WEDNESDAY March 28 COLD WAR: 50's and 60's

Huzzah!!--We have a class website on the MA website: go to http://courses.ma.org/history/maffei/index.html

DUE: 1) Read the "Overview" of Major Cold War Policies on p 936 of OM. How do these demonstrate our "containment" pollicy?
2) Read from the middle of Ch. 16 "A People's War?" in Zinn, People's History of US, (bottom of p. 415 in my copy, but 18 pages into the chapter) from "True, the war then ended quickly" to the end of the chapter (approximately the last 20 pages of this chapter). What historiographical viewpoint is Zinn's perspective? What evidence do you have to support your response?

FRIDAY March 30 TRUMAN, EISENHOWER AND JFK: CONTRASTING STYLE AND CONTENT

DUE: pp. 939-942 in OM on Truman. Take notes on major features of his presidency and the 1948 election, then read pp.958-961, 972-979, on Eisenhower (take notes) and 993-999 on JFK (take notes) all in OM

SPRING BREAK!!

TUESDAY, April 17 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: "OR DOES IT EXPLODE?"

DUE: Read Ch. 17, "Or Does It Explode?" in Zinn, People's History

***Also, you need to EMAIL me a copy of your research paper to: pmaffei@ma.org***

THURSDAY, April 19 TEST: 1920's THROUGH EARLY 60's (no Civil Rights)

Chapter reviews are on website.
Most powerpoints are on website; the following ppts are only on the server: Ash Can painting, WWII Popular Culture.

A good outline for reviewing this and other material is at this College Board website: There is a topic outlline list. Select topics #19-#25B for a guide to your study.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/history_us/topic.html?ushist