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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tuesday, May 31

"1968" Part 1/7 (watched at the beginning of class. Feel free to watch the rest of the film at home!)

Worksheet from Class:
Reviewing Critical Junctures
(use Part III reading to complete)

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Thursday, May 26

In-Class Readings:
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Summer 1965: The Moment of Decision


Video Clips:
The Fog of War: Tonkin Gulf Incident
YouTube: The Hidden War in Vietnam Clip


I will be gone tomorrow (Friday), and gave this reading and study guide TO WORK ON IN-CLASS tomorrow. I will check for completion in-class on TUESDAY.
Part III: America's Vietnam Ordeal--(1965-1975) Part III: Study Guide

Questions on Study Guides 1 and 2?? Check out fully completed versions (thank you Lauren!):
Completed Study Guide: Part I
Completed Study Guide: Part II

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tuesday, May 24

B and C Periods, I checked Part I and Study Guide for completion at the beginning of class. You got Part II and Study Guide, to be completed tomorrow (please refer to yesterday's post if you need the GoogleDoc!!).

YouTube, Dien Bien Phu Documentary Clip (watched in class by B and C)
YouTube: The Hidden War in Vietnam Clip (watched in class by G)

G Period, you got a TON-O-PAPERS! Remember, that the Part III reading and study guide are to work on IN-CLASS FRIDAY (when I'm gone).

Monday, May 23, 2011

Monday, May 23

In class today you had time to start working on background readings and study guides relating to to the beginning of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. This is another weird week when I see classes varying amounts, and the assignment was a little different depending on the class.

E and G Periods, Read BOTH Part I and Part II and complete Study Guides Part I and 2. If you are in E period, I'll check your work on THURSDAY. If you are in G period, I'll check your work TOMORROW.

B and C Periods have to read just Part I and complete Study Guide Part I, to be checked in class TOMORROW.

Here are the links to GoogleDoc versions of these documents:
Part I: The Cold War in Southeast Asia--1946-1954
Study Guide--Part I

Part II: America's Deepening Commitment--1954-64
Study Guide--Part II

Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday, May 16

Today in class you got into groups for a super duper info exchange!! In case you have unresolved questions, please refer back to the "Story of the Movement" Page. I've also included a cornucopia of links below:

Tons-O-Video and Other Resources on the Stuff Your Researched and Talked About in Class!!

Remember, all this fun and games is in preparation for your PAPER 1R Test later this week:

To what extent did the methods and goals of the Civil Rights Movement shift significantly from the mid-1960’s onwards?

This is the prompt you will have for the #4 mini-essay. YOU MAY USE AN OUTLINE, ONE PAGE FRONT AND BACK on the day of the Paper 1.

B Period--FRIDAY
C Period--THURSDAY (second part of long block)
E Period--#1-3 on Thursday, #4 on Friday
G Period--#1-3 on Thursday, #4 on Friday


What Should Be in Your Notes: (I'll be collecting notebooks the day of your Paper 1)
  • Civil Rights Movement Brainstorm
-How can we define the CRM? What people, events, ideas, etc... come to mind when you think of the CRM?
  • Notes on the Murder of Emmett Till
-Writing Response: Why do you think the murder of Emmett Till is considered significant to the CRM?
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott
-What factors led to the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
  • School Integration, "Fighting Back" (1957-1962):
  • -The Autherine Lucy Case 1956
  • -Integration of Little Rock Central High School 1957-1959
  • -James Meredith Integrates Ole Miss 1962

    • "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)" Reading
    Notes on Documents:
    -Origin
    -Purpose
    -Message (summing up and choosing key excerpts from the source to share)
    • "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (1960-1961) Episode:
    -The Nashville Sit-ins (1960)
    -The Freedom Rides (1961)
    • "No Easy Walk" (1961-1963) Reading:
    -Why did the Albany Movement fail?
    -Why was Birmingham chosen as the next location of the movement?
    • "No Easy Walk" (1961-1963) Episode:
    -Project "C" in Birmingham (1963)
    -The March on Washington (August 1963)
    • The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
    "Bridge to Freedom" (1965)
    -"Bloody Sunday" (March 7)
    -Second, unsuccessful march attempt (March 9)
    -The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is proposed by President LBJ (March 15)
    -Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery arrives at the capitol building (March 25)
    -Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law (August 6)

