Carter's American II

You have ALMOST made it! This week we will be reviewing the material we have covered throughout the semester to prepare you for your exam. Exam Dates Monday, June 6:  First Block Regular Administration:  Lowe's Room Modified Administration:  Carter's Room Tuesday, June 7:  Second Block Regular Administration:  Carter's Room Modified Administration:  McSwain's Room Test Composition 38 Multiple Choice Questions + 2 Critical Response Questions = 40 Questions Total Bull Pride Tuesday, May 30:  Second Block Wednesday, May 31:  First Block Here are several resources: YOU have made your vocabulary notebook, so use it!!!  These were meant to be a review from everything we have covered all semester.  Look over it to refresh your memory of the people, places and things we learned about. By clicking on the Tests/Quizzes tab, you will be able to open a daily quiz of MC questions to help you review and practice your t...

There will be NO Vocabulary Words this week!!  Or next week!! Or the next!!!....you are most welcome! :) Monday, May 22 Daily Question:  Watch the Kid President video above.  What can you do to make history? 9.4 Bush, Clinton and the 90s Google Slide Guided Notes Tuesday, May 23   No Daily Question 8:30 Senior Parade 8:30-9:30 Senior Assembly (First block will attend until Mrs. Carter has announced scholarships.) 9:30-10:30 Yearbook Dedication (After yearbook dedication, students will be given until 10:30 to look at yearbooks.) Wednesday, May 24 Daily Question: 9.5 21st Century Google Slide Guided Notes Thursday, May 25 Daily Question: Test Review and Wrap Up Friday, May 26 Daily Question:  Unit 9 Assessment Review Games Kahoot Quizizz

Week 16: Closing of the Cold War     Quizlet New Federalism Stagflation OPEC Detente Watergate Committee to Reelect the President Camp David Accords EPA Reaganomics AIDS Glasnost NAFTA Perestroika Monday, May 15 Daily Question:  What were Nixon's goals for Vietnam? Forrest Gump Finish Movie and Viewing Guide Tuesday, May 16 Daily Question: Rate this movie 1-5 and write a review. Forrest Gump: Finish movie and viewing guide.   Complete any missing work. Wednesday, May 17 9.1 The Nixon Presidency Daily Question:  What is a summer plan that you could have to help you be better prepared for next year? Google Slides Guided Notes Thursday, May 18 9.2 The Ford and Carter Years Daily Question: What might have happened if Nixon had not resigned? Google Slides Guided Notes Friday, May 19 9.3 Reagan and the 80s  Daily Question:  How influential do you think the Camp David Accords have been? ...

Week 15 Vocabulary     Quizlet Credibility Gap Draft Doves Hawks New Left TET Offensive Pentagon Papers War Powers Act Counterculture Woodstock Monday, May 8 CNN 10 Vocabulary: Define words. 8.1 The Vietnam Year Part 1:  Moving Toward Conflict Google Slides Guided Notes Vietnam in HD Episode One Tuesday, May 9 CNN 10 Vocabulary:  Write sentences. 8.2 The Vietnam War Part II:  US Involvement and Escalation Google Slides Guided Notes Newsela Article Vietnam in HD Episode Two Wednesday, May 10 CNN 10 8.3 The Vietnam War Part III Google Slides Guided Notes Vietnam in HD Episode Five:  A Changing War (1969-1970) Thursday, May 11 CNN 10 8.4 The Counter Culture Movement Google Slides Guided Notes   Vietnam in HD Episode Six:  Peace with Honor (1970-1975) Friday, May 12 CNN 10 Unit 8 Assessment:  Vietnam Forrest Gump Movie  Viewing Guide

Week 14: Civil Rights and Vietnam Quizlet De Facto Segregation De Jure Segregation Malcom X Black Panthers Domino Theory Tonkin Gulf Resolution Vietcong Napalm Agent Orange Monday, May 1 Vocabulary: Define your words. Daily Question:  What has surprised you about the movie so far? Complete Selma and Viewing Guide Tuesday, May 2 Vocabulary:  Write sentences. Daily Question:  Rate this movie and write a review. 7.6 Challenges and Changes Guided Notes Google Slide Wednesday, May 3 Vocabulary: Draw your pictures. Daily Question:  Write a paragraph to reflect on the civil rights movement. Unit 7 Assessment *ALL LATE WORK IS DUE!!* Thursday, May 4 Vocabulary:  Complete the entire notebook.  Daily Question:  How AND why do you think you did better on this test? 8.1 Vietnam Years Part 1 Guided Notes Google Slide Friday, May 5 Vocabulary;  Turn in notebook. Daily Question:  What c...

