UNIT 1: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN IDENTITY:
What is America Today?
(2000 - Present)
Unit Essential Question:
How is American culture shaped by a set of common values and practices?
How have disputes over ideas, values, and politics resulted in change?
The Attacks of 9/11 |
September 11 Interview Project9/11 Digital TimelineSeptember 11, 2011, a review essay from Gilder LehrmanSouth Toward Hell by Matt Labash |
Days of Infamy: September 11 & December 7
Listen to FDR's Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War |
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NYC Arts aired this visit to the 9/11 National September 11 Memorial Museum on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
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9/11 Memorial and MuseumDisasters and the Politics of Memory, by Kevin Rosario |
The USA PATRIOT ACT
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The Iraq Resolution
What did U.S. senators disagree about when debating the Iraq Resolution?
*Lesson modified using resources from the Stanford History Education Group
Hurricane Katrina
What sources are trustworthy for learning about the effects of Hurricane Katrina?
Source A: Louisiana Public Television |
Source B: House Resolution |
Source C: Conservapedia |
Barack Obama and the 2004 Keynote Address at the DNC
Identify and explain Obama's vision for America.
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For further information about President Obama check out The Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia, that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history, |
Ch. 22.2 A Troubled World:
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Ch. 22.3 Obama's Domestic Policy Challenges
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Ch. 22.4 The 2016 Election and the Trump Administration
The 2019 State of the Union
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AP News Recap of the 2019 State of the Union
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GLOBAL ECONOMY
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