US HISTORYUnit 9 Week 1

Monday 3/25

• Essays • Shout-outs

Tuesday 3/26• Agenda • HOT ROC• Introduce Unit 9: Vietnam War and the 1960s

• What do you already know about John F. Kennedy? • Was he a good president? T-chart

• Homework: • Cornell Notes on p.634-635• Finish the t-chart and thesis statements on Kennedy

Place the following Presidents in chronological order:

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Taft• Eisenhower• Truman• Hoover• Nixon• Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson• Coolidge• Harding• Teddy Roosevelt• Woodrow Wilson

Presidents in chronological order:

1. Teddy Roosevelt

2. Taft

3. Woodrow Wilson

4. Harding

5. Coolidge

6. Hoover

7. Franklin D. Roosevelt

8. Truman

9. Eisenhower

10.Kennedy

11. Lyndon B. Johnson

12.Nixon

What do you already know about JFK?

• Share info with people around you. Groups of 2~4

Presidential Rankings: Best to Worst• Abraham Lincoln 90.0• FDR 87.6• George Wash. 84.2• T. Roosevelt 81.0• Harry S. Truman 75.3• Woodrow Wilson 72.3• T. Jefferson 71.1• Eisenhower 69.9• LBJ 65.5• Ronald Reagan 63.4• …• …• …

• James Madison 56.7• John Quincy Adams 56.4• Warren G. Harding 32.6• Franklin Pierce 28.6• Andrew Johnson 28.0• James Buchanan 25.9

• C-SPAN historian ratings• *Does not include George W Bush

or Barack Obama• *We will decide where to place JFK

Characteristics of great presidents• Administrative skills• Credibility• Management of:

• Crisis• Economy• Foreign affairs

• Public persuasion• Pursuit of equality/justice• Relation with congress• Vision

T-chart #1: Was Kennedy a Successful President?

Successes Failures

Domestic policy(pg. 626-629): 3-5 examples with explanations for each

Foreign policy(pg. 630-633):3-5 examples with explanations for each

Thesis statement Kennedy was a great president because______

Kennedy was not a great president because_____

T-chart #1 Kennedy: Differing Viewpoints

Historian Claim: according to this historian, was JFK a great president?

Evidence: Provide one quotation from the historian to support the claim

Ronald Steel (pg.636)

William O’Neill (pg. 636-637)

Robert Dallek (pg.637)

Block Day 3/27 & 3/28

• Add vocabs to glossary• President Johnson and the Great Society

• Primary source activity (speech)• Reactions (pros/cons) to his Great Society• Graphic organizer (liberal gov)

• Homework: Read and notes on p.646-647

Vocabs to add to glossary

*share your paraphrase/own definition with partner

•Conservative•Liberal

•Environmentalism•Welfare state

Liberal vs. Conservative• Liberals 

• believe in government action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all. 

• Government’s duty is to alleviate social ills and to protect civil liberties/rights. 

• Role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. 

• Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the government to solve problems.

• Conservatives 

• believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. 

• Role of government should be to provide people the freedom to pursue their own goals. 

• Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems.

War on Poverty Ad by LBJ's presidential campaign.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aA8lLA5Mg

Johnson’s Great Society

1. Read Johnson’s speech and answer the questions (#3) *individual work

2. Analyze pro and con opinions (back of #3) *may work in pairs

3. Complete graphic organizer (#4) using textbook p.642-645. *may work in groups of 3~4

Very short list of author tones• Arrogant • Apologetic=sorry• Apathetic= doesn’t care• Critical= finding fault• Direct=straightforward,

honest• Disdainful= scorning, hateful• Enthusiastic=energetic• Happy • Inspiring= encouraging,

reassuring

• Objective=without prejudice• Optimistic-cheerful, hopeful• Sarcastic= sneering• Sincere/earnest= honest,

truthful, intense• Urgent= something has to

be done soon

Pro/Con activity

1. Define source before reading the whole document

2. Summarize main argument (thesis)

3. Evidence**A. Do the topics prove the authors’ thesis?

E.g., students were given educational aid.

-> what does that have to do with success of Great Society?

e.g., after the Great Society money, teenage pregnancy increased

-> how is that related to Great Society money?

B. Do the authors have numbers to back it up?

#4 Graphic Organizer : What is the proper role of government in shaping American Society? (Chapter 49.3)

Johnson’s Liberal View of

Government:

____________

_____________

____________

Approach to Healthcare:

____________

_____________

____________Approach to

Racism: ____________

_____________

____________

Approach to Education:

____________

_____________

____________Approach to Immigrants:

____________

_____________

____________

Approach to The

Environment: ____________

_____________

____________

Approach to Consumers:

____________

_____________

____________

1. Answer what role gov plays. What did it try to accomplish? 2. List important actions by gov

Video links (if time)

CBS news

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/is-america-losing-the-war-on-poverty/

200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 minutes by Hans Roslinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

Friday, 3/29• Mini vocab quiz• Vietnam Timeline• Why did the US get involved?

• HW: Finish the timeline

Vietnam Timeline

• French Indochina• Ho Chi Minh/Viet Minh• Vietnamese independence

• 1st Indochina War• Dien Bien Phu (battle)• Geneva Accords

• Ngo Dinh Diem (becomes president)

• Viet Cong/NLF• Diem Assassinated

Individually, make a timeline with explanations of events below. Use p.658-661You must include:

Cause of Vietnam WarIn groups of 2-3, write a paragraph each to answer question #1 and #2.

1. What were the conflicts in Vietnam? Include the terms below in your answer.

2. How was the US involved in it? Why? Include the terms below in your answer.

• French control of Vietnam• Ho Chi Minh• Viet Minh• Vietnamese Independence• 1st Indochina War• Dien Bien Phu• Geneva Accords

• Domino Theory• Ngo Dinh Diem • Viet Cong/NLF• US military support• Diem Assassinated

Helpful videos• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0t-YBemwzs

Vietnam War Simplified

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8wKKfN7sM• Causes of the Vietnam War