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    Unit III-1: JFK Bio & Mr. Bugel is my hero!!!
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT define the major biographical events of the time before the Kennedy Presidency.
     
    Important People:
    -John F. Kennedy
    -Richard Nixon
    -Marilyn Monroe
    -Dean Rusk
    -Robert MacNamara
    -Robert F. Kennedy 
     
    Important Places:
    -Massachusetts
    -California
    -Texas
     
    Assignments:
    -Begin Reading 504-524, 535-551, 570-585 in Textbook
     
    Unit III-2: Flexible Response
     
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT define the 6 major choices within JFK's Flexible Response belief of Foreign Policy.
     
    Important People:
    -None
     
    Important Places:
    -Cuba
    -Vietnam
     
    Assignments:
     
    Unit III-3: Beginnings of Foreign Policy
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT define the 3 major reasons why 1961 was referred to as a Mean Year by RFK.
    -TSWBAT understand the importance of the of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
     
    Important People:
    -Yuri Gagarin
    -Alan Shepard
    -Fidel Castro
    -Ngo Dinh Diem
     
    Important Places:
    -Cuba
    -Vietnam
    -Berlin
    -Austria
     
    Assignments:
     
    Unit III-4: Cuban Missile Crisis
     
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT understand the background and events that occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    -TSWBAT understand the rationale behind the change in attitudes from the Kennedy Doctrine to the ideals of detente.
     
    Important People:
    -JFK
    -Nikita Khruschev
     
    Important Places:
    -Cuba
    -Turkey
    -Washington DC
     
    Assignments:
    -Prep for Map Check #3 (10 Points) - USA
     
    III-5 Finish JFK FoPo & New Frontier
     
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT understand the rationale for JFK's focus on Foreign Policy rather than Domestic Policy.
    -TSWBAT define 4 major acts of legislation passed by JFK with regard to Domestic Policy.
     
    Important People:
    -JFK
    -Lee Harvey Oswald
    -John Connally
    -Carlos Marcello 
     
    Important Places:
    -Cuba
    -New Orleans, LA
    -Dallas, TX
     
    Assignments:
    III-6 & III-7: The JFK Assassination
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT understand the background of Lee Harvey Oswald and the time of the JFK Assassination. 
    -TSWBAT discuss the possible conspiracy theories behind the JFK Assassination. 
     
    Important People:
    -JFK
    -Lee Harvey Oswald
    -John Connally
    -Carlos Marcello 
     
    Important Places:
    -Cuba
    -New Orleans, LA
    -Dallas, TX
     
    Assignments:
    Reading Quiz #3: The 1960's (15 Points) on Pages 504-524, 535-551, 570-585 in Textbook
     
    III-8: LBJ Biography
    Objectives:
    -TSWBAT understand the events behind the LBJ biography.
    -TSWBAT define 4 major acts of legislation passed by LBJ before the election of 1964.
     
    Important People:
    -LBJ
     
    Important Places:
    -Stonewall, TX
     
    Assignments:
    None 
     
    III-9 The Beginnings of the Vietnam War
    Objectives:
    1. TSW identify the reasoning for American entry into the Vietnam War. 
    2. TSW begin to illustrate the rationale for the growth of a credibility gap between the US government and its people.
     
    Homework:
    1. None
     
    Unit III-10: LBJ Domestic Policy
     Objectives:
    -TSWBAT understand the events behind LBJ's victory in the election of 1964.
    -TSWBAT define 5 major acts of legislation passed by LBJ after the election of 1964 (The Great Society).
     
    Important People:
    -LBJ
    -Barry Goldwater
    -Robert C. Weaver 
     
    Important Places:
    -Arizona
     
    Assignments:
    None 
     
    Unit III-11: 1968 - The Worst Year in US History

     Objectives:
    -TSWBAT understand the events that made 1968 the worst year in US History.
     
    Important People:
    -LBJ
    -Martin Luther King
    -James Earl Ray
    -Robert F. Kennedy
    -Sirhan Sirhan
    -Richard Nixon 
     
    Important Places:
    -Saigon, Vietnam
    -Memphis, TN
    -Los Angeles, CA
    -Chicago, IL 
     
    Assignments:
    -None 
     
    Unit III-12: Review for the Unit III Test: 1960's
    Objectives:
    1. TSW prep for the Unit III Test. 
     
    Homework:
    1. ID Sheet Due (10/21) for 10 Points.
    2. Test Outline for Unit III Due (10/21) -10 Points
     
    Unit III-13: Unit III Test: 1960's (60 Points) 
    Objectives:
    1. TSW take the Unit III Test. (60 Points)
     
    Homework:
    1. None 
Last Modified on October 20, 2014