Today in US History: 5.15.12

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Grab a laptop, but do not log in to Skyward.
• Leave Binders back by my desk.

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

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Binder Table of Contents:

In the VERY FRONT:

• Lowdown for Contemporary History
• Class Rules
• Glossary
• Scrapbook Guidelines
• Geography/Maps/Map Quizzes
• CNN Logs

Section 1: The 20s and the Great Depression

• LOWDOWN SHEET for The 20s and the Great Depression
• VOCABULARY for The 20s and the Great Depression
• Scrapbook Notes for "Bust"

1. Chapter 20 Overview
2. 20s Video Questions
3. 20s Acrostic
4. Notes:  Ingredients of Economic Collapse
5. "My Deal" Activity
6. "Face the Music" List of Important Words (GIST)
7. Depression Data Activity
8. New Deal Agencies Chart

Section 2: WWII

• LOWDOWN SHEET for WWII
• VOCABULARY for WWII
• Scrapbook Notes for "WWII"

1. Notes:  Versailles to Pearl Harbor
2. Video GIST:  "Hitler's Supercity"
3. Video GIST:  "Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After"
4. Notes:  Winning the War
5. Video GIST:  "Engineering Evil"

Section 3: The Cold War

• LOWDOWN SHEET for "The Cold War"
• VOCABULARY for "The Cold War"
• Scrapbook Notes for "Superpower" and "Millenium"

1. Cold War Terms Activity
2. "Sputnik" GIST
3. Notes:  Roots of the Cold War
4. Notes:  McCarthyism
5. Notes:  The Kennedy Assassination