Table of Contents

Unit XVII

A New World Order

1989 to the Present

Fall Semester

• Colonialism, 1607-1763

• Independence, 1763-1789

• The Federalist Era, 1789-1801

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1801-1820

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1820-1841

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1841-1850

• The End of Compromise, 1850-1865

• Reconstruction, 1865-1877

• The Gilded Age, 1877-1901

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• The Progressive Era, 1901-1921

• The "Roaring 20s", 1921-1933

• Big Government and World War, 1933-1953

• The Conservative 50s, 1953-1961

• The Liberal 60s, 1961-1969

• Crisis of Confidence, 1969-1981

• The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1989

• A New World Order, 1989-present

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Resources

• Books & Periodicals

• Calendar of Events

• Internet Resources

• Movies

• Media

• Music & Dance

• Political Cartoons

• Quotes

• Study Aids

“The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.”

- President John F. Kennedy

University of California, Berkeley

23^rd March 1962

"It is difficult to deal with terrorism through nonviolence."

"I love President George W. Bush."

- Dalai Lama

18^th January 2009

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the terrorist attacks on 11th September 2001 signaled a radical realignment of the world order at the end of the twentieth- and beginning of the twenty-first-centuries. 

 

Dates	In-Class Activities	Out-of-Class Activities
1/03/08	Student Schedule Form Classroom Rules and Procedures (CRAP)	Note Home to Parents "R"-rated Movie Permission Form Survey Parents:  Top Three Issues Influencing Their Vote for President
1/04/08	Chalk Talk:  Current Events	Identify older family member you plan to interview
1/07/08	Create an electronic Ancestral Chart (PDF ׀ Excel ׀ Hierarchy)	Continue working on ancestral chart (electronic version due Wednesday)
1/08/08	Construct a Timeline of the Twentieth Century	Continue working on timeline (due later in the quarter)
1/09/08	Chalk Talk:  America's War on Terror (Chain-of-Events)	Map:  American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
1/10/08	Chalk Talk:  War on Terrorism through Political Cartoons	Reflective Journal:  Current-Events
1/11/08	Current-Events Friday	Opion-Editorial:  "Cross-Culture Wars" by Dinesh D'Souza
1/14/08	Chalk Talk:  Globalization and the Globalization of Conflict 2000 Presidential Election	Opion-Editorial:  "Religious War Too Simple" by Jonah Goldberg
1/15/08	Map:  Post-Cold War World, 1994	Complete activity assigned in class.
1/16/08	Class Discussion: Primary Update	Determine which candidate you are aligned with at www.glassbooth.com
1/17/08	Clinton Administration, 1993-2001	No homework
1/18/08	Current Events Friday:  The Week in Review	No homework

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