Week 13: Changes at Home Quizlet New Frontier Warren Commission Great Society Brown v. Board of Education Mapp v. Ohio Gideon v. Wainwright Rosa Parks Martin Luther King, Jr.  Southern Christian Leadership Conference Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Rider Civil Rights Act of 1964 Monday, April 24 Vocabulary:  Complete your definitions. Daily Question:  What do you already know about John F. Kennedy? 7.1 The New Frontier and a Tragic Ending Guided Notes Google Slide Tuesday, April 25 Vocabulary:  Write your sentences Daily Question:  What is the New Frontier?  (Tell me three things about it.) 7.2 LBJ's Great Society Guided Notes Google Slides Wednesday, April 26 Vocabulary:  Draw your pictures. Daily Question:  How did LBJ address social injustice with the Great Society? 7.3 Civil Rights Movement Begins Guided Notes Google Slides Thursday, April 27 Vocabulary:  Make su...

This week, we will be further discussing the Cold War and life in America.  Please attempt to stay focused.  I know it is difficult in the anticipation of Spring Break, but let's make the days we are here matter! Week 12: The Cold War Heats Up Quizlet Brinkmanship CIA Warsaw Pact Eisenhower Doctrine Baby Boom Beat Movement Rock 'n' Roll Termination Policy Limited Test Ban Treaty Flexible Response Monday, April 10 6.4 The Cold War Heats Up Vocabulary: Complete your definitions. Daily Question:  What was Truman's domestic legacy? Google Slides Guided Notes Tuesday, April 11 6.5 50s Life and Culture Vocabulary: Complete your sentences. Daily Question:   How could U2 have gone differently? Google Slides Guided Notes Wednesday, April 12 6.6 Kennedy and the Cold War Vocabulary: Draw your pictures Daily Question:  Why do you think the idea of a "teenager" occurred during the 1950s? Google Slides Gui...

This week we will begin by watching a movie about the first African American pilots in the United States military and the battles they fought within the military to gain respect and earn their place in American history.  Although you are completing a viewing guide while watching the movie, I ask that you also pay attention to the actual movie.   We will then begin discussing the Cold War and what America looked like directly following World War II.  At the end of the war, America was firmly established as a world power.  We will look at what that truly mean on such a grand stage. Week 11: The Cold War Begins Quizlet   JOIN CLASS Containment Truman Doctrine Satellite nation Iron Curtain NATO Marshall Plan Korean War Blacklist Ethel and Julius Rosenberg McCarthyism Dixiecrat Consumerism Monday, April 3 Daily Question:  How could you have done better in Q3? What are your goals in Q4? Vocabulary:  Complete your definitions The ...

This week we will be looking at the end of World War II, and its effects on the world as a whole.  You will have a test on material from Unit 5 on Friday. Week 10: World War II (2)     Quizlet Neville Chamberlain Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Final Solution Genocide D Day VE Day Nuremberg Trials Yalta Conference United Nations Potsdam Conference  Monday, March 27 5.3 War and the Holocaust Notes Vocabulary: Write Definitions Daily Question:  What measures did America take against the Axis powers before officially declaring war? Tuesday, March 28 The World Wars finish Episode One Viewing Guide 5.4 Forward to Victory Notes Vocabulary:  Write Sentences Daily Question:  What were the steps of the Final Solution? Wednesday, March 29 The World Wars Video Viewing Guide Vocabulary: Draw Pictures Daily Question:  Where did these men fight? Lt. Col. Doolittle, Rommel, Eisenhow...

This week we will wrap up our discussion of the Interwar Years and begin World War II.   Your assessment for Unit 4 will be on Tuesday .  To combat cheating on assessment questions, I have not shared any google slides this week.  This will take away the need for anyone to be on their Chromebooks beyond Vocabulary Notebooks. Week 9: World War II (1)   Quizlet Benito Mussolini * Adolf Hitler * Joseph Stalin * Hideki Tojo * Fascism Axis Powers Nazism Appeasement Blitzkrieg Battle of Britain Manhattan Project Holocaust Nonaggression Pact Kristallnacht Atlantic Charter Rationing *You do not have to create a vocabulary card for each of these important people during the war, BUT you do need to know who they are. Monday, March 20 4.5 The Second New Deal Vocabulary: Complete Definitions Daily Question:  What was FDR's purpose for creating the New Deal? Tuesday, March 21 Unit 4 Assessment Kahoot Vocabulary: Complete Sentences Daily Que...

Week 8: The Interwar Years  Quizlet Communism Red Scare Sacco and Vanzetti Kellogg Briand Pact Teapot Dome Scandal Assembly Line Flappers Speakeasies Harlem Renaissance Talkes Speculation Black Tuesday Dust Bowl Hoovervilles Bonus Army New Deal Monday, March 13 4.1 Post War Issues and a Return to Normalcy Google Slides Notes Daily Question:  What was the purpose of WWI? Vocabulary:  Complete Definitions Tuesday, March 14 4.2 The Roaring Twenties Google Slides Notes Daily Question: How did American fear of the spread of Communism impact society? Vocabulary: Complete Sentences Wednesday, March 15 American Experience: The Dust Bowl :  While watching this, take notes on what the Dust Bowl was all about.  This will be turned in for a quiz grade.  (IF YOU ARE ABSENT TODAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLETE THIS.) Daily Question:  How did the Harlem Renaissance raise awareness of issues affecting Africa...

