Calendar is subject to change. Richardson, February 2015

Name:________________________________Class:___

APUSH Unit 8; Period 8, 1945-1980 Cold War, Liberalism & Civil Rights

Fabulous Fifties, Stormy Sixties, & Stagnant Seventies

Goal for unit:________ (A, B, C) Time commitment outside of class:________ minutes/block (recommendation is 60 minutes minimum/ block)

Outside strategy for unit content acquisition: (circle one or two) Reading textbook Reading AMSCO Completing Reading Guides Study Group

Reading/Studying online notes (website) Watching/Listening to podcast lectures Watching/Listening to Hippocampus Reviews

Wikinotes Schmoop Crash Course Videos Learnerator Have you tried it yet? The Century Videos Other:___________________________________________________________

If you still do not have an AMSCO review guide, please order one ASAP!

Unit 7 Make-Up Test and Re-take will be Thursday the 12th

in Mr. Anderson’s Room. 7:30am, 2:35pm, or 3:40pm. ONE DAY ONLY!

MONDAY TUESDAY& WEDNESDAY THURSDAY& FRIDAY 9B

Unit 7 Day 6

Unit 7 Test 25 multiple choice

(25 Minutes) 1 DBQ (55 Minutes)

Homework: Read American Pageant chapter 37 and/or chapter 26 of AMSCO. Complete Truman and the Cold War reading guide for 10% bonus on next quiz. Log onto Skyward and complete Truman online reading quiz by 8am next block.

10A & 11B Unit 8 Day 1

Truman and the Early Cold War Online Quiz Closes 8am

Early Cold War Reading Guide due BOP (optional bonus)

Class Activities: Discussion: The post WWII America Collaborative An analysis: The Korean War

Objectives: -To what extent did the Allied victory in WWII lead the United States to become global power in the Atomic Age? -Identify the events that reveal the origins of the Cold War during the 1940s. -Evaluate President Harry Truman’s responses/policies to the Cold War from 1945-1952, including the new foreign policy of containment, Chinese Civil War, Korean War, and relationship with Japan. -Compare and contrast the causes and major actions of the first Red Scare that followed WWI with the second Red Scare and McCarthyism that was born of the Cold War.

Homework: Read American Pageant chapter 38 and/or chapter 27 of AMSCO. Complete the Eisenhower and the Rockin’ Fifties Reading Guide for bonus points.

12A & 13B Unit 8 Day 2

Eisenhower Era Reading Quiz BOP Period 6 TEKS Review Packet due BOP & online TEKS quiz closes 8am Today Eisenhower reading guide due BOP (optional bonus)

Class Activities: Discuss Eisenhower’s approach to the evolving Cold War Collaborative analysis: Comparing Fabulous Fifties & Roaring Twenties

Objectives: -Identify and evaluate the main events during the 1950s that inaugurated the modern civil rights movement. -To what extent were the 1950s a decade of consensus and conformity? Explain how social critics, nonconformists, and cultural rebels responded to this era of conformity. -Analyze the impact of scientific, technological, and medical innovation on America society. Make sure your analysis includes political, economic and social themes.

Homework: Read American Pageant chapter 39 and/or chapter 28 of AMSCO. Complete 1960s: Turbulent Times Reading Guide for bonus points. Begin work on Period 7 TEKS review. (activity and 2 online review quizzes due by the 27th/2nd)

MONDAY TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY THURSDAY & FRIDAY 16

Presidents Day TEACHER WORKDAY

Presidents Day Bonus… memorize the order of the Presidents & be able to associate one major event in U.S. history for each one… bonus points coming soon for those who can do this.

17A & 18B Unit 8 Day 3

1960s: Turbulent Times Reading Quiz BOP

Turbulent Times Reading Guide due BOP (optional bonus)

Class Activities: Debrief Truman and Eisenhower quizzes & take 60s reading quiz Discuss roots of the modern civil rights movement Collaborative analysis… The battle for civil rights

Objectives: -Trace developments in the expanding battle for civil rights and analyze the positive and negative effects of the ongoing struggle. -Analyze LBJ’s contributions to social reform.

