5/29/15

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2)  Video: "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  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

BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS ON MONDAY

5/28/15

1)  Notes ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
2)  Video: "1976-80: Starting Over"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 908-912 ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
Focus your reading on:  a) Ronald Reagan's leadership style  b) Reaganomics  c) Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)  d) 1984 election  e) Iran-Contra Scandal

5/27/15

1)  Notes ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada
2)  Modern Women's Rights Leaders Presentations
--Students take class notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 899-904 ("Politics in the Wake of Watergate")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gerald Ford's problems as president  b) Jimmy Carter's "outsider" campaign and leadership style  c) Camp David Accords  d) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan  e) Iranian Hostage Crisis

OPTIONAL UNIT 12 TEST REVIEW INFORMATION:

1)  This is not required or even necessarily recommended.  It's just an option.
2)  Textbook website: bedfordstmartins.com/henretta
3)  Chapters 25-31.  Click on chapter headings to get sample questions.
4)  Only concern yourself with topics covered in the class notes and homework readings.
5)  You will need to create a login.

5/26/15

1)  Notes ("Why Women's Liberation?")
2)  8 groups:  Modern Women's Rights Leaders (Prep Day in lab)
--10 points total (5 pts-1/2 page of typed info; 2.5 pts--presentation; 2.5 pts--visual)
--Present tomorrow

3)  Homework: Paul Bennett reading in Green Reader ("The Modern Women's Rights Movement")-Canada
Focus your reading on:  a) Laura Sabia  b) Canadian Human Rights Commission

5/22/15

1)  Notes ("Reform and Reaction in the 1970s")
2)  Watergate reading/questions/graded discussion
--Read pages 267-276 in books provided

3)  Homework: Marlene Dixon reading in Green Reader ("Why Women's Liberation?")
Focus your reading on:  a) Gender roles in the New Left and Civil Rights Movements  b) U.S. government's use of women and African-Americans

5/21/15

1)  Notes ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
2)  Video: "1971-75: Approaching the Apocalypse")
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 887-889; 892-899 ("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

5/20/15

1)  Notes ("The Nixon Years")
2)  Finish any Oral History Presentations
3)  Video: "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam"
--No notes. Just watch.

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 884-887 ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
Focus your reading on:  a) Rising oil prices  b) OPEC oil embargo  c) Impact of embargo on the U.S.