Past+Entries

#35 John F Kennedy -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (8:09) The Cuban Missile Crisis for Dummies -- YouTube (9:59)

#36 Lyndon B. Johnson -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (7:01) The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History #40 -- (15:14)

#37 Richard Nixon -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (6:46) The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41 -- (14:50)

#38 Gerald Ford -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (3:46) Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise: Crash Course US History #42 -- (13:23)

#39 Jimmy Carter -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (12:00) Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise: Crash Course US History #42 -- (13:23)

#40 Ronald Reagan -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (10:45) The Reagan Revolution: Crash Course US History #43 -- (14:19)

#41 George H.W. Bush -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (6:44) George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44 -- (13:52)

#42 William Clinton -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (7:20) The Clinton Years, or the 1990s: Crash Course US History #45 -- (15:37)

#43 George W. Bush -- History Channel Series, "The Presidents" -- (6:46) Terrorism, War, and the Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46 -- (15:26)

Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47 -- (15:39) The Road We've Traveled -- (from his 2012 campaign) -- (16:57)

May 26, 2015 -- Communism at Home McCarthyism in America -- Youtube video (10:30) Margret Chase Smith Denounces McCarthy -- (1:00) Sen. McCarthy Claims Communist Infiltration -- YouTube (8:25) "Have you no sense of Decency Sir?" - Welch-McCarthy -- YouTube (4:49) How to Spot a Communist -- YouTube (1:04)

The Crucible & McCarthyism -- YouTube (2:48) The Crucible by Arthur Miller Theme 1: Hysteria -- YouTube (1:21)

May 7, 2015 -- Atomic Bomb 24 Hours After Hiroshima -- National Geo Video YouTube (45:40)

May 1, 2015 -- Pacific Battles Making of "The Pacific" HBO Band of Brothers Miniseries -- YouTube (20:05) The Pacific: Anatomy of a War - HBO Band of Brothers Miniseries -- YouTube (9:58) The Pacific: Conditions of War - HBO Band of Brothers Miniseries -- YouTube (3:56)

April 14, 2015 -- WWII Activities

Activities List & Rubric

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">1. America Joins the Fight -- Reading & Questions



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">2. The War for Europe and North Africa -- Graphic Organizer & Questions <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">3. The War in the Pacific -- Graphic Organizer & Questions



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">4. Role of Women in World War II -- View Posters & Questions





<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">5. Donald Duck Goes to War -- View Videos & Questions

Video Links: //(Two videos are not Disney, but you can choose one of them as well.)//
 * Der Fuehrer's Face -- 1942 Disney
 * The Spirit of '43 -- 1943 Disney
 * Donald Gets Drafted -- 1942 Disney
 * Fall Out Fall In -- 1944 Disney
 * Commando Duck -- 1944 Disney
 * Daffy the Commando -- 1943 Looney Tunes
 * Japoteurs -- 1942 Superman

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">6. The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb //Will be updated after vacation.//

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">Trimester 2

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">March 6, 2015 -- The Great Depression <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1929 Wall Street Market Crash -- Video (10:05) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Great Depression Intro. -- Video (3:37) and Article <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dust Storms Strike America -- Video (3:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Black Blizzard -- History Channel Video (3:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Migrant Mother Photo -- History Channel Video (4:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR's First Fireside Chat -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The New Deal -- History Channel Video (3:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR's New Deal -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR and the Tennessee Valley Authority -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR Creates the Social Security System -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR: A Voice of Hope -- History Channel Video (5:00)

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">March 4, 2015 -- Jazz Influence & The Great Gatsby

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Fergie - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) ft. Q-Tip, GoonRock <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (1932) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">It Don't Mean A Thing - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">will.i.am - Bang Bang (Official Video) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">#1 Charleston. Four versions TOP 40 CHARLESTON SONGS of the 1920s. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers 1943 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Cotton Club Dancers Bust Some Moves

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">The Great Gatsby Sneak Peek - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (2013) - Leonardo DiCaprio Movie HD -- Movie Trailer <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Epic Party - The Great Gatsby <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">The 1920s -- "Let's Misbehave!"

