*Team 4 Morning Class 1970-1982 Summay:*
Highlights:
THE BEST:

Disco music came out.
VCR was introduced.
Vietnam war ended.
Smallpox eradicated.
First birth due to invitro.
First woman to the Supreme Court.
THE WORST:

Arab terrorists mudered 11 athletes at the olympic games.
Abortion was legalized.
Pope John Paul II shot twice.
Earthquake in China where over 340,000 people died.

THE MOST INTERESTING:

During the gas crisis people had to wear heavy clothing inside of their houses.
More then one million abortions are performed in the U.S. every year. Read more!

*Team 3 Evening Class 1966-1980? with Special Project the Beatles and Kennedy Summary:*
Team 3 Evening 1965--1975 (Watchen, Rey, Roberto)
THE BEST…
Richard Nixon stopped the war between USA and Vietnam.
In 1969 three men went to the moon.
Martin Luther King Jr. had the Nobel peace prize in 1964.
The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1965.

The WORST:
A lot of young people died in the Vietnam war in 1963 to 1968 over 59,000.
The Watergate Scandal in 1972.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in 1968.
Kent State University – Students shot by police.

INTERESTING THINGS:
The Sears Tower in Chicago Illinois.
Fashion in the late 1960’s was the mini skirt.
Martin Luther King Jr March in Washington to end segregation in 1964………..
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HIGHLIGHTS OF SPECIAL KENNEDY/BEATLES PROJECT: (Sara)

THE BEST:JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY WAS THE YOUNGEST MAN EVER ELECTED PRESDENT AND THE YOUNGEST TO DIE IN OFFICE.
“ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU-ASK WHAT YOU CAN
DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY”

THE WORST:
THE ASSASSINATION WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING IN A MOTORCADE IN DALLAS-TX.

WHAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST WAS:
DURING HIS PRESIDENCY HE DID A LOT IMPORTANT THINGS.
JOHN KENNEDY IS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMENTERY WHERE AN ETERNAL FLAME BURNS OVER THE GRAVE.


THE BEATLES:
THE BEATLES CHANGED HISTORY AND THE MUSIC WORLD IN A DRAMATIC WAY. THEY WERE THE PREEMINENT GROUP FROM THE SIXTIES.
THEY WERE FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.
THE BEATLEMANIAWAS IN 1964 WITH 73 MILLION VIEWERS TUNING IN TO WATCH THE BAND PLAY ON TV ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
THEY WERE, JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, GEORGE HARRISON AND, RINGO STARR.IN 1970 THEY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
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Cesar Chavez-Labor Movement, Civil Rights, Hispanics in the 60's and 70's. Summary:.

The Best:

Cesar Chavez founded the first union for farm workers in the United States: The National Fram Workers Association (NFWA )
Thousands of people got better working conditions, better wages and health benefits.

The Worst:

The lettuce and grape strike and boycott

The Most Interesting:

Thousands of Americans got together nationwide to support the boycott!


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*Team 3B Morning Class 1965-1970 Summary:*
Our time period is between 1965 and 1970.
Highlights :
* Robert Kennedy Assassination
* Martin Luther King Assassination
* Malcom X assassination
* Presidential election of Richard Nixon
* Vietnam War
* Niel Armstrong landed on the Moon with Apollo
* Invention of the first heart trnas and new transportation/bullet train in Japan
* American Fashion : Mini-skirt, baby doll dress, etc.

1965-1970 was a time which influenced and changed American history. There were very important people and events in that time.

I The best thing that happened was Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon in 1969.
II The worst thing that happened was Vietnam War occured in 1965.
III What impressed us the most was ;
Dina : Invention of the first heart trans.
Midori : Assassination of Martin Luther King JR.

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*Team 3A Morning Class 1960-1965 Summary:* Team 3A Morning Class- 1961-1964

Highlights of project

The best
Flying to the space
Civil Rights Act
Invention of vaccination for RH-negative
Beatles become famous
Labor movement.

