1. Welcome…. To American History II Mrs. Deborah J. Ragone dragone@pascack.k12.nj.us

2. What is covered? 1929 to the present.

3. The Great Depression

4. World War II

5. Postwar America (1946-1968)

6. John F. Kennedy The Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Civil Rights Movement Space Race Early Vietnam War Assassination

7. The Vietnam War

8. The 70’s… Nixon, Watergate Scandal & Ford

9. The late 70’s…early 80’s Carter Reagan The Iranian Hostage Crisis

10. Modern Day America Obama…Bush…..Clinton Current Events

11. Assigned Materials The INTERNET!, Handouts, PowerPoint/KeyNote presentations Primary sources

12. Evaluation Major Research Project Examinations (with reviews), Class Presentations, On-Line Activities (web quests), and In-Class Quizzes.

13. Finally…. Communication between parent and teacher is crucial. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns you may have. I will do the same. Let’s visit my website and see how it works!