Ms. Cox's Classes

Daily log for Ms. Cox's social studies classes.

Friday, April 28, 2017

US History:
1. Due at block: "1968: A Year of Crises."  Use outline Cornell or outline format.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Work on chapter 29. Chart, IDs and fill-ins.
2. Don't forget to bring your SAQ to class on Monday.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

US History:
1. Due at block next week: "1968: Year of Crises." Use either Cornell or outline form, but be sure to leave plenty of white space for additional notes.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Cold War review sheets.
2. On to Chapter 29 tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

US History:
1. Due Thursday: Answers to the questions on "The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1964." Be sure to answer the questions on the half-sheet (not the ones at the end of the reading).

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Bring your typed DBQ to class (please print before the bell!).  Fold the paper down over your name and staple it. We will share!
2. Work on the CW review sheets.
3. What caused the Cold War??  What evidence can you introduce to show that the US/Western nations caused it? What evidence tends to support the position that the USSR was responsible?

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

US History:
1. Vietnam vocabulary quiz at block!
2. Your letter to President Truman, advising him what policy to follow in Vietnam, is due at block. Typed, double-spaced, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Bring your typed DBQ to class on Thursday.
2. Work on the CW review sheets!  We'll be out of this unit in a day or two.




Monday, April 24, 2017

US History:
1. Due at block: your letter to President Truman telling him what policy you think he should follow in Vietnam.
2. Vietnam vocabulary quiz at block.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Due at block: Chapter 28 SG.
2. Work on the Cold War review sheets.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

APEH:

Here is a link for the Chapter 28 SG:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6ekhRejRjd3FsY0U/view?usp=sharing

Review Questions: 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18, 21

IDs: Non-Aligned Movement, Managerial Class, COMECON, Bretton Woods, Willy Brandt, Imre Nagy


US History:
1. Your policy recommendation to President Truman is due at block. It should begin with a topic statement that clearly states your recommendation about US policy in Indochina. Support your position with facts and arguments drawn from the two sources you were given in class (T-Chart).
Typed, double-spaced, 11 or 12 pt font, approximately 250 words.
2. Vietnam vocabulary quiz at block.

EL World History:
No homework.

Friday, April 14, 2017

US History: 
1. Due at block after break: Letter to President Truman, advising him what foreign policy to follow in Vietnam. Your letter will be based on the arguments you entered on your T-chart.
2. You will be taking a vocabulary quiz at block...study the terms on the half-sheet you received in class.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Work on the Chapter 28 SG!

Thursday, April 13, 2017

APEH:

Here is the Stalin lecture:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6dHloTG9nSEVmTlE/view?usp=sharing

Start working on Chapter 28!

US History:
1. If you were not in class during block period this week, you need to see me right away to hand in a binder packet for the Cold War.
2. We have started a new unit: The Vietnam War.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish your web diagram about "The Ideas of Marx and Lenin," you will have a few minutes to finish it in class on Friday.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

US History:
1. If you missed block period, see me immediately to hand in the binder packet.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish the notes on the Marx/Lenin reading, have them ready for a stamp on Thursday.

APEH:
1. If you have any items missing from the gradebook, plan to work on those items during the break.
2. This is a good time to pick up a review book for the AP exam and start working your way through the topics and the practice tests.
3. You will be reading Chapter

Monday, April 10, 2017

APEH:

More Interwar PPt Presentations: 
(Previous presentations have already been posted - Check the blog for earlier postings by scrolling down through the entries.)

Historical/Intellectual Context for Nazism:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6cEQ0bUJXdV81bmM/view?usp=sharing

Mussolini (Trinkner)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6bU90UkZrWUxKd3c/view?usp=sharing

Nazi Revolution (Trinkner)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6LVBOME43Z1ByLWM/view?usp=sharing

Stalin and the Revolution from Above
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6M1JOREpabFNJZGc/view?usp=sharing

Rise of Stalin (Trinkner)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6Y0Y4R3doeGp4WlE/view?usp=sharing

Weimar Republic
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6WHhDTkxzT2FWM2s/view?usp=sharing

Continue working on Chapter 27.  I strongly suggest that you review the PowerPoint that summarizes Chapter 26, and review your own notes on Chapter 26. Scroll down for links.

US History:
No homework.

EL World History:
No homework.

Sunday, April 09, 2017

APEH:

Click on this link for a nice presentation on Chapter 26!

https://www.slideshare.net/beachta/uncertainty-in-modern-thought-1918-1939?utm_source=slideshow02&utm_medium=ssemail&utm_campaign=share_slideshow_loggedout

Let me know if this doesn't work.

Saturday, April 08, 2017

APEH:

Here are a couple of PowerPoint presentations...

Overview of the 20s and 30s:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6bW9GbEJfdWdDYnM/view?usp=sharing

Search for Peace and Stability in Europe:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6TTNMSDVfcG5IMW8/view?usp=sharing

Work on Chapter 27!  Think about Nazi ideology -  how did it represent an outgrowth of ideas that had been developing over many years and how was it new? (Continuity and Change!)

Wednesday, April 05, 2017

US History:
1. If you missed the quiz at block ("Cold War Begins" and "Cold War Deepens"), see me right away to arrange a makeup.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. The first section of your Chapter 26 SG is due on Thursday.

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

US History:
No homework.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. First part of the Chapter 26 SG is due at block.

Monday, April 03, 2017

APEH:

Lecture on the 20s and 30s:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1CwP6rmn-s6bW9GbEJfdWdDYnM/view?usp=sharing

1. POV assignment is due at block.
2. First part of the Chapter 26 SG is due Thursday.

US History:
1. Open-note quiz at block: "Cold War Begins" and "Cold War Deepens."

EL World History:
No Homework.