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1

Due: 1920's test

Class: 1920's test; Introduce the Great Depression.

2

Due: Read and take notes for pp. 785-789 and 795-798.  See Study Guide

Class: Introduce the Depression and the causes of the stock market crash; Dorthea Lange Project

3

Due: Read/Take Notes 800-813

Class: Go over 1920's test; Review causes of Depression and the Study Guide;

6

Due: Read/take notes on pp. 813-821

Class: Graphic novel of the Depression.  Biography of Woody Guthrie; Listen and analyze Woody Guthrie's "This land is your land"(original MP3 and Arlo Guthrie's version with censored lyrics) and "Brother can you spare a dime." (MP3); Depression skits

7

Due: Read and do questions for Studs Terkel reading in your packet

Class: Graphic novel of New Deal; Review study questions regarding New Deal.  New Deal poster/Fireside Chat project; Video excerpt of Children Riding the Rails (optional)

8

Due: New Deal poster/Fireside Chat project and  read (and do the questions) for the viewpoint debate in your packet 

Class: Present project; Debate whether or not the New Deal was successful; Video excerpt of Children Riding the Rails (optional)

9

Due: Depression Era Test

Class: Test

10

13

Due: WWII maps

Class: WWII Notes; Rise of Hitler (video excerpt); Nazi Olympics (hndt and video excerpt);

14

Due: Read and take notes, ch. 37, pp. 839-845. See Study guide

Class: Quiz on reading; WWII Notes;

15

No class

16

Due: Compare Japanese and American textbook treatment of Pearl Harbor

Class: Read intervention debate (American Spirit questions); Atlantic Charter (American Spirit questions);  Pearl Harbor activities- Compare Japanese account, video excerpt,

17

Due: None

Class: Go over research paper; go over test; Who's to blame for Pearl Harbor? American Spirit questions; read FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech and discuss attitudes toward Japanese

20

Due: Read ch. 38 847-859, See Study guide

Class: Read FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech and discuss attitudes toward Japanese.  Propaganda cartoon; Read Executive Order 9066 and Gen. DeWitt's evacuation order for Los Angelese; Examine Ansel Adams' pictures of Manzanar; watch Fred Korematsu Story: Of Civil Wrongs and Rights;

21

Due: Read last 3 pages in packet on the Japanese Internment.  Do all of the questions and the extra challenge on the last page.

Class: Finish  Fred Korematsu Story: Of Civil Wrongs and Rights; Write in class essay: Was Fred Korematsu a hero?  Examine mobilization poster and propaganda posters.

22

No School

23

No School

24

No School

27

Due: Finish ch. 38 and Study guide;

Class: Video "Hiroshima: Why we dropped the bomb"

28

Due: Finish ch. 38 and Study guide; 1.5 page essay on Hiroshima

Class: Review arguments for dropping the bomb on Hiroshima; Home Front poster; Notes on economic mobilization; read advertising appeals for Rosie the Riveter

29

Class: Baseball letters; Library for research paper

30

Class: Notes for Holocaust;; Excerpts from "Last Days";