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Popular shows from the 50′s- Consider how they idealize the 50s- how families related to each other- what was the neighborhood like- what they wore- how they behaved- what they are trying to suggest is important- who is there and featured and what topics are discussed by the characters and who is not there, not featured, and what topics are not discussed by the characters (knowing what you know about the 1950s); Father Knows Best (full episode); The Andy Griffith Show (full episode); Leave it to Beaver (clip); I Love Lucy (clip); Dennis the Menace (clip); Ozzy and Harriet (clip);

Pleasantville Film Analysis

The Day the Earth and Invasion of the Body

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Ch 21 The Cold War

April 11th, 2012 by Patterson

Study Guide 2011

Yalta; Truman doctorine; CUBA; Marshall Plan; Readings on Cold War from flowofhistory; Everything you wanted to know about the space race; The 1950s from HistoryChannel (21 videos, 8 speeches, 4 photo gallaries); Marshall Plan Speech

Duck and Cover and the modern version today from DHS

PBS Red Files; The Cold War in Connecticut

The Cold War 1946-1990; The Korean War Quick Overview

Billy Joel We Didn’t Start the Fire

Strange Fruit

Senator Joseph McCarthy Either watch the following short 11 minute film on by clicking the hyperlink or read 668-674 in your textbook and then answer: What were McCarthy’s concerns; What is right and or wrong with his approach to those concerns? Answer these questions in your notebook and be ready to show me tomorrow. McCarthy discussion points Red Scare Info Video The far reaching effects of McCarthy- HUAC Disney as he testified before HUAC. Army-McCarthy Hearings- “No Scense of Decency“ Clip from the foaming at the mouth anti-communist propaganda film The Red Menace (1949) Armed Forces PSA- How to Spot a Communist

Area 51 book by Annie Jacabson

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Ch 18-19 Rise of Fascism and WWII

March 30th, 2012 by Patterson

Fascism: Readings on the Rise of Fascism. Click the following Photostory and take notes to define Fascism, Hitler, Hirohito, and Japan in Manchuria. WWIIFascism. Twentieth Century Monsters Questions to accompany reading

Isolationist sentiments

Short History of WWII

Japanese Internment; Click the link to go to the website on Japanese Internment. Complete the questions watching the short videos. From inside school, view them as a quicktime. After you complete the questions, hand them in and view the short 10 minute documentary on Japanese Internment. This is just a supplement and does not require any notes or questions to be completed. Other sources of information on this topic are found here. Japanese Internment PPT, Japanese Internment Overview Notes, Japanese Relocation camps map

Speech by FDR after attack on Pearl Harbor: Click the following link from History Matters to listen to the radio broadcast of FDR’s speech from 1941. Follow along with your document and be sure to understand the vocabulary used. If the audio does not work, read the document. Then answer the following questions; (1) Why does FDR say that Japan deceived the United States? (2) Why do you think FDR mentioned all the places Japan had recently attacked in the Pacific?

Women and Minority Participation in WWII Videos;

Links and Sites

D Day Invasion Video, INterActive European and Asian Campaign History; All About December 7; National Geographics Remembering Pearl Harbor InterActive Site, IwoJima INterActive Site, Normandy- D-Day Invasion D Day Minus 1 Film @26 minutes; Victory at Sea @26 minutes; General Patton General G.S. Patton @26 minutes; Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge @26 minutes; Air Army invades Germany 7 minutes and Nazis Defeated 2-3 Minutes

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WWII Podcasts

March 29th, 2012 by Patterson

Click Project Requirements to see the worksheets for the project. Click each podcast to listen. Also, be sure to check out the other outstanding podcasts in my other US courses.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Role in WWII

Lebensborn Movement

FDR’s Claims of Defense for Pearl Harbor

Women of WWII and the WASPS

Food and Japanese Internment

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Ch 18 The New Deal

February 22nd, 2012 by Patterson

Study Guide for Chapter 18 2012

Click the link to listen to the Presidential podcast from MIT. Presidents and the Economy and Elections. Comment: Was this interesting or not?

Listen and follow along to Roosevelt’s Inaugural Speech found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm3Bntsp2ck. When finished, answer the following questions: What kind of leader is Franklin Roosevelt saying he will be? Roosevelt thanked God the nation’s difficulties concerned only “material things.” Why might he suggest that “material things” are less important than other things? What other, more important things, might there be?

First and Second New Deal Programs Assignment - New Deal PPT project[1]. New Deal Program Notes (for class) New Deal Program notes sheet. Multi media sources for 100 days

Republican Response- If you were a Republican from 1933-1938 (during the first 100 days), what would be your criticisms of the programs as a whole? What would be your criticism of Roosevelt or the government under Roosevelt’s direction? This does not require any sources but picking on certain programs for support will help.

Opponents of the New Deal ranged from wealthy industrialists to Senators. Henry Ford; Norman Mattoon Thomas; Upton Sinclair; Dr. Francis Townsend; and Father Charles Coughlin were among FDRs most vocal. Who was each individual and what did they have to say about the New Deal, FDR, and the direction the country was moving in during the 1930s? Each suggested an alternative to FDR’s New Deal, what was it? Answer these questions by completion of this project- Opposition to the New Deal project 2012 Class notes sheets for presentationsOpposition to New Deal Note taking 2012 and a list of online sources for each opposition individual are found here-

n 2009, author Jonathon Alter, who wrote “The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope.” spoke with reporter Guy Raz about FDR and Obama. Take a listen, tell me what you think about the interview, and explain if its even fair to compare Obama to FDR? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114376732

Huey Long Ev’ry Man a King- Click the link to Biography In Context Database article on Huey Long and listen to the bio. Then analyze his song and comment: What is inspiring about the title of the poem if you were alive in the 30s? Why would people choose him over Roosevelt as President? Click the link to listen and read along: Ev’ry Man a King PBS Ken Burns- Huey Long (2 Day) Huey Long PBS Video Questions

New Deal Art Analysis and Notes New Deal Art Analysis Notes

Fear the Boom and the Bust (Economist Hayek versus Keynes) Music Video

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