The worst
Build the Berlin Wall
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Suicide of Marilyn Monroe
Crisis of Cuba
Continuation of Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union.


Important people
John F. Kennedy
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King
Mohamed Ali
Juri Gagarin

1961 to 1964 was a time when important people fought for freedom.

Cuba was the place where Soviet Union installed the nuclear missiles to fight against the US.

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*Team 2 Morning Class 1955-1960 Summary:*

The highlights of the project:

The best events:

John Kennedy became the first Catholic and the youngest president of the United States.
The civil rights movement
Inauguration of the Disneyland
Hawaii and Alaska became the 49th and 50th states of the US
17 Africa countries became independant ( include TOGO BENIN)
(The bikini bathing suit!)
The most important people:
Martin Luther King, John Kennedy ,Rosa Parks, Silvanus Olympio of Togo

The worst events of the decade:
France tests it's first atomic bomb in Sahara (not on the French territory but in Africa)

The period 1955-1960 is the time when:

Fidel Castro overthrows Batista and takes control over Cuba
J.Kennedy wins the US presidency with new hope
The bus boycott becomes one of the big events of the civil rights movement
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*Team 2 Evening Class 1955-1965 Summary:*
Highlights of project

The most important people and events:

President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act
Fidel Castro
Nelson Mandela
NASA
Birth Control Pills
Bilingual Education
Polio Vaccine
Alcatraz
Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize
Disneyland
First Children’s book in school ( The Cat in a Hat)
Creation of the National Organization for Women (NOW)

The worst:

Nelson Mandela was thrown in Jail
Segregation in schools (later ended)
Polio vaccine was contaminated by simian virus


What we found interesting:

1. We found it interesting to learn a lot about history . We were able to learn a lot of things that we didn’t know before. By working together in a team we could discover different interesting parts of the events and people of these years.

2. We found a man who spent his whole life in jail. Then
he became President in his Country. His name is Nelson Mandela.

3. Today there is freedom for everybody in U. S because of civil rights. Everybody can vote.
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*Team 1 Morning Class 1947-1954 Summary*:# Highlights of 1947 - 1954
The best things that happened in our period were:
*Marshall plan to rebuild against communism.
*Baby boom (increase in the population) of the USA.
*Fight against segregation in the USA army and the school.
*The beginning of the use of the contraceptives
*T V dinner.
*May 14 1948 independence of Isreal.
*Independance of INDIA.
*Increase of the reaches of sciences.
*August 15th,1948 the USA wins 38 medals at Londes Games.

Some of the important people of that period were :
Harry TRUMAN the USA president ,
Joseph STALIN of Russia,
Jackie ROBINSON ,
Olivier BROWN

# The worst things that happened in that period were:
Assassination of Mohandas GANDHI,
Separation of Germany in two parts.
What impressed us the most was the fight against segragation in the USA education and the army.

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*Team 1 Evening Class 1947-1954 Summary*:The best, the worst, and the interesting :
My speech was about the atomic bomb. (Domingo)
The best of this bomb was that United States won World War II, against Japan. What happened is after the U.S. threw the atomic bomb on Japan, this country quit this war.

The worst of this bomb was when the U.S. threw it on these two
cities of Japan which were Hirochima and Nagazaki. These two bombs killed a lot of people and contaminated all. The people who did not die got serious illness without cure.
The interesting part of this is somehow the Soviet Union took the atomic bomb specifications from somewhere and started doing it and testing them. This was the beginning of the “arms war” which was part of the Cold War and lasted a long time.

My speech was about advances that women made after WWII . (Parvin)
Princess Elizabeth II – coronation (the first time ever shown on TV)
In Iran: Women had a time of more western style freedom under Mohamed Riza Shah.
I also spoke about some interesting places in Iran.


(Teacher’s note: Stanley , the third member of the team, spoke about the Cold War from beginning to end in great detail.)
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