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Politics and Economics at the End of the Twentieth Century
Chapter 29: War Abroad, War at Home & Chapter 30: The Conservative Ascendancy
The election of 1968 and the “Silent Majority”
Nixon’s challenges: Vietnam, China, and Watergate
Changes in the American economy: the energy crisis, deindustrialization, and The service economy
The New Right and the Reagan revolution
End of the Cold War
Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century
Chapter 30: The Conservative Ascendancy
Demographic changes: surge of immigration after 1965, Sunbelt migration, and the graying of America
Revolutions in biotechnology, mass communication, and computers
Politics in a multicultural society
Chapter(s) Covered: 29- 31
Unit 9: Contemporary America 1968-2012
Central Focus Question: In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?

Date Lesson Plan
Mon
4/22
DUE:
Chapter 30 Reading Journal (Due Monday)
Warm-Up: Review Multiple Choice from Mock Exam
Lecture: The Nixon Presidency in short (powerpoint)
Review: My Lai, China, SALT, Detente, Pentagon Papers
Closing: APDQ on Nixon
Tues
4/23
Wed
4/24
Th
4/25
Fri
4/26
Mon
4/29
Tues
4/30
Wed
5/1
Objective
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
Homework Assignment
Teacher Suggested Review
Possible visit to Memorial
If class: Review DBQ from Mock Exam
No School: Genocide Memorial Day
Warm-up: Review FRQs from Mock Exam
Lecture: Stagflation & Ford & Carter Presidencies (pg 1096& 99)
Foreign Policy: Cold War Thaw, Camp Davis Accords, Mishandling
& Iran hostage Crisis
Discussion: Successes and struggles of Ford & Carter
DUE:
Warm-Up: APDQ
Lecture: Urban Politics and origins of the Environmental movement
(pg 1101-2)
Create Chart: Origins and outcomes of the “New Right” including
Roe v. Wade and “Equal Rights Amendment” (use 1103 Text)
DUE: Origins and Outcomes of the “New Right” Chart & Chapter 31
Reading Journal
Warm-Up: APDQ
Lecture: Reagan Powerpoint
1984 Election: Morning Again in America
Warm-Up: APDQ
Review Iran-Contra Scandal
Lecture: “Evil Empire,” Reagan Doctrine & South America &
Collapse of Communism (pg 1120)
Warm-Up: APDQ
Teacher Review: Major Events/Trends of Settlement & Colonial America
(Chapters 1-5, Unit One)
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic
Teacher Suggested Review
Teacher Suggested Review
Teacher Suggested Review
Complete Chart
Chapter 31 Reading
Journal (Due Monday)
Decade Study Presentations this week: Print your one page summary (with all 4 steps)
Decade Study Presentations this week: Print your one page summary (with all 4 steps)
Decade Study Presentations this week: Print your one page summary (with all 4

Th
5/2
Fri
5/3
Warm-Up: APDQ
Decade Study Presentations & Review: 1770s, 1780s & 1790s
(Students Present, Teacher Supplements material if needed)
CLOSURE: Assign Extra Credit Decade Studies: 1960s, 70s, 80s
Warm-Up: APDQ
Decade Study Presentations & Review: 1800s, 1810s, 1820s
(Students Present, Teacher Supplements material if needed)
CLOSURE: Assign Extra Credit Decade Studies: 1960s, 70s, 80s structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century?
steps)
Decade Study Presentations this week: Print your one page summary (with all 4 steps)
Decade Study Presentations:
Extra Credit