June 12-13--FINALS

FINAL EXAMS

June 8; 11

EQ:
What events led up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?


Road to 9/11
1979--Iranian Hostage Crisis
1983--Marine barracks attacked in Lebanon
1993--WTC attack
1998-American embassies bombed in Kenya 
1999-Millenium bombing plot
2000-USS Cole attacked
August 2001--PDB
President Bush on 9/11 in Florida
video clips from
United 93
9/11
ZD30


HW:
REVIEW NOTES

June 6-7

EQ:
What were the major foreign and domestic policies of Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton?

CW:
President George H.W. Bush Years (1989--1993)
1988 RNC--No New Taxes
Senator Dan Quayle vs. Senator Lloyd Bentsen debate moment
VP Quayle gaffes
Nov 1989--Berlin Wall 
First Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm (1990-91)
Rodney King Beating-1991
Clarence Thomas Hearings--summer 1991
clips from Still I Rise
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Bill Clinton presidency (1992-2000)
1992 presidential debate and campaign
Admiral Stockdale VP debate moment
Joyride with Ross Perot
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notes/video clips: The Clinton Years
Disc #1 Big Leap to DC: (1:01:00--1:06:00)
Bill Clinton jogging
SNL skit
Hillary Clinton
1993---Branch Davidians
Healthcare and Republican takeover (1:36:00--1:42:00)
Disc #2:
Lewinsky scandal: (55:43--60:00)
perjury (1:06:00--1:16:00)
Clinton deposition (1:19:00--1:22:00)
1999 Columbine shooting
2000 presidential election (00:00--4:22)

HW:
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM

June 4-5

EQ:
What were the major foreign and domestic policies of Presidents Reagan and Bush?

CW:
 notes/video clips: The Reagan Years (1981-89)
Jan 1981--Gov't is not the solution... 
Reagan-Bush ppt
March 30, 1981: assassination attempt on President Reagan's life
1984 campaign ad
Reagan vs. Mondale debate clip
Iran-Contra affair (overview)
Iran-Contra summary
War on Drugs and its effects on African Americans--from Still I Rise
video clip: defining moments of the 1980s

HW:
REVIEW NOTES FOR UNITS 5-8 AND TODAY'S NOTES FOR THE  FINAL EXAM