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">February 23, 2015 -- World War I Videos

Information Videos
 * 1) Causes of the First World War -- The July Crisis 1914 -- Video (6:37)
 * 2) Crash Course World History #210: Who Started World War I -- Video (10:55)
 * 3) Crash Course American History #30: America in World War I -- Video (13:39)

Information Videos
 * 1) World War One: Why did the USA enter WWI? -- BBC Video (3:49)
 * 2) The U.S. in World War I - History Channel Video (4:00)
 * 3) The Treaty of Versailles in 1918 and its Consequences -- YouTube slideshow (8:34)
 * 4) Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I -- History Channel Video (2:00)
 * 5) Did WWI Lead to WWII? - History Channel Video (3:00)

Misc. Videos
 * 1) World War 1 (In One Take) -- History Bomb Video (6:11)
 * 2) Why Trenches? WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:49)
 * 3) Escaping the Trenches. WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:45)
 * 4) Tanks - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:56)
 * 5) A Soldier's Kit - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (5:01)
 * 6) Surviving the U-Boats - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (8:41)

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">February 13, 2015 -- World War I Activities <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> __**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #1 **__**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">All Quiet On the Western Front Vide **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Watch Discovery School Video about “All Quiet on the Western Front
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete worksheet. [[file:All Quiet on the Western Front Questions.docx]]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Optional websites to use: <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> All Quiet on the Western Front — Reading In a Nut Shell — shmoop.com Paul Baumer Character Analysis — shmoop.com <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #2 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">WWI Photos **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Look at different photos taken during WWI of the battlefield, soldiers and other related things. [[file:WWI Photos.docx]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete worksheet using what you learned from the photos. [[file:WWI Photos Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #3 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">American Propaganda Posters **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Look at different propaganda posters. [[file:WWI Propaganda Posters.key]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete a worksheet using the posters. [[file:WWI Propaganda Posters Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #4 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">In Flanders Fields Poem **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Read the packet that includes the poem and information about the author & poem.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete the worksheet using the packet. [[file:WWI Poem Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Optional website to use: Prose & Poetry: The Making of the Poem ( First World War.com)

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #5 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Weapons of WWI Crossword Puzzle **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">May 29, 2014 -- Life in the 1950s Suburban Growth Land of Television America Rocks & Roll Voices Against Conformity Separate No Longer?

Best Songs of the 1950s -- YouTube Video Youth Culture 1950s -- YouTube Video

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">May 20, 2014 -- Putin in the Spotlight Pros & Cons: Dating Vladimir Putin -- 6/12/13 -- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Obama's Ukraine Address -- 3/9/14 -- Saturday Night Live Putin's Cold War Kickstarter -- 3/13/14 -- The Tonight Show Obama & Putin's Phone Conversation -- 3/19/14 -- The Tonight Show Putin & Sarah Palin -- 4/2/14 -- The Tonight Show Putin & Obama on Dr. Phil -- 4/24/14 -- The Tonight Show

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">May 8, 2014 -- World War 2 Activities

<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5555562973022px;">Activities List & Rubric



<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. America Joins the Fight -- Reading & Questions //<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read handout & answer questions. //

<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">



<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. The War for Europe and North Africa -- Graphic Organizer & Questions

//Use textbook, pages 775 - 783 Chapter 25 Section 2//





<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. The War in the Pacific -- Graphic Organizer & Questions

//Use textbook, pages 784-789 Chapter 25 Section 3//

//*// Needed handouts are included together with the pdf's from the above assignment.

<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">4. Role of Women in World War II -- View Posters & Questions

//Use the pdf copy of Rosie the Riveter posters and answer questions.//





<span style="color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">5. Donald Duck Goes to War -- View Videos & Questions

//Watch videos and answer questions.//



Video Links:


 * Der Fuehrer's Face -- 1942 Disney
 * The Spirit of '43 -- 1943 Disney
 * Donald Gets Drafted -- 1942 Disney
 * Fall Out Fall In -- 1944 Disney
 * Commando Duck -- 1944 Disney
 * Daffy the Commando -- 1943 Looney Tunes
 * Japoteurs -- 1942 Superman

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0e0f0e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">6. The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb //Will be updated after vacation.//

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">Trimester 2

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">March 6, 2015 -- The Great Depression <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1929 Wall Street Market Crash -- Video (10:05) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Great Depression Intro. -- Video (3:37) and Article <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dust Storms Strike America -- Video (3:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Black Blizzard -- History Channel Video (3:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Migrant Mother Photo -- History Channel Video (4:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR's First Fireside Chat -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The New Deal -- History Channel Video (3:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR's New Deal -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR and the Tennessee Valley Authority -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR Creates the Social Security System -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR: A Voice of Hope -- History Channel Video (5:00)

