Watergate Scandal: Video & Essay or Debate Prep

Today the 8th Graders:

• Viewed a 46-minute video on the Watergate Scandal
• Chose between an essay and an online debate over the question, "Should President Richard M. Nixon have been impeached and removed from office for his role in the Watergate Scandal?" 
• Were to use the following as evidence:
• Online Textbook Information
• The video we watched (See above.)
• Other online sources of their choice

Assignment for Monday:

1. Gather additional information about the Watergate Scandal 
2. Use that information plus the other materials we have examined to complete your essay or online debate, as described above.

Thursday - 28apr16

Assignments for Friday

1. Read twice the Watergate page at the Online History Textbok.

2. Write an essay or do a debate or construct a Greaser/Soc dialogue, etc. for The Outsiders. Here are some Possible Ideas for Essay on The Outsiders

Picture ID-The Outsiders + Discussion of Ch. 9 & 10 of The Outsiders

Today the lads of the 8th:

• Applied what they have been reading by doing a Picture ID-The Outsiders
• Discussed Ch. 9 & 10 of The Outsiders

Assignments for Thursday
1. Finish Picture ID-The Outsiders
2. Read the final two chapters of The Outsiders

Field Trip to Historic Village in Waco

Today the 8th Graders took a field trip to the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village near Baylor University in Waco.

Assignments for Wednesday

1. Read Ch. 9 & 10 of The Outsiders.
2. Read these sections on the 1970s from the Online History Textbook (Clicky clicky.)

• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
• Undoing a President
• The Sickened Economy

Overview of 1970s + Arab-Israeli Conflict + The Outsiders

See enlarged views here & here.

Today the 8th Graders:

• During an overview of the 1970s, students expressed an interest in the 1978 Camp David Accords and consequently explored background information on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
• Discussed Ch. 8 of The Outsiders.

Assignments for Wednesday

1. Read Ch. 9 & 10 of The Outsiders.
2. Read these sections on the 1970s from the Online History Textbook (Clicky clicky.)

• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
• Undoing a President
• The Sickened Economy

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.

Grandparents Day Celebration + Outsiders Ch. 3

Today the 8th Graders:

• Celebrated Grandparents Day
• Began reading Ch. 3 of The Outsiders

Assignment for Monday: Finish reading Ch. 3 of The Outsiders

Discussion of Ch. 1 of The Outsiders + Primary Sources from The Vietnam War

Today the 8th Graders:

• Discussed Ch. 1 of The Outsiders
• Viewed a student's grandfather's primary sources from the Vietnam War
• Began reading Ch. 2 of The Outsiders

Assignment for Friday: Finish reading Ch. 2 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

Correctives + Vietnam: Overview, cont'd + Timeline + Online Textbook

Today the 8ths:

• Did correctives on their JFK/LBJ Quiz
• Continued their overview of the Vietnam War
• Viewed Vietnam War-5 min. summary-From America in 20th Century Series

• Began reading the following pages of the Online History Textbook:
• The Vietnam War
• Early Involvement
• Years of Escalation: 1965-68
• The Tet Offensive
• The Antiwar Movement
• Years of Withdrawal

Assignment for Wednesday: Finish reading the Vietnam pages listed above.

For Future Reference:

• Vietnam: Chronicle of a War - 1981CBS News Documentary-1:28:15
• The Vietnam War - An American Experience - 11-part PBS Series--Outstanding In-Depth Series

Discussion of A Separate Peace + Vietnam War Overview

Today the 8ths:

• Had perhaps our final discussion of A Separate Peace; the students shared excellent insights; the character diagram below is interesting, despite the misspelling of the novel's title; I was going to show it to you earlier, but it would have spoiled a couple of key plot developments.
• Began taking notes on basic information about the Vietnam War
• Began reading a packet of timelines, summaries, and clashing points of view about the Vietnam War

Assignment for Tuesday: Finish reading (a couple of times each) the two timelines, the summary, and the maps of the Vietnam War. We will continue our overview of the war tomorrow.

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

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.

A Separate Peace: Discussion of Ch. 4 & 5 + Reading Ch. 6

Today the 8th Graders:

• Had an excellent discussion of Ch. 4 & 5 of A Separate Peace
• Did silent reading of Ch. 6 of A Separate Peace

Assignment for Wednesday: Finish reading Ch. 6 of ASP.

