Classroom Update (5/2/25)

 

Friday, May 2, 2025

American Government

EQ-

~ In what ways should people participate in public affairs?

~ What factors influence voter behavior?

Topic: Voter and Voter Behavior

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question- Who are “nonvoting voters”?
• Current Events
• Assign: Ch. 7 Vocabulary and All Sections Reading WS
• Assignments: 
• Ch. 5-7 Questions - 5/6
• Ch. 5-7 Assessment - 5/6
• Am. Government Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government and Politics #39
• Campaign Finance Reform and the Citizens United Supreme Court Decision
• Interesting Article:
• Martin Van Buren Created America’s Partisan Political System. We’re Still Recovering
• How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics
• What the Long History of Mail-In Voting in the U.S. Reveals About the Election Process

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- Why did Nixon turn to a policy of Vietnamization?

- How did U.S. involvement and the Vietnam War come to an end?

Topic: The End of the War

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What was the impact of Vietnamization on the United States?
• Whiteboard Notes: Vietnam War's Effect on America
• Current Events
• Continue Inside the Vietnam War Video and Notes
• Assignments: 
• Module 16 Assessment - 5/6
• Vietnam War WebQuest - Due by 5/7 (located in Schoology)
• Map Reassessments - Now on your own time!
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• 1968: The Year That Changed America
• Supplemental Video:
• The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38
• Interesting Article:
• A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America
• Nixon Prolonged Vietnam War for Political Gain—And Johnson Knew About It, Newly Unclassified Tapes Suggest

World History

EQ-

- How did U.S. imperialism develop in the Pacific Islands?

- Why did caudillos face little opposition in nineteenth-century Latin America?

- How was the principle of the Roosevelt Corollary different from that of the Monroe Doctrine?

Topic: U.S. Imperialism

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What difficulties did lower-class Latin Americans continue to face after independence?
• Whiteboard Notes: Imperialism and Latin America Timeline
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Article Summary: It’s Pineapple Season - Due by Today
• Module 23 Part II Assessment - 5/5
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Great and Good Friends
• President James Monroe
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Monroe Doctrine -- A Brief Explanation
• Interesting Article:
• The Brief Period, 200 Years Ago, When American Politics Was Full of “Good Feelings”

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