1. From The Cold War to Present Day An introduction…
US History II
From The Cold War to Present Day
An introduction…

2. UNITS of Study The Start 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.

3. Expectations:
Good News! :In this course you will take 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 quiz each week
Get to take A 2 weeks!
But wait, there’s more!
Research 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!!!

4. Cold War topics

5. More Cold War Topics

8. Life in the 1950s

9. JFK & LBJ

10. The Civil Rights Movement

12. Vietnam War Years

13. Counterculture of the 1960s… Look for your Grandparents….

15. The Nixon Years

16. Carter Presidency

17. Reagan Presidency

18. The 90s….

19. 2000s