Spring 2021

Links to Slideshows (also posted in Google Classroom)

 Click on the title to link to the slideshow.

1950s-1980s Overview slideshow (all)

WWII Slideshow Part 2

WWII Slideshow Part 1
WWI Slideshow

Fall 2020: Please refer to the Google Classroom for your class period (the next tab over)

Scroll down to find recent assignments -- they are listed from most current to least current.

Fall 2020 Material

#005 The Lunch Date (see instructions in Google Classroom)
Download the document HERE. 
Put your FULL NAME and PERIOD # on it!
Then try 2 ways to turn it in:
1. Attach it in Google Classroom in the #005 or #005b assignment section
2. Email it to me -- Put your FULL NAME and PERIOD # in the Subject line!
[email protected]

Distance Learning Material from Spring, 2020

5/28-5/29:
Chicano! Struggle in the Fields Video
Watch the film and fill out the Microsoft Quiz Form HERE.

5/27-5/28:
Chicano! Taking Back the Schools Video
Watch the film and fill out the Microsoft Quiz Form HERE.

5/25-5/27:
Eyes on the Prize Video
Watch the film and fill out the Microsoft Quiz Form HERE.

Film link is also HERE.

5/24-5/26:
Best Years Video
Watch the film and fill out the Google Form HERE.

Film link is also HERE.

5/20-5/23:
WWII Lecture Part 2: Roles and Sacrifices of US Soldiers/The Home Front
Sorry, it is too late to do this assignment now. 5/28/20
Note: The lecture is a very large PDF file that may take a little while to load. Please be patient.
Lecture is ​HERE.

5/16-5/19:
Valentía: Mexican Americans in WWII 
Watch the film and fill out the Google Form HERE.
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5/11-5/13:
Homefront Video 
Watch the film and fill out the Microsoft Form HERE.

5/1-5/6 Assignment:
Sorry, it is too late to do this assignment now. 5/28/20
WWII Lecture Part 1. Note: the lecture is a very large PDF file; it may take a bit to load.
Lecture is HERE.

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4/27-4/30 Assignment:
Sorry, it is too late to do this assignment now. 5/28/20
"Civilians at War" Video (from the "The Century: America's Time" series).
Video link is HERE. 

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Unit 6 is above

Unit 4 & 5 is below
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4/15 Assignment: 
​Sorry, it is too late to do this assignment now. 5/28/20
"Over the Edge" Video (from the "The Century: America's Time" series).
Assignment: either download the film sheet and print, or you can answer the questions on your own paper (be neat, make it legible, number carefully). Either way, you will take photos of both sides (or all sides) of the paper and upload them to the Google Classroom Assignment for the video.

For the video, click HERE.


Due Date: Friday 4-17-20 by 11:59 pm

4/13 Assignment: Join my Google Classroom for your period and do the two assignments there. Instructions and links are here.
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Be sure to do the Student Check-in survey linked here.

Read (and maybe download and save) the document attached ​HERE.

Here is the email I sent you and your parents. It discusses distance learning objectives and grades. Click HERE.

​Next assignment coming soon!

These are due by Fri. 4-17-20 by 11:59 pm.

Sorry, it is too late to do this assignment now. 5/28/20
​3/13:
If you weren't in class on Friday 3/13, you may not have gotten these handouts:

If you can print, then download and print the documents, do the work, then take photos and turn them back in. If you can't download them, you may do the work on your own paper, take photos, and turn them in. Use Google Classroom to turn them in. Put your name on the papers either way.

During the Closure:
Watch this space, as I will be adding assignments for you to do online. They will be:
– Videos and film sheets (using Microsoft Forms or screenshots of downloaded handouts)
– Lectures (presented live during Zoom conference classes, using screencasts of my lectures on this site and/or lecture slideshows posted here) and lecture sheets (also on Microsoft Forms or screenshots of downloaded handouts)
– Assessments using Kahoot or Quizizz.
– Other methods to be announced as needed 

Unit 3 (the 1920s) and Unit 4 (the 1930s)

3/10, 3/11, 3/12:
Cinderella Man (film about a boxer during the 1930s; it may be on Netflix or Amazon Prime)
Links to transcripts are HERE.
Film sheet is HERE.

