Monday: Today we will look at how a bill becomes a law, and also how Congressmen and women decide on each bill. Notes are here. Homework is to complete Map 2.
Tuesday: Today we will begin exploring the Executive Branch, which is the Office of the President. What are the powers and responsibilities of the POTUS? Homework is Lesson 23 Vocab.
Wednesday: Today students will continue analyzing the responsibilities of the US President, and look as well into George Washington and how he set many precedents for other presidents. Tongue twister!!! Homework is to finish the Nationbuilder in Chief WS.
Thursday: Today we will look at Foreign Policy and the jobs of the President. When should the President go to war, make a treaty, or give aid? We'll find out! Homework is Lesson 23 WS.
Friday:
Sophomore Modern World
Monday: Today we will look at the reading packet students completed over the weekend. Then, we will look at A World Divided, discussing the Iron Curtain, the policy of Containment, and the Berlin Airlift. Notes are here. Starter activity is here. Homework is to complete Part A of the World Map.
Tuesday: Notes are here. Today we're discussing nuclear annhilation and the arms race! Homework is to copmplete the study guide for the quiz!
And yep, this is real...
Wednesday: Today students will finish discussing the space race and then take a short multiple-choice quiz on the Cold War so far. Homework is to complete the No Tears for Mao WS, front side only!
Thursday: Today we will discuss China's role in the Cold War. Communist, yes, but Soviet allies......? We'll find out! We'll brush up on our history of their revolution and the rise of Chairman Mao Zedong. Homework is to create a timeline of the events of the Chinese Revolution.
Friday: Today we will talk all about the first real "Hotspot" of the Cold War: Korea. It's often referred to as the Forgotten War, and is technically not actually over! Homework is the worksheet on the Korean War.
Junior USII
Monday: Today we will complete the war in Europe and discuss the Yalta Conference, and then switch our focus over to the Pacific War to look at the struggle occurring there. Notes are here. No homework tonight.
Tuesday: Today we will go over the strategy of Island Hopping and the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. We will continue to discuss the brutality of the War in the Pacific as compared to the war in Europe.
Wednesday: Today students will view a documentary on the Battle of Okinawa.
Thursday:Today students will discuss the strategy of carpet bombing and its morality. We will also look at the creation and use of the atomic bomb against Japan. Homework is to begin studying for test on Monday.
Friday:
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