Ron Gibbs
Bee Gees
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Transitioning from the 1960s to the 1970s…
Directions soon to be posted…
Music and fashion are a great way to witness and measure the changes of any society . . . Iconic songs help define different eras.
Roy Orbinson – Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
The Beatles (1964)
Sonny and Cher – I Got You Babe (1965)
The Mamas and the Papas – California Dreamin’ (1966)
Scott McKenzie- San Francisco (1967)
Cher – Halfbreed (1973)
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http://www.popculturemadness.com/Entertainment/Decades/60s-Music.html
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History 12.37: Viva La Causa
Cesear Chavez
DIRECTIONS: Click on the video above and answer the following questions. Send your email to jbello@sdcoe.net titled History 12.37: Viva La Causa.
60 points
DEADLINE: 5/22/12
1. Where was Cesar Chavez born?
2. Where did Cesar work as a youth?
3. Which war did he serve in?
4. When did he marry?
5. What did he first protest before being forced back to work?
6. What is CSO?
7. What is UFW?
8. What did he do in California in 1965?
9. Who supported him five years later from the U.S. Senate Subcommittee?
10. What did he do for the first time in 1968?
11. Who did he take his cue from?
12. What did he focus on in the 1980s?
Viva La Causa film clip:
http://zinnedproject.org/posts/849A Fan’s salute of Cesar Chavez by actor/activist Edward James Olmos
http://www.olmosperfect.com/extra-edition/tag/cesar-chavez/
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History: Motown Music (part 4)
Martha and the Vandellas
The Four Tops
DIRECTIONS: Click on the video below and answer the following questions. Send your answers to jbello@sdcoe.net titled Motown Music – part 4.
Lowest scoring quiz will earn a perfect score!
1. What is the name of the first group singing?
2. What are they singing?
3. What did Berry Gordy say he tried doing with his company?
4. What was key?
5. What happened before the records were released?
6. Who sang in the car assembly?
7. What did they sing?
8. What did the guys (workers) say to them?
9. How much time did it take to make the car?
10. What did they use to make a sound effect?
11. What did Barney Ales do?
12. What was the estimated yearly gross?
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History 12.36: Wounded Knee – 1973
“I was ready to do whatever it takes for change. I didn’t care. I had children, and for them I figured I could make a stand here.”
— Madonna Thunder Hawk (Two Kettle Lakota)
We Shall Remain is a groundbreaking mini-series and provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. Five 90-minute documentaries spanning three hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective.This assignment only covers section 5 of the series.
Wounded_Knee_Siege
DIRECTIONS: Click on the video above and answer the following questions. Send your email to jbello@sdcoe.net titled History 12.36: Wounded Knee – 1973.
95 points
DEADLINE: 5/22/12
1. Who were in the caravans that rolled through the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota?
2. What did Carter Camp say that he knew?
3. What is the name of the FBI agent speaker?
4. How many days did Indian protestors in Wounded Knee hold off the federal government at gun point?
5. What is the name of the lady store owner that stated she was floored?
6. What did the protestors do to the store?
7. Where did the protestors go after the store?
8. What happened when the FBI agents arrived, got out of their cars, and started looking around?
9. What did the FBI agent request when he called inside Wounded Knee?
10. What did the protestors call for?
11. What were they angry about?
12. What change did the protestors demand close to home?
13. What was the FBI agent’s intitial reaction?
14. What is another name for the Lakota?
15. What kind of hunters were they?
16. Who ruled with an iron hand?
17. What did the federal census show Pine Ridge as every decade?
18. What did the lady at the end mean when she said the time has come?
For more information see the We Shall Remain series and trailers:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_5_trailer
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/index
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The Three Servicemen
The Three Soldiers (also known as The Three Servicemen) is a bronze statue on the Washington, DC National Mall commemorating the Vietnam War. The grouping consists of three young men, armed and dressed appropriately for the Vietnam War era, purposely identifiable as Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic. It was designed to complement the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by adding a more traditional component.
http://www.vvmf.org/ThreeServicemen
http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001270.htm
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History 12.36: Medal of Honor
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producerupdated 11:03 PM EDT, Tue May 15, 2012A Medal of Honor for newlywed hero’s sacrifice
Rose Mary Sabo Brown spent just 30 days with her new husband, Army Spec. Leslie Sabo Jr., before he shipped out to fight in Vietnam. But from that month together in 1969 grew a lifetime of love.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1642916373001/
or
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/16/medal-honor-vietnam-hero-42-years-later/
DIRECTIONS: Click on the video above and answer the following questions. Send your email to jbello@sdcoe.net titled History 12.36: Medal of Honor?
100 points
DEADLINE: 5/19/12
1. How many years ago did Army Specialist Leslie Sabo gave his own life to safe the lives of those around him on the battlefield?
