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.

Teens in the 1950s 11/19

1. Teens in the 1950s.
2. Ch. 20 S2 RG---Due on return from break.
3. Rock and Roll history--begin.

Extra Credit: Research 50's Rock and Roll and its development. For 20 pts. type out an original 2 page paper on a subject of Rock and Roll. This could be a group, person, record label, the 50s style of rock, effect on teens, etc.. Use MLA format and make sure it's typed.

11/17 1950s Society

1. Trends in 1950s.
2. Business in 1950s.
3. Ch. 20 S1 Due.

4. Begin Growth of Suburbia and TV Growth wksts in Groups.

11/13 Intro to 1950s

1. Intro to 1950s Lecture and Overview Video
2. Ch. 20 S1 RG Assigned

11/10 Cold War EXAM

1. Ch. 19 COLD WAR EXAM

11/6 Ike and the Cold War + Review

1. Satellites Due.
2. Ike and the Cold War. Group Discussion.
3. Cold War Map Wkst. (PDF file available in classroom only).
4. Review for Cold War Exam

11/4 McCarthyism

1. McCarthyism discussed.
2. Cold War at Home Q's due.
3. Satellites and Science Wkst. (PDF file available in classroom only).Due next Period.

11/2 Arms Race & Intro to Cold War at Home

1. Arms Race Clip
2. Intro to Cold War at Home---Questions due next period.

10/29 Cold War in Asia

1. Korean War Video---Korean War Assignment due next period.
2. Struggle for China Wkst. --Cold War Turns Hot Wkst.---Geography of Containment Wkst. (PDF Docs Available only in Class).

10/27 Cold War Shifts to Asia

1. Effects of the Berlin Airlift. NATO/$Marshall Plan/Warsaw Pact ----Post WWII Euro Map(PDF file available in classroom only).
2. Cold war shifts to Asia ---Korean War Assignment---Due on 11/2

10/23 Berlin Airlift

1. ABC Video with Cornell Notes.
2. Berlin Airlift and Berlin Wkst. (PDF file available in classroom only).

10/21 Marshall Plan

1. Marshall Plan
2. Helping Hand Wkst.
3. Powerpoint of Cold War in Europe.
4. Berlin Airlift.

10/19 UN Creation

1. Ch. 19 S1 Reading Quiz
2. Creation of the UN with Wkst.

10/14 Cold War

1. Intro to Cold War---Broken Alliances and Analyzing Motives.

10/12 WWII Exam

1. WWII Exam
2. Intro to Cold War

10/7 Atomic Bomb?

1. Why drop the Bomb? Atomic bomb reading wkst.
2. Leaders Meeting

10/5 WWII & the Holocaust

1. WWII Fill-In Wkst.
2. Go over WWII Maps
3. Holocaust

10/1 Ch. 18 S1 Homefront

1. Intro to Homefront.
2. Ch. 18 S1 Wkst.

9/29 WWII Map Wkst

1. Finish Video
2. WWII Map Wkst.

9/25 WWII Review

1. Ch. 17 S1 RG Due.
2. ABC Video 1936-1941

9/23 WWII Review

1. * Any student who is unhappy with their Geography Quiz score may download the quiz and retake it as a take-home assignment--turned in to me in class.

2. Europe 1918 map for your notebooks.

3. ABC Video with Notes

9/21 Geog Quiz--Intro to WWII Review

1. Geog Quiz
2. U.S. Physical Geography Assignment---Due on Wednesday.
3. Intro to WWII Review

9/17 5 Themes Wkst.

1. 5 Themes Wkst.
2. Basic Map Reading Assignment
3. World Map for Notebooks
4. Physical Geography

9/15 Climagraph--Intro to 5 themes of Geog.

1. Climagraph of Salem, OR
2. Intro to 5 themes

9/11 Geog. Intro

1. Syllabus Due
2. Population Pyramid
3. Basic Graph Reading

9/9 Intro --1st day

Syllabus Due next class period