6/3/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  12 groups:  "America's Wars: How Just?"
--Brief group research/discussion
--Groups present information and opinion

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"


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Cold War Consensus Unravels") and ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2)  Video: "Approaching the Apocalypse: 1971-75"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 880-887 ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Divisions in the Democratic Party  c) Spiro Agnew  d) Watergate cover-up  e) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  f) Nixon's pardon  g) Rising oil prices  h) OPEC oil embargo  i) Impact of embargo on the U.S.