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Week of 1st June 2010
Malcolm X - The Ballot or the Bullet? Past Due

Tue 6/1 COINTELPRO.
 HW - A Revolution of Values MLK jr. reading and response.

Wed 6/2 
Segregation by Income: Piedmont & Oakland due Thur 6/3


Thur 6/3 
Social Movements of the ^0s and 70s Final Group Project Introduction
HW Text 766-773  "An Era of Social Change" d0 1-5 on 773. Due Fri 6/4

Fri 6/4 - Work on Social Movements Final Project.

Week of 17th May 2010

Tue 5/18
Letter From Birmingham Jail: Evaluating Newspaper Articles

Wed 5/19
Letter From Birmingham Jail Analysis


Thur 5/20
The Civil Rights Movement Post 1965: “Days of Rage”

Fri 5/21
1968!

Week of 10th May 2010

All 11th grade students received progress reports on 5/ 7
HW - Text pp. 660-663 The Other America: Seeds of the Civil Rights
Movement   Questions 1 -5  on 663  Was due Friday 5/8

5/10  HW - The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Analysis of Primary Sources Due
Tuesday 5/11
5/11 HW  - Text 698 - 707 Taking on Segregation  Questions 1 - 5 on pg.
707. Due Wed 5/12
5/12 HW -  Letter From a Birmingham Jail - Response  Due 5/14

Week of 26th April 2010

MONDAY: A Peoples History of the U.S.  Ch: 18 The Impossible
Victory:Vietnam Reading Guide pp. 347 -350 Due Monday @ the end of class
TUESDAY: STAR Testing - no U.S. Meeting.
WEDNESDAY: Finish Scandalize My Name and begin Ch 18 The Impossible
Victory: Vietnam part 2 pp. 350 - 357.  Due Monday
THURSDAY: STAR Testing no U.S. Meeting
FRIDAY:  CPA CAreer Day all afternoon.

Week of 8th March 2010

HW: Mon: Text pp. 560-568  questions 1-4  due
       Tue   SJSU Field Trip - all day
       Wed  Berkeley in the Atomic Age  due 
       Thur  Eugenics and the Nazi's -the California Connection  due Fri
3/12

Tue 3/2 Japanese Internment:  "Home Was a Horse Stall" questions due
Wed 3/3 Berkeley During WW II  Reading Guide Due

Week of 14 Feb 2010

F.D.R. and The Supreme Court - Primary Source Readings and Response
Questions Due: Wed 2/17

Week of 8 Feb 2010

Re-elect Roosevelt 1936 campaign Brochure due Wednesday 2/10.
The American Spirit Chapter 38: The Great Depression and the New Deal
primary source reading/response.  Due Thursday 2/11

Week of 2/2 - 2/5
Tue: 1st day of New Semester, No Homework
Wed: Read Text Chapter 14 "Hardship and Suffering During the
Great Depression"   pp. 472 -477.  Do: Terms, 3, 4, & 5.  Due: Thursday 2/4
Thurs: FDR's 1st term - reading and questions - due Thursday
Fri:  The New Deal Textbook section/pages to be posted Tue 2/2. Due Friday
Mon: No HW


Text Assignment:  Women In Public Life
Tues  1/17 Read pp. 313 - 316  Do Terms: Susan B. Anthony 2,3,& 4 Due
Wednesday 11/18

Text Assignment: Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Thursday 11/19  Read pp. 317 - 325
Do Terms 2,3,& 5. Due Friday 11/20

Monday 11/9 Ida Wells Barnett reading w/ questions due Tuesday
Tuesday 11/10 Zinn: A Socialist Challenge reading w/ questions due Thursday
Wednesday 11/11 No School

Monday 11/2  Homework:  Supermarket Dispute: Labor Vs. Management -
Reading Guide Due

Tuesday 11/3 Homework:  Text Assignment Read pp. 182 - 189  Do Terms and
Questions 2 - 4. Due Wednesday

Thursday 11/5 Read Excerpt From "The Jungle" and Respond to Attached
Questions. Due Monday  11/9


Week of October 12th 2009
Continuation 1865 -1900 Group Teaching Projects

 Monday: No school for students

 Tuesday: Students work in assigned groups researching their assigned topic

  HW – complete the Text Chapter(s) assigned to your group

 Wednesday: Students work in assigned groups researching their assigned
topic

 Thursday: Overnight Valley of the Moon Camp 

 Friday : Overnight Valley of the Moon Camp

Work week of 28 September 2009
Work week of 20 September 2009