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">March 4, 2015 -- Jazz Influence & The Great Gatsby

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Fergie - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) ft. Q-Tip, GoonRock <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (1932) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">It Don't Mean A Thing - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">will.i.am - Bang Bang (Official Video) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">#1 Charleston. Four versions TOP 40 CHARLESTON SONGS of the 1920s. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers 1943 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Cotton Club Dancers Bust Some Moves

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">The Great Gatsby Sneak Peek - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (2013) - Leonardo DiCaprio Movie HD -- Movie Trailer <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Epic Party - The Great Gatsby <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">The 1920s -- "Let's Misbehave!"

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">February 23, 2015 -- World War I Videos

Information Videos
 * 1) Causes of the First World War -- The July Crisis 1914 -- Video (6:37)
 * 2) Crash Course World History #210: Who Started World War I -- Video (10:55)
 * 3) Crash Course American History #30: America in World War I -- Video (13:39)

Information Videos
 * 1) World War One: Why did the USA enter WWI? -- BBC Video (3:49)
 * 2) The U.S. in World War I - History Channel Video (4:00)
 * 3) The Treaty of Versailles in 1918 and its Consequences -- YouTube slideshow (8:34)
 * 4) Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I -- History Channel Video (2:00)
 * 5) Did WWI Lead to WWII? - History Channel Video (3:00)

Misc. Videos
 * 1) World War 1 (In One Take) -- History Bomb Video (6:11)
 * 2) Why Trenches? WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:49)
 * 3) Escaping the Trenches. WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:45)
 * 4) Tanks - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:56)
 * 5) A Soldier's Kit - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (5:01)
 * 6) Surviving the U-Boats - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (8:41)

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">February 13, 2015 -- World War I Activities <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> __**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #1 **__**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">All Quiet On the Western Front Vide **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Watch Discovery School Video about “All Quiet on the Western Front
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete worksheet. [[file:All Quiet on the Western Front Questions.docx]]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Optional websites to use: <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> All Quiet on the Western Front — Reading In a Nut Shell — shmoop.com Paul Baumer Character Analysis — shmoop.com

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #2 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">WWI Photos **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Look at different photos taken during WWI of the battlefield, soldiers and other related things. [[file:WWI Photos.docx]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete worksheet using what you learned from the photos. [[file:WWI Photos Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #3 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">American Propaganda Posters **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Look at different propaganda posters. [[file:WWI Propaganda Posters.key]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete a worksheet using the posters. [[file:WWI Propaganda Posters Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #4 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">In Flanders Fields Poem **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Read the packet that includes the poem and information about the author & poem.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete the worksheet using the packet. [[file:WWI Poem Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Optional website to use: Prose & Poetry: The Making of the Poem ( First World War.com)

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #5 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Weapons of WWI Crossword Puzzle **
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete a crossword puzzle. There are three handouts needed: crossword, the clue sentences, and the reading packet about WWI weapons (the answers are there).

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #6 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">American WWI Songs: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Listen to two songs and follow along with the lyrics provided on a handout.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete worksheet. [[file:WWI Song Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Over There — //YouTube <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Pack Up Your Troubles — //YouTube <span style="color: #743399; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hunting the Hun <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">– YouTube <span style="color: #743399; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Rose of No Man’s Land <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> — YouTube

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity #7 **__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20.8px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Great Migration Paintings: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Look at the three panels painted by Jacob Lawrence. [[file:Jacob Lawrence Paintings.docx]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Complete worksheet using your textbook and the three paintings. [[file:The Great Migration Questions.docx]]

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">February 26, 2014 -- The New Deal

The New Deal: Crash Course US History -- YouTube Video (14:57)

New Deal Reforms Handout:



<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">February 24, 2014 -- The New Deal

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2000007629395px;">President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 Inauguration Address -- YouTube Video (20:12)

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">February 6, 2014 -- Dust Bowl Links


 * Dust Bowl Videos: **

Dust Storms Strike America -- PBS (2:48)

Black Blizzard -- PBS (2:56)

