Week of May 9th - 13th

Advanced American History

Monday - Senate memo research
Tuesday - Tactics in Vietnam / Primary Sources.  Read Ch. 20.3
Wednesday - (sub) 1968 with Tom Brokaw
Thursday - Discussion - 1968  Assignment:  Nixon and Vietnamization
Friday -- Senate Briefings

1968 Democratic Convention image courtesy smithsonianmag.org

American Studies

Monday -  Ch. 20.2 Questions
Tuesday - Primary Source Readings
Wednesday - (sub) 1968 with Tom Brokaw
Thursday - Vietnam Quiz #1 / Text 20.3 (4,5,6)
Friday - Begin Memo Project

Great Issues

Monday - Wednesday - China Research/ Afghanistan Options
Thursday -- China Discussion / "Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei
Friday -- Topic discussion

Week of May 2nd - 6th

Advanced American History

Monday -- Read A Different Kind of War and text pages 644-48.
Tuesday --  Combined classes in the auditorium to view Letters Home from Vietnam
Wednesday -- Notes/Class discussion -- How does the US get involved in Vietnam?
Thursday -- Primary Sources analysis - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, LBJ tapes, Senate Testimony
Friday -- Vietnam War Quiz #1

Above: A slightly inaccurate news clipping from the Onion

American Studies

Monday -- Civil Rights Exam
Tuesday -- Intro to the Vietnam War
Wednesday/Thursday -- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Friday -- Notes/Discussion -- How does the US get involved in Vietnam?


Great Issues

Monday -- Discussion- Terrorism
Tuesday/Wednesday -- PBS Frontline : Obama's War
Thursday/Friday -- Choices Program -- US Options in Afghanistan