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Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Far West")
2)  Video: "The Geography of Hope" (2 days)
--Take 2 pages of notes

3)  Homework: Thomas Leonard reading in Blue Reader ("Reluctant Conquerors...")
Focus your reading on:  The author's thesis: Why was the U.S. Army "reluctant"?



Honors U.S. History:

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