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Today's Agenda

5/17/2019

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Learning Target:
I can describe the major social trends of the 1990s.

Critical Vocabulary: Rodney King Verdict, Los Angeles Riots, Anita Hill, Year of the Woman, Election of 1992, Family and Medical Leave Act, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Waco Siege, Violence Against Women Act, Brady Bill, Contract with America, Oklahoma City Bombing, Atlanta Olympics Bombing, Defense of Marriage Act, Welfare Reform Act, Balanced Budget Act, Budget Surplus, Matthew Shepherd Case, Columbine Shootings, NAFTA, World Trade Organization, Oslo Accords, Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty, Operation Desert Fox, World Trade Center Bombing, US Embassy Bombings, Somali War, Kosovo War

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Which 1990s musical artists are you most familiar with?
  2. Citizenship Question: What Ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 
    1. Arctic Ocean 
    2. Indian Ocean 
    3. Pacific Ocean 
    4. ​Atlantic Ocean
  3. Guided Instruction: 1980s Time Capsule
  4. Reflection Question: Are there any movies from the 1990s that you would add to our list? 

Homework: The 1990s Reading
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Today's Agenda

5/15/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the causes and effects of the conservative movement of the 1980s.

Critical Vocabulary: Reagan Revolution, New Right, Conservative Coalition, Moral Majority, Reaganomics, "Trickle Down" Economics, Deregulation, "Peace through Strength," Reagan Doctrine, "Evil Empire," Strategic Defense Initiative, "Freedom Fighters," Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Contras, Sandidnatas, Iran-Contra Affair, Grenada, Mikhail Gorbachev, Glasnost, Perestroika, INF Treaty, Tiananmen Square, 1989 Revolutions, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Collapse of the USSR, Boris Yeltsin, START I, START II, Iran-Iraq War, Hezbollah Bombings, Libya, Mummar Gaddafi, Pan Am Flight 103, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, AIDS, War on Drugs, A Nation at Risk, Urban Decline, Challenger Explosion, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Which 1980s musical artists are you most familiar with?
  2. Citizenship Question: What Ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 
    1. Arctic Ocean 
    2. Indian Ocean 
    3. Pacific Ocean 
    4. ​Atlantic Ocean
  3. Guided Instruction: 1980s Time Capsule
  4. Reflection Question: Are there any movies from the 1980s that you would add to our list? 

Homework: The 1980s Reading
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Today's Agenda

5/14/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the causes and effects of the conservative movement of the 1980s.

Critical Vocabulary: Reagan Revolution, New Right, Conservative Coalition, Moral Majority, Reaganomics, "Trickle Down" Economics, Deregulation, "Peace through Strength," Reagan Doctrine, "Evil Empire," Strategic Defense Initiative, "Freedom Fighters," Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Contras, Sandidnatas, Iran-Contra Affair, Grenada, Mikhail Gorbachev, Glasnost, Perestroika, INF Treaty, Tiananmen Square, 1989 Revolutions, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Collapse of the USSR, Boris Yeltsin, START I, START II, Iran-Iraq War, Hezbollah Bombings, Libya, Mummar Gaddafi, Pan Am Flight 103, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, AIDS, War on Drugs, A Nation at Risk, Urban Decline, Challenger Explosion, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Who was president throughout much of the 1980s?
  2. Citizenship Question: What Ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 
    1. Arctic Ocean 
    2. Indian Ocean 
    3. Pacific Ocean 
    4. ​Atlantic Ocean
  3. Guided Instruction: The Century - A New World
  4. Reflection Question: Why did national politics move towards the right in the 1980s?

Homework: The 1980s Reading
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Today's Agenda

5/13/2019

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Today's Agenda

5/10/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the causes and effects of the conservative movement of the 1980s.

