Quote:  “The whole course of the war in the Pacific may hinge on the developments of the next two or three days.” - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

 

1) Textbooks are due back at school tomorrow.  Work on what you can tonight.  Computers do not have a return date yet.

2) Make-up work due by Friday.

3) Finish Extra Credit Final (optional) by Sunday night.  I will begin submitting grades on Monday.

 

Objective: Wrap things up!

 

Quote: "The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy." - Ted Turner  

1) Finish any late or missing work.  Last day for late work is Friday (except tests)  Last day for tests is Monday.

2) Closing Work: Read p. 627-631

3) Video: Introduction to Globalization - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wypVDqdM-4M

4) There is no official final for the class because of current circumstances.  I have created however an optional, extra credit final that you as students can take if you'd like.  You have one chance to get as many points as possible, but they are all extra credit and will only help your final grade if you choose to take the test.  The test window opens today and ends next Monday.  It is a 25 question multiple-choice test.  

 

Objective: Understand Globalization.

 

Quote: " "Defeat is a common fate of a soldier. There is nothing to be ashamed of in it. The great point is whether we have performed our duty." - Admiral Togo

 

1) Students continue working on Chapter 8 Test.  Remember, you have a total of five tries to get the highest score possible.

2) Work on submitting any late work from previous agendas and from Schoology.  Last day for late work will be June 8th.

3) Video: The Space Race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhULJr-LKbg

 

Quote: "I've had enough publicity for 15 lives." - Charles Lindbergh      

1) Read p. 531-534.  Take Notes.

2) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3gddxB2Mi0

 

Quote: "I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be." - Paul Watson   

1) Read text p. 529=531.  Take notes.

2) Work on Key Terms (Vocabulary definitions) from p. 529.

 

Objective:Understand why the Soviet Union declined.  

 

Quote: "The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government." - James K. Polk    

1) Read text p. 526-528.  Take notes.

2) Review Key Terms (Vocabulary) p. 524 - Write definitions and put with notes.

3) Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVKd-x5QVc

 

Objective: Describe events in Indo-China after World War II.

 

Quote: "Tools can rule men sooner than they expect; the plow makes man the lord of the garden but also the refugee from the dust bowl." - Ivan Illich   

 

1) Read text p. 521-523.  Take notes.

2) Watch videos:  A) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwu2Yd_xoHo

                             B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxaegqvl4aE

 

Objective: Explain the causes and impact of the Korean War.

 

Quote: "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first." - Harry S Truman  

 

1) Analysis: Look at the four maps/charts in the textbook and answer the question under each chart in a complete sentence.  

          A) p. 505 - NATO and Warsaw Pact, 1977

          B) p. 506 - Nuclear Arms Race

          C) p. 514 - U.S. Military Spending 1960-1980 (misprint - the chart goes up to 1990)

          D) p. 515 - East and West Germany in 1968

2) Read Text p. 519-520.  Take notes.

3) Study the Key Terms (Vocabulary) on p. 519 and record the definitions in your vocabulary notes for future reference.

 

Objective: Describe China's role in the Cold War.

 

 

Quote: "Oh!  The humanity!" - Herb Morrison  

 

1) Read textbook p. 514-518  Take Notes.

2) Video: A) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rkIqtV07HE

               B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxQmA5jiY2o

 

Objective: Describe how Japan changed after World War II.

Today in History: Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. - (1979)

 

Quote: "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." - Margaret Thatcher  

1) Read textbook p. 511-514.  Take notes.

2) Review and define the Key Terms (Vocabulary) on p. 511 - Put with notes

3) Videos:  A) Post War Prosperity and the Baby Boom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_A9PFOY18&list=PLXaeVijP6SLHQbg4JWKEsv3FHket4AhqK

                  B) Brown vs the Board of Education - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g41X6_XY1rQ

                  C) Crash Course - Prosperity and Civil Rights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64zRnnn4Po

 

Objectives: Analyze the postwar American economy.