The Electoral College

Good morning! First things first, watch this video (we watched it in class):

Electoral College Overview



Arguments for KEEPING the electoral College:

A Short US News & World Reports Article

5 reason to keep it (youtube video)

Arguments for ABOLISHING the Electoral College:

A Short US News & World Reports Article

End the Electoral College (youtube video)

On your whiteboard (or, if you're absent, paper), keep track of the major points of the two sides. 

Once you're done, answer the following question:

Should the states pass the National Popular Vote bill and eliminate the electoral college? (click link for more info) 

Explain your answer, and be sure to address the arguments of the other side.

Friday: Final Civil Rights Essay

Use the evidence from your assignments (found on links on this blog) to answer the following question:

To what extent was violence responsible for the success of the civil rights movement? Provide EVIDENCE to support your answer.

Things to consider:

- Birmingham

-Emmit Till

-Montgomery Bus Boycott

-Malcom X and Martin Luther king Jr. 

-Pre-Civil Rights violence in the south

Here are some classwork photos that may help:

Thursday 5/15: Birmingham Violence

Use the documents and video below to create a Side by side chart of violent and non-violent actions that took place in Birmingham, AL, in 1963.

Then, on the same sheet, determine which was more effective in Birmingham- Violence or non-violence?

Video: Bull Connor & Birmingham

Documents: Birmingham, 1963

Last Friday's work (5/8): Violence in the South

Use THIS FILE LINKED HERE to complete the assignment below:
Use the documents to come up with a minimum of THREE methods that Southern Whites used to oppress and control African Americans in the south prior to the civil rights movement. SUpport each method with documents, describing how they show that method. 

Tuesday, May 12th: King and X

Use the file linked here to complete the assignment above. There should be three sections, one for each topic that MLK and MX are compared on. 

Monday's assignment

Set up your paper as illustrated in the picture. Then, watch this video (55 min)  Gather evidence for the boxes from the video. Then, use your evidence to answer the question on the board on the back of your paper.

1950's America

Comparison Journal- Black and White 1950's America
Create a venn diagram on your OWN paper that looks like this:

Watch these two movies side by side (May want to turn the sound off)

1950's black America

1950's White America Town life
1950's white america family life

Use the two movies to find similarities (center of the map) and differences (outside of the map) between white and black america in the 1950s.

Whiteboards Pro/Con Wind Energy

Pro Con Wind Energy Links

Introduction video



Infographics (Posters of data and other information displayed with pictures):

- Windsource 

-Energy.gov website (You can scroll through multiple pics)

Videos:

-How noisy is a wind turbine? 3 min

Pro/Con Lists:

-Geometrix

-Michigan Green Law

-Wind Energy news (2 min youtube video)

- Energyinformative.org

Cold war: Vietnam

Cold War New Cast Event Guide: Vietnam War

Use this info to write your script

1. Who was it between? Did the US or Soviets support one side or another? WHEN was it?

2. How and why did it start?

3. Explain each of these events:

• Explain the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and how it led to the US entering the war in Vietnam

• Explain what Guerrilla War in Vietnam was like for Americans and Vietnamese

• Explain how the Tet Offensive changed the wa

• Why did the US Homefront lose support for war

4. Who, in your estimation, “won” the conflict, the soviets or the US?

Helpful links:

PBS Vietnam

Spark Notes Vietnam page

Short Vietnam overview video 4 min

Longer Vietnam overview video 18 min

How to use the youtube video editor (multiple)

Click here for the link with no sound, just text (15 min)

This link is another video, but with sound (13 min)

Cold War Gets Hot: Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War New Cast Event Guide: Cuba

Use this info to write your script

1. Who was it between? Did the US or Soviets support one side or another? WHEN was it?

2. How and why did it start?

3. Explain each of these events:

• How/Why did Castro take over cuba?

• What happened at the Bay of Pigs

• How did the US react when it found Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• Why did the US Blockade Cuba? Did it work?

4. Who, in your estimation, “won” the conflict, the soviets or the US?

Resources:

Cuban Missile Crisis for Dummies (10 min video)

Cuban Missile Crisis (3 min video)

Cuban Missile Crisis Overview (webpage)

Cuban Missile Crisis Webpage

Sample news video by Mr. Hess

Have fun with my messy room. 

Cold War Heats Up: Korea

Cold War Gets Hot: The Korean War!

In your news segment about Korea, you must discuss:

1. Who fought? Which was supported by the US, and which by the Soviets?

2. Why/How did this war begin?

3. Explain each of the following:

• Why North korea invades south korea
• Why The US led UN force Invaded at Inchon
• Why The Chinese intervene to support north korean communists
• Cease fire & creation of the demilitarized zone

4. Which side won, and why?

Research resources:


Korean War Overview: 16 min

Korean War Sparknotes

Korean War Timeline

Modern Border between N and S Korea

History Channel Korean War Page

Cold War Heats Up:Berlin

In your news cast, be sure to include the following:

Who was involved in the conflict? Who did the US Support? Who did the Sioiets Support?

How did it start?

