Assignment: 10.2 Visual Main Idea Log

1. 
   Ob.: Students will debate the causes of the Cold War by examining Truman’s foreign policy.
   
2. 
   YES: 288-301 [Ps] NO:288-289, 303-308 [Qs]
   
3. 
   Assignment: President’s Quiz 35 points
   

1. 
   Disillusionment with the increasingly violent protest of the 1960s led to the entrenchment of conservative ideology between 1968 and 1992.
   
2. 
   Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, America's foreign policy groped for ways to promote world peace with minimal U.S. involvement.
   
3. 
   Technological developments between 1950 and 2000 radically altered the economic, social, and moral fiber of the nation.
   

4. 
   Civil Rights I: Freedom Rides to Freedom Summer
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine the goals of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the goals of both SNCC and CORE.
         
      2. 
         Discuss the goals of the Freedom Riders and the Freedom Summer
         
      3. 
         Explain the causes and outcomes of the Watts Riots
         
   3. 
      Topic: Organization, Challenges, Legislation
      
   4. 
      SFI: SNCC, CORE, John Lewis, Freedom Riders, “Sit-in” movement, Eugene “Bull” Conner,
      

5. 
   Read:
   
   1. 
      Brinkley 826-832
      
   2. 
      “Voices” John Lewis Speech Delivered at Lincoln Memorial Aug 28, 1963 398-399 (CR7)
      
   3. 
      The Choices Program: Letters from Freedom Summer (CR7)
      

5. 
   Civil Rights II: Sit-in Movement
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will analyze in depth resistance to white suppression during the Civil Rights Movement.
      
   2. 
      Topic: Civil Rights Challenges to the Status Quo
      
   3. 
      Read: “Changing Interpretations: The Sit-In Movement” 394-407
      
   4. 
      Assignment: Paideia Seminar
      
6. 
   Civil Rights III: MLK Jr. vs Malcolm X
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will compare and contrast the differing views of MLK Jr. and Malcolm X within the context of the Civil Rights Movement, then in a broader context of African American oppression and struggle as a whole.
      
   2. 
      Topic: MLK Jr. vs. X, Compare and Contrast Dubois/Washington vs. Jr./X
      
   3. 
      SFI: Black Power Movement, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”
      
   4. 
      Read:
      
      1. 
         Martin Luther King Jr. “Letters from Birmingham Jail” (CR7)
         
      2. 
         Malcolm X, “God’s Judgment of White America” (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) (CR7)
         
   5. 
      Assignment: Essay—Compare and Contrast the civil rights protest movements of the 50’s and 60’s with the protests conducted in the deaths Michael Brown and Eric Garner. (13b)
      

7. 
   *The Kennedy Administration (Foreign and Domestic)
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine the impact of the Kennedy Administration’s Domestic and Foreign
      

2. 
   LQs:
   
   1. 
      Discuss Kennedy’s New Frontier in the context of Communism
      
   2. 
      Discuss the Kennedy Administration’s successes and failures in Cuba
      
   3. 
      Describe the type of rhetoric Kennedy used in his Inaugural Address (esp. in terms of Communism).
      
3. 
   Topic: Election 1960, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy
   
4. 
   SFI: Election of 1960, The New Frontier, “Missile Gap” Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis,
   

1. 
   Read:
   
   1. 
      Brinkley 822, 832-834
      
   2. 
      Election of 1960 and Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
      
1. 
   Johnson Domestic Policy
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine the major parts and impacts of LBJ’s The Great Society.
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the major components of The Great Society.
         
      2. 
         Discuss, in depth, the meanings behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
         
      3. 
         Discuss the affect the Vietnam War had on LBJ’s Great Society.
         
   3. 
      Topic: The Great Society, Civil Rights
      
   4. 
      SFI: The Great Society, War on Poverty, Medicare, Medicaid, Department of Housing and Urban
      

1. 
   Read: Brinkley 823-826
   
2. 
   Assignment: President’s Quiz (Wilson to LBJ—5 SFI)
   
1. 
   Vietnam: The Beginnings and the Scope of the War
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will analyze how and why the United States became involved in the War in Vietnam.
      
   2. 
      LQs.:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the role of the Geneva Conference for Korea and Vietnam.
         
      2. 
         Discuss the roles of the Vietminh and the NLF
         
      3. 
         Discuss how Cold War ideology forced the US into Vietnam
         
   3. 
      Topic: Indochina War to Peace with Honor
      
   4. 
      SFI: Vietminh, Geneva Conference 1954, National Liberation Front (NLF)/Vietcong, Gulf of Tonkin
      
   5. 
      Read:
      
      1. 
         Brinkley 834-840 (stop at From Aid to Intervention)
         
      2. 
         McClellen 430-436
         
2. 
   *Johnson’s Foreign Policy and Vietnam: 1964-168
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will discuss the escalation of the War in Vietnam and its impact on domestic policies.
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the ideas of “hearts and minds” and “search and destroy” in the context of Vietnam.
         
