Monday: Today students will compile a list of all 27 Amendments on their own.
Tuesday: Today we will begin discussing the First Amendment, which is perhaps the most important of them all! But does Freedom of Speech mean we can say anything we want? Let's decide! No homework.
Wednesday: Today we'll cover Amendments 2-6, focusing on Amendment 5, the Rights of the Criminally Accused. What rights do you have if you're accused of a crime? As my father once told me, it's better to just not be accused of any crimes, but hey, better to be safe than sorry! Homework is to make flashcards for Amendments 1-5.
Thursday: Today we'll cover Amendments 7-10, looking especially into the 8th Amendment, which prevents cruel and unusual punishment. How do we define cruel and unusual? What's too far? Homework is to make flashcards for Amendments 6-10.
Friday:Today students will be viewing an episode of Constitution USA on the Bill of Rights. What rights do we really have?
Monday: Today students will finish Regret to Inform.
Tuesday: Today we will review the movie and students will interview each other's characters from the movie. No homework.
Wednesday: MCAS!
Thursday:Today students will begin their notes on the Vietnam War, starting in 1945 and going to 1954. Homework is to complete an outline of pgs. 488-490.
Friday: Today we'll pick up where we left off and continue the history of the Vietnam War from 1956-1965, focusing on American involvement and the scale of the war on a global level.
Junior US History II
Monday: Today students will watch the following documentary on the Space Race:
Tuesday: Today we will recap everything in the Cold War up to this point. Review Day!
Wednesday: Today students will learn about the Berlin Airlift, the Arms Race, and the Space Race!
Thursday: Today we'll discuss the new American policy of Containment, which presents a drastic change from the previous policy of isolationism, and we'll see this policy in action in Korea. Homework is to complete the Cold War Quiz 1.
Friday: Today we will watch the documentary Chosin, about the Americans who fought at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.
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