World History for Wednesday & Thursday, April 27 & 28

1. Showed 12-week grades.
2. Returned a bunch of old assignments.
3. Watched and answered questions for the video Poisoned Dreams.  Print out the questions and watch the three parts below then be sure to turn your completed sheet into me.

World History for Tuesday, April 5

1. I collected the assignment that was for homework Monday night.  If you were absent, be sure to turn it in.
2. Worksheet:  The Collapse of the Soviet Union.  Don't forget to also do part B at the bottom.

U.S. History for Tuesday, April 5

1. I checked the homework from Monday night for 10 points.
2. We reviewed the key points.  Be sure to copy the notes from a classmate if you were absent.
3. In period 3 we viewed a video about a man who was against the Vietnam War and he discusses his reasons for being against it. 

World History for Monday, April 4

1. Notes on the Cold War.  Copy from a classmate.
2. Homework:  complete this Cold War worksheet.

U.S. History for Monday, March 21

• Period 2 ONLY: Civil Rights Pre-Test.  Be sure to copy notes from a classmate if you were absent.
• Period 3 ONLY:  
• Notes on Civil Rights. Copy from a classmate if you were absent.
• Homework: Using pages 710-711, read about the Freedom Rides and the integration of Ole Miss.  Then answer:
• 1. What happened in this event?
• 2. What did African Americans gain as a result of this event?
• Finished Happy Daze video and answered questions 6 and 7 and turned them in.  Be sure to watch that video and answer the questions.  Here is the excerpt below.

U.S. History for Friday, March 18

• Period 2 ONLY: Telephone charades game for the Cold War and Civil Rights vocabulary.
• Period 3 ONLY:  Civil Rights pre-test that demonstrated segregation.  There were also some notes and a chart that you will need to copy from a classmate if you were absent.

U.S. History for Wednesday & Thursday, March 16 & 17

• Period 2 ONLY: Completed the Cuban Missile Crisis activity (students turned in their responses) and began watching the video Poisoned Dreams.
• Period 3 ONLY: Completed the Cuban Missile Crisis activity (students turned in their responses), watched part of Poisoned Dreams and learned the new vocabulary words with the telephone charades vocabulary game.

Here are the Poisoned Dreams questions.  Be sure to print them out and use the video below to answer the questions.  

U.S. History for Tuesday, March 15

Today we continued to work on our Cuban Missile Crisis activity where students take on the role of President Kennedy's advisers.  If you were absent, be sure to copy the notes from a classmate.

U.S. History for Monday, March 14

Today we began an activity on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Be sure to copy the notes from a classmate if you were absent.

U.S. History for Wednesday & Thursday, March 9 & 10

1. Period 2 ONLY:  
1. Returned old papers.
2. Complete and turn in 1950s popular culture worksheet.
3. Watched the Happy Daze video and completed the questions.  See the video and questions in yesterday's blog entry.

1. Period 3 ONLY:
1. We had a sub because I am out sick so there was a video on Hiroshima and a video on the Dustbowl.  If you have an excused absence from that day, you will be excused from the assignments.  If you have an unexcused absence, you will receive a zero.

U.S. History for Tuesday, March 8

1. Period 2 ONLY: 
1. Activity on Joseph McCarthy
2. Notes on Joseph McCarthy
3. Worksheet on 1950s popular culture.  Students were to complete #1 a, b, & c and show me on Wednesday.

1. Period 3 ONLY:
1. Turn in completed pop culture sheet. 
2. Completed Happy Daze video.  Here is the question sheet.  Watch the videos below and answer the questions.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

U.S. History for Monday, March 7

1. Period 2 ONLY: Notes on ways the U.S. kept communism from spreading.
2. Period 3 ONLY: 
1. Turned in Cold War Comes Home worksheet.
2. Worksheet on popular culture of the 1950s. 
3. Began video: The Century--Happy Daze

U.S. History for Friday, March 4

1. Period 2 ONLY: Reviewed the Cold War terms activity, then took notes on the causes of the Cold War.
2. Period 3 ONLY:  Worked on a worksheet about fear of communism in the 1950s.  Students will be turning this in on Monday, March 7.  Then we had a few notes on John F. Kennedy's rise to the presidency.

Period 3 U.S. History for Thursday, March 3

1. During the first hour, we attended the World's Fair in the gym.
2. We played the "Secret Dot Game" and experienced what it was like to accuse and be falsely accused during the McCarthy era.  We will learn about McCarthy in class on Friday.

U.S. History for Tuesday, March 1

1. Period 2 ONLY: finish Cold War terms activity.
2. Period 3 ONLY: completed notes on the Cold War events--NATO, Korean War, HUAC; we then watched a short video about the Hollywood blacklists.

U.S. History for Monday, February 28

1. Period 2 ONLY:  Began activity with the key terms from the Cold War.
2. Period 3 ONLY:  Completed Cold War terms activity then we had some notes about some of the key Cold War events.  Be sure to copy the notes from a classmate if you were absent.

U.S. History for Wednesday/Thursday, February 23 & 24

1. Period 2 ONLY:  
1. World War II test
2. Turned in WWII Review Sheet
3. Continued with Cold War activity

1. Period 3 ONLY:
1. Worked on activity that was about the key terms in the Cold War.

U.S. History for Tuesday, February 22

1. Continued on with the roots of the Cold War activity.  If you were absent, you need to complete that packet on your own (answer the question, complete the pictures, etc.).

U.S. History for Friday, February 18

1. For period 2 ONLY, students completed the video questions for the Best Years video.  See yesterday's entry for the questions and for the video itself.
2. For period 3 ONLY, students continued work on the Roots of the Cold War packet.

Period 3 U.S. History for Thursday, February 17

1. Test on World War II.  The only time to make that up will be Wednesday, February 23rd at lunch in my classroom.  Failure to show up for the make-up test will result in a permanent zero.
2. Completed the Best Years video and turned in the questions from it.  The questions are here and the video is below.  Be sure to turn in the completed questions in order to receive credit.