Obama 2004 Speech assignment

Text and audio of 2004 speech



After reading or listening to the speech, answer the following questions:

• Why did Obama tell the American people about his family?
• What were the most important things he shared about his family?
• Why did Obama refer to the Declaration of Independence?
• What did Obama say about race in this speech?
• Based on this speech, how would you describe Obama's vision for America?
• What political ideals did he talk about?
• What did you learn about Obama from listening to and/or reading this speech?

Assignment for June 9, 2014

I am sorry I am out - I have pneumonia and need another day to get my cough under control.  When I get back we are going to start looking at the Elections of 2004 and 2008, so if you could look up information on both elections and get some background so we can get started.

Regarding the final...you will have an essay question about the Iraq War.  You can have a notecard with information about the Iraq War.  So if you want to get info together on that go ahead.  I will also probably do something on the Election of 2008 but we will talk about that when I get back.

You will also have a document packet on The Patriot Act with  documents for and against it and you will have to answer questions about it, then determine whether or not it is ok for the government to infringe on our liberties for safety.

Ford- Carter-Reagan Notes

Reagan Presentation

Ford and Carter Notes

War Protest Project

Tuesday Night Homework

LBJ Reading

annotate/take notes on this reading.

Monday 4/28 Class work

Group Work Keywords

Monday night Homework

3-2-1 or traditional notes on this edu-portal video

Cold War Kennedy

Homework for over the weekend

321 or traditional notes for the eduportal video below

Cold War 1950's

Do Not Forget...Citations for Project!!!

Do not forget your citation page for project - it needs to be PRINTED out!


 There is a blog post with 2 links for Chicago Style citations.

Citation Link Chicago Style

Chicago Style

Purdue Writing Lab Chicago Style Page

Use Chicago style for citations for your project.  If you have any questions please see me!! This will be the citation style you use for this course.

Tuesday Class Group Work

MLK jr. Excerpts

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

I have a Dream

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Think about what we have learned about Martin Luther King jr. so far.

Refer back to the different documents of King's that we have studied, and pick out some specific parts of them that you and your group think best illustrates the ideal that King was working towards and speaking about.

Each person in the group should quickly pick out the one quote that they personally think best exemplifies King's goal for the nation.

Once each group member has chosen their quote, discuss each quote, and decide on the one that the group thinks is the best representation of King's beliefs and goals.

Once you have chosen the one quote for the group, have someone from the group write it up on the board.

We will then as a class, choose the one quote we all think best represents the goals of King's civil rights movement.

Once we have picked out our quote, we will think about everything we know about king, positives and negative and we will decide what King's legacy is.

MLK Reading for Class April 7

MLK Acceptance Speech Nobel Peace Prize

Friday Night Homework

Watch the TV news for at least 10 minutes

Answer these questions while watching

What day and time were you watching the news?
What channel are you watching?
What news program?
What are the names of the reporter/reporters?
What was the main story that was being covered?
Did they show a photo or footage from the event?
What have you seen in the news broadcast that you can use in your project?

Executive Order 11246

Tuesday Night Homework

Find an example of a lawsuit relating to Affirmative Action that happened from 1994 or later.

Write out the basics about the case.
Who was involved?
What was being disputed?
Where was the case being argued?
What was the result?

Monday Night Homework

Download the Touch Cast app and play around with it.

Turn in Malcolm X Packets

Civil Rights Act 1964

Civil Rights Project

Monday Night Homework

Watch the video linked below and take notes. 3-2-1 or traditional notes are fine.

Civil Right early 1960's

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

read and take notes or annotate this document. We will be using it in class on monday.

Picture

Wednesday Night Homework

Write down one aspect of the civil rights movement you want to know more about.

Tuesday Night Homework

Watch this Eduportal video and take notes on it.

You can do a 3-2-1 format for your notes, or you can do another format of your choosing as long as you have visual proof of watching the video for class on monday.

1950's Civil Rights Video

Monday Night Homework

Emmett Till Murder Confession

Friday Night Homework

Write a paragraph reflecting on what you have seen in the Emmett Till Movie so far. How are race relations in the South? Is this fair? How do you feel about it? What happened to Emmett? Why did it happen? How do you feel about what happened to this boy?

