Making Sense of the Sixties - Final Episode + Essay on MSotS + Ch. 8 of the Outsiders

Today the 8th Graders:

• Watched and discussed the final episode of Making Sense of the Sixties
• Began writing an essay on the series - Suggestions for Essay
• Participated, if they wanted, with the 6th/7th Graders in the Last Frontier Role Play
• Began reading Ch. 8 of The Outsiders

Assignments for Monday

1. Finish reading Ch. 8 of The Outsiders
2. Finish your Essay on Making Sense of the Sixties

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.

Making Sense of the Sixties: 1968 + Discussion of Ch. 5 of The Outsiders

On this day, the 8th Graders:

• Watched Episode 9 of Making Sense of the Sixties, focusing on the year 1968
• Held an insightful discussion of Ch. 5 of The Outsiders

Assignment for Thursday: Read Ch. 6 of The Outsiders.

Making Sense of the Sixties - Vietnam + The Outsiders-Ch. 5

Today the 8th Graders:

• Viewed and discussed the episode from Making Sense of the Sixties called Vietnam Touched Off a Firestorm
• Began reading Ch. 5 of S. E. Hinton - The Outsiders

Assignment for Wednesday - Finish reading Ch. 5 of The Outsiders.

Making Sense of the Sixties + JFK & LBJ + A Separate Peace

Today the Grade 8ers:

• Viewed & discussed Making Sense of the Sixties - Part 5 on the Counterculture
• Began reading Ch. 9 & 10 of A Separate Peace

Assignments

For Friday - Finish reading Ch. 9 & 10 of A Separate Peace

For Monday - Quiz over Online Textbook Chart on the 1960s -  Parts 56b, 56c, & 56e on JFK & LBJ

Making Sense of the Sixties-Part 4 + A Separate Peace-Ch. 6 & 7

Today the 8th Graders:

• Watched & discussed Making Sense of the Sixties-Part 4

• Began reading Ch. 6 & 7 of John Knowles's A Separate Peace

Assignment for Thursday: Finish reading Ch. 6 & 7 of ASP and come prepared to discuss it.

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

Vocab Quiz Br. Summ. CW 2 + Making Sense + Hersey's Hiroshima

Today the 8ths:

• Did some last-minute studying for the Vocab Quiz
• Took the Vocab Quiz-Brief Summary of the Cold War - Part 2
• Watched some more of Part 1 of the PBS series, Making Sense of the Sixties: Seeds of the Sixties (were sown in the 1950s)
• Did an activity called Speculating on Chapter Titles in John Hersey's Hiroshima
• Began reading John Hersey's 1946 book, Hiroshima

Assignment for Tuesday: Finish Chapter 1 of Hiroshima - "A Noiseless Flash"