Week of 4/29-5/19/2013 (5th Week of 4th 9 Wks)

Greetings History Minions! 

This week I have two similar questions for you. Select one and impress your classmates with detail and historical fact.  :)

You should contribute NEW information to the discussion, and you should do so with your reply as well.
 
Option 1)  Analyze the effects of the Vietnam War on ONE of the following: the presidency, youth aged 18 to 35, or Cold War diplomacy. 
 
Option 2)  Analyze the ways in which the events and trends of the 1970s diminished the nation's economic power and international influence, and challenged Americans' confidence in both.

Amazing, I know!  Happy blogging!

Week of 4/22-4/28/2013 (4th Week of 4th 9 Wks)

Greetings History Minions!

Let's be careful to contribute factual information--in your own words.  I encourage you to go back to the textbook and to look things up online, but you need to think about the ideas and make them your own.  In college, taking credit for someone else's work is called plagiarism and is a serious offense that can get you kicked out of class or worse.

Prompt: Select ONE and analyze the extent to which it transformed American society OR politics in the 1960s and 1970s:

• The Civil Rights Movement 
• The antiwar movement
• The women's movement
• Wounded Knee 1973
• Kent State Massacre 1970
• Watergate Scandal 1972
• The Black Power Movement

Don't forget to post a factual reply to a classmate.  :)

Week of 4/15-4/21/2013 (3rd Week of 4th 9 Wks)

Greetings History Minions!

This week's blog is being posted on Tuesday because I have been waiting for students to complete make-up posts.  Please be good Study Group members and encourage each other to get their work completed.

Our next topic takes us to the end of WWII and return of the United States as an active participant in world events.  I want you to look at how the Cold War came about and how it affected the United States at home and abroad.

Analyze developments from 1941 to 1963 that increased suspicion and tension between the United States and Soviet Union.  What were the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War?  How successfully did the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower address these fears?  How successfully did the administration of President John F. Kennedy address these fears?  What were the effects on our economy?  Society?  Foreign relations?  Education?  What specific events should we discuss?

Don't forget to complete two posts and to use facts.  :)  Happy blogging!

Week of 4/8-4/14/2013 (2nd Week of 4th 9 Wks)

Greetings History Minions!

Let's talk about American society.  Compare and contrast United States society in the 1920s and the 1950s with respect to ONE of the following: 

• race relations
• role of women
• consumerism

This gives you a lot of options to talk about advertising, court cases and legal issues, entertainment, work, civil rights, mass production, impact of technology, literary developments, intolerant attitudes, etc.  Don't forget you need TWO blog posts.  Be sure to add a new fact to the discussion. 

Happy blogging!