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Discussion Posts.

Discussion Posts will be assigned in Unit 5, Unit 8, and Unit 16. I will base your grade on your Initial Post.
Click the link to make a Discussion Post. Click the "+" sign next to the word Conversations. This will provide
you with a text box to input your Initial Post. Once you have posted your response, then
venture out to other students' posts and add to the discussion! Ask them questions, comment on their observations,
use respectful, thoughtful commentary as you add to the discussion!

Semester A Discussion Posts

Discussion Post Unit 5 Lesson 4

These videos may help you as you develop your discussion post!
Discussion Post Question:

Do you think President Johnson's actions deserved to have him removed from office? Why or why not? Support your thinking with evidence from your lessons, the videos provided, or the activities in LiveLesson! 

You may also want to investigate further about impeachment! Read the following article to develop your opinions about this topic: What is Impeachment and How Does it Work? 10 Facts to Know.  By Pete Williams, Alex Moe and Frank Thorp V
Oct. 31, 2019, 2:00 AM PDT / Updated Nov. 13, 2019, 8:37 AM PST

Unit 8 Lesson 3
European Immigration Discussion


Question to Discuss:
Consider how immigrants and other Americans regarded ethnic enclaves. (Enclaves are places or groups that are different in character from those surrounding it.) Did ethnic enclaves have a positive or negative impact on immigrants in the late 1800s? Provide evidence to support your response. Your evidence can come from your lessons, this video, or other reading you have done!

Unit 16 Lesson 3

In this discussion, you will discuss the cultural conflict in the United States during the 1920s.
Begin your discussion by addressing the following prompt:
 
During the 1920s, many Americans felt that their beliefs and values were being put to the test. Explain how the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti or the Scopes Trial reflected the cultural conflict in the United States. Provide evidence to support your response. You can choose evidence from the lesson provided in Connexus or use outside sources. Please mention your outside source in your post, so we are aware that you are using someone else's writing. Please choose to relate to either the Sacco and Vinzetti Trial or the Scopes Trial for your post!
Scopes Trial from PBS
Cultural conflicts
This Day in history Sacco and Vanzetti Executed
National Geographic - Sacco and Vanzetti

Semester B Discussion Posts

Unit 3 Lesson 3 Effectiveness of New Deal Policies Discussion

Many people supported Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. However, some individuals, such as Huey P. Long, criticized his policies, and the Supreme Court declared some unconstitutional. If you had lived during the Great Depression, would you have supported Roosevelt’s policies or criticized them? Why?
Post a detailed response to the discussion prompt. 
You may respond to your classmates with valuable and insightful responses, but your grade is not dependent upon it.

You may want to review the videos I have posted here to develop your opinion even further of FDR's policies, and whether you would have supported them or criticized them and why!
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If you are not sure how to make a Discussion Post, please review this powerpoint tutorial!

Unit 7 Lesson 2 The Cold War Begins Discussion

Using your knowledge of the text, begin your discussion by addressing the following prompt:
Discuss the positive and negative effects of the United States foreign policy’s efforts to root out communist influences in the decade following World War II.
Post a detailed response to the discussion prompt. Then do the following:
  1. Respond to a classmate’s post about the positive effects of the United States foreign policy’s efforts to root out communist influences in the decade following World War II.
  2. Respond to a classmate’s post about the negative effects of the United States foreign policy’s efforts to root out communist influences in the decade following World War II.
Please review the following to develop your Discussion Post: Unit 7  Lesson 2! Remember, you must create your initial post by clicking the + and start a new conversation! Post your response to the question, then you can respond to your classmates' posts.

You may want to watch the video: The Cold War to help you understand this even more.

Unit 11 Lesson 2 The Vietnam War Discussion

Using your knowledge of the text, begin your discussion by addressing the following prompt:
Discuss the positive and negative impacts of the anti-war movement.
Post a detailed response to the discussion prompt. Then do the following:
  1. Respond to a classmate’s post about the positive impacts of the anti-war movement.
  2. Respond to a classmate’s post about the negative impacts of the anti-war movement.
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