Explain these four events:

• The berlin blockade
• The Berlin Airlift
• The Building of the Berlin Wall
• The Fall of the Berline wall

Who "won" the conflict, the US or Soviet? Why do you say so?

Resources:

About.com Berlin wall overview

Berlin Blockade 1948 5 min

Berlin Airlift 10 min

Berlin 28 years later

Berlin Wall Exhibit 2.5 min

Cold War New Broadcast

During the cold war, the US and Soviet Union were prevented from engaging in direct warfar because of the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons.

There were several instances, however, of conflicts that occurred between the US and Soviets or the countries they supported. 

You will do four newscasts, 2-4 minutes each, ON VIDEO, that will cover four of these conflicts:

Berlin, 1948

Korea 1950

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961

Vietnam, 1963

For each of the conflict news casts, you will have to cover the following:

Who did the US/Soviets Support?

Why/how did it start?

You will also explain 4 or so UNIQUE events for each conflict

Then, you will explain who you think "won" the conflict.

For this week, you will research the concepts and write the scripts, and choose who will read them.

I will also teach you how to record video using the chromebook. I will also accept videos recorded with phones and tablets. You're welcome to edit them as you see fit. 

some things:

All videos should include some kind of visual

Each person in the group should try and present one of the videos

All videos need to begin with a list of the first and last names of the students who worked on them. 

You can do four separate videos or do one long video. Your choice. 

Tuesday, April 1st - NO JOKE!

Yesterday, you examined the ideas, values, and beliefs that American and the Soviet Union had after WWII. YOu also examined the propaganda they used against each other.

Today, I want you to attempt to create your own propaganda poster. This propaganda poster can be either from the Soviet or Americans point of view, and it can be about their own values, or attacking the other side.



Your poster:

- Must clearly represent one side or the other
- Can use words or visuals, but should not be just basic text (some posters use very artistic text without images, for example).
- Can be in English or, using Google Translate, Russian.
- Should reflect actual historical perspectives on one country or the other. Do not simply make up an attack on the Soviet Union, for example.
- Should fill an 8.5x11 piece of paper, including your name and period.

To help you design your poster, here are many historical examples of effective propaganda

As a reminder, here are some of the ideas we discussed in class:

Monday 3/31: Life in the US and Soviet Union after WWII

Set up your paper into four boxes and label them like this:

How America sees itself After WWII                     How the Soviet Union sees itself after WWII





How the Americans see the Soviets                     How the Soviets see the Americans




Then watch these two movies and use them to gather information for how each country sees itself:

Life in America

Life in the Soviet Union

Then, use these propaganda posters to father evidence on how each country sees the other:

Posters

A Bomb Work: FRIDAY before spring break

If you missed the assignment, do the following:

Look through THESE documents. They are evidence behind the different reasons to drop or not to drop the bomb.

On your own paper:

1. Choose the most convincing document. Write the document number.

2. Summarize what it says or shows.

3. Explain why THIS document, and not others, is the most convincing to you.

4. Would you have dropped the A Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Why or why not?

Please have this turned in to me no later than April 4th, Friday

A bomb Work- Thursday before Spring Break

If you missed this assignment, do the following:

divide your paper in half and label like so

Reasons TO drop the Bomb      I         Reasons NOT to drop the bomb




Use the documents HERE to list reasons on Both sides. Bullets and short statements are fine, you don't need quotes. You should have several on each side.

Please have this turned in to me no later than April 4th, Friday

WWII Biography

1. Choose one of the names below:

Ruben rivers

Elsie ott

Desmond T. Doss Sr. 

Tarea hall Pittman

rigoberto garcia perez (a bracero worker)

Rudolph Davila 

Josephine Kelly Ledesma Walker

2. Create a timeline of their experience during WWII (1941-1945 ONLY)

       - This timeline should involve all IMPORTANT events of the person's WWII experience

       - Please explain what MAKES each event important

       - This timeline should NOT be copied word for word from a website. I'll know and dock you for it

3. Find one PRIMARY source (letter, interview, diary entry, photograph, etc) for this person and print it out in the computer lab (ask for a pass). Annotate this source as you did the letters last week. 
      - Not sure if it's a primary source? Click this link. 

4. How would THIS person's experience in WWII compare to your own, if you were their age at the time? Would you take the same actions? Would you even be able to? Take into account gender, ethnicity/race, prejudices of the time, etc. 

      - Do this on your own paper

      - Around 1 handwritten page

Tuesday US Work

watch this youtube clip

(if you have to search for it, the title is "

World War II Part 2 - The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36")

And watch this one

 (Minorities During WWII by matt flynn)

Create a list of the problems facing each of the different minority groups on the home front:

women, hispanic americans, african americans, asian americans

Monday US HISTORY LINKs

Click this link. Scroll down the page until you see the posters. 

For each propaganda poster (On your OWN paper):

1.  summarize what it shows (yes, this is helped by the description next to it. try not to copy)

2. What is the PURPOSE of this propaganda poster? What message or value is it trying to convey?

Then, answer the following at the end of your paper:

Based on these posters, what were the priorities of the US govt during WWII? Try to use evidence from the posters.