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5-17-12 1970s Textbook Chapter Lesson

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Word:  Three Mile Island Incident accident

Type I:  Why do you think they have the historic marker below a the Three Mile Island site?

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Assignment:

Congratulations!  You have been hired for the McCullough textbook company.  To increase sales, (and for you to  keep your job), we must make the 1974-1979 section of the textbook more interesting!  Your job is to pick an event between those dates (Click here if stuck) that would interest teenagers about U.S.  history.  Your section must include the following:

1.

2-3pgs typed ________ (10 points)

Minimum of 3 Paragraph(s) covering the main ideas

(NOT copied from the internet-Cut and Paste will be a zero for entire project)

_______(5 pts)

These must include the 5Ws (10pts).

  • Who was involved
  • What did they do
  • When did it take place
  • Where did it happen and where was it significant
  • Why did people do this and why is it important today for students to know about this
2.

You must also have 5 of the following items in your part of the chapter ________(25pts):

  • Causes/Effects on U.S. history
  • (5+) Sources for further information
  • (2+) Images
  • Graph or Chart
  • (3+) Content Vocabulary/Key Words
  • 5 Ws quick summary
  • Review questions for s student
EXTRA CREDIT!!!  (10pts)

Include a short interview (questions and answers) with someone over the age of 50 and can remember your event.  Ask them a few questions about what they remember or knew about what was happening.

You must staple this sheet to your completed chapter which is due Monday May 21, 2012

5-15-12

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Word: Executive Privilege
Type I:  Should the president have the right to withhold information?
Today we continued our study of Nixon and Watergate.
1st hour completed notes on Nixon/Watergate
3rd hour completed (finishing for homework) a Nixon cartoon timeline with the following criteria:
•Minimum 8 pane cartoon timeline (5pts)
•Must include major events during Nixon’s Presidency. (5pts)
•Must include following vocabulary used correctly:  executive privilege, impeachment, Watergate, Plumbers, pardon (10pts)
•Each pane must have a picture and caption/dialogue (with dates if available). (5pts)
•Stick figures accepted if labeled.

5-11-12

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Word: Vietnamization
Type I:  Why do you think Nixon and the whole U.S. government was quick to use Vietnamization?
Today we talked about the Vietnam, soldiers experiences and how they felt about the ARVN and VietCong.

5-9-12 Vietnam by Zinn

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Word:  Twenty Sixth Amendment
Type I:  Why would the 26th amendment be important during the Vietnam war?
Today we used Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of American Empire” to look at the Vietnam war from a protester/activists point of view.  Each table tackled a section of the book and shared out with their classmates what they learned. Click here for worksheet used.
A HUGE THANK YOU to our donors through donorschoose.org who funded these books for us.  The students loved them!