Timeline of Events 1970-2001. Warm-Up Update your Table of Contents for Friday & today Write the project in your agenda – have it stamped! Read through.

Timeline of Events

1970-2001

Warm-Up• Update your Table of Contents for Friday

& today

• Write the project in your agenda – have it stamped!

• Read through project guide

Date Session#

Activity Page#

4/19 5 Nothing to tape in today! XXXX

4/23 6 Timeline of Events Presentation 4

Schedule Adjustments

• This Week:• Monday (A-day) – Evolution packet with sub • Tuesday (B-day today) – Begin Timeline

presentation research• Wednesday (A-day) – Evolution Review Day –

Test moved!• Thursday (B-day) – Field Trip• Friday (A-day) – Evolution Test; vocab for last

unit

Schedule Adjustments

• Next Week:• Monday (B-day) – Computer Lab for Timeline

Presentation• Tuesday (A-day) – Science day• Wednesday (A-day) – Science Day• Thursday (B-day) – Computer Lab for

Timeline Presentation• Friday (B-day) – Start presenting Timeline

Presentations in class

1970• The President in 1970

was Richard Nixon. He was the 37th president and served from 1969-1974.

• Although he resigned amidst scandal in 1974, he accomplished many significant things for the United States as you will see in the next segments of this presentation.

1970

•Some of the major events that occurred in 1970 were:•The Vietnam War was ongoing•The Kent State shootings•The first Earth Day was

celebrated

Vietnam War

Kent State Shootings

Earth Day

Other Events of Interest

• In 1970 other events of interest include:• Floppy disks for computers were introduced• The Beatles broke up after their last album

‘Let it Be’• The World Trade Center was completed• Apollo 13 mission• Marshall University plane crash

1971

•As you know, the President in 1971 was still Richard Nixon…

1971

•Some of the major events that occurred in 1971 were…

Warm-Up• Update your Table of Contents for the

next 3 classes!

• Write a project reminder in your agenda!

• Get ready to go to the computer lab!

Date Session#

Activity Page#

4/29 7 Nothing to tape in today! XXXX

5/2 8 Nothing to tape in today! XXXX

5/3 9 Nothing to tape in today!! Presentations start today!! XXXX

Warm-Up• Update your Table of Contents for today

• The Year in Review Booklet is due May 28th - write a reminder in your agenda with due date!

• Get your Timeline Presentation Note Taker out of the basket!Date Session

#Activity Page

#5/7 10 Nothing to tape in today! XXXX

Schedule for today & tomorrow

•9:15- 10:45 - 1st block (Regular)10:50-1:25 - 2nd Block and Lunch at regular time; with a few laps around the track on the way in from lunch1:30-2:20 - 3rd Block2:25 - 4:15 - 4th Block

Warm-Up• Update your Table of Contents & notebook for

today

• The Year in Review due date is May 28th…the day of the Social Studies test!

• Of all of the events in the presentations, which do you think impacted the United States the most?Date Session

#Activity Page

#5/9 11 Timeline Presentation Note Taker 5

America the Story of Us - Superpower 6

Important Info About the Social Studies

Test• 26 multiple choice, 3 short answers

• A response sheet for the short answer portion will be provided, but only a certain amount of lines will be given for your response• VERY IMPORTANT: You cannot write outside

the lines or write 2 sentences to a line…if you do your test will not be scored

• 45 minutes – 2 minute break – 45 more minutes• After the 90 minutes you MUST stop, there is NO

EXTRA TIME WILL BE GIVEN

“We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

• Watch the video and follow the lyrics on the sheet.

• Your group will be assigned one stanza of the song to analyze and then will have to complete 2 verses to update the song…the directions are on the back of the lyrics!

The Year in Review

•Spend the rest of class working on

your Year in Review booklet!