2. Where was Army Specialist Leslie Sabo deployed?
3. What happened when Specialist Sabo was with his platoon?
4. What does the company commander remember about Leslie?
5. What did Specialist Sabo do to a grenade?
6. What did he continue doing after that?
7. What happened today at the White House?
8. Why did this happened four decades after?
9. Who accepted the Medal Honor on his behave?
10. What does Jim Waybright say at the end of the video?
“I’ve never stopped thinking about him,” she said. “My heart is filled with pride that you can’t even imagine. It will be an honor to share this with anyone who wants to see it.”
Rose Mary Sabo Brown, widow of Army Spec. Leslie Sabo Jr.
Read more on this article:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/us/medal-of-honor-sabo/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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Democrats vs Rich?
We saw this video in class and it sparked interesting comments and opposing perspectives…
CAVEAT LECTOR: You may find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with this video . . . where do you stand on this topic?
DIRECTIONS: Click on the video below (or copy and paste the link in a browser) and answer the following questions. Send your email to jbello@sdcoe.net titled Democrats vs Rich?
10 Extra Credit Quiz points
or
Bonus Free Quiz this Friday if you get a perfect score!
DEADLINE: 5/18/12
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1638943868001/
1. What did his folks believe in instead of having jealousy towards the rich? (what he heard)
2. What is the Gallup poll’s very simple question?
3. When broken down by party, what are the percentages?
4. Why does the speaker take the following so personally: democrats believe wealthy Americans provide no benefit to the country whatsoeve?
5. What kind of buisness does he have? (size -wise)
6. Why won’t he retire?
7. Who does he debate with after his introduction?
8. What does Kristen Powers disagree with regards to class?
9. According to Bill O’Reilly, what has the federal government botched?
10. Listen to the debate to the end and answer the following question: where do you stand on this topic?
Transcript by Bill O’Reilly
“Talking Points” is a regular guy. I think most of you who watch “The Factor” often know that. Sometimes I’ve been accused of being a bit too regular.
Growing up on Long Island my folks didn’t have very much. We didn’t have air conditioning, never bought a new car, ate spaghettios and tuna. But never once… never once did my parents show jealousy toward the rich people who lived in Garden City, a few miles away. I never heard any of that. I heard save your money and don’t order an appetizer. That’s what I heard.
But America 50 years later is a far different place. Now we have class envy that is being stoked by the Democratic Party. Ironically the media is part of the anti-affluent jihad while many in the media are wealthy themselves. The same thing in Hollywood. You got these pinheads running around supporting the Occupy Wall Street protesters when given the chance some of those occupiers would burn their Hollywood mansions to the ground.
A new Gallup poll asks a very simple question; do you think the U.S. benefits from having a class of rich people or not? 63 percent say “Yes”, rich folks are ok. But 34 percent of Americans believe the opposite. However, when you break it down by party, 46 percent of Democrats believe wealthy Americans provide no benefit to the country whatsoever.
Now, I take that very personally because I, your humble correspondent, against all odds have become a rich guy. And here is exactly what I do for my country. I pay all my taxes. I have no offshore accounts and everything the government wants my account in Swiftie is under orders to pay.
My foundation named after my parents gives away millions of dollars to the poor, to military families in need, and to fight disease worldwide. I employ dozens of people, BillO’Reilly.com is my small business.
In addition, because “The Factor” is successful, people are hired by the News Corporation to work on the program. Also, because I work very hard, I employ people in my house and to do other things that I can’t do.
Recently, I thought about retiring, but I added it up and more than 60 people would have lost their jobs had I packed it in. So now I hear that almost half of the Democratic Party believe I provide no benefit at all to America? Off the chart, dumb.
So I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to write a letter to President Obama asking him to publicly acknowledge my contribution to the USA. In his next press conference I want the President to open up with “I just want you all to know what Bill O’Reilly is doing for the country.” Am I asking too much? Am I out of line here?
Bottom line, jealous pinheads hurt the country. I and others like me are helping it.
And that’s “The Memo.”
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12.36 – More tax revenue for California?
CAVEAT LECTOR: You may find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with this video . . . where do you stand on this topic?
Does California needs tax revenue to fix the California budget gap?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/#47421890DIRECTIONS: Click on the video below and answer the following questions. Send your email to jbello@sdcoe.net titled 12.36 – More tax revenue for California?
130 points
DEADLINE: 5/18/12
1. How big is Californias’s economy?
2. Where does California face deep cuts?
3. What is the revealed California budget shortfall (gap)?
4. What does the Democratic Governor Jerry Brown want to do?
5. What did the Republicans do to his efforts?
6. What did Governor Brown pitch to the voters (wanting to avoid)?
7. What is Governor Brown’s tax revenue plan?
8. What would happen without the tax revenue increase?
9. According to the host, what have the Republicans in Washington done?
10. What does the Governor Brown’s plan require for everyone to share?
11. According to the Congressman John Garamendi (Democrat from California), what is fundamental to every investment?
12. How many teachers in California have been let go in the past year?
13. Where do you stand on this topic?
