Vietnam/Things They Carried

• Wrap-up Vietnam
• Ron Kovic today
• Quiz/Discuss "Speaking of Courage"
• Prep for assessment (TOMORROW)

Vietnam Questions

Things They Carried

• Quiz "How to Tell a True War Story
• Discuss/Review
• O'Brien's keynote address
• Start "Speaking of Courage;" finish for HOMEWORK

Vietnam/Things they Carried

• The problems with Vietnam
• View: the Tet Offensive
• Review: How to Tell a True War story
• "But what wakes me up twenty years later is Dave Jensen singing "Lemon Tree" as we threw down the parts.
• O'Brien speaking at Brown University about the role of truth and lies in fiction

Vietnam/The Things They Carried

• Questions for "On the Rainy River"
• FOCUS: What  thoughts, opinions, and attitudes does O'Brien share regarding young men being drafted?
• Questions for "How to Tell a True War Story"
• FOCUS: What role does truth have in stories?
• Pre-Reading discussion:
• Have you ever tried to tell the story of a meaningful experience but have been unable to fully capture the "it" of the experience? What do you do when the facts of the experience are not enough?
• What is the difference between reporting an experience and telling a story?
• Does there exist experiences for which you really do have to be there?

Vietnam War Statistics

The Vietnam War

Today's Agenda:

Introduce the Vietnam War
Finish: On the Rainy River by Tim O'Brien

The Civil Rights Movement

Today's Agenda:

Complete: the Summative assessment
Intro: The Vietnam War-Brief History and Geography(time permitting)

Unit-The Civil Rights Movement

Today's Agenda:

• Review: the Chapter Attack of Anthem 28
• Finish the speech comparison (MLK Jr. and Malcolm X)
• Discuss: the 1960s and Civil Rights
• Summative assessment?

CBS' 60 minutes last night on the Museum for African American History

Civil Rights Movement

• Intro MLK and March on Washington as well as Malcolm X
• "I Have a Dream" Speech: Analysis of text (here is the text of the speech itself)
• "Ballot or the Bullet" by Malcolm X: Audio and text 
• Comparing the two speeches

The Civil Rights Movement

Today's Agenda:

Discuss: Racial Inequality in America
Analyze: Brown vs. Board of Education
Chapter Attack: Chapter 28 in Anthem

New Unit-The Civil Rights Movement

Today's Agenda:

• Finish any Cold War Assessments that need to be completed
• Intro: Race in America Answer the questions and analyze the statistics
• Discuss: Reactions?
• Chapter Attack: Chapter 28 in Anthem

Look at the 2010 Census Data on the racial composition of America and how it is evolving.

Unit Assessment-The Cold War

Today's Agenda:

• Proctor: Unit Summative Assessment today
• Review:Cold War Unit Exam (not graded, but good to have for the final exam)
• Intro: The Civil Rights Movement 

Unit-The Cold War

Today's Agenda:

Chapter Attack: Chapter 27 "The New Frontier and the Great Society"
Prepare: Summative Assessment is tomorrow (Open Note)

The Cold War/Smarter Balanced Testing

Today's Agenda:

Block 1 is testing in the afternoon with Jolicoeur (Go to A lunch). Finish the film 13 Days
Block 2 is testing in the morning with Buj.  

The 1950s/Early 1960s

Today's Agenda:

Review: President Eisenhower and the Cold War
Discuss: the election of Kennedy in 1960
Analyze: the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis