Monday, June 13, 2016

6/1-8 Music and the Counterculture/Nixonian Politics

Music and the Counterculture
Nixonian Politics

Legacies of the 60s Era

Final EXAM

Forrest Gump for underclassmen

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

6/1 Music Project

Click on the Music Project on the Right Hand Side of the Screen under All Assignments

Do parts I-III on the band of your choosing.  Due in class on 6/3.

Extra Credit is due on 6/3 as well if you choose to do it.


5/25-6/3 Music of the 1960s

British Invasion

Folk Music

Impact of Music on the 1960s

5/20-27 1968

Video on 1968--Tom Brokaw's Boom

1968 Election Wkst. (Distributed in class)

Discussion on the effects of 1968.

1968 Quiz

5/4-5/18 Vietnam

Path to War with discussion in class

Student Protest

Vietnam Wkst (in class distribution)

Vietnam Map for Extra Credit

Vietnam Test

5/2 Intro to Vietnam

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

4/27 Vietnam War Research Project

Meet in the classroom.

Turn in the Civil Rights Worksheet and Take a Quick Civil Rights Quiz.

Move to the Library:


Click on the Vietnam War Research Project

Do the 30 pt. Project---Due in Class on 5/2.

4/20-25 Civil Rights

Civil Rights Lecture and Video

Civil Rights Wkst.

Friday, April 15, 2016

4/15 Civil Rights

Click on the right side of the page to the Civil Rights Research Project.

Begin the Project and work on it in the library for the whole period.

4/4-4/13

LBJ Wkst.---Picked up in class
Warren Court Lecture and Activity--In Class

LBJ/Warren Court  Quiz

LBJ--Library 4/1

LBJ and Warren Court Project---
Due on Monday

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

3/30 Space Race Exam and Intro to LBJ

Space Race Final Review--
Apollo Missions and Landing Sites
The Men Who Walked on the Moon
Gene Kranz
Overview of the Space Race Article


Space Race Exam (Notes were okay).

Intro to LBJ and the LBJ Library Research Assignment.

After logging into the Blog--Click on the LBJ and Warren Court Assignment.  Do Questions #1-10.  These are due electronically or in class by 4/4 (Next Monday).

3/28 Apollo 11

Video and Instruction on the End of the Space Race with the Apollo 11 Landing

Thursday, March 17, 2016

3/2-16 Space Race --THE RIGHT STUFF

Intro to the Space Race

Entrance and Exit

NASA Products---article and write-up

The Right Stuff---
From the video, what did it mean to say that they had the Right Stuff?  What was the Right Stuff?

How did they show that they had the Right Stuff?


Extra Credit for over Break looks like this:

Extra Credit Project:

* Research a person, place or thing that is important to the study of the Sixties Era in America. After researching, for 25 pts. you may do one of the following:

A. Write a two-three page paper explaining what this topic is about. Explain why knowledge of this topic is important to understanding the psychological principle.

B. Do a 15 slide PPT.

C. Make a poster or diorama of the topic.

A bibliography is necessary to validate your research. (2 Sources Minimum)
An informal presentation to the class on the date which we return 

For 15 pts. you may do one of the following:

1. Watch a movie or documentary about a Sixties Era topic (do not use a movie from the class) and write up a review (1-2 pages typed).
2. Read an article from a newspaper or periodical that is significant and write up a summary (with article attached)---1 to 2 pages typed.

2/24-3/2 JFK Unit Work and EXAM

Cold War Wksts

Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis

JFK Unit Packet


Friday, February 19, 2016

2/19-24 JFK Internet Assignment

After traveling to the library and loading the webpage; find the All Assignments Tab (on the right side of this page), and click on the JFK Research Study Guide Assignment.

Students will have this period to work on the assignment.  Assignments will be due either electronically or with a hard copy on 2/24.


2/17 Seeds Test

Friday, February 12, 2016

2/1-12 Seeds of the 60s

Syllabus Due

Suburbia and TV Wkst. Due

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

1/19-21 Music Project

Find the Music Internet Project on the right side of the page.

 Do the assignment, due in class on 1/21, either electronically:
charles_brent@salkeiz.k12.or.us, or by a hard copy in class.

 Extra Credit for the album cover if it's hand done and will make the wall of fame.

1/12-14 Music of the 1960s

British Invasion
Folk Music

1/7 Student Protest and Vietnam

SDS\
FSM

1/5 Vietnam Legacies