3/9-3/10: 
​Continued/finished 1930s Lecture (see 2/26-2/27 below for links) 

3/6:
Finished and discussed CCC video (see 3/3 below for links)
Reviewed Graphing Activity (see 3/4 below for links).

3/5:
Discussed Election results
​Continued/finished CCC Video (see 3/3 below for links)

3/4 (Sub. Mr. Everett):
Graphing the Great Depression
Graphs handout, click HERE.
Questions handout, click HERE.

3/3:
Election Information (click here by 8pm today to vote in mock election)

Video: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Film sheet, click HERE.
Transcript, click HERE. 
(The film itself is not currently online, but you can read the transcript to answer the questions on the film sheet).

3/2: 1930s Lecture, continued (see 2/26-2/27 for links)

2/28:
Video: "The Century: America's Time — Stormy Weather"
Film, click HERE.
Film sheet, click HERE.

2/26-2/27 (and through next week):

Lecture: Causes and Effects of the Great Depression, and the The New Deal
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Handout, click HERE.

Part 1: Causes of the Great Depression slideshow, click HERE.

Part 2: Impact of the Great Depression slideshow, click HERE.
​(it's a large file, so give it time to load)

​Part 3: The New Deal slideshow, click HERE.
​(it's a large file, so give it time to load)

To listen to the songs discussed in the lecture, click the links below:

Brother Can you Spare a Dime? 
(video has illustrating photos; the lyrics are in the slideshow

God Bless America 
(main part of song is during the first two minutes; it was part of a film and clips are shown after that; lyrics are in the slideshow)

This Land is Your Land 
(video just has one photo; follow along with the lyrics in the slideshow while listening to the song)

Strange Fruit 
(video is of Billie Holiday singing the song; follow along with the lyrics in the slideshow while watching or listening)

2/24-2/25: ​
​Film: "10,000 Black Men Named George"
If you missed the film in class, you can search online to find a site that streams it (it changes regularly).
Or you can read the detailed summary here 
​(downloadable version is HERE).
The film sheet is here.

2/20-2/21:
Unit 4 Lecture 2: 1920s Political and Economic Trends.
Handout is HERE.
Slideshow, click HERE.

2/13-2/14:
Video: "Demon Rum" (Prohibition documentary), click HERE.
Handout is HERE.

2/12, 2/14, 2/18, 2/19:
Unit 4 Lecture 1: 1920s Cultural Trends. Slideshow, click HERE.
Handout is HERE.
Watch "Rhapsody in Blue" video HERE.
Watch the "Marcus Garvey" video HERE

2/11:
Video: The Century: America's Time: 1920-1929 "Boom to Bust" -- Click HERE.
​Handout is HERE.

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UNIT 4 is ABOVE  

Unit 3 is below
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2/3:
WWI Supreme Court Case Readings (pick up in class)

1/29—1/31
​Film: The Lost Battalion
Link to the film, click here.
​Film sheet, click here.
Additional assignment: View this slide show about the Real Lost Battalion and take bullet-style notes using the back of p. 1 of your film sheet packet. Slide show, click here.

1/23—1/28 
WWI Lecture: America's Home Front
Handout, click HERE.
​Slide show, click here.
For the video with the song "Over There," click here.

1/22—1/23
​Video Vol. 16 "The Great War" (not online)

 1/17&1/21
Primary Source Readings: Imperialism (pick up in class)

1/14—1/16
Imperialism Lecture, "The U.S. and the World"
Handout, click here.
​Slide show, click here.

1/13
​Video Vol. 15 "The U.S. and the World" 
Get the handout in class; come in after school or at Office Hours on Tues. 1/21 to make it up.

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​SECOND SEMESTER -- ABOVE 

FIRST SEMESTER -- BELOW 
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12/9 & 12/10
​Lecture: Progressives; slideshow, click here.
Handout, click here.

12/6
Video Vol. 14: The Progressive Movement, currently on YouTube, click here.
(Note: You'll have to rewind it to the start of the film. For some reason it starts part way in when you click.)

