Unit 13: America Today

Chapters 24, 25, & 26: An Era of Social Change, An Age of Limits, The Conservative Tide, The United States in Today's World (1968 - Present)

Unit Overview: President Nixon limits federal power and changes foreign policy. He resigns in disgrace and his successors struggle to fix economic problems. A growing conservatism brings Reagan and Bush to the Presidency, who change the American economy. President Clinton debates the country's direction. Americans face many changes that reshape their lives.


Standard 10: The students will understand the economic and political changes in contemporary America.
          Objective 1: Analyze the economy of the contemporary United States.
                    Indicator: a. Examine the effects of economics on modern society.
                                      b. Trace the development of computers and the Internet and their impact on American business and globalization.
          Objective 2: Determine how politics was changed by the end of the Cold War.
                    Indicator: a. Examine the “Reagan Revolution,” its goals, success, and failures.
                                      b. Determine the impact of environmentalism on the United States.
                                      c. Analyze the impact of international terrorism on the United States.



Lesson 1: An Age of Limits

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-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Age of Limits Notes Click Here!
-assignment / activity
-Review Learning Targets

Crash Course: Ford and Carter

Lesson 2: The Conservative Tide

-Current Event
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-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-Conservative Tide Notes Click Here!
-assignment / activity
-Review Learning Targets

Crash Course: Conservatism

Crash Course: The Reagan Revolution

Crash Course: Bush & The End of the Cold War

Lesson 3: The United States in Today's World

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
-America Today Notes Click Here!
-assignment / activity
-Review Learning Targets

Crash Course: Clinton & the 90's

Crash Course: Bush & Terrorism

Crash Course: Obama

Lesson 4: Review

-Current Event
-Review Previous Lesson
-Introduce Daily Learning Targets
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-assignment / activity
-Review Learning Targets


Test Day:
-Unit 13 Test
-Folders Due

Congratulations On Completing Unit 13!!!