6/2/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
2)  12 groups: America's Wars: How Just?
--Brief group research using textbooks and notes
--Groups present today
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 the ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

ONLINE REVIEW INFORMATION:  Go to bedfordstmartins.com/henretta
--Click on the question in the middle of the home page that allows you to access the older edition.
--You will need to create a login.
--Only study Chapters 25-31, the years 1960-1994, and topics covered in the class notes.
--Quizzes and other review information are available.  Use your textbook, class notes, and your reading notes to assist you.


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
2)  Watergate Assignment
a)  Read pages 267-276 in books provided
b)  Answer questions from sheets provided
c)  Graded Discussion

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