Class Agenda 6/12 - 6/16: Modern Era Unit

1.  Bellringer:  Can you name ALL the presidents on your packet cover?
2.  Modern Era Unit Independent Study.  Over the next 3 days, you will be researching the presidencies of Nixon through George W. Bush.  Use the resources in the packet, and the video clips below, to complete your "Modern Era" packet.

Thursday 6/12

• Richard Nixon:  Brain-pop
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter

Friday 6/13
Review:  Nixon, Ford, Carter

1.  Bellringer:  Why did Ronald Reagan (clip) appeal to Americans in the 1980s?

• Ronald Reagan
• George H.W. Bush

Monday 6/16
Review:  Reagan, Bush I

1.  Bellringer:  If a president does a good job, but makes bad choices in his/her personal life, should that matter to the American people?  Watch the clip below....then explain.  

• Bill Clinton
• George W. Bush & Interview - discuss current events in Iraq

Closure:  Read the article on the amount of money that we spend on our ex-presidents, and answer the question that follows.