Welcome….To American History II
Mrs. Deborah J. Ragone
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What is covered?
• 1929 to the present.
The Great Depression
Postwar America (1946-1968)
John F. Kennedy
• The Bay of Pigs
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Civil Rights
• Movement
• Space Race
• Early Vietnam War
• Assassination
The 70’s…Nixon, Watergate Scandal & Ford
The late 70’s…early 80’s
• Carter• Reagan• The Iranian Hostage
Crisis
Modern Day America
• Obama…Bush…..Clinton
• Current Events
Assigned Materials
• The INTERNET!,
• Handouts,
• PowerPoint/KeyNote presentations
• Primary sources
Evaluation
• Major Research Project
• Examinations (with reviews),
• Class Presentations,
• On-Line Activities (web quests),
• and In-Class Quizzes.
Finally….
• Communication between parent and teacher is crucial.
• Please feel free to contact me with any concerns you may have.
• I will do the same .
• Let’s visit my website and see how it works!