I. The student will read and discuss the resolution and conclusion of the drama The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds.

The Watergate Scandal was a scandal involving a plot by President Richard Nixon and people working with him to spy on the Democratic headquarters in the time leading up to Nixon’s re-election campaign. The espionage was an attempt to gather information that could help him in this campaign. Conspirators had to break back in in order to correctly fix the the spy equipment, and they were arrested in the process. The scandal became known as Watergate because the headquarters were located in the Watergate office complex.The espionage was an attempt to gather information. Conspirators had to break back in in order to correctly fix the installation of the equipment, and they were arrested in the process. The scandal became known as Watergate because the headquarters were located in the Watergate office complex. W took time to listen to some of the "Watergate Tapes" from the Oval Office.

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Lesson was not conducted; student was absent.
I. Themes identified in Gamma Rays play
II. Cite Evidence of Theme
III. The student will review the elements of the 5 paragraph essay
IV. Oral reading: conclude play
V. Discuss resolution

I. Themes of man's inhumanity to man, resilience, cruelty and home life will be discussed

II. Citing evidence from text will be practiced.

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Jaydn worked on her project during today's class.

I. The student will identify the plot triangle in the play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man - in The Moon Marigolds
II. Discussion of the theme of resilience in the play
III. The student will read the Dog who thought he was a Cat and apply to the play

Jaydn was absent today,.

After Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, he had to deal with serious international situations: the Cold War, the threat of nuclear war, tensions between the two largest communist countries, (USSR and China) and the war in Vietnam. The US was fighting the Vietnam War against communist forces in N. Vietnam. Guided by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Nixon launched several foreign policy efforts. First, he improved relations with communist China. The Soviet Union then met with the US on arms control treaties. Meanwhile, Nixon slowly withdrew American soldiers from Vietnam and turned the fighting over to S. Vietnam in a process called Vietnamization. Nixon then launched a bombing campaign on North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. In the Paris Peace Accords, war was ended between the US and N. Vietnam, but the latter would soon conquer South Vietnam, While Nixon might have stated he wished for détente, (reduction of tensions), in truth he used extremely violent means to do so. In reaction to Nixon's expansion of the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Powers Act of 1973, in which Congress reclaimed some ability to determine when the US went to war.