AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Joyce

Social Studies Syllabus

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Jump to... Jump to... Mr. Joyce's Classes (blog) News forum Directions for accessing the "Visions" textbook on-line American Experience textbook MSNBC video CNN video news FOX video news CBS video news ABC video news Yahoo-Associated Press video news USA Today video news N.Y. Times video news TeacherTube N.Y. Times upfront Quiz and Exam study tips Constitutional Law cases U.S. Constitution Political Cartoons today Electoral College Best History Sites Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution (textbook) Historical films list 4th Amendment Homework: Notebook Terrorism Monday (white day) class -- September 8 Tuesday (blue day) class September 9 in-class #1: textbook (terrorism) Homework #1: Patriot Act John Brown's Holy War Wednesday (white day) class -- September 10 Thursday (blue day) class September 11 in-class #2 -- John Brown's Holy War (video study guide) Friday (white day) class -- September 12 Monday (blue day) class -- September 15 homework #2 (white day): John Brown and terrorism Homework #2 (blue day) -- John Brown and terrorism Tuesday (white day) class -- September 16 Tuesday (white day) honors class only -- September 16 in-class #3: John Brown (textbook) Wednesday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 17 Thursday (white day) class -- September 18 Thursday (white day) honors class only -- September 18 Friday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 19 Monday (white day) class -- September 22 PBS: The Murder of Emmett Till Reaction essay: The Murder of Emmett Till (video) Tuesday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 23 Rosa Parks and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement Wednesday (white day) college prep classes only (periods 2 and 3) -- September 24 Wednesday (white day) honors class only -- September 24 Thursday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 25 Friday (white day) college prep classes only (periods 2 and 3) -- September 26 Friday (white day) honors class only -- September 26 in-class study guide: Dred Scott case (do NOT turn in: use to complete homework journal #3) N.Y.Times upfront Monday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 29 homework #3: Dred Scott Tuesday (white day) honors class only -- September 30 McCain and Obama interviews -- "60 Minutes" -- CBS Tuesday (white day) college prep classes only (periods 2 and 3) -- September 30 in-class #4: 2008 Elections Dred Scott v Sandford 14th Amendment N.Y.Times: Election 2008 (article) Wednesday (blue day) October 1 in-class #5: Reconstruction in-class #6: The Rise of Segregation Thursday (white day) October 2 Friday (blue day) October 3 SIMPLE JUSTICE -- movie SIMPLE JUSTICE -- Social Science Evidence of Racism (film clip) Plessy v. Ferguson (segregation) homework #4: Plessy v. Ferguson Monday (white day) October 6 Tuesday (blue day) class October 7 Wednesday (white day) October 8 Thursday (blue day) October 9 Tuesday (white day) October 14 Wednesday (blue day) October 15 Plessy v. Ferguson: two different "readings" of the same language Brown v. Board of Education (segregation) in-class #7: Brown v. Board of Education in-class #8: Civil Rights Amendments review and BROWN and PLESSY review Thursday (white day) October 16 Friday (blue class) October 17 Monday (white day) October 20 in-class #9: The Civil Rights Movement Tuesday class (Blue day) -- Oct. 21 Wednesday (white day) October 22 in-class #10: Challenging Segregation Thursday (blue day) October 23 Friday (white day) October 24 Monday (blue day) October 27 Tuesday (white day) October 28 Wednesday (blue day) October 29 Thursday (white day) October 30 -- Exam day Friday (blue day) October 31 Exam day Monday (white day) November 3 in-class #11: Iraq (textbook) Wednesday (blue day) November 5 Thursday (white day) November 6 Friday (blue day) November 7 (RANKS CLOSE FOR THE 1ST QUARTER TODAY) Monday (white day) November 10 "Lost" and sovereignty in-class #12: Becoming a World Power Homework Journal #5: War on Terror Wednesday (blue day) November 12 Thursday (white day) November 13 Monday (white day) November 17 Sovereignty: definitions Tuesday (blue day) November 18 In-class #13: video "The Century: America's Time -- Seeds of Change" Wednesday (white classes) November 19 in-class #14: New American Diplomacy Thursday (blue day) November 20 Friday (white day) November 21 in-class #15: Propaganda in World War I Cartoon Propaganda World War I Monday (blue day) November 24 Tuesday (white day) November 25 HAPPY THANKSGIVING !! Monday (blue day) Dec. 1 in-class #16: The United States Enters World War I Reaction essay to ABC video "1914-1919: Shell Shock" Tuesday (white day) Dec. 2 #17: World War I: A Bloody Conflict Wednesday (blue day) Dec. 3 Thursday (white day) December 4 World War I simulation World War I Resource Friday (blue day) Dec. 5 Monday (white day) Dec. 8 in-class #18: World War II Tuesday (blue day) Dec. 9 Wednesday (white day) Dec. 10 Thursday (blue day) Dec. 11 Monday (blue day) Dec. 15 Tuesday (white day) Dec. 16 Wednesday (blue day) Dec. 17 in-class #19: World War II Begins Thursday (white day) Dec. 18 Friday (blue day) Dec,. 