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April 8: Working Backwards......

Today we'll talk about the importance of Memphis in rock and roll history and watch a film about the Beat poets, and Elvis.

Monday: Korean War lecture, w/ map and notes. Eisenhower dvd segment.
Friday, April 4: Fear of Communism in the 1950s
Wednesday April 2 and Thursday, April 3: The potential for nuclear destruction in the 1950s. Cold War Vocab sheet.

Mea Culpa!

Okay..... I've been a little lame in my latest posting efforts. So, I've decided to turn the page and start fresh. Basically we've been studying WWII for that last few weeks. I'll be collecting packets today and there is a WWII test today as well.

Tomorrow we start post WWII America and the 1950s.

March 11, 12, 13 ,& 14

March 11: 3rd period played review Jeopardy, zero period discussed the legacy of the New Deal.

March 12: Test on the 1920s and 1930s. WWII worksheet assigned.

March 13: Students registered for next year's classes.

March 14: We began the unit on WWII by discussing interventionism and isolationism. Students looked at some Dr. Seuss cartoons about the subject and drew one of their own.

March 5,6,7 and 10

In backwards order:

March 10: I lectured about the legacy of the New Deal. Reading guide was assigned. Test and packets due on Wednesday.

March 7: We watched Riding the Rails and students wrote fictional letters from the perspective of a teen riding the rails during the depression.

March 6: Students presented on the New Deal agencies they'd been researching.

March 7: Students worked on the the written and visual elements of the New Deal agency that they then presented to class.

Feb. 27 - Mar. 4

During the course of the last 5 class periods we have:

1. Listened to a Fireside chat about banking.
2. Watched a portion of the presidents dvd about F.D.R.
3. Discussed the dust bowl and did a handout about the devastation it caused.
4. Read an article and taken notes on how the legacy of F.D.R. affects America today.
5. Worked on the causes of the Great Depression spoke diagram.

Feb. 25 & 26

Feb. 25:

Zero: 1930s unit objectives. Students prepared a "brief" explaining Hoover's response to the Great Depression.

Third: We discussed how stocks work, and the stock market collapse of 1929.

Feb. 26:
Zero: We discussed how stocks work, and the stock market collapse of 1929. Reading Guide: Chapter 14, Section 1.

Third: We discussed the 6 causes of the Great Depression. Reading Guide: Chapter 14, Section 1.

Feb. 13, 14 and 15

Students continued working on the Harlem/Blues project. Project elements (visual and written) should be done and turned in.