12/5  
Video Vol. 13: A Nation in Turmoil, currently on YouTube, click here.

12/3 & 12/4 
Lecture: Immigration and Americanization; slideshow, click here.
Handout, click here.

12/2 
Vol. 12 Video: "Immigration and Cultural Change" -- Video link is here.
(Note: you will need to rewind the video a little; it starts a few minutes in)

11/21 & 11/22
​Industrialization/Urbanization/Immigration Placards are here.
​Get the handout in class.

11/20 & 11/21
​Video: "America, The Story of Us – Cities" Video on youtube is here.

11/18, 11/19, & 11/20
Industrialization and Urbanization Lecture Slideshow -- click here.
Handout is here.

11/14
​Vol. 11 Video: Industrialization and Urbanization -- get handout in class.
Currently on YouTube, click here.

Extra Credit "Marching Through History" Reenactment
For Instructions and event info, Click here.

Video: "The Haunted History of Halloween" -- link to film is here.
​(You may get a message saying you have to sign in because there may be inappropriate things in the video; it just has the history of the holiday, including ancient and more modern religious customs and reactions to the holiday, and pop cultural takes on the holiday).

The Political Spectrum: Lecture is here.

Previous Unit Work:

Unit 1.2 Section 2 Work:
1. Video: "Westward" -- Click HERE for Transcript
2. Unit 1.2.2 Lecture: "Growth and Conflict" Click HERE for lecture.
3. Video: "Division" -- Click for Transcript

Unit 1.2 Section 3 Work:
4. Unit 1.2.3 Lecture: "The Civil War" Click HERE for lecture.
5. Video: America – The Story of Us: "Civil War"
6. Film: "Lincoln" – Film Script (read and answer questions)

Unit 1.2 Section 4 Work:
7. Unit 1.2.4 Lecture: "Reconstruction" Click HERE for lecture.
8. Video Vol. 10: "Reconstruction" (come in at OH, lunch, or after school)

Inter-unit work:
1. Map work: US Political Map (50 States)
​2. US Political Map test

​Introductory work and Unit 1.1 Work:

1. Facing History reading,
​    "Little Things are Big":
​    Click HERE and scroll down.

​2. US Physical Map,
​    Click HERE
​    (Or scroll down to the map)
​    Look for:
​    Physical Map Blank
​    Physical Map Instructions
​    Physical Map labeled

3. Video Vol. 1 (in class only)
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​4. Video Vol. 2 (in class only)

5. Puritan Punishments Article
​    Click HERE and scroll down.

​6. Facing History Reading: Video,
     "The Lunch Date" (see Units page
​     "Facing History Lessons")​

7. Video Vol. 3 (in class only)

8. Lecture Unit 1 Section 1
    (see Units > Unit 1 -- scroll down)

​9. Video "Rebels" (see Units > Unit 1)

​10. Film "John Adams"
​      (see Units > Unit 1)

​11. Reading analysis:
​      The Declaration of Independence
​      (see Units > Unit 1)

12. Video "Revolution"
​      (see Units > Unit 1)
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Digital Citizenship Unit
For 11.1 Remix, Click here.

For 11.2 "College Bound" click here and here. There are 2 files to use.

Introductory Work

Mapwork, Political Spectrum, and 9/11

U.S. History Units

Click the blue hyperlink to go to the page for that unit.  If the titles are gray, the work is not available online.
Special Lessons:

The Political Spectrum
Additional Political Spectrum material is here.

WWII Lecture

Lecture Part 1                    Lecture Part 2                     Lecture Sheet 2018

1950s-1980s Overview (Post-War/Cold War/Civil Rights material)

Lecture Part 1                     Lecture Part 2                    Lecture Sheet

Vietnam Film: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hhhme 

Guest Speaker: Vietnam War
To find the guest speaker video, click on the link and scroll half way down until it says "Guest Speaker" and you see photos of Mr. Cook. There will be a video below the photos. Click here.

Civil Rights Videos

Civil Rights Video Links:

Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D5xwC6M_Gk
 
Chicano: Taking Back the Schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6cytReBm8
 
Chicano: Struggle in the Fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIHCdjpFPrw