Friday February 27, 2015

-Examine the rise of the suburbs and the growth of the interstate highway system
-Explain the causes and effects of prosperity in the 1950's on consumers
-Discuss postwar changes in family life

1.  Click HERE to get Notes #2
* Make a copy and put in Ch 22 folder
2.  Work on Vocab when finished

Thursday February 26, 2014

1.  Finish notes #1 over 1950's
2.  Working on Ch 22 Vocab
3.  Click HERE to submit Ch 22 Vocab

Wednesday February 25, 2015

Objectives:

-Describe how the U.S. made the transformation to a booming peacetime economy

-Discuss the growth of the Sunbelt and the effects of migration

-Describe changes in the U.S. economy in the postwar period

-Discuss the accomplishments and leadership qualities of Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower

1.  Make a Ch. 22 folder if you have not done so

- Name in Life in the 1950s

2.  Click HERE for Notes #1

3.  Chapter 22 Vocab will be due next Thursday

- HERE are vocab words if you didn't put them in your folder

Friday February 20, 2015

1.  You will be taking the Cold War Essay test.  I will share it with you shortly.
* please make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder

ESSAY TEST

2.  Click HERE to submit your Test

3.  You will work on the vocabulary words for our next chapter ( Life in the 1950's).  You may use your books to complete the vocab words.

VOCAB WORDS
* create a new folder: Ch 22- Life in the 1950's
* file and make a copy of vocab words

Wednesday February 18, 2015

1.  Click HERE to take Chapter 21 vocabulary test
* you may use your vocabulary on the test

2.  Click HERE to submit the test

3.  Click HERE to get chapter 21 review

4.  We will take Chapter 21 Test tomorrow

Tuesday February 17, 2015

1.  Please login to your skyward account and take a quiz over the Cold War.

2.  Please finish the worksheet over Alger Hiss and submit it from yesterdays blog.

3.  Please click HERE to get a reading about Joseph McCarthy

4.  Please Click HERE to get the worksheet to fill out while reading.

Monday February 16, 2015

1.  Please open notes # 3.... We will finish those up today

2.  Please click HERE to get a reading article over Alger Hiss.

3.  Click HERE to get a worksheet over your reading.

4.  Click HERE to submit your assignment

Friday February 13, 2015

1.  You will need a book and a chrome book today
2.  Go to Notes #3 on your chrome book (if you were absent or didnt save it you will need to go to yesterday's blog and save.
3.  You will read pgs 668-674 in your books and fill out the notes accordingly.
4.  If you finish, go to skyward and work on missing assignments you have ( a lot of you have 0's)
5.  Plug chrome books back in and put books back up when class ends.

* I will be checking these on Monday and if you do you not have them complete you will be in trouble!

* Be on your best behavior for the sub, or face the wrath of Swenson Monday when I return.

* Have a great weekend

Thursday February 12, 2015

-Describe the efforts of President Truman and the House Un-American Activities Committee to fight communism at home
-Explain how domestic spy cases intensified fears of communist influence in the U.S. government
-Analyze the rise and fall of Senator Joseph McCarty and the methods of McCarthyism

Key Terms:  Red Scare, House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood Ten, Blacklist, Alger Hiss,
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Venona Papers, McCarthyism

1.  Please click HERE to get Notes #3
-make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder
- you will need to add to your notes as we go through

Wednesday February 11, 2015

1.  Finish writing your explanation of the Korean War using all the terms that are on the board.
* please highlight the terms in your paragraphs

2.  Click HERE to submit the essay

3.  You are to take a quiz over Notes 1 and 2.  Click HERE to take the quiz
*make a copy and put in your folder

4.  Click HERE to submit your quiz.

Monday February 9, 2015

1.  Please finish your interactive activity
- If your were absent Friday- go to Fridays blog to get it

2.  Click HERE to submit your assignment.

3.  Korean War- please click HERE to get Notes #2
- make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder

Objectives:
-Explain how Mao Zedong and the communist gained power in China
-Describe the causes and the reasons for U.S. involvement in the Korean War
-Identify the long-term effects and outcomes of the Korean War

Key Terms:
Jiang Jieshi
Mao Zedong
38th Parallel
Douglas MacArthur
limited War

Friday February 6, 2014

1.  We will finish Notes #1
- click HERE to get the rest of notes 1

2.  Click HERE to get your assignment over
click HERE to get the Worksheet

3.  Click HERE to submit your assignment

Thursday February 5, 2014

1.  Please Click HERE to get notes #1
- make a copy and put in your ch 21 Folder

2.  We will be discussing the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that led to a 46 year cold war

Monday February 2, 2015

1.  In your U.S. History folder, CREATE a new folder titled Chapter 21- The Cold War

2.  Click HERE to get chapter 21 vocabulary.
-make a copy and put in Ch 21 folder
- use your book to define the vocabulary words.
- please put your book back in the cabinet when finished.

3.  If you finish your vocab words, please read Chapter 21 Section 1 in your books quietly.

4.  Be on your best behavior, you do not want to be on the list the sub leaves me.