Making Sense of the Sixties - 1969/70 + The Outsiders

Today the Grade 8s: Viewed and discussed Ep. 9 of Making Sense of the Sixties, focusing on 1969 & 1970

Assignment for Friday: Read Ch. 7 of The Outsiders.

Basic Info on Vietnam War + Discussion of Online Textbook Pages + Began The Outsiders

Today the 8th Graders:

• Finished taking notes on basic information about the Vietnam War
• Discussed various aspects of last night's reading of Vietnam War pages at the Online American History site
• Began reading Ch. 1 of S. E. Hinton - The Outsiders

Assignment for Thursday: Finish reading Ch. 1 of S. E. Hinton - The Outsiders

Making Sense of the Sixties
6. How the Sixties Changed America
7. Vietnam Touched Off a Firestorm
8. Americans Were Furious in 1968
9. How Vietnam Affected America in 1968
10. They Never Forgot the 1960s

Quiz over JFK/LBJ + A Separate Peace

Today the 8th Graders:

• Took their Quiz over JFK & LBJ
• Began reading Ch. 11-13 of A Separate Peace
• Were given a heads-up on the current week, which will revolve around standardized testing, during which there will be no or abbreviated regular class sessions. On Friday students will be taking a field trip to Peaceable Kingdom.

Assignment for Monday, 4/11/16 - Finish reading Ch. 11-12-13 of A Separate Peace.

Google Slides Illustrating JFK & LBJ + Prep for Monday's Quiz over JFK & LBJ

Today the Grade 8's:

• Worked collaboratively making Google Slides on Presidents Kennedy & Johnson, using the Online Textbook Chart on the 1960s
• Prepared for Monday's Quiz over Parts 56b, 56c, & 56e of the Online Textbook Chart on the 1960s

Assignment for Monday: Quiz over Parts 56b, 56c, & 56e of the Online Textbook Chart on the 1960s: JFK & LBJ



Video - From Truman to Ford
18:38-JFK
27:11-LBJ

Overview of 1960s + Making Sense of the Sixties: Early 60s + A Separate Peace

Today the Eighths:

• Did a quick overview of and later began reading this Chart-Online Textbook-1960s Politics-Ike-JFK-LBJ-Nixon
• Viewed, pausing to discuss the first part of Episode 2 of Making Sense of the Sixties:The Early 60s - A Time of Innocence




• Briefly discussed Ch. 2 of John Knowles's A Separate Peace
• Began reading Ch. 3 of ASP

Assignments for Thursday

1. Finish reading Chart-Online Textbook-1960s Politics-Ike-JFK-LBJ-Nixon.
2. Finish reading Ch. 3 of A Separate Peace

Hiroshima Discussion + Seeds of the Sixties, Pt. 2

Today the Eighths:

• Discussed Ch. II of John Hersey's Hiroshima
• Viewed, pausing periodically to discuss the second installment of Making Sense of the Sixties-Seeds of the Sixties (were planted in the 1950s)
• Began reading Ch. III of Hiroshima

Assignment for Thursday: Read and be ready to discuss Ch. III of Hiroshima