April
15-19 (week 32)
Monday 4/15
– World War II
– Quiz over Depression and New Deal
- WWII ended
– HW: Read 37A1, B1-B2, E1
– Welcome to the Cold War! We’ll take a look at how the US
goes from being
allies with the
Soviet Union in 1945 to bitter enemies the following year. We will see
how this “Cold War” leads to the creation of
many anti-communist
programs and the
effects of this clash between the two superpowers.
-
HW: read 38A1-B2, D1-D2, D6-D7
- HW: You should definitely start
working on your cultural project research!
April
22-26 (week 33)
Monday 4/22 - Tuesday 4/23
- Wednesday-Monday
switch for Earth Day
-
introduce Cultural Project
-
From Korea to the Cold War at Home: We’ll take a look at the first armed
conflict of the
Cold War in which the US is directly involved. We’ll also see the
development of
containment in Latin America and the Middle East and the policies of
nuclear
proliferation and massive retaliation. The Cold War also affected the US at
home. We will see
how paranoia and fear threatened to tear America apart at the seams.
- HW: meet w/ your cultural group
to divide-up the topics
Wednesday 4/24
EARTH DAY – NO CLASSES
-
Welcome to Camelot (where we all eat SPAM-a lot) 1960 brings the election of
a new type of President and the hope of a new America. We’ll
see if Kennedy’s Camelot was really all it was cracked up to be and we’ll see
how LBJ was really one of the greatest presidents (or was he?).
-
HW: work on your presentations
April
29 –May 3 (week 34)
Monday 4/29
– JFK
continued
Tuesday 4/30 – Wednesday
5/1
–
LBJ and the Great Society
– HW: work on presentation
– Vietnam
– HW: work on presentation
May 6-10 (week 35)
Monday 5/6
– 1960s presentation
– 1970s presentation
– 1980s presentation
May 13-17 (week 36)
Monday 5/13
– A history of Mr. Brunton!
Tuesday 5/14 – Friday 5/17
EXAMS