This week, we will wrap up our studies of World War I and America's involvement therein. You are out of school on Friday, so pace yourself accordingly with the vocabulary notebook and additional assignments. Week Seven: The Great War (Part 2) Quizlet Schlieffen Plan Zimmerman Note German U Boat Propaganda Espionage and Sedition Acts Great Migration Fourteen Points League of nations Reparation Treaty of Versailles Monday, March 6 Complete 3.4 World War One Complete World War One Google Slide (Slides 14-22) Sensory Figure of WWI Soldier Vocabulary:  Define words Daily Question:  List the four long term causes of World War I. Tuesday, March 7 3.5 American Power Tips the Scale Google Slide and Assessment Questions Notes Vocabulary:  Write Sentences Daily Question: Why did the US join the Allied forces in WWI? Wednesday, March 8 3.6 Fourteen Points and Treaty of Versailles Google Slide Fourteen Points Article Notes Voca...

This week, we will lead up to and discuss World War I from an American perspective.  This is often called "The Great War."  During this time, we will discuss imperialism and the growth of American influence around the world, the Spanish American War, how America grew into a world power, and the Great War itself.  Please focus on your vocabulary notebook and make sure it is completed by Friday.  Utilize your time and make sure you are meeting all of your expectations in class. Week 6: The Great War Vocabulary ( Quizlet ) Allies Armistice Central Powers Dollar Diplomacy Militarism Nationalism No Man's Land Panama Canal Queen Liliuokalani Roosevelt Corollary Selective Service Act Trench Warfare Monday, February 27 3.1 Imperialism and Territorial Gain Google Slide Notes Daily Question:  Name two things you learned from "Far and Away". Vocabulary:  Complete your definitions today. Tuesday, February 28 3.2 The Spanish Amer...

Week 5: Progressivism and Imperialism Vocabulary:   Quizlet Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Federal Reserves Systems 19th Amendment Imperialism Yellow Journalism USS Maine Rough Riders San Juan Hill Treaty of Paris Monday (2.20) President's Day Today we will watch "Mount Rushmore" to see how one of the greatest monuments to honor democracy was created.  While you watch, write down twenty facts about how the monument was made.  This grade will replace your lowest classwork grade. Vocabulary:  Definitions Daily Question:  No Daily Question Tuesday (2.21)   Video Explanation and Introduction CNN10 2.6 Wilson's New Freedom (Oh my geez! I can't do anything without people bothering me...even at HOME!) Part One Video Part Two Video Vocabulary: Sentences Daily Question:  How was Woodrow Wilson able to beat Theodore Roosevelt in the election of 1912? Wednesday (2.22) Video Explanation and Int...

Week Four Vocabulary  Quizlet 16 Amendment 17th Amendment 18th Amendment Conservation Grandfather Clause NAACP Progressive Movement Social Gospel Square Deal Suffrage Trust Busting Monday, February 13 2.1 Segregation and Discrimination Vocabulary: Complete Definitions Tuesday, February 14 2.2 Origins of the Progressive Movement Vocabulary:  Complete Sentences Wednesday, February 15 2.3 Progressive Reforms in Action Vocabulary: Complete Pictures Thursday, February 16 2.4 Theodore Roosevelt and Progressivism Vocabulary: Complete and Study Friday, February 17 2.5 Taft, Progressivism and Election of 1912 Vocabulary: Turn in notebooks and quiz Daily Questions are due

This week, we will be wrapping up our discussions on the Gilded Age.  This week will include a look at immigration at the turn of the last century, wrapping up to test your knowledge, and watching a movie whose book was written based upon the events of the time. Week Three Vocab Angel Island Chinese Exclusion Act Civil Rights Act of 1875 Ellis Island Gilded Age "Melting Pot" Nativism Urbanization Vigilante Monday (2.6) Write vocabulary definitions. 1.6 Immigration and Urbanization Ellis Island Journal Article Tuesday (2.7) Write vocabulary sentences 1.7 The Gilded Age Wednesday (2.8) Draw vocabulary pictures Unit One: The Gilded Age Assessment The Wizard of Oz as a Gilded Metaphor Thursday (2.9) Study vocabulary cards The Wizard of Oz Friday (2.10) Vocab Due Daily Questions Due The Wizard of Oz

This week we will begin looking at the political, social and economic changes that were occurring during the turn of the century. Week Two Vocabulary: The Gilded Age The Grange Bimetallism Gold Standard Farmer's Alliance Sherman Antitrust Act American Federation fo Labor Vertical Integration Horizontal Integration Populism Sweatshop Monopoly Bessemer Process Monday, Jan. 30 1.2 Populism Unites Farmers Tuesday, Jan. 31 1st Block:  Workkeys Introduction and completed 1.2 Populism Unites Farmers 2nd Block:  Complete 1.2 Populism Unites Farmers Wednesday, Feb. 1 1.3 Industry and Railroads Boom Thursday, Feb. 2 1.4 The Growth of Big Business Weekly News Article Due Friday, Feb. 3 1.5 Labor Unions Emerge Daily Questions Due Vocabulary Notebooks Due