A Separate Peace Discussion + Reading A Separate Peace, Ch. 4 & 5

Today the Gr8s:

• Held an in-depth discussion of Ch. 1-3 of John Knowles' A Separate Peace
• Began reading Ch. 4 & 5 of ASP

Assignments for Tuesday

1. Finish reading Ch. 4 & 5 of A Separate Peace
2. Happy Easter & enjoy your 4-day weekend!

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

Conformity in the 1950s & Today + Civil Rights Movement + Ch. 1 & 2 of A Separate Peace

Today the 8ths:

• Discussed the pros & cons of conformity: in the 1950s & generally
• Listened to & discussed Malvina Reynolds' 1962 song, "Little Boxes"
• Discussed the civil rights movement of the 1950s
• Discussed Ch. 1 of Knowles, A Separate Peace
• Began reading Ch. 2 of ASP

Assignment for Wednesday - Read & be prepared to discuss Ch. 2 of ASP.

Today the Eighths:

• Filled out & discussed a "Conformity Survey" based on personal insights and insights derived from the video Making Sense of the Sixties-Seeds of the Sixties.
• Began reading Ch. 1 of John Knowles, A Separate Peace.

Assignments for Tuesday

1. Finish the Conformity Survey. Use The 1950s-Online U.S. Textbook Pages-Part 1 and the Seeds of the Sixties video to job your memory.
2. Finish reading Ch. 1 of John Knowles, A Separate Peace.

Seeds of the Sixties + Civil Rights Movement + Hiroshima

Today the Eighth Graders:

• Watched the rest of the second installment of Making Sense of the Sixties-Seeds of the Sixties (which were planted in the 1950s)
• Began reading The 1950s-Pt. 2-Civil Rights Movement-Online US History Textbook
• Read some from Ch. IV of John Hersey's Hiroshima

Assignment for Friday

1. Read The 1950s-Pt. 2-Civil Rights Movement-Online US History Textbook.
2. Finish reading Ch. IV of Hiroshima.

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

Seeds of the Sixties + Hiroshima Discussion

Today the 8th Graders:

• Finished viewing the first half of Making Sense of the Sixties: Seeds of the Sixties (were sown in the 1950s)
• Discussed Ch. 1 of John Hersey's Hiroshima

Assignment for Wednesday: Read Ch. 2 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"

Seeds of the Sixties (planted in the 1950s) + Collage of the 1950s + Vocabulary Quiz Prep

Todays the 8ths:

• Watched part of Episode 1 of the PBS series, Making Sense of the Sixties: Seeds of the Sixties (1950s)
• Analyzed a collage of the 1950s, following these directions:
• Find a collage or two of the 1950s.
• Identify everything on the collage that was mentioned in The1950s-Pt. 1-Online U. S. History Textbook. If something is already identified, tell a little bit more about it as described in the chart.
• Then find pictures of at least 5-7 things found in the chart that are not found in the collage.

Assignments for Monday

1. Finish the Collage of the 1950s
2. Quiz over Words #14-26 in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

Vocab Quiz Prep + 1950s-What Comes to Mind? + Eisenhower Presidency Overview + Reading Online Text on 1950s

Today the men of the Eighth:

• Discussed definitions and usages of the words for Monday's Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War - Words #14-26
• Brainstormed "What comes to mind when you hear of the 1950s?"
• Watched the Eisenhower segment of the video on U. S. Presidents from Truman through Ford.
• Began reading The 1950s-Online U.S. Textbook Pages-Part 1

Assignments

For Friday - Finish reading The 1950s-Online U.S. Textbook Pages-Part 1

For Monday- Quiz over next 13 words in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

1984 Newspeak Analysis + Truman Documentary + Evaluation of Truman's Presidency

Today the Eighthies:

• Discussed Newsspeak, as seen in Ch. 1-4 of Orwell's 1984.
• Supplemented the students' analysis with the online Newspeak Dictionary (Thanks, JB!)
• Watched some more of the Truman Documentary: The American Experience we began in class yesterday

Assignments

For Thursday
1. Finish the video Truman Documentary The American Experience.
2. Make a chart evaluating Truman's presidency: 2 columns, one for The Good and one for The Bad.

For Monday- Quiz over next 13 words in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

For Future Reference
PBS-The American Experience - Truman

President Harry S Truman + The Orwellian Dystopia of 1984

Today the Gr8s:

• Did some oral drill of the pictures of U. S. Presidents from Truman through Ford
• Watched, pausing to discuss, parts of two videos on President Harry S Truman:
• Truman Film Clip - 1st 10:32
• Truman Documentary - The American Experience - 2:17:12 - @1:27:42 - FDR-->Truman
• Analyzed highlighted items in 1984 - Teacher's Annotated Text, most of which are key aspects of the Orwellian dystopia. Students are asked to explain what each of the yellow highlighted terms is.

Assignments

For Wednesday - Finish explaining the yellow highlighted terms in 1984 - Teacher's Annotated Text.

