SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision. SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945-1970.
a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.
b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including the impact on Civil Rights legislation.
c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, including the establishment of Medicare.
d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention. SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
a. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.
b. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights; include such decisions as Roe versus Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action.
c. Explain the Carter administrations’ efforts in the Middle East including the Camp David
Accords, his response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and Iranian hostage crisis.
d. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, including
Reagonomics, the Iran-contra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
e. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton, including the
North American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment and acquittal.
f. Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its outcome, emphasizing the role of the
electoral college.
g. Analyze the response of President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001,
on the United States, the war against terrorism, and the subsequent American
interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Essential Question:
· How is an issue characterized as either liberal or conservative? · How have the courts shaped the liberal or conservative nature of the nation? · How did domestic and international events affect the presidencies of John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush? · How has the Constitution been tested by controversy during the terms of presidents since Lyndon B. Johnson? · Why does the United States have such a powerful influence on the world economy? · Why is there disagreement about economic alliances such as the North American Free Trade Treaty?
Vocabulary:
Robert Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr William Clinton Hilary Clinton Newt Gingrich Contract with America impeachment Lyndon Johnson Great Society War on Poverty Economic Opportunity Act Medicare Medicaid Immigration Act of 1965 Warren Court Silent majority Democratic National Convention Richard Nixon Miranda Rights
Gideon vs. Wainwright Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting rights Act of 1965 Welfare state Ronald Reagan George H. Bush George W. Bush 9-11 Twin Towers Trade Center Gorbachev Collapse of Soviet Union Persian Gulf War Reapportionment Baker vs. Carr Reynolds vs. Simms Miranda vs. Arizona
Civil rights Assassination Freedom riders Boycotts Rosa Parks Civil rights movement Richard Nixon New Federalism Stagflation Henry Kissinger China Gerald Ford Watergate Impeachment Roe vs. Wade Jimmy Carter IranHostage Crisis CamDavid Accords Deregulation Supply-side Iran-Contra
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Ga Performance Standards:
SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments
between 1945-1970.
a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.
b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including the impact on Civil Rights legislation.
c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, including the establishment of Medicare.
d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention.
SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
a. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.
b. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights; include such decisions as Roe versus Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action.
c. Explain the Carter administrations’ efforts in the Middle East including the Camp David
Accords, his response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and Iranian hostage crisis.
d. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, including
Reagonomics, the Iran-contra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
e. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton, including the
North American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment and acquittal.
f. Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its outcome, emphasizing the role of the
electoral college.
g. Analyze the response of President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001,
on the United States, the war against terrorism, and the subsequent American
interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Essential Question:
· How is an issue characterized as either liberal or conservative?· How have the courts shaped the liberal or conservative nature of the nation?
· How did domestic and international events affect the presidencies of John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush?
· How has the Constitution been tested by controversy during the terms of presidents since Lyndon B. Johnson?
· Why does the United States have such a powerful influence on the world economy?
· Why is there disagreement about economic alliances such as the North American Free Trade Treaty?
Vocabulary:
Martin Luther King Jr
William Clinton
Hilary Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Contract with America
impeachment
Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
War on Poverty
Economic Opportunity Act
Medicare
Medicaid
Immigration Act of 1965
Warren Court
Silent majority
Democratic National Convention
Richard Nixon
Miranda Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting rights Act of 1965
Welfare state
Ronald Reagan
George H. Bush
George W. Bush
9-11
Twin Towers
Trade Center
Gorbachev
Collapse of Soviet Union
Persian Gulf War
Reapportionment
Baker vs. Carr
Reynolds vs. Simms
Miranda vs. Arizona
Assassination
Freedom riders
Boycotts
Rosa Parks
Civil rights movement
Richard Nixon
New Federalism
Stagflation
Henry Kissinger
China
Gerald Ford
Watergate
Impeachment
Roe vs. Wade
Jimmy Carter
Iran Hostage Crisis
Cam David Accords
Deregulation
Supply-side
Iran-Contra
Resources
Click here to view videos on America's changing role after the Cold WarClick here to view videos on Responding to Terrorism
Woordle Word Wall for Unit 9:
http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/862978/The_Last_Week_
Click here to see the footage of the Kennedy assasination
Sweeet Home Alabama
Learn the incredible story of the Berlin Wall crisis during the Kennedy presidency and how a spark to war was avoided by carefully crafted communication between the Soviet Union and the US by clicking here
JFK believed that through the new frontier, space, there was new knowledge to be gained and new rights to be won.Watch the video here
VIETNAM CONSUMES JOHNSON PRESIDENCY. See video here.
Click here to hear President Johnson describe why he passed the Civil rights Actof 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education, and outlawed segregation in public facilities.
Watch the Nixon resignation here
Watch this historical clip of President Gerald Ford hereas he speaks in front of the House Judiciary Committee about the impeachment of President Nixon. Listen and see what he had to say in this clip.
Carter's thoughts on terrorism
Carter's thoughts on the failed Iranian Hostage rescue mission
Click herefor Ronald Reagan and the star wars strategic defense system
Click here for the Clinton story.After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton was the second president in American history to be impeached.
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