    Friday, May 13, 2011

    Friday, May 13

    HI, you have a new HOMEWORK assignment that must be completed by MONDAY, MAY 16! Please direct yourself to the assignment description for your class period. Thanks! Let me know if you have questions:

    B Period, Civil Rights Homework Assignment

    Wednesday, May 11, 2011

    Wednesday, May 11

    HI, you have a new HOMEWORK assignment that must be completed by MONDAY, MAY 16! Please direct yourself to the assignment description for your class period. Thanks! Let me know if you have questions:

    B Period, Civil Rights Homework Assignment

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011

    Tuesday, May 10

    I'm sorry to report that the episode of Eyes on the Prize that we finished watching in class today ("No Easy Walk") is not available on YouTube! If absent, or foggy on any facts, please check out the info pod provided for you by PBS (and get notes from a reliable classmate). Thanks!

    Homework:

    Reading, "Mississippi: Is This America (1962-1964)"

    Monday, May 9, 2011

    Monday, May 9

    Today in class we discussed the reading that was homework and brainstormed on the following questions:


    • Why did the Albany Movement fail?

    • Why was Birmingham chosen as the next location of the movement?
    I'm sorry to report that the episode started (and finished in B period) in class today, is not available on YouTube! If absent, or foggy on any facts, please check out the info pod provided for you by PBS (and get notes from a reliable classmate). Thanks!


    B Period Homework:


    Reading, "Mississippi: Is This America (1962-1964)"

    Friday, May 6, 2011

    Friday, May 6

    Today in class we finished the episode of Eyes on the Prize, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails." If you were absent, you can finish watching (and take notes on) this episode on YouTube. I'm providing a link to the beginning of the episode, but you should probably skip to section 2 or 3 and finish watching from there.

    Thursday, May 5, 2011

    Thursday, May 5

    It was a day of mass absences, so I hope a lot of people are checking the blog!

    In G Period, we finished the episode of Eyes on the Prize, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails." If you were absent, you can finish watching (and take notes on) this episode on YouTube. I'm providing a link to the beginning of the episode, but you should probably skip to section 2 or 3 and finish watching from there. We had an in-class reading which describes the next stage of the movement. Please read if you were absent from G period today:
    In-Class Reading, "No Easy Walk"

    In B, C and E Periods we watched approximately the first half of the episode, which covered up through the Nashville sit-ins.

    Links from Today:

    Wednesday, May 4, 2011

    Wednesday, May 4

    Today in class we finished going over the "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" documents.

    We moved on to start watching the Eyes on the Prize episode of the same title. In G Period we got through about 25 minutes, but in B & C Periods are just about 5 minutes in. If you were absent, you can watch what you missed on YouTube and take notes:

    In G Period we also stopped to brainstorm on the questions:

    • Why did Nashville become a center of the sit-in protests?

    • Why factors contributed to the Nashville sit-ins becoming a success for the CRM?

    Monday, May 2, 2011

    Monday, May 2

    Kids, I have great news! It turns out that Eyes on the Prize is now on YouTube, so if you are/were absent, you can catch up by not only getting a classmates notes, but also going back and watching the portions you missed. Yippee! There is also a very handy guide to the key events discussed that I will provide the link for below on the PBS website that will help you to catch up, or go back and clarify.

    Today in Class: We began discussing the next stage of the CRM, and you all got a reading titled, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)." While everyone had the same first page, there were 5 different documents handed out that were everyone's second page of the packet. You got into groups to discuss and take notes on the following for each source:
    • Origin
    • Purpose
    • Message (summing up and choosing key excerpts from the source to share)
    Tomorrow, your group will be expected to report to the class on your document! If you finished in class you do not have homework, but if you did not finish, do so for homework.