Date |
In Class Activity |
Long Term HW |
All Homework |
Mon
1/29 (1/30)
| Finiish Film: 13th
Atomic Bomb Debate
Activity: What are Civil Rights? Can the government discriminate?
Lecture: Civil Rights after Plessy v. Ferguson |
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Watch and take notes on Crash Course: Civil Rights.
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Wed
1/31 (2/1)
| Lecture: Reconstruction thru 1955
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Watch the Frontline video: De Jure Segregation?. Take notes and write 3 sentences on whether or not you think the decision is based on racism.
Interactively read the handout you received in class
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Fri
2/2 (2/5)
| Second Reconstruction 1954-1964 - Lecture: MLK Jr./Freedom Summer/March on Washington & the government taking action.
Activity: How would you protest? 
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Listen to the Reparations podcast and take Cornell notes/summarizeYou do not have to do the margin questions - just provide a summary. |
Tues
2/6 (2/7)
| Lecture: Civil Rights 1964-1968: 4 views on the path forward, health inequity & wealth inequityDebate: Reparations and discussion: Affirmative Action - College Activity.Activity: 4 Views on Civil Rights |
For Extra Credit you make listen and take notes to the very good podcast: Who Replaces Me?
Extra credit for this part of the unit includes the following films:
1. When They See Us: A fantastic mini-series (I mean fantastic!) about the Central Park 5 who were kids arrested for murder & charged as adults.2. Blindspotting: So good I can't stand it - see Jefferson from Hamilton. Reflects the gentrification, police brutality, and racial relations in modern Oakland. Watch it before our trip on Friday!
3. Fruitvale Station: Michael B. Jordan plays out the last day of Oscar Grant's life (a bay area story) before he was killed by the BART police at Frutivale Station in Oakland. |
Read the reparations debate packet and be prepared to debate either side.
Finish interactively reading the yellow packet from class (you don't have to do the questions - just write a summary). |
Thur
2/8 (2/9)
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The experience of additional groups in the pursuit of Civil Rights
Modern Issues
Lecture/Discussion: Are there solutions (Song) to racial inequity? Police reform? Affirmative Action?Start Film: Just Mercy
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Mon
2/12 (2/13) |
Finish Film: Just Mercy |
| Complete pages 1-3 in the1950s packet. (front page is page 1) |
Wed
2/14 (2/15) 
Finish Just Mercy and the Civil Rights movement in America (College activity) |
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Continue working on your 1950s packet (pages 7-9 - (pay attention ladies).
Be ready for 1950s Day. Are you prepared to dress up and dance or do something 50s like next Monday? |
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Fri
2/16 (2/26) |
Generations packet
1950s Lecture and conduct discussion: Are Saratoga students in little boxes? |
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Continue working on your 1950s packet (pages 4 & 11-14).
Be ready for 1950s Day. Are you prepared to dress up and dance or do something 50s like next Monday? |
Tues
2/27 (2/28) |
Film How the 50s became the 60s
Work on Generations packet |
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Do the TV assignment. (You will finish the 1950s part in class on 1950s Day but watch the modern show and interactively read the article attached.)
Sign up on the Google Doc to bring food for 1950s day next week
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Thur
2/29 (3/1) |
Work on Generations packet<Lecture: Finish 1950s
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Generations packet is due next class
1950s Day is our next class. Wear 50s-style clothing, bring 50s food for extra credit. Make sure you sign up on the form.
Don't forget to fill out and have your parents sign the video permission slip
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Mon
3/4 (3/5) |
1950s Day:
Television Shows on the 50s
1950s Music Powerpoint with Dancing |
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1950s packet is due next class
Remember the test is WW2, Civil Rights, and the 1950s. You have a previous study guide for WW2 and here is the 1950s one(Cold war on next test) but you will likely get to use your binders/notes. |
Wed
3/6 (3/7) |
Test: WW2, Civil Rights, and the 1950s
Start Cold War (Davey gone with MAP on LA Trip on Thursday)
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Go to new unit page
Make sure you've read the first page of your Cold War packet and numbered it from start to finish. Bring it to class every day during the unit.
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