      2. 
         Discuss the major events surrounding the 1968 presidency.
         
      3. 
         Explain the connection between LBJ’s passing on the presidency and the Tet Offensive.
         
      4. 
         Discuss who was assassinated in 1968 and what that might mean for what each man represented.
         
   3. 
      Topic: Assassinations, Tet, Rise of Nixon
      
   4. 
      SFI: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Escalation, “Hearts and Minds,” Search and Destroy, General
      

1. 
   Read:
   
   1. 
      Brinkley 840-41, 843-47
      
2. 
   Assignment: Analysis Activity Songs of the Vietnam War (CR 7)
   
3. 
   http://choices.edu/resources/activities/vietnam/songs/vietnam-songs-worksheet.pdf
   
4. 
   Assignment: Paideia Seminar (CR 12) See pp. 33-58
   
1. 
   Nixon Foreign Policy:
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine the Nixon Administration’s foreign policy, then compare it to his predecessors.
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Explain the process of Vietnamization.
         
      2. 
         Discuss the importance and meaning of Nixon’s visit to China.
         
      3. 
         Discuss to what degree Nixon obtained “Peace with Honor”
         
   3. 
      Topic: China, Détente, Vietnam
      
   4. 
      SFI: Vietnamization, Henry Kissinger, Nixon Doctrine, “Peace with Honor,” Easter Offensive, Fall of
      

1. 
   Read:
   
   1. 
      Brinkley 869-874
      
   2. 
      McClellen 444-447
      
2. 
   Assignment:
   
   1. 
      President’s Quiz (Wilson to LBJ—5 SFI)
      
   2. 
      Compare and Contrast Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Vietnam
      
1. 
   The Protest Movement:
   
   1. 
      Ob.:
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
   3. 
      Topic:
      
   4. 
      SFI: Kent State Massacre,
      
   5. 
      Assignment: Paideia Seminar
      
2. 
   Nixon Domestic/Foreign Policy: Combine Nixon’s détente
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine how major domestic events during the Nixon Administration were
      

2. 
   LQs:
   
   1. 
      Discuss what brought about the Kent State Massacre
      
   2. 
      Discuss George Wallace’s views and bid for the presidency.
      
   3. 
      Describe the major events in the Middle East (Six Day War, Arab Oil Embargo, OPEC) and its global effects.
      
3. 
   Topic: Détente, Stagflation, Scandal
   
4. 
   SFI: Nixon’s visit to China, “Ping Pong Diplomacy” Détente, Brezhnev Doctrine, George Wallace,
   

Stagflation, OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Clean Air Act 1970, Clean Water Act 1972, “New Federalism,” devolution, Checker’s Speech, Gerald Ford, “Southern Strategy”

1. 
   Read: Brinkley 875-881
   
1. 
   Watergate: The Fall of Richard Nixon
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will discuss the fall of Richard Nixon and how this lead to mistrust in government.
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the charges against Nixon.
         
      2. 
         Discuss the meaning behind Ford’s pardon.
         
      3. 
         Discuss the affect Watergate had on the nation.
         
   3. 
      Topic: Watergate, “Cover-up,” Ford Pardons Nixon, Ford’s Administration
      
   4. 
      SFI: Spiro Agnew, Watergate, CREEP, Nixon’s “Cover Up,” Nixon v. US. “Plumbers,” Frost Nixon,
      

1. 
   Read: Zinn A People’s History 541-550 & “Changing Interpretations”
   
2. 
   Assignment: Paideia Questions
   
1. 
   *1960-70s Culture I: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine how the 1960s embodied the counter culture movement
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the major events surrounding Native American Rights
         
      2. 
         Discuss the beginnings of the Gay Liberation Movement
         
      3. 
         Discuss the argument put forth by Betty Friedan.
         
      4. 
         Discuss the impact of Environmentalism
         
   3. 
      Topic: Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, “Fringe Rights”
      
   4. 
      SFI: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), “New Left,” Free Speech Movement, Antiwar Rallies,
      

1. 
   Read: Brinkley852-856, 862-863, 863-866
   
2. 
   Assignment: Amendments Quiz 1-27
   
1. 
   1960-70s Culture II
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine how the 1960s embodied the counter culture movement
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Describe Allen Ginsberg’s “America” and why it represents counterculture.
         
