RemindersExams are next week. First block on Monday, Second Block on Tuesday, and Third Block on Wednesday. You will meet in here. Please be prompt. Schedule for Today: Tuesday West Block 8:30 - 9:00 First Block 9:05 - 10:15 Second Block 10:20 - 11:30 Resume normal schedule Tomorrow: We will meet in the Library. Go directly to the Library. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Agenda for TodayRe-Take Tutorial.
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RemindersMemrise is due today. 300 words. Last one! Take back your 200 Questions! You will need these to study! Exams are next week. First block on Monday, Second Block on Tuesday, and Third Block on Wednesday. You will meet in here. Please be prompt. Schedule for this weekMonday Normal Schedule without West Block Tuesday West Block 8:30 - 9:00 First Block 9:05 - 10:15 Second Block 10:20 - 11:30 Resume normal schedule Wednesday Normal Schedule Thursday Normal Schedule (1st & 2nd Teacher Made Exams) Friday Normal Schedule without West Block (3rd & 4th Teacher Made Exams) Schedule for Next WeekSuccess Spirit Days:
Why is this schedule laid out like this??
What does this week look like for our class?Monday & Tuesday -- Document Based Questions and Conceptual Thinking Wednesday & Thursday -- Review with Mr. Walters and Mr. Browning Friday -- Review Game Bonanza! Schedule for Today's Class:Which Sections do you feel strongest on? Which Sections do you feel like you need the most help? Go to Schoology and answer these questions in the poll. NCFE Released ExamWe're going to go through these questions together. Review GameWe'll have several to choose from. Exit TicketDiscussion Board on Schoology.
AnnouncementsMemrise is due on January 4. 300 Words. THE 200 QUESTIONS is due tomorrow. This is a test grade. ReviewsEveryone will take a different set of notes and create a 10 question kahoot. You will need to submit unto me the LINK to your kahoot as well as share it with me through the Kahoot website. Set up for Testing InstructionsTo setup your laptop for testing, follow these steps immediately but not during instructional time.
1. Go to spotlight (magnifying glass in top right corner) and search for NCTest, this application will no longer work. Move the old NCTest App to the trash and empty the trash. This is for students that have downloaded the app in the past from Self Service. If the app isn't there proceed to step 2. 2. Download malwarebytes from the link below. Add it to your applications. Run the scan and remove anything that is found. A restart is required, after restarting run the scan again to see if it finds anymore malware. 3. Click on the How to get NCTest link below. You must be in Google Chrome for this to work. If you do not have Chrome it will prompt you to download Chrome and then download. Beside of the NCTest app click the blue button: Add to Chrome. 4. After downloading NCTest complete the NCTest Online Tutorial. 5. Click on the file below to set your screensaver to not turn on during the test and to disable pop-ups. ***If you are set to standard a member of the tech team will be by your 2nd block class on Thursday to help you. Web Link Malwarebytes | Thank you for downloading ... https://www.malwarebytes.org/mac-download/ Web Link Chrome Web Store to get NCTest https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/nc%20test?hl=en-US Adobe PDFsetting screensaver and blocking pop ups.pdf3 MBVIEW AnnouncementsTHE 200 QUESTIONS are due this Friday. This is a test grade. Memrise will be due on January 4. 300 words. Please don't be surprised. Essential Questions
VocabularyNAFTA -- A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries. Berlin Wall -- Its demolition in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War. This wall was both a deterrent to individuals trying to escape and a symbol of repression to the free world. perestroika -- "Restructuring";A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society glasnost -- "Openness"; called for increased transparency in government institutions and activities within the USSR; Mikhail Gorbachev. Usually paired with "Perestroika" Contract with America -- Republican plan headed by Newt Gingrich that focused on scaling back the government, balancing the budget, and cutting taxes Whitewater Scandal -- One of the many scandals surrounding Clinton's presidency, this involved a real estate company with questionable practices. perjury Lying under oath Electoral Vote -- the official vote for president and vice president by electors in each state Popular Vote -- the votes cast by citizens in a presidential election USA Patriot Act -- law passed due to 9/11 attacks; sought to prevent further terrorist attacks by allowing greater government access to electronic communications and other information; criticized by some as violating civil liberties Edward Snowden -- An American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency to the mainstream media, starting in June 2013 Enron -- Chief executives (while drawing $100 million each out of corporation) deliberately misrepresented profit picture. When the corporation collapsed $70 billion in investors equity was wiped out Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- Health care reform law passed in 2010 that includes incentives and penalities for employers providing health insurance as a benefit. NotesYou have 15 minutes to complete the notes. After 15 minutes, you will do the "mini quiz" on paper and we will go over the answers and the notes.
Review: World War IIEach table will take a different powerpoint (linked in Schoology), and you will create a summary of what you most need to know from that one lesson in the form of REVIEW QUESTIONS. Your summary must have at least 10 REVIEW QUESTIONS. This should be in bullet form. Include your answers.
You must post your summary on the discussion board. Include:
AnnouncementsMemrise will be due on January 4. 300 words. Please don't be surprised. THE 200 QUESTIONS are due this Friday. This is a test grade. Vocabulary25th Amendment -- Amendment that creates a chain of succession for filling in the presidential seat in case of death/incapacitation. Helsinki Accords -- Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries. malaise speech -- On July 15, 1979, Carter gave this nationally-televised address in which he identified what he believed to be a "crisis of confidence" among the American people. Camp David Accords -- A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel Iran Hostage Crisis -- Shah of Iran is overthrown by Islamic elements. Flees to US, Carter refuses to send him back to Iran. US Embassy is stormed - 52 hostages held for 444 days. Rescue attempt fails. Reaganomics -- The economic policies of President Ronald Reagan, which were focused on budget cuts and the granting of large tax cuts in order to increase private investment Trickle Down -- The idea that money will trickle down from the top of the economic pyramid to the bottom Strategic Defense Initiative -- Became known as Star Wars and would be able to shoot missiles down from space. Critics claimed it could never be perfected. Evil Empire -- Ronald Reagan's nickname for the Soviet Union; illustrated an end to detente. Iran-Contra Affair -- scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even though Congress had objected Title IX -- The prohibition against gender discrimination in school programs that receive federal funds. Challenger Disaster -- On January 28, 1986, the challenger space shuttle exploded right after takeoff NotesYou have 20 minutes to complete the notes. After 20 minutes, you will do the "mini quiz" on paper and we will go over the answers and the notes.
Roaring Twenties and Great Depression ReviewEach table will take a different powerpoint (linked in Schoology), and you will create a summary of what you most need to know from that one lesson in the form of REVIEW QUESTIONS. Your summary must have at least 10 REVIEW QUESTIONS. If you ABSOLUTELY must have more than 10, see if you can combine some questions. This should be in bullet form. Include your answers. You must post your summary on the discussion board. Include:
When you finish, work on your 200 QUESTIONS or work on MEMRISE.AnnouncementsMemrise is due today. 250 words. Memrise will be due on January 4. 300 words. Please don't be surprised. THE 200 QUESTIONS are due this Friday. This is a test grade. Essential Questions
VocabularyNew Federalism -- President Richard Nixon's program to turn over part of the federal government's power to state and local governments Silent Majority -- a name given by President Richard Nixon to the moderate, mainstream Americans who quietly supported his Vietnam War policies Southern Strategy -- Nixon's plan to persuade conservative southern white voters away from the Democratic party Swann v. Charlotte -- Supreme Court decision that stated that busing of students could be used to promote integration in public schools Stagflation -- a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) Realpolitik -- A foreign policy advocated by Henry Kissinger in the Nixon administration based on consideration of a nation's power rather than its ideals or moral principles Détente -- A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon. SALT Treaty -- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. US & USSR signed a treaty limiting the number of nuclear warheads & missiles they built. Watergate Scandal -- Illegal actions by President Nixon and his aides to cover up crimes related to Nixon's re-election campaign Impeachment -- Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office. NotesMini-QuizConstructed Response PracticeFor today, you will do your best to answer the question. After about 7 minutes, you will grade each other's. I will assign you who you will look at. As President of the United States I have concluded that I should now ask the Congress, on its part, to join in affirming the national determination that all such attacks will be met, and that the United States will continue in its basic policy of assisting the free nations of the area to defend their freedom. President Johnson's Message to Congress, August 5, 1964 The policy of the previous administration not only resulted in our assuming the primary responsibility for fighting the war, but even more significantly did not adequately stress the goal of strengthening the South Vietnamese so that they could defend themselves when we left. After 5 years of Americans going into Vietnam, we are finally bringing men home. By December 15, over 60,000 men will have been withdrawn from South Vietnam including 20 percent of all of our combat forces. President Nixon's Speech, November 3, 1969 The Vietnam War spanned the terms of three American Presidents. Contrast the strategies of the two Presidents quoted above giving examples of how their ideas played out during the war. Exam ReviewsEach table will take a different powerpoint (linked below), and you will create a summary of what you most need to know from that one lesson in the form of REVIEW QUESTIONS. Your summary must have at least 10 REVIEW QUESTIONS. If you ABSOLUTELY must have more than 10, see if you can combine some questions. This should be in bullet form. Powerpoint are linked on the Schoology page. You must post your summary on the discussion board. Include:
Review Game QuestionsKahoot? We'll think of something...
AnnouncementsMemrise is due on Monday. 250 words. No Vocabulary. Sorry.Thank You Letters/Letters of RecommendationYesterday, you heard a national treasure speak. Here is your option: You can either write him a letter of recommendation to our congressman/senator for a medal by telling what his visit meant to you OR you can write a thank you card to him and I'll deliver them to him OR you can do both. NotesVideoWatch the video. Take notes. If your phone is out, we will watch Peter Jennings. If you keep it put away, we'll watch something else.
