6/4/13

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")
2)  Video: "The Clinton Years"
Notes:  Label 1 side "Successes" and 1 side "Setbacks"--keep a running list

3)  Homework:  9/11 Interview  (due Thursday)


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
2)  Discuss/hand in video notes
3)  Watergate Assignment
--Read pages 267-276 in books provided
--Answer questions (paragraph responses)
--Graded Discussion

4)  Homework:  Textbook, pages 887-889; 892-904 ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s") and ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Three Mile Island  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Roe vs. Wade  d) "Modern" political campaigning  e) Gerald Ford's problems as president  f) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign and leadership style  g) Camp David Accords  h) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan  i) Iranian Hostage Crisis

ALSO:  9/11 Interview (due Friday)