homework:
1. Please prepare for your Final Exam Silent Conversation by outlining on an 8 x 11 sheet of paper the essential question and theme you were assigned. Please carefully study and utilize your U.S. History II Final Exam Review Guide and prepare for your multiple choice section using a 3 x 5 note-card. 
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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Why do some people choose violence as an attempt to bring about change?
2. Does one country have a right to intervene in the affairs of another?
3. What is the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist?
4. What does Global Terrorism look like?

Themes:  Terrorism, Extremist, Global Security, September 11, 2001

1. We will discuss your reaction and collaboration on the conversation thread on Google Classroom that gives your reaction to BOTH TED TALKS and be sure to finish the following statement "Terrorism and the Muslim Community..." to start your conversation with one another.




2. News/Podcast/Videos we should listen too and debate on the fight against ISIS:
Negative portrayals of Muslims get more media attention - Live Science
Islamaphobia is made up - The Islamic Monthly
What do you think when you look at me? - TED Talk
The FBI numbers that investigate homegrown Terrorism plots
The FBI's Budget - US Department of Justice
They are neither State or Islamic - The Independent UK News
Islamic State, ISIS, ISIS, or Daesh? - NPR on language
US Limited War against ISIS - Podcast on NPR
The Pentagon's Evolving Strategy - NPR International News
ISIS destruction in Ancient Cities in Syria - NPR International News
ISIS destroying 1,400 year old Christian Montastary in Iraq - NPR Podcast News
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - Podcast on NPR
US Fight Against ISIS - CNN video
Rebels Attack Raqqa - WSJ Online
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - New York Times
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah - Washington Post
Reporting on the War in Syria - NPR Podcast
#Syria - Twitter Hashtag on up to the minute news on Syria and ISIS
Global Terrorism Database - Incredible resource on terrorism and the numbers involved
Countries with the most Terrorist Attacks 2014 - Chart
Concentration of Terrorist Attacks in 2014 - Map
A World of Terrorism - Visualization Chart

Homework:
1. Take a look at all the resources above under "News/Podcast/Videos we should listen to and debate on the fight against ISIS" and you may use any 2 you want for the final exam. You need to be smart about selecting a resource that can enhance your understanding of how the world should react to terrorism.  

Day 172 - Thursday

U.S. History I - Periods 2, 5, and 6: 
Essential Question:

-Does state or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Why did the Election of Abraham Lincoln trigger the Civil War?

-Does war cause national prosperity?

-Who were the heroes and the losers of the American Civil War?
-What military lessons can we learn from the fighting in the American Civil War?
-How and why did President Lincoln's position on slavery, race, and emancipation change over time?
-Was the American Civil War worth it's costs? 

Themes:  State Rights vs. Federal Government, Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, Secession, Anaconda Plan, The Confederate Army of the United States vs. The Union Army, Key Battles/Turning Points

1. Review your homework the night before with a partner and have a meaningful conversation about what you learned about Reconstruction. 

2. Watch the video below from PBS.org

3. Using your homework assignment last night on the 2-column notes of Reconstruction Era, the T-chart on the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era, and the video below and answer the question above using a clear and coherent answer. Please read the rest of the student's responses and respond to at least 2 other students!

4.

4. Reconstruction Resources:
-Reconstruction Packet to illustrate a basic understanding of Laws, Andrew Johnson, and the South (The first 2 pages are a review guide) 

-Radical Reconstruction Short Slideshow

-Lincoln's Plan

-Johnson's Plan

-Radical Republican Plan

-The Reconstruction Act of 1867 - Military Map

-Civil Rights Amendments

-Timeline of Johnson's Impeachment

-1868 Election

-African-Americans during Reconstruction

-The origins of the KKK: See video below!

5. Abraham Lincoln Assassination Resources:

National Geographic interactive - follow John Wilkes Booth path to assassination - A MUST SEE (you may have trouble viewing on your ipad, but if not, check this out on another device, it's fascinating!)

John Wilkes Booth's reason for assassination

150 years later - The Blood Relic from the Lincoln's Assassination

Recent Newspaper Article from the Washington Post - Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Homework:
1. Check out Google Classroom for your responses to at least 2 other students based off the question "What was the biggest success and failure of the Reconstruction Era between 1865-1877 and why?"

2. STUDY FOR YOUR FINAL EXAMS and here is your US History I Study Guide and outlining your Final Exam Essay. Your Final Exam will be 45 Multiple Choice and a Silent Conversation/Debate with a partner. 

