Here is how we are going to get through Unit 8 in such a short amount of time SPRING semester before the final exam:
Cold War (Unit 8 years only) - we're doing this as a class on the first day of the unit (finish lecture video at home if necessary)
Truman Domestic and Eisenhower Domestic - we'll do this quickly in class the same day as 50s Culture notes
50s Culture - notes as a class (finish lecture video at home if necessary)
Kennedy Domestic - watch the lecture video on your own
Civil Rights Movement - we're doing this as a class
Vietnam - notes as a class Tuesday and into Wednesday (finish lecture video at home if necessary)
LBJ & Counterculture Movement - watch the lecture video on your own and Great Society Programs Chart
Nixon - we will do this in class (finish lecture video at home if necessary)
Ford - lecture video (perhaps the documentary - TBD)
Carter - Century's "Starting Over: 1976-1980"
FYI:
If you're using the 12th online edition of our textbook (found under my "Resources" tab), we use the 13th Edition in class, so the chapters start to differ slightly from the online textbook. See below for the changes, especially as it pertains to reading quizzes, which I will use the chapters from the 13th Edition up on the board (and on the pacing guide) as I assign them.
Chapter 37: The Cold War Begins (12th) = Ch. 36 (13th)
Chapter 38: The Eisenhower Era (12th) = Ch. 37 (13th)
Chapter 39: The Stormy Sixties (12th) = Ch. 38 (13th)
Chapter 40: The Stalemated Seventies (12th) = Ch. 39 (13th)
If you're using the 12th online edition of our textbook (found under my "Resources" tab), we use the 13th Edition in class, so the chapters start to differ slightly from the online textbook. See below for the changes, especially as it pertains to reading quizzes, which I will use the chapters from the 13th Edition up on the board (and on the pacing guide) as I assign them.
Chapter 37: The Cold War Begins (12th) = Ch. 36 (13th)
Chapter 38: The Eisenhower Era (12th) = Ch. 37 (13th)
Chapter 39: The Stormy Sixties (12th) = Ch. 38 (13th)
Chapter 40: The Stalemated Seventies (12th) = Ch. 39 (13th)
Using the Essential Terms and Concepts sheet:
1. Complete the 10 items from Unit 8 that you feel you need to review. Identify each and explain their significance in American History. Typically, for identification, ask yourself the "who was involved, what happened, where did it take place, etc.", and for the significance, ask yourself "why is this important for the course, what is the outcome, what does it lead to, etc." - choose terms that you truly need to review again, not ones you already know.
Please underline or highlight the significance of each term so that it is clear when grading what you think is the importance of each term. If you fail to indicate significance, the assignment will be returned to you to be completed according to instructions.
Must be handwritten and submitted before we start on the day of the unit test.
1. Complete the 10 items from Unit 8 that you feel you need to review. Identify each and explain their significance in American History. Typically, for identification, ask yourself the "who was involved, what happened, where did it take place, etc.", and for the significance, ask yourself "why is this important for the course, what is the outcome, what does it lead to, etc." - choose terms that you truly need to review again, not ones you already know.
Please underline or highlight the significance of each term so that it is clear when grading what you think is the importance of each term. If you fail to indicate significance, the assignment will be returned to you to be completed according to instructions.
Must be handwritten and submitted before we start on the day of the unit test.
Watch the video clips as you go through the lecture video. I have covered everything else you need that the clips do not cover.
Have your Cold War notes out to annotate along with the videos.
How the meetings between the "Big Three" at WWII Conferences caused the tension that led to the Cold War beginnings: slides 2-4
Berlin Airlift (slides 9-11)
China falls to communism (slides 14 & 15)
The Korean War (slides 16-21)
The slides on Vietnam are just so you can see them as they happen during the Cold War, we spend more than an entire day just on Vietnam, and that PowerPoint is posted separately down below for us to get to later in Unit 8.
Vietnamese Independence (slides 23)
Vietnamese Independence (slides 23)
Khurshchev (slide 25, 27)
2nd Red Scare (McCarthyism) - we'll be covering this when we do 50s Culture - but thematically it makes sense to watch it here.
Eisenhower Doctrine (slide 26)
Kitchen Debate (slide 27)
Sputnik (slide 28)
Castro (slide 29)
U-2 Spy Plane Incident (slides 30, 31)
Kennedy and Bay of Pigs Invasion (slide 32, 33)
The History of the Berlin Wall (slide 34, 37 and Period 9: slides 54-57)
Cuban Missile Crisis (slides 35, 36, 38)
Soviet-Afghan War (slide 48)
Stop here for Unit 8 Cold War information, the rest of the slides are the Cold War during Unit 9.
The video below is a great way to track each of the presidential administrations of Unit 8 - I strongly encourage you to watch it as a review, or even as we go through each set of notes.
*Disclaimer* - the video clips in my lecture video are a collection of personal accounts and quotes from a period in time where racial slurs were unfortunately used. Bear in mind that you will hear some of these used in the clips, but they have historical significance and are used to educate. If you have any questions or concerns, please come speak with me.
Start at 21 minutes into the video below - follow along with notes from LBJ on the counterculture and other civil rights movements of the sixties.
The documentary below covers Ford's presidency really well. You can start from the beginning, but Watergate starts around 18m in - follow along and annotate your notes.