6/16/11

Today's agenda:  (2nd period only)

1)  Turn in textbooks to library

2)  Test 12


3)   Have a good summer

6/15/11

Today's agenda:

2nd period:  Study period

3rd and 4th periods:
1)  Turn in textbooks to library
2)  Test 12
3)  Have a good summer

6/14/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Recap of "10 Major Events that Shaped the U.S."
--Hand back original lists
-Make updated list
--Each person shares the highlights of their new list

2)  Graded studying for the test
--Must be history test studying
--Recommendation: Quiz each other using class notes in 2s or 3s

BRING TEXTBOOKS ON LAST DAY OF CLASS


2ND PERIOD ONLY:  BRING STUDY MATERIALS FOR TOMORROW

6/13/11

Today's agenda:

Finish Clinton video notes
--Put a star next to the 3 most important items on each list
--Make a summary judgment (1 paragraph):
"When the next historians' ranking of presidents comes out in 2020, how will Clinton be judged and why?"
Use the categories: Great, Near Great, Average, Below Average, Failure

--Graded Discussion (if time)

6/10/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992-2001")

2)  Video: "The Clinton Years" (2 day video)

--Notes: Label 1 side of your paper "Successes" and the other "Setbacks" and keep a running list.


No more homework readings for the year.  Spend the time on the online study site preparing for the Unit 12 Test.

6/9/11

Today's agenda:

1) Notes ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")

2)  12 groups: America's Wars: How Just?
--Brief group research/discussion in classroom.  Each group will have an American war.
--Make a transparency with your answers for presentation.


Answer these questions: 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 ban on gays in the military  c) Health care reform  d) Hillary Rodham Clinton  e) "Contract with America"

6/8/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2)  3rd and 4th periods--go over yesterday's video notes and hand in

3)  Video:  "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes


4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 912-914 ("Foreign Relations Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on: a) 1988 campaign and election  b) Clarence Thomas  c) Collapse of the Soviet Union  d) Persian Gulf War  e) Characteristics of Gulf War troops