Thursday and Friday we will study the Watergate Scandal.
We did not have class today so the juniors could attend the college day fair in the RAA gym. We did watch part of the CNN Student News at the end of the period.
Thursday and Friday we will study the Watergate Scandal.
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Today we studied Nixon's 1968 southern strategy for winning the election, including its background in the 1960 and 1964 elections. We watched more of The Century, covering ping pong deplomacy, Nixon's overtures to China and the Soviet Union, and the continuing war in Vietnam. We also discussed and answered the Big Question: How did Nixon's presidency change the country and its position in the world?
Students spent 10 minutes reviewing Chapter 22 with Socrative, using their mobile devices. We will continue with more review activities before taking a test over this unit.
Today we began our study of Chapter 21, which covers the years 1968-1980. We watched part of The Century, read the textbook, discussed the big story of Nixon, the war in Vietnam and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, and the growing split in the U.S. between supporters of the government and those who protested its actions. We watched a bit more video at the end of class. Three points of extra credit to the first five people who email me the name of the English pop singer and his wife, who wrote and performed the song "Give Peace A Chance," heard in the film today. We answered the Big Question, took the quiz over Chapter 22, then watched the CNN Student News.
We discussed two issues/events of the 1980s: Reaganomics and Iran/Contra. Students then answered the Big Question in their notes. We finished class with a blast from 1 August 1981: Video Killed the Radio Star, the first music video shown on MTV.
Before the fire drill, we answered "What's the difference?" between MAD and MADD; deficit and debt.
After the fire drill we discussed the terms liberal and conservative. Students read an article from Scientific American, "Unconscious Reactions Separate Liberals and Conservatives." The Big Question today is "Are American politics characterized by conflict or cooperation." Students wrote an essay in their notes, thinking in terms of economics, foreign affairs and the Soviet Union. We will discuss their essays in class on Wednesday. To illustrate how words can trigger liberals and conservatives to take positions they may not fully understand, we watched a brief Jimmy Kimmel video in which pedestrians on Hollywood Blvd are asked their opinion on Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act. This morning we began our study of Chapter 22. The Big Question: What political changes following WWII supported the growth of political conservatism? Students read parts of section1, then summarized these changes, which we then discussed as students continued writing. We watched brief video clips of William F. Buckley and Jimmy Swaggart.
Continue reading and studying Chapter 22. This week we have been watching The Century, an ABC News production, Volume VI - 1981-2000. The events of these decades are covered in Chapters 22 & 23 of our textbook. Students wrote an Exit Ticket summary of two events from this film. Next week we will dig into Chapter 22.
There will be a test over Chapters 22 & 23 the week after next. We began our study of Chapter 22 today. This week we are watching an episode of The Century, a documentary produced by ABC News. Topics covered included the opening of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., tech developments, the Space Shuttle, President Reagan, the crack cocaine epidemic, AIDS, and MTV.
We watched the CNN Student News, which included a visit to the 9/11 Museum in Manhattan. Students gathered in groups of four and shared stories from the 9/11 Questionnaire, then each group shared one of those questionnaires with the class. While students were sharing within their groups, I looked at the summaries of Chapter 23 they are writing in their notes. On Monday I'll give some pointers on how to summarize information from the textbook.
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James WaltersMr. Walters has taught at RAA since 1985. He currently teaches Geography, World History, American History, Government, Economics and Handbell Ensembles. He is Music Director/Organist of Magnolia Presbyterian Church and is an adjunct professor at Concordia University Wisconsin, teaching Handbell Methods and Materials. Archives
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