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:

Essential Questions:
-Why didn't the Cold War ever turn "hot"?
-Is the Cold War still going on? How?
-Why is the 1960's such a violent decade?
-Why was the Vietnam War so divisive? 

Themes: Failed Conferences, The Iron Curtain, Containment, Containment, Domino Theory, The Domestic Cold War, President Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy

1. With a partner, review and discuss Chapter 32 - An Age of Limits on Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter and use your homework answer's last night to generate a conversation to compare and contrast. Both you and your partner will need to post to Google Classroom what did you share that was IN COMMON and what was DIFFERENT about your understanding of the 1970's in the thread.
A. What patterns and themes define the decade??? 
B. Which event single-handily defines the decade?  
C. Write a thesis statement regarding the decade that reflects upon how American's felt about the Presidents in the 1970's?

2. With a partner please review the Vietnam Slideshow, with a focus on 1956-1975 years of engagement. Additionally, we will examine Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis, and then we will discuss why the Summer of 1965 is a turning point in the Vietnam War AND what were America's Options? Finally, we will partner read The Vietnam War Overview 1964 - 1968 and encourage dialogue regarding the LBG escalation of US forces in Vietnam. After viewing all of these resources on the Vietnam War - Please describe at least 3 game-changing moments from an American Point of View and provide evidence and support as to why these game-changing moments were turning points during the Vietnam War and post to Google Classroom.

3. Vietnam Resources:
Vietnam War Overview found on Digital History.
Read and review Chapter 30 in your Textbook pages 936-971
The Beginning of the Vietnam War
PBS - The Vietnam Battlefield
Digital History - The Vietnam Overview
Vietnam Slideshow
Geneva Conference - Vietnamese and American Perspectives
Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis
What were America's options in Vietnam
The Vietnam War 1965-1975 - America's Ordeal
The End of the Vietnam War - Looking Back!
Anti-Vietnam Movement Activity
Fall of Saigon Slideshow
The End of the Vietnam War - Timeline, story, photos, and primary sources

4. America in the 1970's 
The 1970's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1970's
American journalism in the 1970's

America in the 1980's
The 1980's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1980's
American journalism in the 1980's

5. Cold War Resources:

Cold War Slideshow #2  1960-Present day

The Cold War in the 1960's 
The Cold War in the 1970's
The Cold War in the 1980's

Homework:
1. In class, please work with a partner to review the Vietnam Slideshow, with a focus on 1956-1975 years of engagement. Additionally, we will examine Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis, and then we will discuss why the Summer of 1965 is a turning point in the Vietnam War AND what were America's Options? Finally, we will partner read The Vietnam War Overview 1964 - 1968 and encourage dialogue regarding the LBG escalation of US forces in Vietnam. After viewing all of these resources on the Vietnam War - Please describe at least 3 game-changing moments from an American Point of View and provide evidence and support as to why these game-changing moments were turning points during the Vietnam War and post to Google Classroom.

2.  On Friday, I will pass out your topics for your Final Exam Silent Conversation. Please carefully study and utilize your U.S. History II Final Exam Review Guide and prepare for your Final Exam 

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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Why do some people choose violence as an attempt to bring about change?
2. Does one country have a right to intervene in the affairs of another?
3. What is the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist?
4. What does Global Terrorism look like?

Themes:  Terrorism, Extremist, Global Security, September 11, 2001

1. Please watch TED Talk Videos on Terrorism and the Muslim Faith:




2. News/Podcast/Videos we should listen too and debate on the fight against ISIS:
Negative portrayals of Muslims get more media attention - Live Science
Islamaphobia is made up - The Islamic Monthly
What do you think when you look at me? - TED Talk
The FBI numbers that investigate homegrown Terrorism plots
The FBI's Budget - US Department of Justice
They are neither State or Islamic - The Independent UK News
Islamic State, ISIS, ISIS, or Daesh? - NPR on language
US Limited War against ISIS - Podcast on NPR
The Pentagon's Evolving Strategy - NPR International News
ISIS destruction in Ancient Cities in Syria - NPR International News
ISIS destroying 1,400 year old Christian Montastary in Iraq - NPR Podcast News
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - Podcast on NPR
US Fight Against ISIS - CNN video
Rebels Attack Raqqa - WSJ Online
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - New York Times
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah - Washington Post
Reporting on the War in Syria - NPR Podcast
#Syria - Twitter Hashtag on up to the minute news on Syria and ISIS
Global Terrorism Database - Incredible resource on terrorism and the numbers involved
Countries with the most Terrorist Attacks 2014 - Chart
Concentration of Terrorist Attacks in 2014 - Map
A World of Terrorism - Visualization Chart

Homework:
1. Please start the conversation thread on Google Classroom that gives your reaction to BOTH TED TALKS and be sure to finish the following statement "Terrorism and the Muslim Community..." to start your conversation with one another. 

