End of the School Year 🐲

Clintondale High School is closed for Summer Break.

Have a safe and restful vacation, Dragons!

Semester Assessment — Era 9 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Era 9 in United States History

⏰ What We Did

• Completed the Semester Assessment, covering Era 9

Era 9 Review Game 🚨

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 9 content — Impact of Globalization on the United States, Changes in America’s Role in the World, Policy Debates

⏰ What We Did

• Played a review game in preparation for the Era 9 portion of the U.S. History & Geography semester exam on Tuesday

Era 9 Study Sheet 💭

D-Day — Allied Invasion of Normany (1944) 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 9 content — Impact of Globalization on the United States, Changes in America’s Role in the World, Policy Debates

⏰ What We Did

• Continued gathering content covered in class throughout Era 9 and taking notes on a study sheet for next week's semester assessment

Era 9 Study Sheet 💭

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1985) 🚘

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 9 content — Impact of Globalization on the United States, Changes in America’s Role in the World, Policy Debates

⏰ What We Did

• Compiled content covered in class throughout Era 9 on a study sheet for next week's semester assessment

⚙️ Resources

• Era 9 Study Sheet

Catch-Up Day 🥫

⏰ What We Did

• Used today's class to catch-up on any missing or incomplete work from Era 9

Catch-Up Day 🥫

⏰ What We Did

• Used today's class to catch-up on any missing or incomplete work from Era 9

CJ Barrymore's Sophomore Class Trip 🎢

⏰ What We Did

• The Sophomore class was on a trip to C.J. Barrymore's today

Income Inequality, Day 3 💰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges

⏰ What We Did

• Used an infographic to interpret income inequality in the United States, examining the offshore job creation of U.S.-based multinational corporations

⚙️ Resources

• Income Inequality, Infographic 3

Income Inequality, Day 2 💰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges

⏰ What We Did

• Used an infographic to interpret income inequality in the United States, comparing salary ratios of CEOs and workers

⚙️ Resources

• Income Inequality, Infographic 2

Income Inequality, Day 1 💰

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges

⏰ What We Did

• Used an infographic to interpret income inequality in the United States, comparing CEO salaries with working-class wages

⚙️ Resources

• Income Inequality, Infographic 1

MCQs: Response to Terrorism ⚫️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine the shifting role of the United States on the world stage from 1980 to the present

⏰ What We Did

• Used the text from Friday's class to answer ten ACT-based questions

⚙️ Resources

• Response to Terrorism (MCQs)

Memorial Day — No School 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is closed for Memorial Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

CCR: Response to Terrorism 📖

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine the shifting role of the United States on the world stage from 1980 to the present

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the response of the United States to terrorism following the 9/11 attacks
• Completed a Close and Critical Reading by highlighting information according to prompts

⚙️ Resources

• Response to Terrorism (CCR Text)
• Response to Terrorism (CCR Prompts)

Liberal vs. Conservative Issue Poster 🪧

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Finished creating a poster illustrating the liberal and conservative perspectives on a selected contemporary issue

Liberal vs. Conservative Issue Poster ✂️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Began creating a poster illustrating the liberal and conservative perspectives on a selected contemporary issue

⚙️ Resources

• Poster Rubric: Comparing Liberal and Conservative Beliefs
• Student Example of Poster (USHG posters may — and should — vary)

Alike But Different: Liberal vs. Conservative 🧐

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Examined the views on government, society and culture, family, adulthood, and beliefs of the Left and the Right
• Compared and contrasted the liberal and conservative ideologies regarding contemporary political issues

⚙️ Resources

• The American Ideological Left and Right
• Alike But Different: Liberal and Conservative
• Issues: Liberal and Conservative

Political Ideological Inventory 🧠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

⏰ What We Did

• Passed back and reviewed Friday's globalism wordsort
• Watched an introductory video on political ideology
• Completed a personal ideological inventory
• Emailed the inventory's certificate — with your name — to carpentc@clintondaleschools.net

⚙️ Resources

• Political Ideology (Crash Course)
• Ideology Quiz (Political Compass)

Wordsort: What is Globalism? 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Sorted words from a wordbank of terms about globalism into a graphic organizer, based on information presented from Monday's text

⚙️ Resources

• Wordsort: What is Globalism? (Template)

T4: What is Globalism? 🗣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Used Talk To The Text (T4) skills — and the T4 bookmark — to make connections with the provided text

⚙️ Resources

• Talking to the Text (T4) Bookmark

Analysis: What is Globalism? 📊

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Created a bar graph from provided data to illustrate the levels of foreign investment during the onset of Era 9

⚙️ Resources

• Analysis: What is Globalization?

Ten Questions: What is Globalization? 🔟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Answered ten teacher-created yes/no questions from yesterday's text

YMTR: What is Globalization? 🌐

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the impact of globalization on the U.S. economy, politics, society, and role in the world

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on globalization — the integration of the world's regions through trade, investment, and technology and its effects on economics, culture, politics, and the environment
• Create ten yes/no questions (with answers) from the text

⚙️ Resources

• What is Globalization? (The Levin Institute, SUNY)

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)

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part III: Counterculture ☮️

🎯 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

• After reading a provided text, defined the counterculture and summarized the characteristics of that movement

⚙️ Resources

• Part III: Counterculture

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part II: Cold War Conflicts 💥

🎯 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

• Having read a provided text and a map, examined the Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, as well as the protests that occurred during the war in Southeast Asia

⚙️ Resources

• Part II: Cold War Conflicts
• The Korean War | Overall Summary (Article)
• The Vietnam War (Video)
• Vietnam War Protests (Text)

Domestic Conflict and Tension, Part I: Civil Rights Movement ✊🏾

🎯 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 both a provided map of racial unrest in American cities between 1965 and 1968 and internet resources, identified and described the riots and social upheavals that occurred during the Civil Rights movement

⚙️ Resources

• Part I: Civil Rights Movement
• Racial Unrest in American Cities, 1965–68 (Map)
• Race Riots in the United States (Link)

Catch-Up Day 🥫

⏰ What We Did

• With Q3 ending on F 11 April 2025, used today's class to catch up on any previous missing work

Comparison Essay: President Kennedy vs. President Johnson 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze major domestic issues in the post-World War II era and the policies designed to meet the challenges...
• Focusing on causes, programs, and impacts, compare and contrast President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives, President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs, and President Ronald Reagan’s market-based domestic policies

⏰ What We Did

• Using yesterday's text and alike-but-different graphic organizer, developed a five-sentence, one-paragraph essay comparing Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson

⚙️ Resources

• Comparison Essay: JFK and LBJ

Alike But Different: President Kennedy & President Johnson ↔️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze major domestic issues in the post-World War II era and the policies designed to meet the challenges...
• Focusing on causes, programs, and impacts, compare and contrast President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives, President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs, and President Ronald Reagan’s market-based domestic policies

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the domestic policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
• Complete a graphic organizer, identifying three similarities and three differences between the presidents

⚙️ Resources

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Domestic Affairs (Text #1)
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Domestic Affairs (Text #2)
• Alike But Different: JFK and LBJ (Graphic organizer)