      2. 
         Describe the events at Stonewall.
         
      3. 
         Explain the plight of black women according to Abbey Lincoln.
         
      4. 
         Discuss why Susan Brownmiller argues in favor of abortion.
         
   3. 
      Topic: Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, “Fringe Rights”
      
   4. 
      Read:
      
      1. 
         “Voices:” “America” (454-456),
         
      2. 
         “Stonewall” (457-461),
         
      3. 
         “Who Will Revere the Black Woman” (466-468),
         
      4. 
         “Abortion Is a Woman’s Right” (469-470)
         
   5. 
      Assignment: Chronological Exercises, Association Sheets, group DBQ “Nixon”
      
2. 
   Carter’s Administration/Rise of Reagan
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will analyze how foreign affairs crippled one president while also inspecting the rise of
      

2. 
   LQs:
   
   1. 
      Discuss the goal and success of the Camp David Accords.
      
   2. 
      Discuss the impact of the Iranian Hostage Crisis on the Carter Administration
      
   3. 
      Discuss the impact of Sunbelt Politics and the Sagebrush Revolution.
      
   4. 
      Discuss the rising impact of Christianity on US politics during the 1970s and 1980s.
      
3. 
   Topic: Carter Domestic/Foreign Relations, Rise of Reagan
   
4. 
   SFI: Malaise Speech, Camp David Accords, Iranian Hostage Crisis, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan,
   

1. 
   Read: Brinkley 886-889, 889-894 (No Tax Revolt/Campaign 1980)
   
1. 
   Reagan’s Administration
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will examine the highs and lows of the Reagan Administration.
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Compare and Contrast Reagonomics and Keynesian Economics.
         
      2. 
         Discuss Reagan’s relationship with the Soviet Union
         
      3. 
         Discuss how the Savings and Loan Crisis and the Iran-Contra Scandal damaged the Reagan Legacy.
         
      4. 
         Compare and Contrast Ergonomics and Keynesian economics.
         
   3. 
      Topic: Reagan Revolution, Star Wars, Controversy
      
   4. 
      SFI: Reagan Revolution, Neo-Conservatives, Proposition 13, Reagonomics (Supply-Side Economics),
      

1. 
   Read: Brinkley 895-903
   
1. 
   Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama
   
   1. 
      Ob.: Students will survey the past four president’s administration.
      
   2. 
      LQs:
      
      1. 
         Discuss the major events of Bush Sr.’s Administration. (8 min) (5 person)
         
      2. 
         Discuss the major events of Clinton’s Administration. (10 min) (7 person)
         
      3. 
         Discuss the major events of W. Bush’s Administration (12 min) (7 person)
         
      4. 
         Discuss the major events of Obama’s Administration (6 min) (4 person)
         
   3. 
      Topic: Bush/Clinton/Bush Or Iraq War, Lewinsky, Iraq War
      
   4. 
      SFI: Invasion of Kuwait, “Read my Lips,” Break up of Soviet Union, NAFTA (North American Free
      

Terror, Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, Bush Doctrine, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, NCLB, The “Great Recession,” “Too Big to Fail,” Affordable

Healthcare Act, Drones, “Race to the Top”

1. 
   Read: The House of Bush, Clinton, Obama?
   
1. 
   In Class DBQ (1960-1970) You might want to timeline your SFI for help.
   
2. 
   Unit 11 Test
   

1. 
   Who protests the war and why? I.e. what are the different groups.
   
2. 
   What are the ways protests occur?
   
3. 
   What are the events that sparked protests?
   
4. 
   How successful where these protests?
   
5. 
   Why were there mass protests against Vietnam but not other wars?
   

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party “Petition Against the War in Vietnam (July 28, 1965)

SNCC, Position Paper on Vietnam (January 6, 1966)

Muhammad Ali Speaks Out Against the Vietnam War (1966)

Martin Luther King Jr. “Beyond Vietnam” (April 4, 1967)

Larry Colburn “They were Butchering People” (2003)

Tim O’Brien “The Man I Killed” (1990)

Maria Herrera-Sobek “Untitled” (1999)

Tom Hayden “SDS: Students for a Democratic Society”
Songs

*translations

Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” (1963)

Barry Sadler, “The Ballad of the Green Berets” (1966)

*Luu Nguyen and Long Hung, North Vietnamese, “The March of Liberation” (March, 1966)

Pete Seeger, “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” (1967)

*Pham Duy, South Vietnamese folk singer “A Tale of Two Soldiers” (1968)

Country Joe McDonald, “Fixin’ to Die Rag” (1968)

*Trinh Cong Son, South Vietnamese, “I Must See the Sun” (1969)

Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, “Ohio” (1970)

John Lennon, “Give Peace a Chance” (1970)
Images

Kent State

Draft Cards

Student Protests

African-American Protests

Rich vs. Poor