Gerald R. Ford has served as a congressman from Michigan for 25 years.

   1.  He accepted President Nixon's nomination as Spiro Agnew's replacement as Vice-President.

2.  August 9, 1974 Ford became President after Nixon resigned after the watergate affair

   3.  Ford did not work well with Congress, vetoed 84 bills and 16 were overruled by the House and Senate.

   4.  Fall of Saigon,  Ford orders the evacuation of South Vietnam.  Communists quickly overtook South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

Photo Credits:

Ford: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/images/sites/ford.jpg

Nixon: http://www.danford.net/nixon.jpg

Fall of Saigon: http://www.temple.edu/history/images/SaigonFall.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.