6/16/11

Today's agenda:  (2nd period only)

1)  Turn in textbooks to library

2)  Test 12


3)   Have a good summer

6/15/11

Today's agenda:

2nd period:  Study period

3rd and 4th periods:
1)  Turn in textbooks to library
2)  Test 12
3)  Have a good summer

6/14/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Recap of "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Hand back original lists
-Make updated list
--Each person shares the highlights of their new list

2)  Graded studying for the test
--Must be history test studying
--Recommendation: Quiz each other using class notes in 2s or 3s

BRING TEXTBOOKS ON LAST DAY OF CLASS


2ND PERIOD ONLY:  BRING STUDY MATERIALS FOR TOMORROW

6/13/11

Today's agenda:

Finish Clinton video notes
--Put a star next to the 3 most important items on each list
--Make a summary judgment (1 paragraph):
"When the next historians' ranking of presidents comes out in 2020, how will Clinton be judged and why?"
Use the categories: Great, Near Great, Average, Below Average, Failure

--Graded Discussion (if time)

6/10/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")

2)  Video: "The Clinton Years" (2 day video)

--Notes: Label 1 side of your paper "Successes" and the other "Setbacks" and keep a running list.


No more homework readings for the year.  Spend the time on the online study site preparing for the Unit 12 Test.

6/9/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")

2)  12 groups: America's Wars: How Just?
--Brief group research/discussion in classroom.  Each group will have an American war.
--Make a transparency with your answers for presentation.


Answer these questions: a) Causes  b) Reasons for U.S. involvement c) Outcomes  d) Just or not just? Why or why not?

3) Homework: Textbook, pages 927-936 ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
Focus your reading on:  a) Successes during Clinton's first term  b) Lifting ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

6/8/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2)  3rd and 4th periods--go over yesterday's video notes and hand in

3)  Video:  "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes


4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 912-914 ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on: a) 1988 campaign and election  b) Clarence Thomas  c) Collapse of the Soviet Union  d) Persian Gulf War  e) Characteristics of Gulf War troops

6/7/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")

2) Video: "1976-80: Starting Over"
--Take 1 page of notes


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 908-912 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on: a) Ronald Reagan's leadership style  b) Reaganomics  c) Strategic Defense Initiative  d) 1984 reelection  e) Iran-Contra Affair

6/6/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada

2)  Modern Women's Rights Leaders Presentations (each person needs to present a part)
--Audience should take some notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 899-904 ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gerald Ford's problems as president  b)  Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign and leadership style  c)  Camp David Accords  d) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan  e) Iranian hostage crisis

TEST 12 WEBSITE STUDY INFORMATION:


bedfordstmartins.com/henretta


--Create login
--Focus on Chapters 28-31 only
--Click on here on left side of website page after you login
--Click on Online Study Guide
--Information on each section of each chapter on top of screen once you click on a chapter
--Quizzes, review questions, chapter summaries, self-tests, timeline activities all helpful
--Keep textbook and class notes handy to review as you study
--Don't study topics not covered in class

6/3/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Why Women's Liberation?")

2)  8 groups: Modern Women's Rights Leaders mini-research project
--Go to lab.  Make the sheet of information and picture as a group to present on Monday.

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada
Focus your reading on: a) Laura Sabia  b) Canadian Human Rights Commission

6/2/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")

2)  Watergate assignment
a) Read pages 267-276 in books provided
b)  Answer questions (paragraph each) from sheets provided
c)  Graded Discussion


3)  Homework:  Marlene Dixon reading in Green Reader ("Why Women's Liberation?")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gender roles in the New Left and Civil Rights Movement  b) U.S. government's use of women and African-Americans

6/1/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")

2) Video: "1971-75: Approaching the Apocalypse"
--Take 1 page of notes


3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 887-889; 892-899 ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
Focus your reading on: a) Three Mile Island  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Roe v. Wade  d) "Modern" political campaigning