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

2. UNITS of Study The Great Depression and WW2 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 in class questions each week
Get to take exciting benchmark tests, mid terms and a final But wait, there’s more!
Various small Research Papers and various group projects await you….

4. Great Depression Topics

5. WW2

6. Cold War topics

7. More Cold War Topics

8. Sometimes having a fence means having a bad neighbor….

9. “Kids you are grounded!”
Family fun day bunker style….

10. Political Cartoons: What are they trying to say?

13. Life in the 1950s

15. JFK & LBJ

16. The Civil Rights Movement

18. Vietnam War Years

19. Counterculture of the 1960s…Look for your Grandparents
Counterculture of the 1960s…Look for your Grandparents. Find the professor!

20. 60s Slang A Gas A lot of fun. All show and no go.
Referenced to a car that had all the pretty chrome goodies, but wouldn't get out of its own way.
Ankle Biter
A baby or small child
Bad
Awesome Flower Child: A Hippie
Gimme some skin : Shake hands .
Groovy: Nice, "Cool" or Neat. Used commonly among hippies in the 60's.
RighteousExtremely fine, beautiful. For us guys it was generally used when talking about the most important areas of our lives; cars and women. What's Your Bag, Man?: What's your problem; where are you coming from?

22. The Nixon Years

23. Carter Presidency

24. 70s

25. Reagan Presidency

27. 80s Fads

28. The 90s….

30. 2000s

32. Your Future Starts Here:

33. VLA Challenge
Watch the intro video then after it’s over see how many specific facts you or your group can list….random prizes for top three longest lists
We didn’t start the Fire: or
1920s:
1930s :