Day 171 - Wednesday

U.S. History I - Periods 2, 5, and 6: 
Essential Question:

-Does state or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Why did the Election of Abraham Lincoln trigger the Civil War?

-Does war cause national prosperity?

-Who were the heroes and the losers of the American Civil War?
-What military lessons can we learn from the fighting in the American Civil War?
-How and why did President Lincoln's position on slavery, race, and emancipation change over time?
-Was the American Civil War worth it's costs? 

Themes:  State Rights vs. Federal Government, Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, Secession, Anaconda Plan, The Confederate Army of the United States vs. The Union Army, Key Battles/Turning Points

1. We will quickly wrap up any questions you have on Mr. Parkin's Civil War Slideshow 

2. The debate question "Which theater of the American Civil War was MOST IMPORTANT in determining the outcome of the war?"

3. Your job last night was to CREATE an understanding of the legacy of the war in a top-down web format that addresses the political, economic, geographic, and/or social consequences of the American Civil War. Once down with your visual organization, please be sure to answer the following questions in a written summary (3-4 sentences for each response) AFTER you complete a top down web. Please share your Top-Down Webs and summaries with at least 3 other people and have some clear dialogue when discussing the two questions below:

a.  "What is the legacy of the American Civil War?"
b. "Was the American Civil War worth it's cost?" 

4. With your partners, please read "Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln" and review the tabs titled "Timeline" and "Gallery" and create an 2-Column outline of notes that illustrate the Details/Development of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination on the right side and the major concepts/ideas on the left hand side when you are done.  Look for cause-and-effect analysis and also patterns you recognize through the timeline/gallery. Please be ready to use these notes to carefully discuss the greatest assassination in American history and for a potential debate/persuasive argument.

5. Abraham Lincoln Assasination Resources:

National Geographic interactive - follow John Wilkes Booth path to assassination - A MUST SEE (you may have trouble viewing on your ipad, but if not, check this out on another device, it's fascinating!)

John Wilkes Booth's reason for assassination

150 years later - The Blood Relic from the Lincoln's Assassination

Recent Newspaper Article from the Washington Post - Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Homework:
1. Reconstruction and it's Aftermath - Please read Part 1: Forever Free/Black Exodus and then Part II: Fruits of Reconstruction/Role of the Black Church and create a 2-Column Chart - on the Right Side should be DETAILS/DEVELOPMENT from these two readings, and the left side should give the MAIN IDEA/CRITICAL THINKING.  Finally, answer the short essay question: ""Did African-Americans win racial equality thanks to the Union government during the American Civil War and Reconstruction?" and be ready to discuss in class tomorrow!

2. Please read/review Chapter 12 - Sections 1 - 4 - pages 376-401 - Reconstruction and It's Effects -  Make a list of all the SUCCESSES (progress) and the FAILURES of Reconstruction of the United States of America. 

3. STUDY FOR YOUR FINAL EXAMS and here is your US History I Study Guide and outlining your Final Exam Essay. Your Final Exam will be 45 Multiple Choice and a Silent Conversation/Debate with a partner. 

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:

Essential Questions:
-Why didn't the Cold War ever turn "hot"?
-Is the Cold War still going on? How?
-Why is the 1960's such a violent decade?
-Why was the Vietnam War so divisive? 

Themes: Failed Conferences, The Iron Curtain, Containment, Containment, Domino Theory, The Domestic Cold War, President Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy

1. Where you able to making sense of the Civil Rights Era using the following outlines from last night's readings???
A. Please read and check out Chapter 29 - "Taking on Segregation"  - The start of the Civil Rights Movement - pages 906 - 913.   Please outline the following concepts with 3-4 bullet points that tell a story and the impact of these themes during the 1950's-1960's:

I. The Segregation System 

II. Brown vs. Board of Education

III. Little Rock

IV. Montgomery Bus Boycott and the South

V. MLK Jr. and the SCLC

B. Chapter 29 - Section 2 "The Triumphs of a Crusade" - pages 916-922 and complete a WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and IMPACT on each of these themes below  This outline should illustrate the impact of these themes below during the 1950's- 1960's:

I. Freedom Riders/Riding for Freedom

II. Standing Firm

III. Marching to Washington, DC

IV. Fighting for Voting Rights

2. Civil Rights Resources

Timeline of Key Events during the Civil Rights Movement
Basic Overview of the Civil Rights Era 

Separate, But Not Equal - Photographs - We will use to teach the background of The Civil Rights Movement
Muhammad Ali - NY Times Article

Brown vs. Board of Education Prezi

 Brown vs. Board of Education - Documents

Timeline of Key Events during the Civil Rights Movement

Separate, But Not Equal - Photographs - The Smithsonian - Highly recommend!

