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Preparing for your Unit 8 exam (THIS BLOCK DAY): timeline No reassessment on Unit 8 Final and AP test prep Review session HERE at lunch tomorrow! Agenda Warm-up: Great Society speech Great Society programs Interpretations of the Great Society Objectives- Students will be able to… define the Great Society identify several Great Society programs assess the success of the Great Society What was the Great Society? Was the Great Society a success?

Major Great Society Programs War on Poverty: forty programs that were intended to eliminate poverty by improving living conditions and enabling people to lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty. Education: sixty separate bills that provided for new and better- equipped classrooms, minority scholarships, and low-interest student loans. Head Start program for four- and five-year- old children from low-income families. Medicare & Medicaid: guaranteed health care to every American over sixty-five and to low-income families. The Environment: introduced measures to protect clean air and water. National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities: government funding for artists, writers and performers. Civil Rights: new federal laws to prevent discrimination

Discussion questions What is Califano’s main argument? What is Sowell’s main argument? What evidence does each use to support his claim? Who do you find more convincing? Why? How are some of these arguments playing out in Obama’s presideny?