Day 18: Today you will be investigating the assassination of President Kennedy and the conspiracy theories surrounding JFKs assassination. go to google classroom and watch video 7.4.2. Then go to ILearn and read both power points JFK Assassination Day 1 and Day 2. Finally complete and submit one of the two CERs attached to the daily agenda below. Pay attention for an extended learning opportunity later in the day. If you have a chance it is definitely worthwhile to watch the videos on the Zapruder film (very graphic, only video captured of the actual shooting of Kennedy) and The Curse of the Kennedy’s (interesting look at how many members of the Kennedy family have tragically died or been killed).

Day 17: Good morning and welcome back! Today you will be focusing on the section on The Immigrant Experience, American Expansion, Industrialization and Women’s rights. As you choose from the options below please remember that I use edited versions of these films in class so there may be some content that is for mature audiences. Please select two of the movies from the list below and complete one movie review for each (the first review is due Wednesday and the second is due Friday, or watch the History Channel series The Men Who Built America and complete the attached worksheet.

Far and Away, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, Modern Times, Rough Riders, Iron Jawed Angels, Avalon, Matewan, Men Who Built America, The Wind and The Lion

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The Men Who Built America

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Day 17: Today you will be starting your look at the Space race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. and the assassination of President Kennedy. Go to google classroom and watch 7.4 The Space Race and 7.4.1 JFK Assassination (they’re both short). Then complete the Chapter 20.2 Guided Reading Questions. Finally complete and submit assignment #9 the 7.4 assessment and CER on the agenda below.

Complete the 20.2 guiding reading questions below.

Day 16: Good morning and welcome back! Hopefully by the end of this week we will have an official plan for the district regarding the end of the school year, until then we will keep pushing ahead. This week you will be focusing on the section on The Immigrant Experience, American Expansion, Industrialization and Women’s rights. As you choose from the options below please remember that I use edited versions of these films in class so there may be some content that is for mature audiences. Please select two of the movies from the list below and complete one movie review for each (the first review is due Wednesday and the second is due Friday, or watch the History Channel series The Men Who Built America and complete the attached worksheet.

Far and Away, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, Modern Times, Rough Riders, Iron Jawed Angels, Avalon, Matewan, Men Who Built America, The Wind and The Lion

The Men Who Built America

Day 16: Good morning and welcome back! This week we will finish Chapter 20 JFK & LBJ the 1960s. By next week the district should be submitting an official plan for the end of the school year. For today you will be completing objective 7.3 The Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch video 7.3 The Cuban Missile Crisis (on google classroom), read the 7.3 power point The Cuban Missile Crisis (on Ilearn page) and then complete and submit (using Remind) the 7.3 assessment and exit ticket/cer on the daily agenda below.

I hope you can all enjoy your Spring Break a little. If you get bored and want to explore the ideas we are living with these days, watch one of the documentaries or movies on the list and complete a review of it by Sunday April 12th.

Influenza 1918 (PBS), The Final Inch (documentary on polio), Hero with a thousand Faces (Ebola), The Polio Crusade (PBS), Outbreak, & Contagion.

I hope everyone has a great Spring Break. If you are bored feel free to watch one of the movies below and complete the attached 6 square sheet by Sunday April 12.

JFK Reckless Youth (Kennedy’s younger days), PT109 (JFK’s naval experience in WWII), The Kennedys (TV mini series about the family), Kennedy (TV mini series about JFK’s life), Bridge of Spies (story of how we get our U2 pilot back from Soviets), The Right Stuff (birth of US space program), Apollo 11 (documentary for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing), Apollo 13 (failed mission to the moon).

Day 15: We made it to our first break Don’t forget to submit (using Remind) both your movie reviews or 6 square for Tombstone today. I hope you guys can enjoy your Spring Break and realize how important this time with your families is. Try to take advantage of this time because many of you will be leaving your homes soon enough.

Select any movie from the list below for your second choice on cowboys. This movie review will be due Friday.

Open Range (Robert Duvall & Kevin Costner on a cattle drive), Unforgiven (one of my favorites, an old Clint Eastwood & Morgan Freeman), The Cowboys (John Wayne & coming of age story), High Noon (considered one of the best movies of all time), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ua young Clint Eastwood), 3:10 to Yuma

Day 15: We made it to our first break. Today you will finish Objective 7.2 Crises under Kennedy. You should log into ILearn read the 7.2 power points Bay of Pigs and Berlin Wall under the Unit 7 section. Then complete the Chapter 20 section 1 guided reading questions #12-17. Finally, complete and submit Objective Assessment 7.2 and the exit ticket/CER from the daily agenda. I hope you can enjoy your Spring Break. Look for some extended learning opportunities during the break.

Day 14: Mornin’ partners! Don’t forget to submit (using Remind) your first movie review or 6 square for Tombstone today and begin your next movie.

Select any movie from the list below for your second choice on cowboys life. This movie review will be due Friday.

Open Range (Robert Duvall & Kevin Costner on a cattle drive), Unforgiven (one of my favorites, an old Clint Eastwood & Morgan Freeman), The Cowboys (John Wayne & coming of age story), High Noon (considered one of the best movies of all time), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ua young Clint Eastwood), 3:10 to Yuma