Telling America's Story through photography

Jackie Robinson and Documents - Social Unrest Persists in America

The Civil Rights Slideshare

Music and the Civil Rights Movement

Desegregation and at Center Stage

Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and Demonstrations

Civil Rights - The Smithsonian
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Time Magazine Photographs

3. With a partner please read and have a meaningful conversation about The Vietnam War  using The Vietnam War, Part I: The Early Years and Escalation by Alan Taylor and the 46 photographs

-Who's perspective are the photographs from? How do you know this?
-Pick ONE photograph and tell me in your own words how it represents "The Vietnam Conflict"?
-What is the MAIN IDEA of this article by The Atlantic?
-What other ways could Americans have changed the course of the The Vietnam Conflict?
-Would you recommend this article? Why? Why not?

4.  We will review the Vietnam Slideshow - We will focus on 1956-1974. Additionally, we will examine Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis, and then we will discuss why the Summer of 1965 is a turning point in the Vietnam War AND what were America's Options? Finally, we will partner read The Vietnam War Overview 1964 - 1968 and encourage dialogue regarding the LBG escalation of US forces in Vietnam.

5. Vietnam Resources:
Vietnam War Overview found on Digital History.
Read and review Chapter 30 in your Textbook pages 936-971
The Beginning of the Vietnam War
PBS - The Vietnam Battlefield
Digital History - The Vietnam Overview
Vietnam Slideshow
Geneva Conference - Vietnamese and American Perspectives
Vietnam Political Cartoon Analysis
What were America's options in Vietnam
The Vietnam War 1965-1975 - America's Ordeal
The End of the Vietnam War - Looking Back!
Anti-Vietnam Movement Activity
Fall of Saigon Slideshow
The End of the Vietnam War - Timeline, story, photos, and primary sources

6. America in the 1970's 
The 1970's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1970's
American journalism in the 1970's

America in the 1980's
The 1980's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1980's
American journalism in the 1980's

7. Cold War Resources:

Cold War Slideshow #2  1960-Present day

The Cold War in the 1960's 
The Cold War in the 1970's
The Cold War in the 1980's

Homework:
1. Read and review Chapter 32 - An Age of Limits on Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter.  Just make sure you know the topics on the Review Guide below and pay special attention to the following Watergate Scandal, Ford's inflation problem, and Carter's Camp David Accords and The Iran Hostage Crisis. 
A. What patterns and themes define the decade??? 
B. Which event single-handily defines the decade?  
C. Write a thesis statement regarding the decade that reflects upon how American's felt about the Presidents in the 1970's?

2. Watch John Green's 1970's U.S. History Crash Course

 


3.  Please carefully study and utilize your U.S. History II Final Exam Review Guide and prepare for your Final Exam 

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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Why do some people choose violence as an attempt to bring about change?
2. Does one country have a right to intervene in the affairs of another?
3. What is the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist?
4. What does Global Terrorism look like?

Themes:  Terrorism, Extremist, Global Security, September 11, 2001

1. TED Talk Videos on Terrorism and the Muslim Faith:




3. News/Podcast/Videos we should listen too and debate on the fight against ISIS:
Negative portrayals of Muslims get more media attention - Live Science
Islamaphobia is made up - The Islamic Monthly
What do you think when you look at me? - TED Talk
The FBI numbers that investigate homegrown Terrorism plots
The FBI's Budget - US Department of Justice
They are neither State or Islamic - The Independent UK News
Islamic State, ISIS, ISIS, or Daesh? - NPR on language
US Limited War against ISIS - Podcast on NPR
The Pentagon's Evolving Strategy - NPR International News
ISIS destruction in Ancient Cities in Syria - NPR International News
ISIS destroying 1,400 year old Christian Montastary in Iraq - NPR Podcast News
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - Podcast on NPR
US Fight Against ISIS - CNN video
Rebels Attack Raqqa - WSJ Online
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - New York Times
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah - Washington Post
Reporting on the War in Syria - NPR Podcast
#Syria - Twitter Hashtag on up to the minute news on Syria and ISIS
Global Terrorism Database - Incredible resource on terrorism and the numbers involved
Countries with the most Terrorist Attacks 2014 - Chart
Concentration of Terrorist Attacks in 2014 - Map
A World of Terrorism - Visualization Chart

Homework:
1. Please listen to NPR's US Limited War against ISIS - A Podcast on NPR and write a 4-5 sentence summary and reaction to it.  Then go out and check out #Syria - Twitter Hashtag on up to the minute news on Syria and ISIS - and give us something to talk about that you are interested in.