For Monday- Quiz over next 13 words in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

For Future Reference:
Presidential Lost Archives: Harry S Truman - 42:29

1984 Discussion + McCarthyism Documentary, cont'd + Reading 1984

Today the 8th Graders:

• Discussed how political parties in the early Cold War Period might have used Orwell's 1984 and McCarthyism to advance their political goals
• Viewed more of the documentary on McCarthyism we began watching on Friday
• Read some of Ch. 4 of 1984

Assignments 

For Tuesday: Read and come prepared to discuss Ch. 4 of Orwell's 1984.

For Friday - Quiz over next 20 words in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

Ch. Summaries of 1984 + Documentary on McCarthyism + Reading 1984

Today the 8th Graders:

• Wrote summaries from memory of Ch. 1 & 2 of Orwell's 1984
• Discussed McCarthyism
• Viewed the first 17+ minutes of Enemies Within: Joseph McCarthy - 1:32:07
• Began reading Ch. 3 of 1984

Assignment for Monday - Finish reading Ch. 3 of 1984

Vision/Hearing Screening + Time Line + 1984 + Truman Domestic Policy + McCarthyism

Today the 8th Graders:

• Had their vision & hearing screened
• Examined a Time Line of U. S. History Since World War II, focusing on:
• The Cold War
• The interplay between the Cold War and domestic politics
• McCarthyism
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Briefly discussed 1984
• Began reading the pages on the online U. S. history textbook on Truman's Domestic Policy ("Domestic Challenges") & McCarthyism

Assignments for Friday

1. Finish reading "Domestic Challenges" & "McCarthyism."
2. Review Ch. 1 & 2 in 1984 discussion and possible pop quiz.

Korean War Documentary + Orwell's 1984

Today the 8th Graders:

• Watched, pausing to discuss, this Korean War Documentary
• Began reading Ch. 2 of Orwell's 1984
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Assignment for Thursday

1. Finish watching the Korean War Documentary
2. Finish reading Ch. 2 of Orwell's 1984 and come prepared to discuss it.

Korean War Videos

• Korean War in Colour (Documentary) - 1:25:05
• History Channel Documentaries HD Korean War Documentary BBC 2015 - 1:21:58
• Korean War: Fire and Ice - Part 1 of 4 - 44:21

Korean War + Orwell's 1984

Today the 8th Graders:

• Shared analyses of the 4-map sequence on the Korean War
• Supplemented the color 4-map sequence with information from another sequence. Both are found on this PPT, Two 4-Map Korean War Sequences.
• Read a summary and began reading a 1997 Newsweek article on the Korean War
• Began reading Chapter 1 of George Orwell - 1984

Assignments for Wednesday

1. Finish reading the packet on the Korean War including the 1997 Newsweek article.
2. Read and come prepared to discuss Chapter 1 of 1984.

Sp/Vocab Quiz + Korean War

Today the 8ths:

• Took their Spelling/Vocab Quiz over A Brief Summar of the Cold War
• After the Quiz they did the 4-Map Sequence on the Korean War. - Due Tuesday (tomorrow).

Assignment for Tuesday - Finish the 4-Map Sequence on the Korean War

Vocab QuizPrep + Cold War Begins + Online US History Textook on Cold War + Evaluation of Truman's Cold War Policies

Today the 8th Graders:

• Discussed the words for Monday's Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War
• Began focusing on the first of a series of key Cold War topics
• Focused today on The Cold War Begins (the first 5 years of the CW): Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, Point Four, & Korean War
• After reading and discussing a chronological descriptions of the events, students read the following pages from the Online US History Textbook: (clicky clicky)

1. The Cold War Erupts
2. The United Nations
3. Containment and the Marshall Plan
4. The Berlin Airlift and NATO
5. The Korean War

• Wrote an evaluation of President Harry S Truman's handling of the first five years of the Cold War

Assignments

For Monday 

1. Turn in the evaluation of Truman's handling of the Cold War beginnings
2. Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

Cold War Quiz Celebration + Chronology of the Cold War + Where Historians Disagree About the Cold War

Today the 8th Graders:

• Got back their graded Quiz: A Brief Summary of the Cold War
• Worked on the Chronology of the Cold War assignment they were supposed to have done before they arrived to class today.
• Built on a Quiz question assessing who was more responsible for the Cold War by reading and discussing an essay in the Where Historians Disagree series called Origins of the Cold War

Assignments

For Friday - Finish reading Origins of the Cold War, writing notes in the margin on various historians' arguments as to who was more responsible for the Cold War.

For Monday - Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

Cold War Quiz + Chronology of the Cold War

Click here for enlargeable view.

On this very day the 8ths:

• Took the Quiz over a Brief Summary of the Cold War
• Began working on a Chronology of the Cold War

Assignments

For Thursday - Finish the Chronology of the Cold War

For Monday - Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War