Wednesday Night Homework 

Complete the attached review sheet. Please open it, Make a new copy, and save it. DO NOT CHANGE MY COPY!!

Review Sheet

Monday Night Homework

McCarthy Video

Watch the video above, it is of a senate debate in 1950. I know it is a bit hard to follow, but pay specific attention to Joseph McCarthy, The guy with the light jacket, and a balding head. He talks about Communism a lot.

What is he saying?
Why does this matter?
What do you as an American think of it?
What is he trying to do?

Take some notes on the video and answer the above questions for homework.

UN/Asia/Korean War Key Points

Wednesday Night Homework

Read the account of the start of the Korean War on page 817 of your textbook. Please keep in mind the 2 textbook accounts we read in class while you read. Write out at least 6 points comparing your textbook's account to the two textbook accounts you read in class. These points can point differences or similarities in facts, tone, order of events, or any thing else you noticed.

Tuesday Night Homework

Korean War

Just watch and take notes on this video 321 or standard notes are fine

Korea Telegram activity

UN/Asia Warm up

Monday Nights Homework-

3-2-1 on Korean separation and Japanese occupation

Quiz on Friday--- Cold War Origins Review

Hi Everyone!

 The quiz is on for tomorrow!! The information you covered can be found in your textbook on pages 808-814.  That covers Potsdam, Marshall Plan, iron curtain, etc.

Yalta can be found earlier on page 791.

Cold War Review Warm up

10 point warm up review, you don't need to answer in complete sentences

Cold War Warm Up

Group 1 Homework-

Read Pages 1-3 of the attached pdf and on a separate piece of paper, complete the worksheet on page 4 of the pdf.

group 1- read pages 1-3 and complete page 4

Group 2 Homework-

Read pages 5-8 of the attached pdf and on a separate piece of paper, complete the worksheet on page 9 of the pdf.

group 2- read pages 5-8 and complete page 9

Please write down any questions you have about your documents. We will go over this next class.

This is an Important 15 point homework assignment so please make sure you do your best!

World War II Propaganda Poster Assignment

Think about the list of activities and causes we made in class, Pick one to support. You may work with a partner on the poster.

For the outline: List how that cause or activity supported the war effort, pick a slogan for the cause, and describe a graphic for the poster. (no need to draw anything yet)

For the poster: You should use the outline you created to actually create a propaganda poster promoting your cause. You have a 45 minute class period to complete the poster, so plan accordingly.

Below is a link to some examples of the propaganda posters that the US government put out in this time period.

Link to several World War II US Propaganda posters

WWII Homefront Link….

Watch the WWII home front link and complete a 3--2-1 -- remember 3 things you learned, 2 really interesting things and 1 question you still have.

eduportal link

Link to Images Japan/US/Atomic Bomb for Assignment

images of US/Japan/Atomic Bomb

Midyear Exam - what it will look like

The Midyear exam will cover these topics as DBQs:

American Imperialism
(Chapter 18 in textbook, Open Door Policy, Panama Canal, Philippines, Guam, Spanish American War)


US Involvement in WWI
(reasons for joining the war)

Causes of the Great Depression

Remember for the DBQs-

There is no one right answer
The answer will be in the document
Back up your answer with evidence from the document


Section II will be about 11-12 political cartoons, maps, and charts.  There are 1-2 multiple choice questions on each one.  They cover Labor Unions - WWII.

WWII Jeopardy Link

WWII Jeoaprdy

World War II Starts - notes and videos

video link --
America- Isolationist to Interventionist

Notes-

Rise of Nazi PPT



German Aggression 1935-1941


America Enters the War

Overview of Topics for Midterm Exam

Attached is a list of what we have covered in US2 and what may appear on the midyear.  I will have more specifics for you as the week goes on.  Keep checking the blog and I will update.

Please see me if you have any questions or want extra help in preparing for the exam.  It will be mostly DBQs, a map and maybe some multiple choice.  

Thanks!


Overview of Topics