The Dust Bowl Episode - Uncovering the Dust Bowl -- PBS Ken Burns interview (5:55)

Woody Guthrie: Okies -- PBS The Dust Bowl (2:19)

2012 Dust Storm in Arizona


 * Dust Bowl Songs: **

Dust Bowl Refuge - Woody Guthrie - YouTube (4:04)

Dust Storm Disaster -- Woody Guthrie - YouTube (3:20)

Dust Pneumonia Blues -- Woody Guthrie - YouTube (2:42)

Woody Guthrie - Tom Joad Part 2 -- You Tube


 * Brother Can You Spare a Dime -- Lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney**

Bob Dylan - Blowing in the Wind -- YouTube (2:35)

Bruce Springsteen Sings Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin" -- YouTube

Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The Ghost of Tom Joad -- YouTube

Elvis Costello and Mumford and Sons - The Ghost of Tom Joad & Do Re Mi Medley -- YouTube

Rage Against the Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad -- YouTube

SNL Bob Dylan & Woody Guthrie Meet -- YouTube (2:41)


 * Roosevelt's Fireside Chat: **

Fireside Chat on the Drought & Farmers -- YouTube Video (5:21)

Written transcript -- Can be used to follow along with the recording.


 * Photos & Dorothea Lange: **

Photo Collection -- Shorpy Blog

Photo Collection -- The History Place Website

Dorothea Lange Biography -- Biography Channel

Handout Packet of Photos:




 * John Steinbeck - Harvest Gypsies & "The Grapes of Wrath": **

Critics' Picks: 'The Grapes of Wrath' -- NYTimes.com -- YouTube (3:03)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" Summary -- YouTube (1:18)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" The Plot -- YouTube (1:27)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" The Characters -- YouTube (1:19)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" Theme 1: Family -- YouTube (1:19)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" Theme 2: Wrath -- YouTube (1:17)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" Structure -- YouTube (1:19)

60 Second Recap -- "The Grapes of Wrath" Wrap Up -- YouTube (1:19)

John Steinbeck: A History of the 1930sThrough his Stories -- YouTube Video (7:40)

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">January 3, 2014 -- World War I Summaries and Letters

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.3999996185303px;">(Optional Assessments)

1. Watch each of the following lesson presentations. For each, write out the 4 most important pieces of information from the lesson. Explain each with details from the lesson. // (When you get to each link, click on "Start Topic" and then on "Play.") Follow the school-wide writing rubric. //


 * Lesson Presentation: Lesson 56: U.S. Entry into WWI Topic 2 -- Subs
 * Lesson Presentation: Lesson 56: U.S. Entry into WWI Topic 3 -- Mobilizing the Nation for War
 * Lesson Presentation: Lesson 57: Peace Conferences Topic 1 - Fourteen Points
 * Lesson Presentation: Lesson 57: Peace Conferences Topic 2 - Treaty of Versailles
 * Lesson Presentation: Lesson 57: Peace Conferences Topic 3 - Defeat of the Treaty in the US

Due: Jan 17, 2014

2. Imagine yourself as Woodrow Wilson and write a letter to the American people explaining why Congress needs to pass the Treaty of Versailles.


 * The letter needs to be at least 1 1/2 pages long (double spaced & 12 font). Follow the school-wide writing rubric.
 * Include the following terms in your letter: Fourteen Points, League of Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge, Big Four, Germany, Reparations, War Guilt Clause, Paris Peace Conference.

Due: Jan 17, 2014



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December 11, 2013 -- Roaring 20s Video Introduction <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">The Century, America's Time: Boom to Bust (Part 1) -- YouTube Link (14:59)The Century, America's Time: Boom to Bust (Part 2) -- YouTube Link (14:59)The Century, America's Time: Boom to Bust (Part 2) -- YouTube Link (14:57) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32 -- YouTube Link (13:12)

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<span style="color: #090080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; text-align: center;"> November 7, 2013 -- World War I Stations Project


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">"All Quiet on the Western Front" Links: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">All Quiet on the Western Front - In a Nutshell -- shmoop.com

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">All Quiet on the Western Front - Paul Baumer Character Analysis -- shmoop.com


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2000007629395px;">WWI Photo Links: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">Vintage Photos -- First World War.com


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">Song Links: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">Over There --

