5-7-12 Counterculture/Hippies

Word:  Counterculture

Question:  What are 5 adjectives that come to mind when you hear the word “hippy”

Today we took notes on the counterculture movement focusing on hippies and their goals and choices.  See Mr. McC or a classmate for missed notes.  Video’s below were used as Type I generators!

5-4-12

1st Hour continued their living history reports…

3rd hour:

Word:  War on Poverty

Type I:  What is this cartoon trying to say?

[hint, what’s on the kneeling man’s shoulder?]

Today we watched clips of “The American Experience:  LBJ” and took notes, talked about on his Vice Presidency, Civil Rights Act of 1964, War in Vietnam, The Great Society and Gulf of Tonkin Incident.  We used this graphic organizer to guide our notes(click here).

5-3-12

Word:  The Great Society

Type I:  How was the Great Society similar to the New Frontier both in name and programs?

Today we took some notes on LBJ and his “Great Society” ideas.

We then listened to and did a type one over the Shawn Phillips For RFK JFK and MLK song.  Click here for assignment.

5-2-12

Word:  Bay of Pigs

Question:  Which do you think JFK did better, domestic (at home) policies or foreign policies and why?

Today we talked about JFK’s last days and his assassination.  We watched part of the below video which talks about some of the conspiracy theories:

Homework:

•Type III:  Do you think JFK was killed by a group of people or was it the action of one man?

FCAs

1.UNDERLINED strong thesis (10pts)

2.3 details backing you up (one per paragraph) (15pts)

3.Proper mechanics of capitalization and punctuation. (10pts)

5-1-12

Word:  Peace Corps

Type I:  How would Peace Corps also aid in winning the Cold War?  Could you join Peace Corps?

Today we took notes over Kennedy, the election of 1960, and “The New Frontier”.  If you missed the information please see a classmate, Mr. McCullough or research topics yourself.

4-30-12

Word:  New Frontier

Question:  Why do you think Kennedy thought the 60s would be a New Frontier?  What was “new”?

Today we studied and took a quiz on Cold War up to 1960 and the Civil Rights Movements from 1950-1970

4-26-12 More Civil Rights

•Word:  American’s with Disabilities Act

•Type I:  Of the Civil Rights movements we have studied, which do you find most important and why?

Today we took a pop quiz over civil rights that were fought for from 1950-1970 including

A.Elderly American Movement

B.Native American Movement

C.African American Movement

D.Asian American Movement

E.Disabled Americans Movement

F.Women’s Rights Movement

G.Latino American Movement

We then began a poster assignment which is due tomorrow:

1. You  will create a poster on a specific Civil Rights Movement

2. Your poster must have a picture, slogan, and three (3) facts about the movement.

3. At the end of the class period, you will have 3 minutes to present. Your presentation can include a skit, poem, song, rap, or story for extra credit.

 IT MUST BE EDUCATIONAL TO YOUR CLASSMATES

4-25-12 More Civil Rights

Word: Japanese American Citizens League

Type I: Why do people use stereotypes?

Today we continued our tri-fold pamphlet of civil rights movements of the 1950s-1970s.  We looked at the Yellow Power, Red Power, Grey Power, Gay Rights and Disabled Americans movements.  See some examples of these movements in action below

4-24-12 Civil Rights Movements

Word:  Feminism

Type I:  What other groups were marginalized (excluded from society) besides African Americans and women during 1950s-1970s?

Today we began a notes on a tri-fold pamphlet on the ‘other’ civil rights movements from 1950-70.  Today we focused on the 2nd Feminism movement and the Chicano Movement as seen in the videos below.

CHICANO MOVEMENT VIDEO HERE

4-23-12

Word: Montgomery Bus Boycott

Type I:  Why do you think we know so little about the FULL story of who Rosa Parks was?

Today we watched a quick documentary on Rosa Parks and filled out this worksheet. Our homework was:

Type 2 John Collins Writing

FCA’s:

1.  Proper Grammer and Puncuation  5 pts
2. Use of 5 facts/details  from watching Mighty Times 10 pts (2 pts for each fact/detail)
3. Sentences about appreciation for what Rosa Parks did for the Civil Rights movt  5 pts

For this Type 2 you will be using the facts from the other side that you filled out when you where watching “Mighty Times”.

You are going to be writing a letter to Mrs. Barbara Alexander (Rosa Park’s niece) as a classroom assignment.  This will be sent to her so make sure it is heartfelt and sincere.