Class Starter: When was the last year where the U.S. government did not record a budget deficit?
1.How accurate was your prediction?
2.What trends do you see in this graph?
3.What are the causes of these trends?
4.What are the consequences of these trends?
5.How does this graph relate to bipartisanship?
6.How does this graph relate to political gridlock?
7.Why does the U.S. spend money it doesn’t have?
8.From where does the U.S. get most of the money it borrows?
9.What are the ramifications of years of deficits?
Words of the Day: de facto/de jure
- Define them
- Give a historical example of de facto segregation
- Give a historical example of de jure segregation
- Where do we see de facto segregation in the school?
- Where do we see de jure segregation in the U.S. today?
Continuity and Change Review
1. Using the timeline below, compose a direct statement of change over time.
2. Describe one cause of this change and one effect of this change.
3. What seems to remain constant throughout this timeline?
2. Describe one cause of this change and one effect of this change.
3. What seems to remain constant throughout this timeline?
Causation Review
Using the French withdrawal from Vietnam as a starting point, identify 5 specific events or developments that ultimately led to the fall of Saigon. Then briefly explain the pattern of causation between each step.
Comparison Review
Complete the Venn diagram comparison the New Left, prominent in the 1960s and 1970s, to the New Right, prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Use as many terms and generalizations as you can, but be sure to include the following:
- Students for a Democratic Society
- counterculture
- silent majority
- Moral Majority
- hawks
- doves
- environmentalists
- "Reagan Democrats"
Closer: Describe the process by which you need to study for a successful first test.
- Make a claim here!
- Support your claim with TWO pieces of accurate and relevant information.
- Use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim.
- Respond to an opposing or alternative perspective.
Next Class: Celebration of Knowledge!
Come to the study session after school on Thursday, October 4 from 2:15-3:30. Food???