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">Pack Up Your Troubles --

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">Hunting the Hun --

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">Rose of No Man's Land --

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November 1, 2013 -- U.S. Neutrality and Involvement in WWI <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Assignments & Handouts <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">1. Causes of World War I -- Reading Handout

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">2. Watch Lesson Presentation about U.S. Entry into WWI & Write a 1/2 page writing reaction for each topic

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">(Watch all three topics: U.S. Neutrality, Subs & Mobilizing the Nation for War)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">3. Using your textbook and the Lesson Presentation on #2, complete America's Entry Into WWI handout.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">4. Read Section 2 in text book and complete the Guided Reading & Reteaching Activity Handout

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">5. Watch Lesson Presentation about Peace Conferences & Write a 1/2 page writing reaction for each topic

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">October 30, 2013 -- Start of WWI

<span style="color: #090080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2000007629395px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Videos: ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2000007629395px;">Frightful First World War: Causes of WWI -- YouTube Video (2:38)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2000007629395px;">Assassination of Franz Ferdinand pt 2 -- YouTube Video (9:53)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2000007629395px;">Assassination of Franz Ferdinand pt 3 -- YouTube Video (6:22)

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October 15, 2013 -- Election of 1912 & Progressive Presidents <span style="color: #090080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21.8400001525879px;">Election of 1912 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Theodore Roosevelt Joins Bull Moose Party -- History Channel Video
 * Activity 1 ** (Examine Political Cartoons)

**Activity 2** (Watch a Video)


 * Lesson Presentation on The Progressive Presidents

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">October 8, 2013 -- Progressive Presidents -- Teddy Roosevelt Videos

9of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- Platt's plan; TR as VP; Becomes President13of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- Race & Booker T. Washington; Trusts14of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- Trusts; Northern Securities Company16of22 -- TR: An American Lion (start at @6:38): YouTube Video -- Conservation & Preservation17of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- Conservation; Election of 190419of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- African & European Trip; Taft as President; Challenge to Taft20of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- 1912 Election Campaign; Trip to Brazil; WWI starts21of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- WWI22of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- End of life
 * 8of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- America at a new century & Governor Roosevelt

Daily Show Interview: Douglas Brinkley:Author of a book about TR and his work on the environment

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">October 3, 2013 -- Progressive Presidents <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Progressive Presidents Questions: Use your textbook and answer the questions onto a separate sheet of paper. RGA grade with a rubric. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Questions 1-10 are due Wed 10/9 A-Day and 10/10 B-Day / Finish for the next class after.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">September 26, 2013 -- Muckraker Quiz Prep.


 * 1) Muckraker Chart is due Friday 9/27 1A&4A -- Monday 9/30 6B&8B [[file:Muckrakers-Raking up the Muck.pages]]
 * 2) Quiz on Muckrakers on Friday 9/27 1A&4A -- Monday 9/30 6B&8B

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6000003814697px;">Muckrakers Page -- Links to information about Ida Tarbell, Ida Wells, Jane Addams & other important muckraker.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">September 25, 2013 -- Muckraker Quiz Prep.

Handouts used to study and review for quiz. Muckraker Quizlet -- Go here to practice and prepare for the quiz.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">September 23, 2013 -- Muckrakers

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.8999996185303px;">**Thomas Nast** -- Illustrator & Political Cartoons -- Link: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Lewis Hine** -- Photographer -- Link: This History Place - Child Labor in America Background information -- Link

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21.33333396911621px;">June 5, 2013 -- Video Lessons __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">Chapter 28 -- JFK & LBJ __
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">US History: Lesson 75 -- JFK Topic 1 -- The New Frontier of Politics
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">US History: Lesson 75 -- JFK Topic 2 -- The New Frontier Abroad
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">US History: Lesson 75 -- JFK Topic 3 -- The New Frontier at Home
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">US History: Lesson 76 -- LBJ Topic 1 -- Great Society
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">US History: Lesson 75 -- LBJ Topic 2 -- Counterculture
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">US History: Lesson 75 -- LBJ Topic 3 -- Urban Unrest