AnnouncementsMemrise will be due next Monday as well. 250 words. December 14. The last Memrise will be due on January 4th, and that total will be 300 words. We will have a guest speaker on Thursday. We will meet in the Library that day. VocabularyCredibility Gap -- American public's growing distrust of statements made by the government during the Vietnam War Tet Offensive -- A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet. Richard Nixon -- President after Johnson; 1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated "Vietnamization" (replace US troops with Vietnamese), but also bombed Cambodia/Laos, created a "credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US involvement. Henry Kissenger -- Secretary of State under Nixon who designed plan for U.S. pullout of Vietnam Vietnamization -- President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces My Lai Massacre -- 1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war. Pentagon Papers -- Top-secret documents, published by The New York Times in 1971, that showed the blunders and deceptions that led the United States into the Vietnam War. Paris Peace Accords -- 1973 peace agreement between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong that effectively ended the Vietnam War. 26th Amendment -- Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 War Powers Act -- 1973. A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress or if America is already under attack or serious threat. NotesMini Quiz!
People are alarmed and thinking about science, and perhaps this alarm could be turned to a constructive result. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, October 15, 1957 The Space Race started on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I—the first artificial satellite—into orbit. Explain two ways that the launch of Sputnik affected U.S. society. Progressive Era Review! Yippee!Each table will take a different powerpoint (linked below), and you will create a summary of what you most need to know from that one lesson in the form of REVIEW QUESTIONS. Your summary must have at least 10 REVIEW QUESTIONS. If you ABSOLUTELY must have more than 10, see if you can combine some questions. This should be in bullet form. You must post your summary on the discussion board. Include:
AnnouncementsMemrise is due today. 225 words. Have it pulled up on your computer while you do the vocab for today. Memrise will be due next Monday as well. 250 words. December 14. The last Memrise will be due on January 4th, and that total will be 300 words. We will have a guest speaker on Thursday. We will meet in the Library that day. 9 days until Christmas break. VocabularyWar of Attrition -- A war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses Deferments -- Practice of giving college bound students an exemption from the draft sending men to fight in Vietnam. This became one of the major issue protested in the war. Napalm -- Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange -- a toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts Hawks -- Americans who supported the Vietnam War. Doves -- Americans who opposed the Vietnam War. NotesMini Quiz!Constructed Response PracticeAnswer the following question as you would on the Final Exam. This is from the 2013 released exam. “…You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are quite right in calling, for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.” Civil Disobedience was a tool widely used by the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Define this term and using the quote above, give 2 examples of when this strategy was used in the movement. Industrial Age Review! Woo hoo!Each table will take a different powerpoint (linked below), and you will create a summary of what you most need to know from that one lesson. Your summary must have at least 5 facts, but no more than 10. If you ABSOLUTELY must have more than 10, see if you can combine some facts. This should be in bullet form. You must post your summary on the discussion board. Include:
Download the linked study guide. Answer these questions on paper. This paper is due at the beginning of class tomorrow. THE 200 QUESTIONSThis is a packet of 200 Questions. This is due the Friday before you go home for Christmas. This is an easy TEST grade. If you turn it in (with the answers filled in), you get a 100. If you don't, you get a 0.
AnnouncementsMemrise is due today. 225 words. Have it pulled up on your computer while you do the vocab for today. Memrise will be due next Monday as well. 250 words. December 14. The last Memrise will be due on January 4th, and that total will be 300 words. We will have a guest speaker on Thursday. We will meet in the Library that day. 13 days until Christmas break. VocabularyDien Bien Phu -- Most significant victory of the Viet Minh over French colonial forces in 1954; gave the Viet Minh control of northern Vietnam Geneva Accords -- A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956 Ngo Dinh Diem -- American ally and leader in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963; his repressive regime caused the Communist Viet Cong to thrive in the South and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover. He was killed in a coup in 1963. Vietcong -- A group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War. Also called the "VC," or "Charlie". Ho Chi Minh Trail -- A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin -- August 1964: LBJ announced that a North Vietnamese gun boat had carried out an unprovoked attack on two US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin of the coast of North Vietnam (North Vietnamese attacked US ships) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -- 1964 Congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit U.S. troops to South Vietnam and fight a war against North Vietnam without ever going back to Congress for an act of war Operation Rolling Thunder -- bombing campaign over North Vietnam, supposed to weaken enemy's ability and will to fight NotesMini Quiz!
When you're done, pull out your notes from our VERY FIRST UNIT! Unit 1 -- The Westward Movement. Then you can go on to the Padlet. The first thing I want everyone to do is create a Padlet account. You can do this by logging in with Google and it will save your login information for every subsequent visit. Wild West ReviewEach table will take a different powerpoint (linked below), and you will create a summary of what you most need to know from that one lesson. Your summary must have at least 5 facts, but no more than 10. If you ABSOLUTELY must have more than 10, see if you can combine some facts. This should be in bullet form.
You must post your summary on the discussion board. Include:
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