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2. Area 51 Uncensored: Was it UFOs or the USSR?
Seventy-five miles north of Las Vegas sits a land parcel in the middle of the desert. Called Area 51, the parcel is just outside of the abandoned Nevada Test and Training Range, where more than 100 atmospheric bomb tests were conducted in the 1950s. Officially, the U.S. government has never acknowledged the existence of Area 51. Unofficially, it has become a place associated with conspiracy theories, alien landings and tiny spaceships. (45 minutes)
Welcome to Social Studies 10: Second Semester
Teacher: Ms. Kate Arnold ss10 syllabus.pdf

May 9th
As your homework for Thursday listen to this clip from a radio program, This American Life:
State Secrets Privilege (click on "Act 2")
IraPrivilage Ira tells the

When you had in your paper you will staple together the essay itself, the outline, and the self assessment.
May 9th
a radio program: program, This American Life:
State Secrets Privilege (click on "Act 2")
Ira tells the story of the 1953 U.S. Supreme Court case that formed the basis for the controversial state secret privilege—the precedent that allows the United States government to stop lawsuits by claiming that national security secrets might be revealed in court. Ira talks to Barry Siegel, author of the book Claim of Privilege, and Judy Loether, whose father's death was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case. (14 minutes)

Before you turn in your paper, print and complete the Self Assessment Checklist- CW.doc
When you had in your paper you will staple together the essay itself, the outline, and the self assessment.
May 9th
As your homework for Thursday listen to this clip from a radio program:
State Secrets Privilege (click on "Act 2")
Ira tells the story of the 1953 U.S. Supreme Court case that formed the basis for the controversial state secret privilege—the precedent that allows the United States government to stop lawsuits by claiming that national security secrets might be revealed in court. Ira talks to Barry Siegel, author of the book Claim of Privilege, and Judy Loether, whose father's death was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case. (14 minutes)

Documents for Question #2 Cuban Missile Crisis ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.doc
Documents for Question #3 Truman Speech.pdf
Before you turn in your paper, print and complete the Self Assessment Checklist- CW.doc
When you had in your paper you will staple together the essay itself, the outline, and the self assessment.

5th Hour Cold War PPTs: Brianna M. & Garrett K. Berlin Crisis.ppt. CovertOperationsinIranandGuatemala.pdf, eMILY.ppt, Hannah & Elliot, 5th Hour.pptx, KOREAN WAR.ppt
6th Hour Cold War PPTS: SS10PPT(Cuba).ppt, sputnik PPT.ppt, Mane.ppt, Fighting Communism Covertly.pptx, ChineseRevolution.pptx, Berlin_Crisis_6thHR.ppt, suez crisis power point.ppt
War Essay
Cold DUE in Class May 1st(1st Block) or 2nd (5th and 6th blocks)
Review the essay assignment: Cold War Essays.doc
Download the necsseary documents to accompany the question you choose:
Documents for Question #1 Bomb Essay Docs.pdf
Documents for Question #2 Cuban Missile Crisis ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.doc
Question #3 Truman Speech.pdf

Using the Past:
While studying American involvement in WWII, the Cold War, and Vietnam, we will consider the general question: Why do we fight?
Intro and Word War II
March 14/15
**Why We Fight Film** watched about 30 minutes of this film, please watch the following segments (start-3:25), (13:56-20:50), (26:45-46:35)
Wartime in the US and fighting in the Pacific America in the War.ppt Progression of WWII.ppt
HW: Read the article about why we dropped the bomb. Read with pencil in hand and annotate. Record the 5-10 best arguments from your article!
Cold War
April 13th/14th/17th
Cold War Topics Skits COld War Skit.doc
5th Hour Cold War PPTs: Brianna M. & Garrett K. Berlin Crisis.ppt. CovertOperationsinIranandGuatemala.pdf, eMILY.ppt, Hannah & Elliot, 5th Hour.pptx, KOREAN WAR.ppt
6th Hour Cold War PPTS: SS10PPT(Cuba).ppt, sputnik PPT.ppt, Mane.ppt, Fighting Communism Covertly.pptx, ChineseRevolution.pptx, Berlin_Crisis_6thHR.ppt, suez crisis power point.ppt
WWI and Cold War Essay
Cold War Essays.doc
Documents for Question #1 Bomb Essay Docs.pdf
Documents for Question #2 Cuban Missile Crisis ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.doc
Documents for Question #3