I. The student will analyze the plot, setting, characters and theme of the play "Gamma Rays."

The year 1968 began after North Vietnamese forces launched the Tet Offensive in January. While American servicemen fought the attack, the public began to question the American govt's Vietnam policy. As a result, President Lyndon Johnson decided to curb military action in Vietnam, as well as renounced his candidacy for a second term as president of the United States. April to June saw the most violence during 1968. The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4 caused black neighborhoods around the nation to erupt. The National Guard was called in to maintain the peace. Two month's later, Senator Robert Kennedy, candidate for the democratic nomination for president of the US, was assassinated in Los Angeles, California. The nation entered into a period of mourning and general disbelief. These horrific events altered the presidential election of 1968. Richard Nixon won the presidential election with 56% of the electoral vote, but by only one percent of the popular vote. It became Nixon's job to rebuild the trust and legitimacy of the US as a purveyor of peace and freedom, not only domestically, but throughout the world. We then viewed a short clip of Robert Kennedy informing a crowd at a campaign stop in Indiana that MLK had just been killed. Two months later. RFK will also lose his life. We discussed how the U.S. and world may have been different over the decades to today had JFK, MLK and RFK lived.

During today's class, Jaydn continued working on the worksheet for Chapter 5. We continued watching the video and she was required to complete the activities based on the video.

During this class, Jaydn kept working on her project.

During today's Geometry class, we continued working on Chapter 5. We continued watching the video and Jaydn kept working on the activity.

If student were present, lesson would have included:

I. Recognizing man's inhumanity to man as a theme in literature.

II. Review of characterization acronym STEAL to describe a character in a work of fiction

III. Identification of complicating incident and rising tension in a drama

In the 1960s, hippies and the counterculture were a young generation that protested against many issues. They shunned war, inequality, materialism and the federal government. Some created their own communes or neighborhoods like Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and Greenwich Village in New York City. Another group, the Yippies or the Youth International party were the political arm of the counterculture movement. Eventually, these movements faded as time and events moved on into the 1970s.

The student movement of the 1960s was a significant period of activism in the US. After World War II, the US faced issues of racial injustice, economic inequality, and foreign affairs such as wars in Korea and Vietnam. Young people got involved in political issues to stand up for what they believed was right. Many students on college campuses were dissatisfied and demonstrated about important issues. Between 1960 and 1966, students initially protested civil rights, property, and campus issues before becoming active in the antiwar movement at the height of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. Jaydn learned about the event at Kent State University in 1970.

I. Review of the plot triangle
II. Reading the drama and recognizing the aside, when a character in a work of fiction addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a truth, reveal a feeling, or comment on the events of the story.
III. The student will identify speakers and their asides in the play Gamma Rays

Jaydn was absent for our 5th period, 12:30 pm class. Attempts were made to call and text and I let her know the class was open for her to join on Teams.