Unit 8: 1945-1980 Assignments and Due Dates

Brinkley Chapters 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31

 

3/29/16: Lecture Origins of the Cold War. Read Digital History From Allies to Enemies.

            Homework: Brinkley 765-772. SOAPSTone on Physicists Predict a nuclear arms race.

3/30/16: Read Digital History Years of Decision and Solutions to Five Crises

Homework: Read Cold War Secondary Source Documents. Complete Interpreting Origins of the Cold War Sources.

3/31/16: Lecture The China Problem. watch “Duck and Cover.” US video on atomic bomb drill.

            Homework: Brinkley772-775. Read Digital History The Korean War and MacArthur

4/1/16: Review Digital History. Lecture Korean War.

Homework: Research “The Hollywood Ten” and then create a newspaper or magazine advertisement. Address the following questions: Who were they? What were their goals? What did they accomplish? Do you agree with HUAC that they were involved in “subversive activity?” Why or why not? Keep in mind what kind of newspaper your advertisement could appear in and what is attempting to be represented.

4/4/16: Review advertisement. Read Digital History Alger Hiss

Homework: Read Digital History McCarthyism. Finish Chapter 27 Essential Terms. Complete Chapter 27 Connect. Chapter 27 Discussion Questions. Review Truman News Conference of McCarthy at the following website: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=13755

4/5/16: Review Digital History. Read Chapter 28 Patterns of Popular Culture

Homework: Read Brinkley 779-782. Begin chapter 28 essential terms. Try to watch an episode or clips of “I Love Lucy,” “Leave it to Beaver,” or the “Honeymooners.” You can find these on YouTube. Using pages 780-795, create a timeline of important events, people, places, etc while reading the chapter (refer to subheadings and orange headings within text.) Include at least 2 pictures for each event, person, place, etc and include a brief description.

4/6/16: Continue timeline. Think about the culture of the decade. What do the TV shows, etc show of the 1950s?

            Homework: Finish timeline. Finish Reading Chapter 28.

4/7/16: Review timelines.

Homework: Read Digital History Supreme Court Orders Desegregation. SOAPSTone George Wallace Reaction

4/8/16: Review Digital History. Read Brown vs. Board. Lecture Rise of Civil Rights-Eisenhower Republicanism

Homework: Read Digital History The French in Indochina and Communism and Falling Dominoes. Complete Chapter 28 Connect and Chapter 28 Discussion Question. Complete Chapter 28 Essential Terms.

4/11/16: Review Digital History. Lecture Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War

Homework: Read Brinkley 808-811. Begin Chapter 29 Essential Terms. Research Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs. Provide a brief description of his programs. Answer the question: What was the legacy of the Great Society?

4/12/16: Review research. Lecture JFK-Battle for Racial Equality.

Homework: Read Brinkley 811-817. Read Digital History Martin Luther vs. Malcolm X. Review Civil Rights posters.

4/13/16: Review Digital History. Lecture Bay of Pigs-Cuban Missile Crisis

Homework: Read Brinkley 817-831. Finish Chapter 29 Essential Terms. Read Digital History Ngo Dinh Diem and Exit Diem/Gulf of Tonkin.

4/14/16: Review Digital History. Lecture Quagmire-Traumas of 1968.

            Homework: Read America in the World (pg. 828). Read Digital History The Tet Offensive

4/15/16: Review Digital History. Read Digital History Vietnamization. Discuss Kent State and the My Lai Massacre.

Homework: Read Digital History the War is Finished. Complete Chapter 29 Connect. Complete Chapter 29 Discussion Questions. Listen to Neil Young’s song, “Ohio.” Listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son.” Find at least 5-10 pictures of Kent State Massacre and the My Lai Massacre.

4/18/16: Review Digital History. Read J. Edgar Hoover’s letter on campus unrest. Read Chapter 30 Patterns of Popular Culture

Homework: Begin Chapter 30 Essential terms. Read Brinkley 835-840. While reading, include at least 15-20 pictures from the time period, especially of the Counterculture. Listen to some of the popular music from the 1960s-1970s.

4/19/16: Review Outline and pictures. Create chart on “The Mobilization of Minorities.” (Native Amerians, women, Latinos, LGBT) Use Brinkley to help you.

Homework: Read Brinkley 840-847. Complete chart. Review Environmental Advocacy of the 1970s (First Earth Day)

4/20/16: Review Chart. Lecture Nixon, Kissinger, and the World.

Homework: Read Brinkley 847-861. Using page 855-856, create an outline explaining the important court cases of the Warren Court. Watch clips of “All in the Family”. Why do you think this TV show was so popular during the 1970s? Read 1960s Interpreting Sources.

4/21/16: Review Court Cases. Read Watergate Scandal. Read President Ford on Nixon’s Pardon

Homework: Complete Chapter 30 Essential Terms. Complete Chapter 30 Connect, Complete Chapter 30 Discussion Questions. Read Brinkley pages 866-874 and begin Chapter 31 Essential Terms.

4/22/16: Read Chapter 31 Articles. Research the Election of 1980. Who were the candidates? Issues? Find a 1980 political/electoral map.

Homework: Continue Research of Election. Read Brinkley pages 874-883. Complete America in Our Time Sources and Questions. ******Recommended Research: Research the presidencies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, L. B. Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and G.H.W. Bush. Use the evidence from your research to assess the success and impact each president had on the United States politically, economically, and socially.

4/25/16: Review Election. Read Reagan Readings

Homework: Complete Chapter 31 Connect. Finish Chapter 31 Essential Terms. Complete Chapter 31 Discussion Questions. Begin Unit 8 DBQ

4/26/16: Fall of the Soviet Union Readings/Election of 1992. Continue Unit 8 DBQ

            Homework: Unit 8 DBQ. Review Pictures of Persian Gulf War, etc from Chapter 31.

4/27/16: Unit 8 Videos/Unit 8 Exam

Homework: Finish Unit 8 Exam. Begin Unit 9 Independent Work

             

Recommended Further Reading and Visuals:

Be sure to check out the Gilder Lehrman Institute for review materials. These include videos, essays, primary source documents, etc.

http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/period/8

Digital History:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=16&smtID=11

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=17&smtid=11

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=18&smtid=11

Extra Info:

http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lecturesok.html