Social Studies 8 - Read Chapter 27 - WWII

On Monday we block for 4+ weeks and complete our study of WWII.  Students need to read chapter 27 in the text to gain a base of knowledge of the material.

APUSH Recommended Video - A New World - 1980's

Peter Jennings - ABC News 1 of 3 (1980's):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Benn-JMig4&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&index=42

Peter Jennings - ABC News 2 of 3 (1980's):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSV6M0mhm0&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

Peter Jennings - ABC News 3 of 3 (1980's):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cvHG8vpYb0&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

APUSH Recommended Video

The Century "Starting Over," 1 of 3, Late 1970s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0jiB8N101g&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&index=39

The Century "Starting Over," 2 of 3, Late 1970s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZttGPAB2aXQ&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

The Century "Starting Over," 3 of 3, Late 1970s/Early 80s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMLOTw66-A&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

APUSH Recommended Videos - The Century - Peter Jennings

1/3 Approaching the Apocalypse (1970'):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpumjI99w1s&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

2/3 Approaching the Apocalypse (1970's):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsAzVCvN3Eo&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

3/3 Approaching the Apocalypse (1970's):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9YR70WlDac&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

APUSH - Video - 1968 a Watershed Year in American History

The year 1968 was a watershed year in American history — a turning point for the nation and its people. A year of vivid colors, startling sounds, and searing images. A turbulent, relentless cascade of events that changed America forever. From assassinations and conflicts, pop culture and free love, civil rights and women's rights, Americans questioned traditional values and authority that sent shockwaves across the country, including in Western Pennsylvania.

A Year to Remember

1968: The Year That Rocked America, presented by UPMC Health Plan, chronicles the pivotal year in U.S. history that saw assertions of Black Power at the Olympic Games, the national launch of Pittsburgh-produced "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,"stardom for Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, the debut of locally made cult classic "Night of the Living Dead," and the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The year began with the Tet Offensive, the deadliest period of an increasingly divisive Vietnam War, and ended with hope for the future, as the Apollo 8 capsule beamed back images of "Earthrise" from the far side of the moon for the first time.

Courtesy Heinz History Center

APUSH students please watch from 7:18-13:50 in the linked video below.  It covers much of the year 1968 in American History.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM-764N2QM8&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&index=35

Social Studies 8 - 20's/GD/New Deal

Homework for W, Th & F:

Read Section III, Chapter 26 "Response to the New Deal," pages 759-763.

Read Section IV, Chapter 26 "The Nation in Hard Times," pages 765-769.

TEST on 1920's / Great Depression / New Deal will be next Tuesday.

Students have had review sheet and notes on the topic.

APUSH - Monday & Tuesday Assignment - Civil Rights Movement

Read pages 890-895

Hippocampus - Civil Rights Movement Brown v. Board of Education

Civil Unrest

Read pages 916-921

Hippocampus - Civil Rights Movement March on Washington

Civil Right Legislation

Read Pages 924-927

Hippocampus-Civil Rights Movement Affirmative Action and Force Busing

Rise of Black Power

Thursday, April 11

APUSH - Start on weekend assignment - Vietnam.

SS8 - Out line the Relief/Recovery/Reform Programs of the New Deal (use your text).


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APUSH Weekend Assignment - Vietnam 1954-1968

Your homework for the weekend is to watch the 50-minute CNN documentary on the Vietnam War.  This documentary is linked below.  As you view it you must make a timeline of the Vietnam War.  The timeline must have 12-15 dates/events attached to it.  The events must be described with some thoroughness (1-2 sentences)

This timeline is due on Monday.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LKSx7yyCQ&playnext=1&list=PL43E372ED7CF28785&feature=results_main&safe=active


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Wednesday, April 9

APUSH - Today in class we studied the Korean War and the Cold War in the 1950's.  HW tonight is for students to read some short, first-hand accounts on the Cold War.

SS8 - Make sure you have read sections I and II in chapter 26 on the 1930's.  There will be a reading quiz on Thursday.


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Tuesday, April 9th

APUSH - Today we discussed the beginning of the Cold War (1940's).

Tonight's HW - Complete the document seminar


SS8 - Read section II "FDR & the New Deal," page 752 in Chapter 26.


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Monday, April 8th

Welcome Back!

APUSH- 5 weeks until AP Exam.  Homework tonight is to make sure you have finished Hippo from Spring Break.

SS8 - Read Chapter 26, Section I "The Great Crash," pages 746-751.


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