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Monday - Work on decades project.

1950s - 

Music - Elvis Presley was the most popular artist.

New cars were about $1,500 and the cost for college was about $600. Average income was $3,216. 

McCarthy communist witch hunt, Churchill elected back into offic

Monday

Work day

Tuesday-

Elections- Eisenhower 1956 Votes:457-73

Presidential Accomplishments- Ended Korean Clash. Many Administrations and Systems made. Civil Rights Act of 1957. Kept peace throughout all crises. 

Amendments/Acts- Brown vs. Board Educati

Week of April 10th - 14th

Week of April 17th - 21st

Week of April 24th - 28th

Week of May 1st - 5th

Week of May 8th - 12th

Monday- Work day

Tuesday-

Elections- Eisenhower 1956 Votes:457-73

Presidential Accomplishments- Ended Korean Clash. Many Administrations and Systems made. Civil Rights Act of 1957. Kept peace throughout all crises. 

Amendments/Acts- Brown vs. Board Educa

Monday: Work day

Tuesday: 50's 

• Elections

  • Eisenhower-1952

  • Stevenson-1952

    • Eisenhower wins

  • Eisenhower-1956

  • Stevenson-1956

    • Eisenhower wins

• Presidential Accomplishments (Eisenhower)

  • Ended Korean Clash

  • Many Administrations and Systems made

  • Civil RIghts Act of 1957

  • Kep

Monday: Present racism

Tuesday: Watch "Girl Rising"

Wednesday: No school

Thursday: Watch "Girl Rising"

Friday: Central Africa map, present racism

News Stories

• Donald Trump fired James Comey-FBI director
  • The investigation with Trump and Russia will continue

Monday- Work Day

Tuesday - 1950s Presentation

Wednesday- No School

Thursday- Work Day

Friday- 1960s Presentation

60's

• Nixon vs. Kennedy and Kennedy one
• Kennedy established peace corps and kept us out of nuclear war
• Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 by Lee H. Oswald
• Johnson vs. Goldwater 
• Johnson created civil rights acts and anti poverty acts
• 23rd amendment passed - L

May 8 (Monday)- Work day

May 9 (Tuesday)- Continued presentations

May 10 (Wednesday)- No school

May 11 (Thursday)- Work day

May 12 (Friday)- Continued Presentations

Monday - Workday on decades project

Tuesday - 1950's presentation

Wednesday - No school

Thursday - Semester Test Work

Friday - 1960's project

Monday- work day

Tuesday- 1950's project:

Music

1. Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)
2. Come Go With Me (Del Vikings)
3. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)

Movies

1. All About Eve (1950)
2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
3. High Noon (1952)
4. Shane (1953) 
5. Dial M For Murder (1954)
6. To Catch A Th

Notes for this week here.

50's

Prices

• mininum wage has gone uo over 7$
• yearly income has gone up about 50,000$
• gas price has gone up 2$

Sports

• The yankees was the large baseball team 

Fation

• Greasers
• Leather jackets

Movies-

• A lot

Amendment

• The amendment limited presidents to have two term

Monday- workday

Tuesday- 

Countries Over the Centuries

Democratic Republic of the Congo (continued) 

• Portuguese Discover the Congo
  • 1482
  • Diogo Cao sails to the Congo, first European to set foot in the Congo
  • Portuguese set up ties with the King and Natives 
• 16

Monday- Work Day

Tuesday- 

Eisenhower 1952, Votes: 442- 89

Thought he was joke but he was fine very persuasive. 

Eisenhower 1956 

Votes 457- 73. Kept peace between the nation. WWII General

Presidential Accomplishments: Ended Korean clash, Many Administrati

Monday- Work day

Tuesday- 1950s presentation

Wednesday- No schhool

Thursday- Semester Test Studying day

Friday- 1970s presentation

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May 8 (Monday)- Work day 

May 9 (Tuesday)- Continued presentations 

May 10 (Wednesday)- No school 

May 11 (Thursday)- Work day 

May 12 (Friday)- Continued presentations

Aftermath of Mobutu 

• Tutsi and anti Mobutu rebels capture Kinshasa 
• Zaire is the Democra

Monday 

work day

tuesday

1950's

Movies

High noon

A streetcar named desire

To catch a thief

the jsearchers

the seventh seal

BAsic facts

Gas in 1950 18 cents

1959 25 cents

New car 

1,511

average rent was 75

Average income was 3,216

us postage stamp

3 cents

First nuclear

Monday: Filled out Africa maps, went over some current events

Mental Illness:

Suicide-

• Mood changes, anger, talk of self harm, withdraw from friends and family

• 400 people in Iowa committed suicide in 2013

• On average 1 person dies every 22 hrs of suicide i