Day 170 - Tuesday

U.S. History I - Periods 2, 5, and 6: 
Essential Question:

-Does state or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Why did the Election of Abraham Lincoln trigger the Civil War?

-Does war cause national prosperity?

-Who were the heroes and the losers of the American Civil War?
-What military lessons can we learn from the fighting in the American Civil War?
-How and why did President Lincoln's position on slavery, race, and emancipation change over time?
-Was the American Civil War worth it's costs? 

Themes:  State Rights vs. Federal Government, Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, Secession, Anaconda Plan, The Confederate Army of the United States vs. The Union Army, Key Battles/Turning Points

1. We will quickly wrap up any questions you have on Mr. Parkin's Civil War Slideshow and resources below. The Gallery Walk Activity on Theaters of War begins today for many of you (Period 6 will finish this up today and the debate/conversation). You need to all work effectively as a group and individual using a Google doc to manage your time and delegate responsibilities quickly to the group-members. You need to have a stand alone project where the rest of your classmates will be able to walk around class on Monday and interpret your research and be able to easily make sense of your theater of war. Here is the rubric.

2. The debate question "Which theater of the American Civil War was MOST IMPORTANT in determining the outcome of the war?"

3. American Civil War Resources:
-Fort Sumner Falls
-Overview of the American Civil War
-The Civil War Slideshow
-Civil War Battlefields
-A huge collection of resources on nearly every topic on the Civil War
-Primary Sources from the Library of Congress
-Civil War Battles and Primary Sources - Civil War Trust Organization
-Primary Sources - Maps, Confederates and Union transcripts
-The 10 costliest battles of the American Civil War
-Important Women in the American Civil War
-Battle Summaries
-Battles by Campaigns and Regions

-John Green's Crash Course - Major Battles during the American Civil War
-Maps on Civil War Battles

Homework:
1. Please read "The Legacy of the War" in your textbook on Chapter 11 - Section 5 - pages 366-371. Please complete a Top-Down Web that represents the Political, Economic, Geographic, Social consequences of the war, both immediate and long-term consequences should be considered.  Your job is to CREATE an understanding of the legacy of the war in a top-down web format that addresses the political, economic, geographic, and/or social consequences of the American Civil War. Once down with your visual organization, please be sure to answer the following questions in a written summary (3-4 sentences for each response) AFTER you complete a top down web:
a.  "What is the legacy of the American Civil War?"
b. "Was the American Civil War worth it's cost?"  

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:

Essential Questions:
-Why didn't the Cold War ever turn "hot"?
-Is the Cold War still going on? How?
-Why is the 1960's such a violent decade?
-Why was the Vietnam War so divisive? 

Themes: Failed Conferences, The Iron Curtain, Containment, Containment, Domino Theory, The Domestic Cold War, President Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy

1. You will be working on reading The Civil Rights a Basic Overview of the Civil Rights Era using Partner Reading (Pick one partner and read on and off paragraphs) taking clear notes and asking questions so that you discuss what you are reading to develop a clear understanding of the Civil Rights Era. You must read BOTH PART I AND PART II.

2. Civil Rights Resources you and your partner will review and examine:

Timeline of Key Events during the Civil Rights Movement

Separate, But Not Equal - Photographs - We will use to teach the background of The Civil Rights Movement
Muhammad Ali - NY Times Article

3. Civil Rights Era: 1948 to 1968

Brown vs. Board of Education Prezi

 Brown vs. Board of Education - Documents

Timeline of Key Events during the Civil Rights Movement

Separate, But Not Equal - Photographs - The Smithsonian - Highly recommend!