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">Chapter 29 - Civil Rights Movement __
 * 1) US History: Lesson 71 -- Challenging Jim Crow Topic 1 -- Brown v. Board of Education
 * 2) US History: Lesson 71 -- Challenging Jim Crow Topic 2 -- Civic Unrest
 * 3) US History: Lesson 71 -- Challenging Jim Crow Topic 3 -- March on Washington
 * 4) US History: Lesson 71 -- Challenging Jim Crow Topic 4 -- Civil Right Legislation
 * 5) US History: Lesson 71 -- Challenging Jim Crow Topic 5 -- Affirmative Action and Force Busing
 * 6) US History: Lesson 71 -- Challenging Jim Crow Topic 6 -- Rise of Black Power

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">Chapter 30 - The Vietnam War Years __
 * 1) US History: Lesson 77 -- Nixon & Foreign Policy Topic 1 -- Election of 1968
 * 2) US History: Lesson 77 -- Nixon & Foreign Policy Topic 2 -- Vietnam
 * 3) US History: Lesson 77 -- Nixon & Foreign Policy Topic 3 -- Foreign Affairs
 * 4) US History: Lesson 78 -- Nixon & Domestic Issues Topic 1 -- The Supreme Court
 * 5) US History: Lesson 78 -- Nixon & Domestic Issues Topic 2 -- The Nixon Economy
 * 6) US History: Lesson 78 -- Nixon & Domestic Issues Topic 3 -- Watergate

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.33333396911621px;">Chapter 32 -- An Age of Limits __
 * 1) US History: Lesson 79 -- Ford, Carter, & Reagan Topic 1 -- Gerald Ford
 * 2) US History: Lesson 79 -- Ford, Carter, & Reagan Topic 2 -- Jimmy Carter


 * May 20, 2013 -- Cold War Video Lessons **
 * 1) Watch Lesson Presentation on Containment
 * 2) Watch Lesson Presentation on the Conflict in Asia - Korea
 * 3) Watch Lesson Presentation on Red Scare -- Again
 * 4) Watch Lesson Presentation on Internal Improvements
 * 5) Watch Lesson Presentation on Foreign Policy

Video: The Pacific: Inside The Battle - Okinawa (HBO) -- YouTube (9:16)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">May 20, 2013 **

Video: BBC Documentary : HIROSHIMA - Part 1 -- YouTube (48:53) Video: BBC Documentary : HIROSHIMA - Part 2 -- YouTube (49:06)

Video: National Geographic:-Hiroshima Nuclear Apocalypse -- YouTube (45:09) -- Looks at the effects of the bomb. Video: Hiroshima, War Dept. Footage Of Atomic Devastation -- YouTube (8:16)

Video: Surviving D-Day -- YouTube (1:27:38)


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">March 13, 2013 **

PBS American Experience: The Crash of 1929 Video
1929: The Great Crash -- YouTube Video (45:04)

__**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">October 30, 2012 **__ Hippo Campus: Women and Blacks in America -- Video Hippo Campus: Municipal, State and National Reforms -- Video

*Hippo Campus: Roosevelt's Square Deal -- Video Hippo Campus: Taft Administration -- Video *Hippo Campus: Wilson's New Freedom -- Video

//*For some reason, to access the Roosevelt and Wilson lessons please do the following: 1. The Video link will take you to the start page of all Hippo Campus SS lessons. 2. On left column, click on U.S. History for AP. 3. In the new column, scroll down to the heading **Reform**. 4. From there click on the individual topic of the lesson and you will find the videos.//

__**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">October 25, 2012 **__ Use the following graphic organizer to record information about each of the Muckrakers presented. Prepare for an assessment matching the Muckraker information about him/her, his/her work and the significance of this work and issues.
 * Details
 * [[file:Muckrakers-Raking up the Muck.doc|Download]]
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Progressive Era Links MVHS Media Center - Gale eBooks - Link

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">__October 15, 2012__ =Daily Show -- Douglas Brinkley -- Video (6:46)= Douglas Brinkley recounts Theodore Roosevelt's strenuous life and his huge impact on America's natural landscape.

