From The Great Depression to Present Day An introduction… US History II From The Great Depression to Present Day An introduction…

UNITS of Study Greta Depression, WW2 and The events and people of the Cold War The Post War Boom; Life in the 1950s JFK and LBJ; The New Frontier and the Great Society The Civil Rights Movement The Vietnam Years Era of Social Change and life during the 1960s 1970s Nixon, Carter administrations 1980s to Present Day; including The Reagan Years, End of the Cold War, the Tech Boom and 9/11.

Expectations: Good News! :In this course you will add to COPIUS notes!! We have lots of places to see and people to meet! Take it in as a long running story with lots of different “chapters” in our nation’s history. Try to imagine “living” in the times we study… You will be assessed through a series of questions each week Get to take a pair of fun Benchmarks But wait, there’s more! Multiple (tiny) Small Research Papers, Opinion papers, Pros and Cons papers and various group projects await you….and if you are really lucky (good/well behaved)…maybe even a final FUN Project worth 2 Chunky Test grades!!!

Class Procedures At the start of each class there will be a warm-up, journal topic or a warm up worksheet. These are to be completed quietly when directed. Middle portion will typically be a power-point presentation with various embedded activities and related video clips. Wrap-up portion of class shall include review activities and homework explanations ect.

During this course we see a great Crash then get really depressed:

We examine how we were dragged into the biggest war in history…. Then finished it…

By the End this World War…. …handshakes all around … By the End this World War….…handshakes all around ….and other celebrations to end the biggest war in history setting us up for the “chilly” war called ….

The Cold War Cold War!!! Bring a jacket comrade

You will examine many maps, photos and videos: These are Cold War topics Identify all topics, people and things you can!:

More Cold War Topics

Photo Analysis Sample:

More Photo Analysis:

IN this course you shall also examine political Cartoons:

What’s the Message here?

Study Life in the 1950s’s

The Civil Rights Movement

Study Presidencies of JFK & LBJ

Vietnam War Years

Counterculture of the 1960s… Look! your Grandparents were cool….

The Nixon Years

Carter Presidency

Reagan Presidency

The 90s….

2000s

OK Visual Recall challenge Win a prize…maybe… How many US presidents did I show or mention in this presentation that you can you list? More than 5 is a start…..

Final Advice: Don’t be a Calvin: Don’t wait get your work done!