Telling America's Story through photography

Jackie Robinson and Documents - Social Unrest Persists in America

The Civil Rights Slideshare

Music and the Civil Rights Movement

Desegregation and at Center Stage

Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and Demonstrations

Civil Rights - The Smithsonian
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Time Magazine Photographs

4. The Vietnam War  - Please find a partner and read and review The Vietnam War, Part I: The Early Years and Escalation by Alan Taylor and the 46 photographs

-Who's perspective are the photographs from? How do you know this?
-Pick ONE photograph and tell me in your own words how it represents "The Vietnam Conflict"?
-What is the MAIN IDEA of this article by The Atlantic?
-What other ways could Americans have changed the course of the The Vietnam Conflict?
-Would you recommend this article? Why? Why not?

5. American home front Resources:

America in the 1960's 
The 1960's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1960's 
American journalism in the 1960's

America in the 1970's 
The 1970's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1970's
American journalism in the 1970's

America in the 1980's
The 1980's Decade
Pop Culture of the 1980's
American journalism in the 1980's

6. Cold War and Lyndon B. Johnson's Foreign Policy

A. The State.gov - LBJ's Cold War FP
B. The Cold War Museum - LBJ's Cold War FP

C. University of Virginia's Miller Center - LBJ's Foreign Policy Agenda

 *We will discuss the contents of LBJ's foreign policy and the effectiveness of it.

Cold War Resources:

Cold War Slideshow #2  1960-Present day

JFK Library - Life of Kennedy and a whole heck of lot more!
The Cold War in the 1960's 
The Cold War in the 1970's
The Cold War in the 1980's

Homework:
1. Due on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH - Making sense of the Civil Rights Era
A. Please read and check out Chapter 29 - "Taking on Segregation"  - The start of the Civil Rights Movement - pages 906 - 913.   Please outline the following concepts with 3-4 bullet points that tell a story and the impact of these themes during the 1950's-1960's:

I. The Segregation System 

II. Brown vs. Board of Education

III. Little Rock

IV. Montgomery Bus Boycott and the South

V. MLK Jr. and the SCLC

B. Please read and evaluate Chapter 29 - Section 2 "The Triumphs of a Crusade" - pages 916-922 and complete a WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and IMPACT on each of these themes below  This outline should illustrate the impact of these themes below during the 1950's- 1960's:

I. Freedom Riders/Riding for Freedom

II. Standing Firm

III. Marching to Washington, DC

IV. Fighting for Voting Rights

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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Why do some people choose violence as an attempt to bring about change?
2. Does one country have a right to intervene in the affairs of another?
3. What is the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist?
4. What does Global Terrorism look like?

Themes:  Terrorism, Extremist, Global Security, September 11, 2001

1. The ISLAMIC STATE - Right now and what we can/should do about it?
-ISIS leader encourages attacks on Europe and America
-ISIS Strategy since Paris and Brussels attacks
-OP-ED "Competing perspectives on Countering ISIS" - Read in partners today and discuss how we can counter the most significant terrorist group in 2016.
-Support for Military Action Against ISIS - Chart
-Al-Qaeda and ISIS - feuding or working together?
-Global Issues and Context BHS Database research on ISIS

2. TED Talk Videos on Terrorism and the Muslim Faith:




3. News/Podcast/Videos we should listen too and debate on the fight against ISIS:
Negative portrayals of Muslims get more media attention - Live Science
Islamaphobia is made up - The Islamic Monthly
What do you think when you look at me? - TED Talk
The FBI numbers that investigate homegrown Terrorism plots
The FBI's Budget - US Department of Justice
They are neither State or Islamic - The Independent UK News
Islamic State, ISIS, ISIS, or Daesh? - NPR on language
US Limited War against ISIS - Podcast on NPR
The Pentagon's Evolving Strategy - NPR International News
ISIS destruction in Ancient Cities in Syria - NPR International News
ISIS destroying 1,400 year old Christian Montastary in Iraq - NPR Podcast News
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - Podcast on NPR
US Fight Against ISIS - CNN video
Rebels Attack Raqqa - WSJ Online
Iraqi forces try to take back Fallujah - New York Times
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah - Washington Post
Reporting on the War in Syria - NPR Podcast
#Syria - Twitter Hashtag on up to the minute news on Syria and ISIS
Global Terrorism Database - Incredible resource on terrorism and the numbers involved
Countries with the most Terrorist Attacks 2014 - Chart
Concentration of Terrorist Attacks in 2014 - Map
A World of Terrorism - Visualization Chart

Homework:
1. Due on Wednesday - Go off and explore a topic/article from the "Global Issues" Database on Burlington High School's Database Resource Center under "Islamic State" under topics and be ready to share and discuss it's importance with the class. Please present a case as to why Mr. Parkin and your classmates should know about this particular topic under The Islamic State or an article about it.