Modern US History   Notes and Assignments

WWII

WII Notes--Eurpoe Part 1

WWII Notes--Europe Part 2

WWII Notes--Pacific

• Friday, Jan. 22
• Syllabus, Personal Intro
• Tuesday, Jan. 26
• Personal Intro's, Pretest, Articles
• Assignment:  Find 4 pieces of info about any topic concerning WWII (due 1/2 way on Thursday)
• Thursday, Jan 28
• Finish Finding Articles, Current Events, Share Articles
• Summarize Articles for Monday
• Monday, Feb 1
• Current Events, Share Articles, Watch Video
• Assignment:  5 Famous People and 5 Famous Battles of Europe Chart
• Wednesday, Feb 3
• Current Events, Finish and Share Charts, My Notes, Video
• Assignment:  5 Questions that you have about Europe
• Friday, Feb 5
• Current Events Discussion, Work on Projects
• Thursday,  Feb 11
• Current Events, Band of Brothers (D-Day), Projects
• WWII-Europe Powerpoints due (Feb. 24), Quiz over Europe (Feb. 22)
• Tuesday, Feb 16
• Current Events, Band of Brothers (Why we fight), Holocaust Notes
• WWII-Europe Powerpoints due (Feb. 24), Quiz over Europe (Feb. 22)
• Thursday, Feb 18
• Fall of Europe (Notes), Video, Projects, Current Events
• Assignment:  Study for QUiz
• Monday, Feb 22
• Work on Projects, Current Events
• Assignment:  Projects due on FRIDAY
• Wednesday, Feb 24
• Current Events, Quiz, Projects
• Assignment:  Projects
• Friday, Feb 26
• Share Projects
• Tuesday, March 2
• Notes over Pacific, WOrk on Powerpoints
• Thursday, March 4
• Notes over Pacific, Work on Powerpoints
• Monday, March 8
• Notes over Pacific/Homefront, Powerpoints
• Wednesday, March 10
• Finish Powerpoints
• Friday, March 12
• Test over Pacific, Work on Atomic Bomb
• Tuesday, March 16
• Current Event Projects and Summaries
• Thursday, March 18
• Current Events Projects and Summaries
• Monday, March 22
• Current Events, Work on Atomic Bomb Lessons
• Wednesday, March 22
• Atomic Bomb Proposals,
• Friday, March 24
• Atomic Bomb Rough Drafts
• Tuesday, March 30
• Go over Rough Drafts
• Monday, April 5
• Reherse and begin lessons
• Tuesday, Arpil 6
• Lessons
• Thursday, April 8
• Lessons\
• Monday, April 12
• Notes over Cold War, 13 Days Video
• Wednesday, April 14
• Notes over Cold War, 13 Days Video

Cold War Notes Part 1

Cold War Notes Part 2

Vietnam

• Monday, April 26
• Notes, Current Events, Work on Projects
• Assignment:  Vietnam vs Current Conflicts due on Friday, Movie Reviews/Interviews due on Thurs
• Wednesday, April 28
• Current Events, Work on Papers/Projects
• Assignment: Vietnam vs Current Conflicts due on Friday, Movie Reviews/Interviews due on Thurs
• Friday, April 30
• Vietnam Video, Current Events
•  Movie Reviews/Interviews due on Thurs
• Tuesday, May 4
• Vietnam Video, Current Events, Work on Projects
•  Movie Reviews/Interviews due on Thurs
• Thursday, May 6
• Share Interviews or Projects
• Study for Vietnam Exam
• Monday, May 10
• Share Interviews, Exam
• Wenesday, May 12
• Current Events, Work on 1960-2010 Rankings (Due on Tuesday)
• Friday, May 14
• Begin Forrest Gump Project, Work on Rankings (Due on Tuesday)
• Tuesday, May 18
• Share Rankings, Forrest Gump Project Episode 2

Long Term Current Events

• 10 Article Summaries:  Tuesday, June 1st
• Current Event Project:  Day of the Final (Part of Semester Project)