Syllabus/Opening Materials
CNN Student News Link
National Government - Terms & Concepts Presentation
Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian
Thinking like a historian & sources review activity
Historical Thinking Chart.pdf | |
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Reading, Writing, Fighting Fake News (CNN Article)
Bias Analysis Small Group Activity
Video: How Fake News Makes it to Your Social Media (13:00)
Unit 2: Who Am I?
Who Am I? project review worksheet
Autobiography Instructions
Unit 3: Everyone Has a Story
What Do I Know About My Family History? (Grandparent Interview Worksheet)
Video: Faces of America (54 minutes)
What is a cohort? How do different cohorts feel on issues?
Video: TED Talk - Everyone Around You Has a Story (21:42)
Do different generations view immigration differently (web link)
Look up your last name!
Look Up Your Last Name! #2
Unit 4: The Rise of the Teenager
A Dinner Date with Your Family (10:00)
Families According to TV Worksheet w/links
What is the purpose of a child?
History of Child Labor Presentation
History of Child Labor in the U.S. Photo Activity Worksheet
#1: Is it Time for You to Get a Job?
#2 Changes in Teen Employment in the U.S. Worksheet
The Rise of the Teenager in the 1950s Presentation
Pop Culture of the 1950s Presentation
Unit 5: Women's in the '50s
Women of the 1950s Presentation
Unit 6: Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
Worksheet-The Road to the African American Vote Part 1
Presentation-Civil Rights Movement
Worksheet-Understanding Jim Crow (incl. video link)
Worksheet-Jim Crow Chart
Video-"Crisis in Levittown" (30:15)
A Time for Justice (36:00)
Video-Freedom Riders (American Experience) (1 hr, 53 min)
Worksheet-Goes w/Freedom Riders video
Web Quest - Important Moments of the Civil Rights Movement
Video: Who Was Malcolm X? (4:54)
Montgomery Bus Boycott Primary Documents | |
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Montgomery Bus Boycott Graphic Organizer | |
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Analysis of Social Movements and Their Success Chart
Remember the Titans
What Would You Be Willing to Stand Up For? White Rose Presentation
Civil Rights/Protest Movements Final Activity
Protest Movement Group Activity
John F. Kennedy
Presentation - JFK
Video: American Experience: John F Kennedy (1 hr, 53 min)
Unit 7: The Sixties - capturing the period
Video: 10 Defining Moments of the 1960s (8:30)
Video: Hippies Remember the Glory Days (28:11)
Video: Making Sense of the Sixties (How Vietnam Affected America) (24:00)
Protest Music
History of Protest Music (7:06)
Eve of Destruction-Barry McGuire
For What It's Worth 1967 - Buffalo Springfield
War Pigs-Black Sabbath
Fortunate Son - CCR
Ohio-CSNY
Do-Re-Mi - Woody Guthrie
Old Man Trump - Woody Guthrie
Not So Soft - Ani DiFranco
Glory - John Legend feat. Common
Unit 8: Cold War-Space Race, Arms Race
In-Class Presentations
Presentation 1: What is Communism?
Presentation 2: Cold War/Cuban Missile Crisis Presentation
Who Gets the Nukes? Presentation
Activities & Assignments
Pre-Unit Discovery: Communism & Cold War
Reading: The Space Race
13 Days Essay Response Assignment w/Rubric
Videos & Links
How the Cold War Launched the Space Race (3:31)
The Space Race (4:25)
Nuke Map Interactive Site
Unit 9: Cold War - Korean War
In-Class Presentations
Presentation 1: Korean War
Unit 10: Cold War - Vietnam
In-Class Presentations
Presentation 1: Vietnam War Overview
Presentation 2: Were We Already Planning on Invading Vietnam?
Presentation 3: Legacy of the Vietnam War
Assignments & Activities
Vietnam Terms (VITs) Worksheet
Pre-Unit Discovery Worksheet - Vietnam Unit
Videos & Links
Tunnel Rats of Vietnam (45:23)
Nukemap
Final Activity
Final Research Activity-1970s-Instructions
Pre-formatted Slideshow for Final Research Activity
EXTRA CREDIT ACTIVITY - DUE 9 A.M. THUR., JUNE 8
Was the U.S. planning to invade Vietnam before the Gulf of Tonkin? Wksht
Was the U.S. Planning to Invade Vietnam Readings (go w/wksht) | |
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