Our first task today was to debrief the reading selection from last night on Conservatism in the 60's. We used that discussion as a springboard into a conversation over the Nixon presidency. We used your textbook notes to evaluate the liberal and conservative leaning policies and actions taken by the Nixon Administration, then ended by examining a couple of documents related to the impeachment process initiated in response to the coverup of the Watergate break-in.
This weekend you need to prepare your Chapter Readings #7 notes for Monday and keep in mind that Chapter 31 is due Tuesday and 32 on Wednesday! -H Today we started out with a Quiz over Chapter Readings #5. We then did a brief bit of historical contextualization on the Great Society then spent the rest of class using a large set of sources to answer four different historical questions and then share out our work to the rest of the class.
Tomorrow you need to have your Chapter Readings #6 notes AND you need to read and be prepared to discuss the selection "Conservatism Begins in the Sixties" found under Period 8! -H Today we took some time to examine video media from the Vietnam War. You crafted response letters based on what you took away from the media analysis as a reflective exercise.
Tomorrow, Chapter Readings #5 is due! -H The Vietnam War was today's topic as we opened the day with a DocBlock examination of two opposing points of view expressed by Lyndon Johnson and Eugene McCarthy. We next discussed the Gulf of Tonkin as an initiating event for expansive American involvement in the war under Johnson. We ended up b y looking first at reasons for opposition to the war and then at how the war is presented in textbooks around the world.
We will finish up our Vietnam War discussion tomorrow. Chapter Readings #5 are due Thursday and Readings #6 on Friday. -H We finished up our exploration of the Civil Rights era today. We started out refreshing our memories after our break with a discussion over the MLK & Malcolm X selections you read last Tuesday. We then did a little DBQ practice and coupled with creating historical arguments based on documents related to the question of the effects of the use of violence in the Civil Rights Movement. We finished up the day by working with stations focusing on seven different sub-populations in the US and their struggles for equality during the Civil Rights era and beyond.
Chapter Readings #4 are due tomorrow, Readings #5 on Thursday, and Readings #6 on Friday. -H |
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