12/18 Civil Rights Movement

1. De jure segregation--The Jim Crow Laws
2. Cornell Notes on "Eyes on the Prize"

3. Extra Credit for the Break. Due on 1/5.

12/16 Intro to Modern Civil Rights

1. Intro to Modern Civil Rights
2. Eyes on the Prize Cornell Notes

12/14 50s Domestic Exam

1. 50s Domestic Exam
2. Ch. 21 S1 RG Assigned

12/10 Ike's Presidency

1. Ike as the leader.
2. Halberstam's 50s--Effect of advertising on politics and the 50s.
3. Review for the Exam

12/8 Truman and Taft-Hartley

1. Truman Wkst.
2. Taft-Hartley Act---what it did. Wkst. on effect on work stoppages.
3. Assign Ch. 20 S3 RG

12/4 Truman as President

1. Truman as President
2. The 1948 election.
3. Truman Clip

12/2 Intro to Politics of the Era

1. Finish viewing Donna Reed and Murphy Brown.
Qs on the issue of Gender in the 1950s.

2. Ch. 20 S1&2 Quiz as a worksheet

3. Intro to Politics of the Era

11/30 Women in the 1950s

1. Collect Ch. 20 S2 RG
2. Women and Gender Roles in the 1950s.