Critical Vocabulary: Reagan Revolution, New Right, Conservative Coalition, Moral Majority, Reaganomics, "Trickle Down" Economics, Deregulation, "Peace through Strength," Reagan Doctrine, "Evil Empire," Strategic Defense Initiative, "Freedom Fighters," Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Contras, Sandidnatas, Iran-Contra Affair, Grenada, Mikhail Gorbachev, Glasnost, Perestroika, INF Treaty, Tiananmen Square, 1989 Revolutions, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Collapse of the USSR, Boris Yeltsin, START I, START II, Iran-Iraq War, Hezbollah Bombings, Libya, Mummar Gaddafi, Pan Am Flight 103, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, AIDS, War on Drugs, A Nation at Risk, Urban Decline, Challenger Explosion, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What modern song will help historians better understand life in the period from 2010-present? Why?
  2. Citizenship Question: What Ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 
    1. Arctic Ocean 
    2. Indian Ocean 
    3. Pacific Ocean 
    4. ​Atlantic Ocean
  3. Individual Learning: Time Capsule Activity
  4. Reflection Question: What do you know about the 1980s? List 5 things.

Homework: The 1980s Reading
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Today's Agenda

5/9/2019

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Today's Agenda

5/8/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Which American president cashed in that ‘check,’ escalating the war in Vietnam in 1965?
  2. Citizenship Question: What Ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 
    1. Arctic Ocean 
    2. Indian Ocean 
    3. Pacific Ocean 
    4. ​Atlantic Ocean
  3. Guided Instruction: The Vietnam War Years
  4. Reflection Question: What name was given to the 1968 orchestrated attack against American interests in Vietnam.

Homework: The Vietnam War
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Today's Agenda

5/7/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam, & I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.

Critical Vocabulary: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Domino Effect, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Cong, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Senator J. William Fullbright, General William Westmoreland, "Tet Offensive," Nixon Doctrine, Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam Moratorium Day, "Silent Majority," My Lai Massacre, Kent State University, "Pentagon Papers," Paris Peace Talks, 26th Amendment

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: What do you want to know more about regarding the Vietnam War?
  2. Citizenship Question: Who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives? 
    1. John Boehner 
    2. Nancy Pelosi
    3. Paul Ryan
    4. ​Dennis Hastert
  3. Guided Instruction: The Vietnam War Years
  4. Reflection Question: Who were the Vietminh? The VietCong? 

Homework: The Vietnam War Reading
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Today's Agenda

5/6/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the social, political, economic, & environmental problems that Americans faced in the 1970s.

Critical Vocabulary: Vietnamization, My Lai Massacre, Cambodian Campaign, Kent State Shooting, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, New York Times v. Sullivan, Paris Peace Accords, War Powers Act, Nixon Doctrine, Realpolitik, Detente, SALT I, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Silent Majority, Southern Strategy, New Conservatism, New Federalism, Watergate, Committee to Re-Elect the President, Plumbers, Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon Tapes, U.S. v. Nixon, Stagflation, Whip Inflation Now, Helsinki Accords, Fall of Saigon, Mayaguez Incident, National Energy Act, Crisis of Confidence Speech, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, SALT II

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizizz Practice #7 game.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the economic system in the United States? 
    1. barter or trade economy 
    2. socialist or mutual economy 
    3. capitalist or market economy 
    4. ​communist or collective economy
  3. Guided Instruction: Forrest Gump
  4. Reflection Question: How did the Watergate Scandal impact American's view of their government?

Homework: The 1970s Reading
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Today's Agenda

5/2/2019

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Learning Target:
I can analyze the social, political, economic, & environmental problems that Americans faced in the 1970s.

Critical Vocabulary: Vietnamization, My Lai Massacre, Cambodian Campaign, Kent State Shooting, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, New York Times v. Sullivan, Paris Peace Accords, War Powers Act, Nixon Doctrine, Realpolitik, Detente, SALT I, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Silent Majority, Southern Strategy, New Conservatism, New Federalism, Watergate, Committee to Re-Elect the President, Plumbers, Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon Tapes, U.S. v. Nixon, Stagflation, Whip Inflation Now, Helsinki Accords, Fall of Saigon, Mayaguez Incident, National Energy Act, Crisis of Confidence Speech, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, SALT II

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Play the Quizizz Practice #6 game.
  2. Citizenship Question: What is the economic system in the United States? 
    1. barter or trade economy 
    2. socialist or mutual economy 
    3. capitalist or market economy 
    4. ​communist or collective economy
  3. Guided Instruction: Forrest Gump
  4. Reflection Question: How did the Watergate Scandal impact American's view of their government?

Homework: The 1970s Reading
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