Forrest Gump (1994), Day 4 🪶

🎯 Learning Targets

• Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994), Day 3 🪶

Today's class was led by Dr. Berry (Social Studies department meeting) 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994), Day 2 🪶

🎯 Learning Targets

• Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994), Day 1 🪶

🎯 Learning Targets

• Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Forrest Gump (1994)

Era 8 Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Era 8 in American history — Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Assess comprehension of United States History & Geography content from Era 8: Post-World War II United States
• Turned in Friday's study sheet at the conclusion of the assessment

Era 8 Study Guide 💭

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 8 content — Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era, Domestic Policies

⏰ What We Did

• Compiled content covered in class throughout Era 8 on a study sheet for Monday's assessment

⚙️ Resources

• Era 8 Study Sheet

Era 8 Review Game 🚨

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 8 content — Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era, Domestic Policies

⏰ What We Did

• Played a review game in preparation for the Era 8 Assessment on Friday

Poster Party; Civil Rights and the Cold War 🎉

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Continue working on the Era 8 poster on one historic figure from either the Civil Rights Movement or the Cold War

⚙️ Resources

• Create an Era 8 Poster in Thirty Easy Steps
• Finished Project (Sample)

Poster Party; Civil Rights and the Cold War 🎉

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Continue working on the Era 8 poster on one historic figure from either the Civil Rights Movement or the Cold War

⚙️ Resources

• Create an Era 8 Poster in Thirty Easy Steps

Poster Party; Civil Rights and the Cold War 🎉

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Began creating a poster on one Era 8 historic figure from either the Civil Rights Movement or the Cold War

⚙️ Resources

• Create an Era 8 Poster in Thirty Easy Steps

Professional Development Day 🟢

Clintondale High School is closed today for students, while teachers are engaging in professional development. Classes will resume at 7:35 A.M. on Monday, April 28, 2025.
 

Poster Party; Civil Rights and the Cold War 🎉

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Cold War and the United States, Domestic Policies, and Civil Rights in the Post-World War II Era

⏰ What We Did

• Began Era 8 review by selecting one significant person from either the Civil Rights movement or the Cold War

⚙️ Resources

• Poster Party Picks
• Civil Rights Movement figures
• Cold War figures

Sequencing Events: End of the Cold War 🔢

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the factors that led to the end of the Cold War

⏰ What We Did

• Using a provided text, sequenced the events that led to the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union

⚙️ Resources

• Sequencing Events: End of the Cold War

Map Activity: The Cold War 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Compare the causes and consequences of the American policy of containment...

⏰ What We Did

• Analyze the provided maps and charts by responding to prompts.

⚙️ Resources

• Map Activity: The Cold War

CCR: Causes of the Cold War 🔎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War...

⏰ What We Did

• Conduct a close and critical read on the causes of the Cold War, highlighting key text responding to the prompts

⚙️ Resources

• Causes of the Cold War (Text and Prompts)

Good Friday — No School ✝️

Clintondale High School is closed for Good Friday. Classes will resume on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part VII: Arms Race and Fear of Nuclear War ☢️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze and evaluate the competing perspectives and controversies among Americans generated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the Vietnam War, the environmental movement, the movement for Civil Rights, and the constitutional crisis generated by the Watergate scandal

⏰ What We Did

• Used the Cuban Missile Crisis and aspects of the Second Red Scare, examined the cultural affects of the Cold War's nuclear threat

⚙️ Resources

• Part VII: Arms Race and Fear of Nuclear War
• The Cold War Home Front (Authentic History)
• Duck and Cover (Civil Defense Administration, 1951)

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part VI: Assassinations 🪦

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze and evaluate the competing perspectives and controversies among Americans generated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the Vietnam War, the environmental movement, the movement for Civil Rights, and the constitutional crisis generated by the Watergate scandal

⏰ What We Did

• Created a timeline that records the political and social assassinations that occurred in the 1960s

⚙️ Resources

• Part VI: Assassinations
• Primary Sources: The 1960s: Assassinations (CNU.edu)
• "Abraham, Martin, and John" (Dion, 1968)

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part V: Economic Instability 📉

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze and evaluate the competing perspectives and controversies among Americans generated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the Vietnam War, the environmental movement, the movement for Civil Rights, and the constitutional crisis generated by the Watergate scandal

⏰ What We Did

• Using a provided text, identify the causes and effects of the energy crisis in the early 1970s
• Referred to a graph of the world's largest petroleum-producing countries as an illustration of the energy crisis

⚙️ Resources

• Part V: Economic Instability
• Energy Crisis (1970s) (Article)

PSAT-10 Testing 💯

The PSAT-10 assessment was administered during today's class

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part IV: Political Scandal 📰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze and evaluate the competing perspectives and controversies among Americans generated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the Vietnam War, the environmental movement, the movement for Civil Rights, and the constitutional crisis generated by the Watergate scandal

⏰ What We Did

• Conducted a student-led investigation into the defiining political scandals of Era 8, the Pentagon Papers and Watergate

⚙️ Resources

• Part IV: Political Scandal
• Investigating Power: Watergate (Interactive timeline)