Finish Up Presentations

Today's Agenda:

"1993 World Trade Center bombing debris investigations"
by FBI.  Used under a Creative Commons License.  This
image is for use under the public domain.

• Review Friday's topics
• Presentations:
• Foreign Terrorism
• Columbine
• Final Exam - discussion and planning
• see English and history review sheets

HW:  Plan your final exam essay

The 90s

Today's Agenda:

Presentations:

• LA Race Riots (Emily, Matt)
• Domestic terrorism (Kerri, Isabella)
• Technology explosion (Internet/cell phones)
• Clinton Impeachment (Elena/Mercedez)

Things Carried Assessment/80s and 90s

Today's Agenda:

The Things They Carried assessment

Project Presentations

• Reagonomics
• Desert Storm
• LA Race Riots

Personal Essays (optional) are due tomorrow. Please share with Jolicoeur at mjolicoeur@nhsau57.org

The 1980s/1990s

Today's Agenda:

• Discussion: Final thoughts on the Things They Carried. Final assessment is tomorrow
• Stories read:



USS Missouri during Desert Storm, 1991

• "The Things They Carried"
• "Love" 
• "Spin"
• "On the Rainy River"
• "How to Tell a True War Story"
• "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
• "The Man I Killed"
• "Speaking of Courage"
• "The Lives of the Dead"

• 1980s/1990s presentations today
• Reagonomics
• 1st Persian Gulf War
• LA race Riots

Planning Ahead:  Generally this is assigned to help you prepare for the college essay.

The 1980s and Conservatism

Today's Agenda:

• "Lives of the Dead"
• English Review
• 1980s Presentations
• Reagonomics
• War on Drugs
• The New Right
• Iran-Contra Scandal

President Ronald Reagan
1981-1989

***We will review The Things They Carried on Wednesday.  Test on the book will be on Thursday.  

The 1970s

Today's Agenda:

3 project presentations today

• Watergate
• Oil Crisis
• Iranian Hostage Crisis

Finish The Things They Carried

Here is the link to the History Final Exam Review

Indifference...What does it show?

Today's Agenda:

"U.S. Special Forces patrol enters Vietnam village" by
U.S. Army Audiovisual Center.  This images is
for use under the public domain.

• "Speaking of Courage"
• Library research time

HW:  "Lives of the Dead"

**The Things They Carried will be assessed on Tuesday or Wednesday next week

Remember that 70 years ago today the invasion of Normandy (D-Day) occurred!

3 years ago, Jolicoeur's daughter Rylee was born.

Truth?!?!

Today's Agenda:

"Jungle Combat Vietnam" by United States Army
Heritage and Education Center.  Used
under the permission of a Creative Commons License

• "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
• "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy
• "The Man I Killed" and "Ambush"

HW:  "Speaking of Courage"

The Things They Carried

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on "How to Tell a True War Story"
• Discuss the charts that you completed on this chapter
• Vietnam Veteran interview

HW: Continue working on your Final projects and read "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" for tomorrow.

The Things They Carried/Final Projects

Today's Agenda:

• Go over "On the Rainy River"
• "How to Tell a True War Story" is due for tomorrow. There is an accompanying chart to complete as well
• Library time to research and start putting our presentations together.

Research/The Things They Carried

Today's Agenda:

• Spin and On The Rainy River
• Final Projects
• Comments or Questions?
• Evaluate the interviews that you did.
• Library time for Research

Tim O'Brien 2012