Homework: Begin reading Pageant chapter 40 and/or beginning of AMSCO 29 (section on Nixon and Vietnam) and begin working on 1970s Reading Guide (section on Vietnam) then log into Skyward and complete Vietnam War Online Quiz. (just finishing up reading regarding the Vietnam War.)

19A & 20B Unit 8 Day 4

Vietnam War Online Quiz Closes 8am

Class Activities: Debrief 1960s quiz Discuss Cold War events in the 1960s Collaborative analysis… Vietnam War

Objectives: -Compare President Kennedy’s New Frontier with President Johnson’s Great Society. Which one had a larger impact on the nation? -Identify and explain the goals behind Cold War confrontations in Asia, Latin America, and Europe during the 1960s. Evaluate the accuracy of the view that the Cold War reached its hottest temperature during the 1960s.

Homework: Finish reading American Pageant chapter 40 and/or chapter 29 of AMSCO. Finish 1970s Reading Guide for bonus points on next quiz. Leader of the Free World Crossroads optional bonus, & continue

Period 7 TEKS review

Calendar is subject to change. Richardson, February 2015

Doers do. Finishers finish. Be a learner.

MONDAY &TUESDAY WEDNESDAY &THURSDAY FRIDAY 23A &24B

Unit 8 Day 5

1970s Reading Quiz BOP

1970s Reading Guide due BOP (optional bonus)

Class Activities: Reading Quiz Discuss war and society as it transitioned from LBJ to Nixon Collaborative analysis…counterculture vs silent majority

Objectives: -Compare and contrast the Cold War policies of Truman through Johnson with those of President Nixon. Evaluate the level of success Nixon had with his policy of détente compared to earlier policies. -Explain the emergence of and impact of the antiwar movement and the counterculture during the 1960s. -To what extent was the outcome of the election of 1968 due to the “Silent Majority?” What social conflicts does this election reveal about America during the 1960s?

Homework: Read additional sources on modern times provided in class; Log into Skyward and complete Nixon Online Activity.

25A & 26A Unit 8 Day 6

Nixon Online Activity Closes 8am

Leader of the Free World Crossroads due BOP (optional bonus)

Class Activities: Debrief Vietnam War and 1970s quizzes Collaborative analysis… Nixon Discuss Stagnant Seventies

Objectives: -Evaluate the level of success President Nixon had in ending the war in Vietnam, opening the door with China, and resolving the Watergate scandal. Overall, to what extent was he a successful president? -Evaluate the impact the energy crisis, deindustrialization, and the development of a service economy had on the American economy from 1970-1980. -Assess the success of the Carter Administration in dealing with foreign and domestic challenges from 1977-1981.

Homework:

Study… finish additional readings and Period 7 TEKS Review!

27A Unit 8 Day 7

Period 7 TEKS review due BOP and review quizzes close 8am today as well Class Activities: Pulling it all together… chronological review, thematic review, & writing practice

Objective: Analyze threads in history and change over time: African Americans, Women, American Indians, Culture, Economic Activity, Foreign Policy, Role of Government….you know… STUFF!

Homework:

Study for tests…

This next week is a testing doozy! Study but also get adequate rest! MONDAY TUESDAY &WEDNESDAY THURSDAY& FRIDAY March 2B

Unit 8 Day 7 Period 7 TEKS review due BOP and review quizzes close 8am today as well Class Activities: Pulling it all together… chronological review, thematic review, & writing practice

Objective: Analyze threads in history and change over time: African Americans, Women, American Indians, Culture, Economic Activity, Foreign Policy, Role of Government….you know… STUFF!

Homework:

Study for tests…

3A & 4B Unit 8 Day 8

Class Activities:

EOC SIMULATION,

Q&A review for unit 8 test, debrief Nixon activity

5A & 6B Unit 8 Day 9

Unit 8 Test 55 multiple choice; 55 minutes

2 SAQs, 25 minutes

Homework:

Enjoy your Spring Break!

If you have not been organizing your materials along the way,

remember the extra credit notebook is due in 2 weeks!

See the Notebook Page of the Website for help getting organized.

9 SPRING

10 BREAK

11 VACATION

12 YA

13 HOOOOO…