US History (Period 1-5) Assignments

 US History Final Exam (study guide attached - times of exam on attached doc)

Period 5 Wednesday, Period 1 & 2 Thursday, Period 3 & 4 Friday

 

DBQs: Political Cartoons on HUAC, Space Race, Watergate and George W. Bush administration (all in notes)

 

SAQs:  (four will be on final exam)

1) Explain US containment policy in the 1940s & 1950s, focusing on either the Truman or Eisenhower Administrations.

2)How were the viewpoints of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King different?

 

IDs: (pick four) 1) Tuskegee Airmen 2) Truman Doctrine, 3) Joseph McCarthy, 4) Great Society, 5) Malcolm X, 6) Tet Offensive, 7) Cesar Chavez 8) Roe v. Wade, 9) Harvey Milk, 10) Gloria Steinem, 11) Supply-side economics, 12) Iran-Contra Affair, 13) Clinton's Impeachment, 14) Iraq War, 15) Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

 

#22 US History Topics Presentation (directions/rubric/topics attached)

 

See me if absent Friday for which topics are still available

#21 President's video sheet - blank sheet attached

 

All documents attached

 

#19 Chapter 25 packet (attached)

 

Stamp Wednesday for RR 25.1

Stamp Friday for RR 25.2

 

Download Philadelphia alternate assignment if absent Friday

 

 

Unit 9 Test - 1970s

 

Chapter 22.5, 23.2, all of Chapter 24

 

DBQs: Nixon on Economy & John Kerry on Vietnam (Vietnam DBQ packet), Nixon tapes political cartoon (notes)

 

SAQs: What was the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and why did it ultimately fail?

 

What was the Watergate scandal and why did Nixon have to resign?

 

IDs: Three Mile Island, Vietnamization, Roe v. Wade, Harvey Milk, Iran Hostage Crisis

 

#18 Late 1970s packet

 

Stamp Thursday for RR 23.2

 

Download Milk alternate assignment if you miss the film Thursday

 

#17 Chapter 24.1 & 22.5 packet (attached)

 

Stamp Monday for RR 24.1

 

Download Weather Underground alternate  assignment if absent Monday

 

 

#16 Vietnam DBQ Essay

 

Documents are attached

Doc 1 & 2 stamp Monday, Doc 3 & 4 stamp Tuesday, Doc 5 & 6 stamp Wed, Doc 7 due Thursday

 

Pre-write instructions are attached and can be used the day of the essay

Unit 8 Test - 1960s

 

Chapter 20 - JFK & LBJ

Chapter 21 - Civil Rights Movement

Chapter 22, Sec 1-4 1960s Vietnam & 1968

Chapter 23 Sec 1 & 3 - Counterculture & Latino Civil Rights

 

DBQs (both on test): Letter from Birmingham Jail (DBQ packet) and Malcolm X speech on 1964 DNC (DBQ packet)

 

SAQ (only one on test): 

Why did winning the hearts and mind of the South Vietnamese and the war of attrition fail in Vietnam?

or

What was the Tet Offensive and why was it seen as a major turning point in America?

IDs: Cuban Missile Crisis, Malcolm X, Great Society, Chicago Ten, Cesar Chavez

#15 Chapter 23.1 packet

 

Download Cesar Chavez alternate assignment if you miss the video on Wednesday

#14 Chapter 22.4/23.3 Packet (attached)

 

Alternate assignment attached for British Invasion video (Wed) & Chicago Ten video (Fri) if absent either day

 

#13 Chapter 22.1-22.3 Packet (attached)

 

Stamp Thursday for RR 22.1

 

Alternate assignment for Vietnam videos attached - answer only questions you are missing from video sheet

 

#12 Civil Rights DBQ Group Presentation Project

 

Stamp Friday for Letter from Birmingham Jail

Stamp Monday for Malcolm X document

Stamp Tuesday for Black Panthers document

 

Civil Rights DBQ group project & presentation directions atatched

#11 Chp 21.2 & 21.3 packet (attached) - Stamp Wednesday for RR 21.2

 

Alternate assignment attached for Mississippi Burning if absent Wednesday

 

Alternate assignment for Malcolm X video attached if absent Monday

 

#10 Chapter 20 Packet (attached)

 

Stamp Tuesday for RR 20.1

 

Alternate Assignment Films Clips attached if absent:

Tuesday: Thirteen Days

Friday: JFK

#9 Cuban Missile Crisis DBQ & Timed Writing

 

Documents, questions and prompt attached

 

 

Unit 7 Test - Late 1940s & 1950s

 

Chapter 18, 19 & 21, section 1

 

DBQs: Truman Doctrine (HW), Marshall Plan political cartoon (notes), HUAC political cartoon (notes), McCarthyism political cartoon (HW)

 

SAQ: Explain the US policy to contain communism during the late 1940s or the 1950s. Focus on either the Truman or Eisenhower administration.

 

IDs: Red Scare, Elvis Presley, Mutual Assured Destruction, Brown v. Board of Education, Emmett Till

#7 Chp 21.1 packet (attached)

 

Chavez Ravine alternate assignment attached (if absent for video)

Emmett Till alternate assignment attached (if absent for video)

 

#7 Chapter 19.2-19.4 packet (attached)

 

Stamp tomorrow for RR 19.2

 

When America Was Rocked alternate assignment attached if absent on Thursday

 

#6 Chapter 18.2-18.4 packet

 

Stamp Monday for RR 18.2

 

Download Good Night & Good Luck alternate assignment if absent Friday

#5 Chapter 19.1 & 18.1 packet (attached)

 

Stamp Wednesday for RR 19.1

 

Unit 6 Test - World War II

 

40 Matching & multiple choice questions - Chapter 16 & 17

 

DBQs: Zoot Suit Article from La Opinion (notes) & Korematsu Ruling (DBQs)

 

SAQ: Describe how women & African-Americans contributed to the war effort both at home and abroad.

 

IDs: General Douglas MacArthur, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tuskeegee Airmen, D-Day , Manhattan Project

#4 Chp 17.3 & 17.4 packet (attached)

 

Alternate video assignment attached if absent Mon, Tue or Wed

 

Atomic Bomb debate will be done in class Friday - see me for documents if absent

 

#3 Japanese Internment DBQ 

 

Documents & pre-write attached

 

Stamp Wednesday for Docs A & B

All Docs due and in-class essay on Thursday

 

#2 Chapter 17.1 & 17.2 packet (attached)

 

Alternate video assignment attached if you miss any in-class video questions

#1 Chapter 16 packet

 

Stamp Wednesday for RR 16.1(first page)

 

Please use alternate assignment if your are absent for any video questions