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Important American Contributors Recent History
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Objectives Content: Choose which important American impacted the United States the most and defend your answer. Learning: Describe how new technologies have impacted your life.
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Science Charles Drew Medicine (plasma) J Robert Oppenheimer Physics Manhattan Project team
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Culture Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture http://www.franklloydwright. org/about/public-sites.html
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Culture Martha Graham Dance “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements... I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.” –Martha Graham http://youtu.be/Lr8OqS7glxk
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Academics Henry Louis Gates History http://www.huffingtonpost.c om/2013/10/23/henry- louis-gates-the-african- americans_n_4149867.html
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Academics Maya Angelou Literature
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Economics Bill Gates Computer Technology - Microsoft Ray Kroc Franchising - McDonalds
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Warm Up Look at the items you brought to class and/or something you are wearing and write down 4 items and where they were made. Example: JMU Water Bottle = China
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Objectives Content: Predict why jobs move overseas. Learning: State ways individuals can help protect the environment.
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Globalization Globalization is the linking of nations through trade, information, technology, and communication. Globalized is how we describe the world today
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Impact of Globalization Improvement of all communications Availability of a wide variety of foreign made goods and services Outsourcing of jobs
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Impact of Globalization World health issues Global pandemics SARS Bird Flu (Avian Flu) Swine Flu (H1N1)
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Global Environment Global climate change Statistics: http://climate.nasa.gov/ http://climate.nasa.gov/ Interactive Climate Map: http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate_time_machine http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate_time_machine http://youtu.be/hC3VTgIPoGU Important to conserve water and other natural resources
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Global Environment Policies to protect the environment Clean Air Act of 1970 Created to minimize pollution and make the air we breathe cleaner Clean Water Act of 1972 Created to minimize hazardous pollutants dumped into our water sources Ex: oil, sewage, and chemicals
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Global Environment Energy issues Dependence on foreign oil http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/06/business/20071107_WI NNERSLOSERS_GRAPHIC.html?ref=oilpetroleumandgasoline&_r=0#
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Objectives Content: Analyze two people’s stories and explain the impact of 9/11 on their lives. Learning: List the two groups that are currently immigrating to the U.S. in the largest numbers.
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Immigration Changing immigration patterns to the United States oLargest current immigrant groups are Hispanic and Asian
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What is Terrorism? Are these events terrorist attacks? School shootings (Sandyhook) 9/11 Denver movie theater shooting Iranian hostage crisis Boston bombings
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Terrorism Increase in terrorist attacks in recent years War on Terror Centered in the Middle East Iraq Afghanistan
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