The Unit Organizer
2
8
LAST UNIT/Experience
End of Cold War
5
Immigration
Women’s movement
Globalization
End of the Cold War
The major
developments in recent
U.S. History
Political and
Ideological Shifts
Globalization/Economy
Terrorism
Innovations and
Technology
8/17/2010
Immigration
Unit Objectives:
1. Assess the impact of popular culture on American Society
2. Investigate the impact of terrorism on American Society
3. Research major economic, social and cultural changes in America
4. Analyze primary source material
5. Explain the impact of technology and popular culture on American society
What problems faced the US in the 1970’s and 1980’s?
How did Reagan change American politics?
What was the effect of the end of the Cold War?
How has science and technology changed the US?
What is the role of race in American society after Obama’s election?
How has the role of women changed and yet remained the same?
7
Women’s Movement
Environmentalism
6
Compare & Contrast
Cause/Effect/Consequence
Evaluation & pro/con
Predictions
Judgment
UNIT
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
US role in
the World
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
US Role in the world
NEXT UNIT/Experience
SOCIAL STUDIES TOPICS
UNIT MAP
Environmentalism
Terrorism
3
Unit 7 – CONTEMPORARY AMERICA
Political /Ideologies
Innovations & Technology
NAME
DATE
BIGGER PICTURE
CURRENT
CURRENT
UNIT UNIT
1
THE VIETNAM ERA
UNIT SCHEDULE
4
NAME
DATE
The Unit Organizer
9
Contemporary America
Expanded Unit Map
The Cold War was a
period of tension between
the US and the Soviet
Union that influenced US
foreign and domestic
policy
End of the
Cold War
Perestroika
Gorbachev/Reagan
Fall of Berlin Wall
Glasnost
Political/
Ideological
Shifts
Conservative Movement
Reagan realignment
Partisan politics
Liberal/Conservatives
3rd party’s
Reinterpretation of Constitution
Innovations
&
Technology
Internet
Cell Phone
Computers
Social Networking
Defense Technology
GPS
NEW
UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
10
8/17/2010
US Role in the
World
US Active Intervention Policies
US Foreign Relations
Women’s
Movement
Environmentalism
Green Technology
Recycling
Environmental disasters
Climate
Terrorism
Domestic and Foreign Terrorism
Events
Impact of terrorism on American
society
Patriots Act
Dept. Homeland Security
ERA
Changes in workforce
Women in politics
Business
Globalization
& Economy
Outsourcing
Great Recession
Global Corporations
Developing Countries vs. Developed Countries
Immigration
Latin American Migration
Changing face of America