Chapter 17
Student will research historical information related to the time period 1941-1945 to identify examples of FDR’s domestic and foreign policy.
Student will examine historical information related to events prior to the United States’ involvement in WW II to understand and explain key factors that lead to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Student will examine factors involved with capitalism and industrialization to understand and explain key reasons the US won WWII.
Student will research motives of WWII to understand and explain why the US attacked Germany before Japan and the strategy of a two-theater war.
Student will examine historical information related to the holocaust to analyze its impact on the outcome of WWII.
Student will analyze factors contributing to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to understand and explain the decision to use an atomic weapon.
Possible discussion suggestions:
Why were WWI and WWII fought in such close sequence?
Discuss the change from US isolation to worldwide responsibility.
Discuss the impact of geography, resources, interest and ideals involved in American foreign policy.
Why did FDR inter Japanese American citizens?
On the home front, what factors contributed to the war effort? (Economics, military, socio-cultural)
Chapter 18
Student will examine historical information related to post WWII to understand and explain Soviet Union expansion and the Iron Curtain.
Student will examine factors involved with Soviet expansionism to understand and explain the need for the Truman Doctrine and the relationship between the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan in connection with the Cold War.
Student will research key events that are related to spies and espionage during the 1940s and 1950s to understand and explain US anti-communist actions.
Student will analyze factors of the 1950s to understand and describe the American Society and popular culture post WWII.
Student will examine postwar economic growth to understand and explain America’s position in the world.
Possible discussion suggestions:
Discuss historical origins of the Cold War.
Discuss the reasons for anti-communism.
What was the “Big Confrontation” in Berlin? What was the outcome?
How is a communist totalitarian government like Nazism?
Discuss NATO and the UN. What authority do they have?
What part did Jazz play in the Cold War?
Why was President Eisenhower’s program called “Dynamic Conservatism?”
What did ICBMs and the space race have to do with the Cold War?
Discuss President Eisenhower’s contributions to the American society.
Discuss Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Chapter 19
Student will examine major world events and crises, social change and reform, and the space race to understand and explain the upheaval of American life and culture during the 1960s.
Student will research and analyze the factors of the Civil Rights Movement.
Student will examine historical information related to the Civil Right Movement to understand and explain the relationship between civil rights and welfare dependency.
Student will examine factors related to the “Great Society” to understand and explain the relationship between the “New Deal” and the “Great Society” programs.
Student will examine foreign policy during 1960-1974 to understand and explain the military strategies, dissension within the US, and negotiations about the Vietnam War.
Student will examine historical information related to Richard Nixon’s Presidency during the years 1972-1974 to understand and explain the impeachment investigation and articles of impeachment.
Possible discussion suggestions:
Discuss John F. Kennedy’s Presidency, and his assassination.
Discuss Lyndon B. Johnson’s Presidency, domestic and foreign policy.
Discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964. What factions, pro and con, were involved? What part did NAACP, Black Panthers, Black Muslims, and the riots play before and after the law was passed?
Discuss disarmament. What countries are involved? What goals are presented? How does the UN, NATO, and SALT I influence or relate to disarmament?
How was President Johnson’s administration Progressive?
How was President Nixon’s administration Progressive?
Discuss what part sex, drugs, and rock & roll played in the upheaval of the 1960s.
Discuss what impact losing the Vietnam War and a President resigning has on the US.
Chapter 20:
Student will examine conditions related to the events taking place in the Middle East and the state of Israel, and the influence of OPEC to understand and analyze their impact on US economy.
Student will research US foreign policy from 1974 -1980 to understand and explain disarmament efforts, treaty negotiations, and the Middle East dilemma.
Student will examine historical information related to Ronald Reagan’s Presidency to understand US domestic and foreign policy between 1980-1988.
Student will investigate the history of America’s computer industry to understand the impact that technology had on the Cold War.
Student will examine and analyze factors related to the USSR to understand the beginning of the fall of communism.
Possible discussion suggestions:
How did Gerald Ford become President?
What contributed to a lack of confidence in the office of the Presidency (1974-1975)? Has confidence in the office of the Presidency changed?
What “tightropes” did SALT II walk on? (Hint: What funding was critical to the approval of SALT II?)
Why was Jimmy Carter elected in 1976 and defeated in 1980?
Discuss domestic policy of Presidents Ford and Carter.
Discuss how President Reagan’s administration was conservative, but not isolationist.
Discuss the impact of “It’s morning in America.”
Chapter 21
Student will research and analyze factors related to communism to understand and explain the fall of communism and the Iron Curtain.
Student will investigate historical information regarding events in the Middle East during the 1990s to understand US strategies and alliances to confront Middle East issues.
Student will examine major ideas and issues during President G. H. W. Bush’s and Clinton’s administrations to understand and explain US economy, trade, and domestic issues.
Students will investigate historical information related to US military and political actions during the Clinton administration to understand and explain world events and US foreign policy.
Possible discussion suggestions:
Discuss Saddam Hussein’s attack on Kuwait in 1990.
How did President George H. W. Bush change the course of history?
Discuss examples of progressivism in President G. H. W. Bush’s administration. How was the administration conservative?
Discuss examples of progressivism in President Clinton’s administration. How was the administration conservative?
Discuss NAFTA, pros and cons.
Discuss the influx of immigrants during the 1990s. What problems resulted?
Racial relations could be positive and negative in 1990s, how so?
What spiritual revival occurred in 1990s?
Discuss scandals in the White House during Clinton’s Presidency and public opinion.
Who are the “New Democrats” and why are they called new?
Chapter 22
Student will investigate historical information related to the 2000 Presidential Election to understand and analyze the outcome of the election.
Student will examine historical information related to 9/11 to evaluate and understand the actions taken by President George W. Bush to stabilize a nation under attack and prepare for a war against terrorism.
Student will examine relationships and tensions in the world in 2001-2002 to understand and analyze US foreign policy to end the “Axis of Evil” and prepare for a war with Iraq.
Student will investigate historical information related to G. H. W. Bush’s Presidency to understand and explain his domestic policy.
Possible discussion suggestions:
Discuss the electoral college and the election process in the US.
Discuss weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and actions by US, Europe, and Middle East countries to resolve controversies related to WMD.
Has the war on terror failed?
How have the world and the UN reacted to 9/11, war on terror, and the Iraq War
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