US II Quarter 3 Assignments 2012

Civil Rights Movement

posted Mar 21, 2012 7:37 AM by Tracey Kassin

State Frameworks:

US. II 25.  Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights Movement

People:
            a. Robert Kennedy
            b. Martin Luther King, Jr.
            c. Thurgood Marshall
            d. Rosa Parks
            e. Malcolm X

Institution:
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Events:
            a. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
            b. the 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott
            c. the 1957-1958 Little rock School Crisis
            d. the sit-ins and freedom rides of the early 1960s
            e. the 1963 civil rights protest in Birmingham
            f. the 1963 March on Washington
            g. the 1965 civil rights protest in Selma
            h. the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Seminal Primary documents to Read: Reverend Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, and his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” (1963); President Lyndon Johnson, speech to Congress on voting rights (March 15, 1965)

US. II 26.  Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement

a. the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act
b. the growth of the black middle class, increased political power, and declining
rates of black poverty.

Unit Objectives

Explain how legalized segregation deprived African Americans of their rights as citizens.
Summarize civil rights legal activity and the response to the Plessy and Brown cases.
Trace Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, civil rights activities, beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Describe the expansion of the civil rights movement.
Identify the goal of the freedom riders.
Explain how civil rights activism forced President Kennedy to act against segregation.
State the motives of the 1963 March on Washington.
Describe the tactics tried by civil rights organizations to secure passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Compare segregation in the North with segregation in the South.
Identify the leaders who shaped the Black Power movement.
Describe the reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Summarize the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.

Unit Assessments

29-1 Quiz: Mon. March 26th

29-2 Quiz: Wed. March 28th

29-3 Quiz: Thurs. March 29th

29 Test: Wed. April 5th

Civil Rights Timeline- 24 Point Assignment due on or before Fri, March 30th

| Attachments: CRTimeline12.doc

The New Frontier and Great Society

posted Mar 6, 2012 2:23 PM by Tracey Kassin

Unit Objectives

Identify the factors that contributed to Kennedy’s election in 1960.
Describe the new military policy of the Kennedy administration.
Summarize the crises that developed over Cuba.
Explain the Cold War symbolism of Berlin in the early 1960s.
Summarize the New Frontier domestic and foreign agendas.
Describe the tragic chain of events surrounding Kennedy’s assassination.
Describe the political path that led Johnson to the White House.
Explain Johnson’s efforts to enact a domestic agenda.
Summarize the goals of Johnson’s Great Society.
Identify the reforms of the Warren Court.
Evaluate the impact of Great Society programs.

Unit Assessments

28-1 Quiz on Wed. March 7th
28-2 Quiz on Friday March 9th
JFK Assassination worksheet due at end of double period
28-3 Quiz on Thursday, March 15th
28 Test on Friday, March 16th

Peace Corps links (shown in class):

http://www.peacecorps.gov/

http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_17551220

http://www.walterpoirier.com/

The 1950's

posted Feb 14, 2012 6:08 AM by Tracey Kassin

State Frameworks

USII.22 Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends. (H, E)

A. economic growth and declining poverty

B. the baby boom

C. the growth of suburbs and home-ownership

D. the increase in education levels

E. the development of mass media and consumerism

Unit Objectives

Identify economic and social problems Americans faced after World War II.
Explain how the desire for stability led to political conservatism.
Describe causes and effects of social unrest in the postwar period.
Contrast domestic policy under presidents Truman and Eisenhower.
Explain how changes in business affected workers.
Describe the suburban lifestyle of the 1950s.
Identify causes and effects of the boom in the automobile industry.
Explain the increase in consumerism in the 1950s.
Explain how television programs in the 1950s reflected middle class values.
Explain how the beat movement and rock’n’roll music clashed with middle class values.
Describe ways that African-American entertainers integrated the media in the 1950s.
Explain how the white migration to the suburbs created an urban crisis.
Describe the efforts of minorities to gain equal rights and fight poverty.

Unit Assessments

27-1 Quiz on Tues Feb 14^th
27-2 Quiz on Wed. Feb 15^th for Period 3
Thurs Feb 16^th for Period 2
In class Reading Comprehension Assignment on Fri. Feb 17^th
27-3 Quiz on Tues. Feb. 28th
27-4 Quiz on Wed. Feb 29th
1950's Multiple Choice Test on Thurs March 4th

*Final Research Paper Due ON or BEFORE Monday, March 5, 2012*

The Cold War

posted Jan 30, 2012 5:29 AM by Tracey Kassin [ updated Feb 9, 2012 11:33 AM ]

State Frameworks
USII 18. Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies.

a. The differences between the Soviet and American political and economic
systems
b. Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe
c. the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO

USII 19 Analyze the sources and, with a map of the world, locate the areas of Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
a. the Korean War
b. Germany
c. China
d. the Middle East
e. the arms race
f. Latin America
g. Africa
h. the Vietnam War

USII 23. Analyze the following domestic policies of Presidents Truman
a. Truman’s Fair Deal
b. the Taft-Hartley Act (1947)

USII 24. Analyze the roots of domestic anticommunism as well as the origins and consequences of McCarthyism.

People:
a. Whittaker Chambers
b. Alger Hiss
c. J. Edgar Hoover
d. Senator Joseph McCarthy
e. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Institutions:
a. the American Communist Party (including its close relationship to the Soviet
Union)
b. the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
c. the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

Unit Objectives
1. Explain the breakdown in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
2. Summarize the steps taken to contain Soviet influence.
3. Describe how the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan deepened Cold War tensions.
4. Explain how conflicts over Germany increased fear of Soviet aggression.
5. Explain how Communists came to power in China and how the United States reacted.
6. Summarize the events of the Korean War.
7. Explain the conflict between President Truman and General MacArthur.
8. Describe government efforts to investigate the loyalty of U.S. citizens.
9. Explain the spy cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
10. Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the United States.
11. Explain the policy of brinkmanship.
12. Describe American and Soviet actions that caused the Cold War to spread around the world.
13. Summarize the impact of Sputnik and the U-2 incident on the United States.

Unit Assessments

26-1 Quiz on Mon, Jan 30th
26-1 Geography Application and Primary Source Reading (pgs 55, 56, 57) to be completed in class on Tues, Jan 31
26-2 Quiz on Wed. Feb 1
26-3 Quiz for Fri. Feb 3rd
26-4 Quiz on Wed. Feb 8th
Kazan Letter due on Wed. Feb 15th