Week 32
Monday - No School Spring Break
Tuesday - No School Spring Break
Wednesday
Henretta, Brody, and Dumenil, Chapter 30: “The Reagan Revolution and the End of the Cold War, 1980-2001”;
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Reagan, “Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenberg Gate in West Berlin”;
Lewis, “Onward, Christian Soldiers”; “A Brave New World Emerging?”;
“A Gorbachev Hint for Berlin Wall”
Students react to a news clip of Ronald Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” speech in West Berlin. Students divide into groups of four and analyze Reagan’s speech to the Evangelical Association, using guiding questions provided by me; when then have a whole-class discussion about this source. Next, students receive the remaining documents and move into a document specific group to analyze one document per group. When completed, they return to their original group to share with their peers. Each group forms a theory as to how and why Ronald Reagan’s positions changed over time. Groups should cite evidence from their work to support their position. Each student writes a one-page argument of how Reagan’s view of the USSR changed during his presidency and what accounted for that change, citing evidence.
Thursday
Henretta, Brody, and Dumenil, Chapters 31 and 32: “A Dynamic Economy, A Divided People, 1980-2000” and “Into the Twenty-First Century”;
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This activity focuses on lessons learned from the United States’ involvement in Iraq. I begin by framing the classroom discussion around the role of the United States in the world following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Bloc. Students use a timeline to discuss some of the foreign policy challenges faced by the United States from 1990-2010. From there, students analyze documents to assess what lessons were learned from the United States; involvement in Iraq. They begin in a small group analyzing one of four documents available at the online source; then they share what they learned regarding their document with another set of students. As a whole class, students discuss what lessons they believe are most important and why, citing evidence.
Formative Assessment: I conclude our study of U.S. foreign policy with a look at the impact of the conflicts in the Middle East and those policies. Students complete a quickwrite on how the lessons learned in Iraq might affect U.S. foreign policy in other situations, particularly in the Middle East giving the Arab Spring, tensions between Israel and Hamas, and other conflicts in the region.
Week 33
Henretta, Brody, and Dumenil, Chapter 31: “A Dynamic Economy, A Divided People, 1980-2000”
Faragher et al., Chapter 28: “The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1966”
“The Nguyen Family: From Vietnam to Chicago, 1975-1986”
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Freedberg, “Dreams Don’t Die with Border Crackdown”;
“Immigration Policy: Past and Present”;
Johnson, “President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York”;
“Senator Allen Ellender on Immigration”
Monday
We begin by looking at a timeline on U.S. immigration policy from the early Republic to the 1950s and discuss trends over time. In the discussion, I refer the work on immigration students have already done in previous periods. They then read and discuss in small groups an excerpt from Out of Many regarding the Immigration Reform Act of 1965. Continuing in small groups, students analyze the debate over immigration from the 1960s through the early 2000s. Students analyze a document set that relates to their specific period. They discuss each of the documents and create a larger understanding of immigration and attitudes toward immigration in that time period.
Tuesday
Henretta, Brody, and Dumenil, Chapter 31: “A Dynamic Economy, A Divided People, 1980-2000”
Using the materials from the previous lesson, students engage in a discussion regarding the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Additionally, students discuss whether and how the argument over immigration may have changed over time.
Formative Assessment: Following the discussion, students write a one-page response to the following questions:
What conclusions can you draw about how the changes in U.S. immigration law altered the makeup of the United States?
Have those changes altered the public argument over immigration?
Wednesday
Begin Review for the Period 8 & 9 Summative Assessment.
This exam combines material from Units 8 and 9. It includes 30-35 multiple-choice questions, two short-answer prompts, and one free-response question.
Thursday
Review Day
Friday
Period 8 & 9 Multiple Choice Exam and 2 Short Answer Questions
Next Week Be begin Reviewing