HW Assignments: Week of 5/17/2010

Hello, APUSHers:

I apologize for my absence. Nonetheless, you are expected to keep up with your assignments. Here's your HW for the rest of the week.

Tuesday Night: Movie Night DOUBLE FEATURE. Due Thursday

Please watch two of the following movies, and complete a podcast/movie review sheet for each. If you watch all three, you can get GEM points.

The Unfinished Nation: The Other America

Reflects on pivotal domestic and international events that occurred during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The program examines the origins and achievements of the early civil rights movement, focusing on the impact of landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, and also highlighting the significance of Martin Luther King Jr., the NAACP, chief justice Earl Warren, Rosa Parks, the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the tactic of civil disobedience. Shifting to foreign policy, the program explores the ideological roots of the cold war and surveys critical global conflicts including the Korean and Vietnam Wars, CIA-sponsored coups in Guatemala and Iran, and the Suez Crisis. Play

The Unfinished Nation: A Nation Torn

Depicts domestic and international affairs that transpired during the 1960s. Beginning with the presidency of John F. Kennedy, the program examines the factors involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis, including Cuban exiles landing at the Bay of Pigs, the leadership of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, the threat of nuclear weapons, and the conflict over Berlin. The program examines the Vietnam War under the leadership of Kennedy and Johnson, covering such topics as the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem, the division at the seventeenth parallel, the demonstrations in Saigon, the efforts of U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and the Tet offensive. Illustrating the wedge created between the American people and their government as shown through student antiwar demonstrations and draft avoidance, the presentation notes how the final years of the 1960s brought about major riots, violence, and racial tensions that resulted in the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy. National guard troops deployed to protect the White House and the outbreak of violence at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago are two major events probed in particular

The Unfinished Nation: The Way We Were?

Profiles American society during the 1950s, beginning with Edmund Teller’s creation of the hydrogen bomb and the ushering in of the atomic age and the implications of America's emerging middle class. Considering the unattainable images of success in the “American Dream,” an ideology consuming the nation during the post–World War Two era, the program looks at the rise of consumerism and the growing popularity of television and automobiles, then exposes the realities of poverty rampant among African Americans and other minority groups. The documentary measures the international relations between the United States and Britain, notably with Winston Churchill, as well as with the Soviet Union during the early days of the cold war. With Sputnik, the space race, and nuclear arms appropriation, America found itself challenged to grow as an economic and political superpower. Play

Thursday Night: Podcast Thursday. Click on the link and listen to the Podcast. Complete a Podcast Sheet for credit.

Cold War, Cool Medium
The Cold War was a period of international, fear and anxiety. And, much of the Cold War was covered on television literally brought into the homes of millions of Americans. Our guest this week, Thomas Doherty, the author of Cold War, Cool Medium, examines one aspect of that phenomenon, television and McCarthyism with Talking History's Linna Place . Airdate: June 13, 2005.

Friday Night: Read/Review Chapter 39