Friday, April 26, 2013

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.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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.


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.



Sunday, April 14, 2013

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