WEEK: 34 DATE: UNIT: A Changing World

Weekly Topic The 60s: JFK, LBJ, and Vietnam
Classtime	Kingfisher History 2004/1999 p 437 1993 p 723 (Cuban Missile Crisis) A History of US All the People (10) “Passing the Torch” “Being President Isn’t Easy” A Child’s Story of America p 176-178 (Communism Spreads Further)	Kingfisher History 2004/1999 p 442-43 1993 p 723-29 (World Economy) A History of US All the People (10) “The President’s Number” “LBJ” “The Biggest Vote in History” Story of the World, Vol. 4 Ch 35 (The Cold War) sect “Thirteen Days in October” Ch 36(Struggles/Assassinations) sect “Death of JFK”	Kingfisher History 2004/1999 p 445, 450-51 1993 p 726-27, 730-31 (Wars in Asia, New Nations) A History of US All the People (10) “Salt and Pepper the Kids” “War in Southeast Asia” “Lyndon in Trouble” Story of the World, Vol. 4 Ch 37 (Two Short Wars…) “The Vietnam War”
Readers K-2	The Lotus Seed	Leaving Vietnam: The True Story of Tuan Ngo
3+	The Lotus Seed	Leaving Vietnam: The True Story of Tuan Ngo	Advanced 3+ and 4^th grade readers, consider the 5+ readers this week.
5+	The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and The Vietnam War
Family Read Aloud	Warriors Don’t Cry p 174 - finish
Map/Timeline	(1961-63) John F. Kennedy President (1962) Cuban Missile Crisis	(11/1963) President Kennedy assassinated (1963-69) Lyndon B. Johnson President	Map: Vietnam (1965) US troops to Vietnam (1969) Nixon begins to withdraw troops (1973) Vietnam war ended
Writing Ideas	Oral History Suggestion: Interview 2-3 people who lived at the time of the Cuban Missle Crisis and the assassination of JFK. Choose one of these (continued >)	Grammar: Imagine you had to leave your home and even your country. What would you take with you? How would you remember your homeland?	Logic: >historic events. Find out where they were when they heard the news, what facts they remember, how they felt, and how it affected them.
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