19 Monday (white day) January 5 Collective Security BLITZKRIEG website Tuesday (blue day) Jan. 6 Thursday (blue day) January 8 World War II strategies website World War II strategies outline Friday (white-3) Jan. 9 Types of Propaganda Propaganda: examples and history Propaganda: TRIUMPH OF THE WILL German boy soldier picture -Civil War boy soldiers Monday (blue day) January 12 in-class activity: Axis strategy in Europe and in the Pacific Tuesday white day) January 13 Wednesday (blue day) January 14 in-class #20: America Enters the War Thursday (white day) January 15 in-class #21: The Early Battles in-class #22: Pushing Back the Axis Homework Journal #6: Confessions of a Hitler Youth reaction essay Friday (blue day) January 16 Tuesday (white day) January 20 Wednesday (blue day) January 21 Thursday (white class) January 22 Friday (blue day) January 23 (last day of ranking period) Monday (white day) class Jan. 26 Tuesday (blue day) January 27 Thursday (blue day) January 29 in-class #23: The Holocaust Friday (white day) January 30 Monday (blue day) February 2 Tuesday (white day) February 3 Wednesday (blue day) February 4 History Project Thursday (white day) February 5 Friday (blue day) February 6 Monday (white day) February 9 Journal #7: The Bomb Journal #8: U.S. Strategy in the Pacific Tuesday (blue day) February 10 Wednesday (white day) February11 -- periods 2 & 4 Thursday (blue day) Feb.12 in-class #24: The War Ends Friday (white day) February 13 -- periods 2 & 3 National Geographic: Beyond the Movie (Pearl Harbor) HAVE A NICE VACATION !!! The Cold War Tuesday (white day) February 24 Wednesday (blue day) February 25 Revisionist history Thursday (white day) February 26 Tuesday (blue day) March 3 in-class #25: The Cold War Wednesday (white day) March 4 Thursday (blue day) March 5 Friday (white day) March 6 in-class #26: The Early Cold War Years Monday (blue day) March 9 Tuesday (white day) March 10 Causes of the Cold War N.Y. Times upfront: Cold War Wednesday (blue day) March 11 in-class #27: Cold War & American Society Thursday (white day) March 12 Political ideologies Declaration of Independence Communist Manifesto Fascism Monday (blue day) March 16 Tuesday (white day) March 17 NEWSREEL OF JFK'S "CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS" SPEECH OF 10/22/62 in-class #28: Eisenhower's Cold War Policies and JFK and the Cold War "THIRTEEN DAYS" -- The Cuban Missile Crisis The Missiles of October: The Cuban Missile Crsis John F. Kennedy Library: Cuban Missile Crisis Wednesday (blue day) March 18 Thursday (white day) March 19 Friday (blue day) March 20 Monday (white day) March 23 Tuesday (blue day) March 24 Wednesday (white day) March 25 in-class 29: The End of the Cold War Thursday (blue day) March 26 Friday (white day) March 27 Monday (blue day) March 30 Supply and Demand Chart Model of Supply and Demand How Recessions Work Tuesday (white day) March 31 Wednesday (blue day) April 1 gross domestic product 10 Winners in the Recession: U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT Thursday (white day) April 2 Friday (blue day) April 3 N.Y. Times: Echoes of 1933? Monday (white day) April 6 Tuesday (blue day) April 7 Wednesday (white day) April 8 Thursday (blue day) April 9 Friday (white day) April 10 in-class #30: Causes of the Great Depression Recessions in the last century Monday (blue day) April 13 Tuesday (white day) April 14 Wednesday (blue day) April 15 Thursday (white day) April 16 "A Revolutionary Recession" (study guide) Friday (blue day) April 17 ENJOY SPRING BREAK !!! Monday (white day) April 27 Tuesday (blue day) April 28 Wednesday (white day) April 29 Simpsons' Stock Market Crash Thursday (blue day) class April 30 Friday (white day) May 1 Tuesday (white day) May 5 John Steinbeck and The Depression (Youtube) Wednesday (blue day) May 6 Thursday (white day) May 7 Friday (blue day) May 8 Grapes of Wrath study guide Impact of the Stock Market Crash on Rural America free market system Socialism Monday (white day) May 11 Reaction drawing: "Grapes of Wrath" Reaction Essay to "The Grapes of Wrath" Great Depression website Recession.org The Great Recession Federal Reserve requirements Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday (blue day) May 12 Causes of the Great Depression List of New Deal Programs Successful and failed New Deal Programs America's Century (ABC video): Approaching the Apocalypse, 1970-1975 Wednesday (white day) May 13 Thursday (blue day) May 14 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Friday (white day) May 15 Monday (blue day) May 18 Tuesday (white day) May 19 Wednesday (blue day) May 20 Thursday (white day) class Friday (blue day) May 22 Tuesday (white day) May 26 Vietnam War -- Background Wednesday (blue day) May 27 in-class 31 -- The Vietnam War Thursday (white day) May 28 Friday (blue day) May 29 The "truth" about the Vietnam War: Historians A and B Monday (white day) June 1 Tuesday (blue day) June 2 Wednesday (white day) June 3 Thursday (blue day) June 4 Discrimination Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Women, Children and Adolescents 50s schools Die harte Schule der 50er Jahre ("The hard school of the 50s") Counterculture of the 1960s (website) Time Magazine archives site: "American Teens (website) Jail House Rock Woodstock festival (1969) -- Counterculture in Music Friday (white day) June 5 Monday (blue day) June 8 Watergate scandal website Watergate Story (Washington Post) Tuesday (white day) June 9 GRADUATION PREP !! Wednesday (blue day) June 10 Thursday (white day) June 11 Friday (blue day) June 12 Monday (white day) June 15 Tuesday (blue day) June 16 Wednesday (white day) June 17 Friday June 19 -- Final exam (blue-4 and white-2) Monday June 22 -- Final exam (white-3 and white-4) SUMMER !!!

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