We are watching "THE 60's" in class this week.  You are to use your textbook, and the internet to assist you with the last assignment of the quarter. This is your homework while we watch the movie in class.

                           60's Collage...50 Points.... 
         DUE:  Friday, June 6...start of your class period.  

DIRECTIONS:

A. You will be given an 11"x17" sheet of paper tomorrow in class. Create a poster with images and quotes that depict all of the following topics listed below.


Civil Rights
Vietnam War
The Great Society
Music
Television
Movies
Counter-Culture

Create your own title to your poster:  You must have all topics visible on your poster...creativity and attention to detail as well as "full utilization of space."  The only way you will receive an A is if  you EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.  NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED.

B. Type a 100 word answer to the focus question and place it on your collage. Cowbell please?
                    FOCUS QUESTION:  Why did the 60's experience too much history?


ALSO...YOU WILL BE ASKED ON MONDAY...June 9...to produce assignments/tests, etc. for 2nd Semester Assignment Portfolio...ORGANIZE and be PREPARE for end of the semester stuff!

COLD WAR METAPHORS WERE SHARED, DISCUSSED AND TURNED IN TODAY...THEY LOOK PRETTY DARN GOOD!

WE FINISHED THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...IN 3RD HOUR...THERE WAS A NUCLEAR ATTACK...AND IN 6TH HOUR...THE U.S. GAVE UP WEST BERLIN!!!

ON MONDAY WE START THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL WATCHING "THE 60'S" ...YOUR LAST HURRAH!

GET ORGANIZED...ALL 2ND SEMESTER ASSIGNMENTS, AND TESTS, ETC. ORGANIZED FOR THE  50 POINT 2ND SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT PORTFOLIO...WILL COLLECT THEM ON THURSDAY...JULY 5. 

2ND SEMESTER FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE WILL BE AVAILABLE TUESDAY NEXT WEEK!

COLD WAR METAPHORS DUE TOMORROW 
                                             NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED

              ARMSTRONG WILL COLLECT THEM AT THE VERY START OF CLASS

 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...DAY 2...14 MINUTES              REMAIN...BETTER HEAD FOR THE FALLOUT SHELTERS...BECAUSE SOMEONE IS BRINGING THE HEAT!!!!

UPDATE: Due to the fact your teacher doesn't know what Month it is ... your Cold War Metaphor Assignment will be collected this Friday, May 30th...If you are going to be gone for any reason...you need to get it on my desk before you leave. 

THERE IS A QUIZ TOMORROW...COLD WAR TERMS...MATCHING...20 POINTS... 10 ITEMS/2 PTS. EACH...

KOREAN WAR CRISIS...RIGHT INTO CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...AS OF THIS MOMENT THE COMMUNISTS ARE WINNING!!!!!!  UNCLE SAM IS TOO "SOFT ON COMMUNIST AGGRESSION"

       COLD WAR METAPHOR ASSIGNMENT
                               50 POINTS
       DUE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2...at the start of  the period.  
            NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!

Assignment was introduced on Thursday, May 23. Samples in classroom.

Directions: Select a Metaphor depicting the competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War (1945-1989). Create a central image and then you must label and describe 10 Items from your Cold War materials.  This should be colorful/interactive and with plenty of cowbell.  Then provide 3 specific explanations relating the metaphor to the actual Cold War. Then...provide specific explanations praising the U.S. Foreign Policy efforts for each decade the Cold War lasted. 

Sources to be used: Class materials/terms, charts, reading materials. Chapters 38-40, Ch. 51-53, and Ch. 54 and Ch. 57.

                             ATOMIC CAFE TODAY...WE FINISH IT TOMORROW!

CONGRATS TO 3RD HOUR...ALL YOUR CONFIRMATIONS ARE IN!!! THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SPOKEN!!!

6TH HOUR...IF YOU ARE A DOT...YOU HAVE UNTIL THE START OF THE PERIOD TOMORROW TO GET YOUR CONFIRMATIONS IN TO ME...I MEAN IT!

                                             HOMEWORK TONIGHT:
MAKE A COLD WAR TITLE PAGE IN YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS...THE TWO ITEMS WE HANDED OUT IN CLASS TODAY MUST BE GLUED IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS TONIGHT.  STUDY THE VOCAB TERMS...I WILL POP QUIZ YOU AT ANY TIME!

Today we discussed the Decision to drop the Atomic Bombs.  WWII Take Home Essays...were due Friday. If you did not turn them in on Friday, without prior communication with your teacher...it will not be accepted.  Check previous post that verifies this point.  Last Wed/Thurs you were instructed as such.  We are moving forward.  Professional Deadlines are important...you were given this assignment on Wed.May7.

On Friday you watched 10 Minutes of Atomic Cafe, and did a primary source exercise on the A-Bomb Decision...that was collected and worth 10 Points...and enter in Power School.  WWII Notebooks were also collected...and will be entered tomorrow am...as we start a Cold War unit.

Today we introduced the "Dot" activity for extra-credit...you must be here to participate. 

Better work harder than ever these last 3 weeks. More serious assignments to come!

DO NOT FORGET...THERE IS BIC AND ASSIGNMENT PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS AND A SEMESTER FINAL EXAM COMING!