10/22 End Apollo 1. Intro to Apollo 8

1. Finish Apollo 1. Answer questions over the assignment due on Monday
2. Pop Quiz over space race up to this point.
3. Intro to 1968 and Apollo 8.

10/20 Intro to Apollo 1

1. Apollo 1 importance to the space race.
2. Discussion about formal essay writing using IBC format.
3. Q's and Video on Apollo 1--Essay assigned. Due on Monday 10/27.

1960s---Unit: Space Race
Apollo 1 Questions


What year was Apollo 1 set to launch?
Which astronauts were chosen to be in Apollo 1?
What test was being simulated?
What happened during the test?

Essay Question: This question should be answered in a formal essay after watching the episode of “Earth to the Moon” on Apollo 1.

How did the Apollo 1 mission both delay NASA’s manned space program and also galvanize and increase NASA’s efficiency and the U.S. government’s resolve to reach the moon?

10/15 Overview of Space Race

1. Video on overview of space race
2. Discuss the importance of technology and the development of new technology for the space race
3. Cornell Notes on 3 stages of NASA's plan to land on the moon.

10/13 Intro Space Race

1. Intro to Space Race
Why did the U.S. want to reach the moon?
What was NASA's plan to catch up and beat the Soviets?
How did the Space Race instill pride in America?

2. Notes on Space Race

3. Space Race Overview Video

10/8 JFK Exam

1. Review Ch. 1 Q's and turn in.
2. JFK Wksts--Class Discussion
3. JFK Exam

10/6 JFK

1. Finish JFK Video and Ch. 1 Q's

10/2 JFK

1. Continue with Cuban Missile Crisis
2. Continue work on Ch. 1 Q's
3. JFK Video

9/30 Cuban Missile Crisis

1. JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
How did Vienna lead to the Crisis?

2. Cuban Missile Crisis Wkst. --Do in class

3. Ch. 1 Q's Continued

9/28 JFK

1. JFK Powerpoint.
2. JFK Video--Myth vs. Reality
3. Ch. 1 Subchapter 1 & 2

9/24 Intro Exam

1. Cold War America Matching---Discuss and Turn in.
2. Intro Quiz.
3. Begin Unit on JFK

9/22 Intro Q's

1. Intro Q's ---Cold War America as the seed for the 60s
2. Discuss Q's