=Progressive Era: Progressive Presidents -- Slide Show Video Lesson -- YouTube Video (7:55)= = Progressive Era: The Muckrakers -- Slide Show Video Lesson -- YouTube Video (3:53)=

__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">October 15, 2012 __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Triangle Shirtwaist Fire PBS American Experience: Triangle Fire Full length video & website

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">September 21, 2012 Links to Videos watched in class:
 * Robber Barons and the Industrial Age -- Video Link
 * The Men Who Built America -- History Channel Series Trailer -- Video Link

Helpful Links:
 * Hippo Campus: Entrepreneurs Video -- Video Link
 * Hippo Campus: Workers in America -- Video Link

June 6, 2012 The following short videos are available for review: Progressive Era: World War I: 1920s: Great Depression: The Great Depression: World War II: Cold War: Civil Rights Movement:
 * The Tweed Ring and Machine Politics
 * Corruption in Business and Government
 * Entrepreneurs
 * Workers in America
 * Origins of Progressivism
 * Municipal, State, and National Reforms
 * Women and Blacks in America
 * Roosevelt's Square Deal
 * Taft Administration
 * Wilson's New Freedom
 * US Neutrality
 * Subs
 * Mobilizing the Nation for War
 * Wilson's Fourteen Points
 * Treaty of Versailles
 * Defeat of the Treaty in US
 * Red Scare
 * Nativism and Racism
 * Prohibition
 * New Culture
 * America's Economy Roar
 * Harding
 * Coolidge
 * Hoover
 * The Depression
 * Roosevelt's Election
 * New Deal Programs
 * Critics and Challenges
 * Attempts at Collective Security
 * Diplomacy of 1930
 * The Rise of Fascism and Militarism
 * American Isolationism
 * The Diplomatic Response
 * Outbreak of WWII
 * The US Enters the War
 * Military and Economic Mobilization
 * Wartime Propaganda
 * Japanese Internment
 * The Grand Alliance
 * The Yalta Conference
 * The Allied Victory
 * The Aftermath of World War II
 * Potsdam Conference
 * Truman's Domestic Policy
 * Election of 1948
 * US - Soviet Relations
 * Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
 * Berlin Airlift
 * NATO
 * Revolution in China
 * Korean War Buildup
 * Korean War
 * Korean War Aftermath
 * 'Un-American' Activities
 * The Hunt for Subversives
 * McCarthyism
 * Eisenhower - Domestic Concerns
 * Space Race
 * Rebuilding Urban American
 * Eisenhower and Krushchev
 * Brown v. Board of Education
 * Civil Unrest
 * March on Washington
 * Civil Rights Legislation
 * Rise of Black Power

March 27, 2012 Debate on Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki Website to use: Debatepedia //(The link above will take you right to the information regarding Hiroshima and Nagasaki.)//

February 7, 2012 -- 8B
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Watch part of the PBS American Experience video The Crash of 1929. Start the video at the following time -- 41:00 and finish the rest of the show.
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Write a half page description of what you learned. Explain what happened when the market "crashed."

January 13, 2012 -- 4A & 8B Visit the Roaring 20s Page (use the index of units to the left of this page) to find website sources for your Hall of Fame project. The project is due on Jan. 23 for A day and Jan. 24 for B day. Along with the project you need to include a typed out list of sources that you used and make sure that the information presented is in your own words.

Check back for an extra-optional assignment.

11/28/11 -- 4A & 8B -- Finish WWI Stations Activities All activities must be passed in together including a completed coversheet. Due: November 30 -- 4A & December 1 -- 8B WWI Propaganda Posters
 * Details
 * [[file:WWI Propaganda Pages.pages|Download]]
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WWI Photos from the Battlefield
 * Details
 * [[file:WWI Photos Pages.pages|Download]]
 * 2 MB

10/6/11 -- 8B -- Complete the following for Friday 10/14/11
 * 1) Go to the following link: Lesson Presentation on The Progressive Presidents. Watch the entire lesson. (Click on Start Lesson. From there click play. The lesson is in three main slide shows. When the Roosevelt one if finished, go to the top and move to the Taft one, and then to the Wilson one. There is a separate slide show for each President. __For each slide show__, write about three things you learned about the President or the U.S. at the time.
 * 2) Read Chapter 17, Section 3 (pages 523-531), Section 4 (pages 535-537), and Section 5 (pages 538-543). These sections cover the three presidents of the Progressive Era.
 * 3) Fill in and summarize information requested on the "Positively Peachy Progressive Presidents #1, #2, & #3." Use the information from your textbook. You can summarize, bullet and have incomplete sentences for this. However, you will need to write with enough information to have meaning to the topics. Always think about the Who, What, Where, When, Why, How of the topics.

9/28/11 Links are available for the different video clips for the Labor & Capital strikes and events. Go to Progressive Era to find links.