6/13/17

I.B. History of the Americas:

1) "Mega" notes on the 1970s:  ("The Nixon Years")

("Energy Crisis") and ("Challenges to Tradition...")--Textbook, pages 884; 889; 892-899 Focus terms:  a) OPEC oil embargo/impact on the U.S.  b) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  c) Affirmative action  d) "New Right"

("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")--Textbook, pages 899-904 Focus terms:  a)  Gerald Ford's problems as president  b) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign for president  c) Camp David Accords  d) Panama Canal Treaty  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis


2) Homework: Textbook, pages 908-910 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) "Reaganomics"  b) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, or "Star Wars")  c) Contras/Sandinistas  d) Iran-Contra Affair  e) Reagan's meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev



American Pop Culture:

1) Final reminder of 90s Oral History assignment and missing work

2) Finish 90s Movie ("Reality Bites")
--Complete note guide