American Studies Tuesday, 22 April 2014 Time will pass; will you? 25 days remain in the spring semester. Learning Goals: Understanding the causes and implications of tumult in the 1960s and 70s “In all my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook; I earned everything I’ve got.” Richard Nixon, 1973
Housekeeping Please monitor your grade in Infinite Campus, and alert us to any discrepancies immediately. Bharath, Kyle, Jaimi and Kaitlin—you are on the Paz de Christo crew May 9—thanks for your love, kindness and generosity Test Mastery this Thursday on test (you needed to have completed 2 chapters of guiding questions) Start Gathering, now… 16 vocab logs are due on May 5 All 9 to a 9 essays (you should have 8 to a 9) All highlighted portfolio archival assignments on the assignment calendar; portfolios are updated May 23
Coming Due Tomorrow: (ACT Testing—all juniors, 7:25-11:10): Pageant, Chapter 39, pages b. Guiding Questions due—tii Friday: Pageant, Chapter 40, pages Monday: Pageant, Chapter 40, pages b—guiding questions due—tii Grammar Lesson #10 (and the last!) Argument #3—scoring only
Today’s Class Evaluation of the 1960s – Some music to intro Varying Viewpoints Eve of DestructionEve of Destruction San FranciscoSan Francisco
The Stalemated 70s What was the 1970s “stagflation”?? What happened at Kent State? Who was to blame? What was Nixon’s greatest accomplishment in foreign affairs? Why was the 1972 election a “landslide” victory for Nixon?