Week of March 2

Math

MD.1 Converting Measurement 

Learning Targets:  

I can convert units of measurements within the metric system. 

I can convert units of measurements within the standard system. 

I can solve multi-step, real world problems involving conversions of measurements.  

Workbook 

Customary System p. 801-845

Metric System p. 851-886

Metric System Video 

Metric System Song 

Social Studies 

SS5HS: 1950 

Learning Targets:

I can analyze the effects of Jim Crow laws and practices. 

I can explain the key events of people of the Civil Rights movements: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), and Montgomery Bus Boycott

Notes from class

Jim Crow Laws 1950-1975 

Jim Crow Laws began following the Civil War. 

These laws legally segregated blacks from whites in the south.  

Jim Crow laws were supposed to be “separate but equal” but facilities for blacks were inferior. 

Jim Crow laws separated whites and blacks in areas such as transportation, schools, restaurants, hotels, parks, drinking fountains, restrooms and other public facilities.  

Jim Crow Laws prevented blacks from voting through the passage of poll taxes, residency requirements, and literacy tests. 

  

Brown V. Board of Education  

Racial segregation in public schools (The Brown family sued the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas)    

Lawyers including Thurgood Marshall said that such a division was inherently unequal, and that children of color were not receiving the same educational opportunities as their white peers.  

The Supreme Court ruled that separate was NOT equal.  

In 1954 desegregation of schools began but it would be decades before all schools complied.  

Montgomery Bus Boycott  

Jim Crow laws forbade people of color from sitting at the front of buses and streetcars.  

These laws required African Americans to stand and give up seats to white passengers.  

Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, wanted to change these laws.  

On December 1, 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white passenger.  

She was arrested.  

Angry over her treatment, many people boycotted of city buses.  

To show support for this cause many people were forced to walk miles to work and school.  

Week of February 24

Math 

MD.5 Volume  

Learning Targets:  

I can use multiplication to solve for the volume of a rectangular prism.  

I can use the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h.  

I can find the volume of a composite figure.  

workbook pages 961-978



SS

Learning Target: I can explain how the U.S. fought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

Learning Target: I can identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev 

Learning Target: I can explain the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. 

Notes from class

The Berlin Airlift  

The capital city of Berlin was divided by the Berlin Wall (a real wall). 

The Soviet Union began to restrict movement into and out of its portion of Berlin.  

This violated the post- war agreements and pushed many people to the brink of starvation.  

Food and supplies were in short supply in postwar Europe, and many people relied on imported food for survival. 

 When the Soviets cut off rail and road traffic into the entire city, President Truman initiated airplane flights to drop food and supplies.  

This operation, called the Berlin Airlift, lasted well into 1949. The United States and British military largely prevented mass starvation through daily food runs.    

  

The Korean War 

Communists gained control of China and wanted communism to spread.   

By 1950, China had achieved part of this goal when the Korean peninsula was divided- Communist controlled North Korea and democracy in South Korea.  

North Korea invaded South Korea. 

The United States and its allies intervened, with the intention of stopping Communists from invading the democratic country of South Korea.   

Little progress had been made in China’s attempt to gain control of the region when a truce established a cease-fire that halted military action in 1953.  

  

NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an alliance formed to “guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means.”  

It promotes democratic values and tries to resolve disputes peacefully.  

It was formed in 1949 with twelve original members and currently there are 29 member nations in NATO.  

The United States has always been a member of NATO.   

Joseph McCarthy (U.S.) claimed that the government of the United States had been infiltrated by Communist spies.  

This became also known as the “Red Scare”. 

 Many lives were ruined based on inaccurate or untrue allegations.  

  

Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet Union) against the United States and its allies during the Cold War.  

First Soviet leader to visit the United States in 1959. 

Khrushchev continued policies of denying civil liberties and human rights within the Soviet Union.   

He used military force to maintain control.  

Cuban Missile Crisis   

The United States and Soviet Union stockpiled nuclear weapons.  

The Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba aimed at the U.S.  

President J.F.K. made a blockade and demanded that they be removed. 

Fear continued to grow, partly due to improvements in technology.    

Americans could now learn about events that were occurring in the world almost immediately by watching television.   

Americans built bomb shelters and kids practiced bomb drills at school.  

Both sides knew that if a nuclear war broke out, there would be no winner. 

Vietnam War   

American public opinion was divided about this conflict.   

Vietnam was divided with communist forces in the North and democracy in the South.   

This was a 19 year conflict where the U.S. provided economic and military support. 

In 1975 the U.S. withdrew troops. Vietnam is still communist today.  

This war led to political disagreement in the U.S. and many Americans were angry that the government led Americans into this war.