Nixon Administration Watch President Nixon 7 min video |
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Election of 1968 Map Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey |
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Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert Kennedy who was the brother of JFK and presidential candidate in 1968. | |
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1970s
1. Saw a rise in the environmental movement 2. New Age liberalism 1st "Earth Day" was celebrated |
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3. pantheism the worship of nature 4. Conservation being wise stewards of our nation's resources. |
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5. Disco music, bell bottoms, plaid clothes, platform shoes, Saturday Night Fever  |
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Abandonment of Vietnam 1. 1973 cease - fire America's first no win war. 2. Communist North Vietnamese still conquered South Vietnam so it seems the war was fought in vain. |
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3. 26th Amendment was passed as a result of 18 year olds being drafted and dying in Vietnam but not able to vote. 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. |
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Nixon's foreign policy: Cold War still raging 1. detente was a lessening of tensions between the two super powers. 2. SALT agreement led to fewer nuclear weapons 3. Nixon visits Red China (communist) & opened trade doors 4. 1967 Middle East crisis "Six Day War" 5. OPEC oil crisis upped the price of oil so the Alaska pipeline was built as a result. |
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6. Henry Kissinger Nixon's Secretary of State who helped with the negotiation with other nations and became the spokesman for detente.
1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in the U.S. signaling the era of a liberal supreme court. |
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Watch Roe v. Wade 7.4 min video:
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Watergate and Gerald Ford
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Photo Credits: Election Map: http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/fi/000001d5.jpg Robert Kennedyhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/2_robert_kennedy_300.jpg Humphrey: http://ap.grolier.com/images/cache/096/pl273a.jpg Pantheism: http://home.utm.net/pan/whatis.jpg Disco: http://www.mcm.net/cm/image/dictionnaire/disco01.jpg 18 Year Olds Voting: http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/small/6_02_sm.jpg Nixon and Mao: http://www.archives.nysed.gsyrimages/syrCh_images/NixonMao.jpg OPEC: http://www.blueprint-magazine.de/blue_9/opec.jpg Kissinger: http://www.bongnews.com/StoryImages/kissinger.jpg Life Rally: http://www.georgiabulletin.org/media/images/archive/gb/030116-a1.jpg |
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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.
| Remember : Recognizing, Recalling |
| Understand : Interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, explaining |
| Apply : Executing, implementing |
| Analyze : Differentiating, organizing, attributing |
| Evaluate : checking, critiquing |
| Create: generating, planning, producing |