This page will only host a reading schedule and long-term assignments. Smaller, nightly homework assignments will be recorded under the homework section of the board in class. It is the students' responsibility to keep track of all assignments and their corresponding due dates.

Rebels, Resistance, and Revolution

The 1960s

Very Tentative Syllabus

 

                        HISTORY                                           ENGLISH

           

Tue. 3/31         white stereotypes                                  library assignment about Vietnam War

                        People of Color Fishbowl                     assign chapter from Bloods-read/annotate

                        Assign Zinn ch. 18

 

Thur. 4/2                                  OPEN HAUS SCHEDULE

Vietnam I-II                                         assign Angela Davis

                        review Zinn. ch. 18                               “My First Conk” by Malcolm X + essay

                                                                                    vocabulary if time

                                                                                    Begin Part I of AD: Nets

Read 3—45 ending @ “…enough to keep me going” (45).

                                                                                   

Mon. 4/6          Vietnam III-V                                       begin Panther (123 min.)

                        review Zinn ch. 18                                Read p. 45—73 of AD

                                   

Wed. 4/8          STAR testing

begin Environment notes                       finish Panther

                        Zinn ch. 18 due                                     historical accuracy of Panther-handout

Assign Zinn ch. 19 Part II                     reading quiz on Part I of AD

                                                                                    Read Part II: Rocks—p. 77-113

 

            APRIL 9^th is the END OF THE GRADING PERIOD!

                                                                                                                                                 

Fri. 4/10           continue Environment notes                   reading quiz on Part II

                        Review Zinn ch. 19 Part II                    in-class essay based on “My First Conk”

                                                            Read Part III: Waters

                                                                                    Read p. 117—145 (yes, you have to read

over Spring Break—a travesty, I know)

with a take-home reading quiz (ta-da!)

 

      !!!!!!4/13-4/17 is SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!

                                                                                               

Tue. 4/21         finish Environment notes                        STAR testing

                        Animal Rights                                       women: stereotypes

begin Women’s Movement notes          begin Part IV of AD: Flames (w/questions)

                        Zinn ch. 19 Part II due              read p. 149-198 ending @ “…Lumumba-

                        Assign Zinn ch. 19 Part I                       Zapata was born” (198).          

                                   

                                                               

Thur. 4/23        FINAL DRAFT OF CULTURAL PORTFOLIO DUE IN 2^nd PERIOD!

                        Begin/continue? Women’s                     more STAR testing

                        History notes                                        start Women’s Movement readings

                        Review Zinn ch. 19 Part I                     continue Part IV of AD: read p. 198-240

                                                                                    ending @ “insanity of the police” (240).

Wed. 4/29        Zinn ch. 19 Part I due                           finish Stepford Wives

                        Begin Stepford Wives (115 min.)          finish Women’s Movement readings

Assign Zinn ch. 19 Part III                    Fishbowl II preparation

                                                                                    Finish reading Part IV of AD: p. 240-279

                                   

Fri. 5/1             review Zinn ch. 19 Part III                    Part IV questions due

Fish Bowl II                                         gender/sexuality definitions

                                                            Stonewall reading

                                                            Begin Milk (127 min.)

                                                            Begin Part V of AD: Walls

                                                                                                                Read p. 283—319 ending @ “His dreams were mine

now” (319).

Assign Angela Davis test!

 

Tue. 5/5                       ALL PARTS OF SPRING PROJECT DUE TODAY!!          

Zinn ch. 19 Part III due             finish Milk

Spring project presentations!                 Dan White reading

                                                            vocabulary test

                                                                                    Finish Part V and start Part VI

Read p. 319—357 ending @ “she was willing to take

on” (357).

 

Thur. 5/7          60s songs                                             finish Chicago Ten  (100 min.)

                        Begin Chicago Ten (100 min.) Finish Part VI: p. 357—396 & epilogue

First ten minutes!  Don’t panic!

Assign Radical People of Color:

§         AIM/Native Hawaiians

§         Brown Power & Young Lords

§         Black Panthers

§         Yellow Power/I Wor Kuen

                       

Mon. 5/11                    Last PSJ Point due in 2^nd period! (counts double!!)

Begin Steal This Movie (111 min.)       finish Steal This Movie

                        Assign Zinn ch. 20                                synthesis essay on radical peeps of color

                                                                                    (this essay counts for both classes!)

 

 

REMINDERS: Angela Davis test due on Wednesday 5/13

                        Zinn ch. 20 review on Wednesday 5/13

                        Possible Berkeley field trip on Friday 5/15