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20th & 21st Century
20th Century People Notes
1. Fill in each bubble with name and information of the person.
2. Inside bubble draw quick picture to illustrate what they are known for doing.
3. Use 4 colors to show the category they belong to: Science (yellow), Culture (orange), Academics (green), Economics (purple).
4. This will serve as your notes.
Influential AmericansScience• Charles Drew: Medicine (preserving & distributing blood plasma)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer: Physics (Manhattan Project team – WWII atomic bomb)
Influential AmericansCulture• Frank Lloyd Wright:
Architecture (design buildings & their interiors)
• Martha Graham: Dance
Influential AmericansAcademics• Henry Louis Gates:
History (African American historian & scholar)
• Maya Angelou: Literature (poet & autobiographer)
Influential AmericansEconomics• Bill Gates: Computer
technology (Microsoft)
• Ray Kroc: Franchising (McDonalds)
Industries Benefiting from New Technologies
1. Airline industry (jet engine)
2. Automobile industry and interstate highway system
Industries Benefiting from New Technologies
3. Entertainment and news media industries
4. Exploration of space
Industries Benefiting from New Technologies
5. Computer Industry
6. Satellite systems, telecommunications (pagers, cell phones, television
Industries Benefiting from New Technologies
7. Internet
Impact of New Technologies on American Life
1. Increased domestic and international travel for business and pleasure.
2. Greater access to news and other information.
Impact of New Technologies on American Life
3. Cheaper and more convenient means of communication.
4. Greater access to heating and air conditioning– Better quality of life and population growth in
certain areas of the country.
Impact of New Technologies on American Life
5. Decreased regional variation (fewer differences) due to access to same entertainment and information.– National television and radio, internet, computer
games
Technology Foldable1. Shutter style foldable. Cut one side 4 flaps &
other 3 flaps.2. Label flaps with the industries that benefited
from technology.3. Inside identify what impact on American life each
industry has. Can be more than one for each industry.
4. Inside each flap draw illustration of industry.5. Use color and be neat.6. Due at end of class!
Key Domestic and International Issues in the 21st Century
Foreign Policy• Increase in terrorist activities• Conflicts in the Middle East (Iraq, Syria)• Changing relationships with nations
Immigration• Changing immigration patterns (ex. Hispanic
Americans, Asian Americans)• More people want to immigrate to the US than
are allowed by law (illegal immigration).
Global Environment• Policies to protect the environment• Global climate change• Conservation of water and other natural
resources
Other Issues
• Energy issues (dependence on foreign oil)• World health issues (global pandemics)
Globalization
• Between end of WWII and today world experienced increase globalization and interdependence.
• Globalization: linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communication.– Involves increased integration of different
societies.
Impact of Globalization on American Life
1. Improvement in communications• ex. Travel, telecommunications, internet
Impact of Globalization on American Life
2. Availability of a wide variety of foreign-made goods and services.
Impact of Globalization on American Life
3. Outsourcing of jobs
Issues Foldable1. Title: 21st Century Domestic & International
Issues2. Label flaps: Foreign Policy, Immigration, Global
Environment, Other Issues, Globalization3. Inside write what the specific issues are for each
topic and draw picture.4. For Globalization write definition and the
impact on American life. Draw picture.5. Use your notes and different colors