1. 42 The American People Face a New Century

2. Bush’s Second Term

3. Hurricane Katrina http://mediamatters.org/research/2005 /09/13/media-gave-bush-free-pass-for- repeating-false-d/133805

4. The New Orleans Disaster

5. Discuss Bush had a lot of challenges in his presidency. Which one do you feel he was most successful at handling, and which one was he least successful at handling?

6. The Immigration Debate

7. Challenges to the Bush Administration

9. The Great Recession

10. Bush and the Crisis

11. Discuss Based on how, historically, different presidents have addressed economic downturns, what do you think is the role that a president should play in a time of economic crisis?

12. 44. Barack Obama

13. Michelle Obama

14. The 2008 Campaign

17. Obama’s Beginning

18. Discuss Do you feel the 2008 elections will be historically a time of great change, marking the end of an era and the beginning of something new, or just another election?