Unit 8 – The Great Society – Project Points

Responses Points Presentations Points

Textbook: American History American Profiles -20
-“The New Frontier,” p. 666-669 -6 -John F. Kennedy
-“The Civil Rights Movement,” p. 670-674 -7 -Malcolm X
-Richard Nixon
-“The Great Society,” p. 680-684 -7
-“Conflict in Vietnam,” p. 692-697 -7 On the Front Page -25
-“Nixon’s Administration,” p. 712-716 -6 -April 17, 1961
-October 24, 1962
Textbook: The Americans -August 9, 1974
“Kennedy and the Cold War,” p. 876-884 -10
-“The Great Society,” p. 892-899 -8 American Peoples -20
-Civil Rights Groups (SNCC, SCLC, CORE)
-“Taking on Segregation,” 906-913 -10 -The American Indian Movement
-“Civil Rights,” 930-931 -4 -The Counter-Cultural Movement
-“1968: A Tumultuous Year,” 954-959 -10
Science, Technology and Communication -20
Textbook: Creating America -The Space Race
-“Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights,” p. 818-823 -8 -The Environmental Protection Agency
-“The Equal Rights Struggle Expands,” p. 824-827 -The television
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-“Watergate Brings Nixon Down,” p. 859-861 -8 The Laws of the Land
-The Peace Corps -20
Blog Post -Medicare
-Who won the “War on Poverty”? -5 -Civil Rights Act of 1964
-Roe v. Wade
Class Forum -The rights of the accused (e.g., Miranda v. Arizona)
-The United States and the Cold War -10 Research Paper
-The Civil Rights Movement -30
Infographic Activity -7 -The “War” on Poverty
-The Vietnam War
Vocabulary Activity -5 -The Watergate Scandal

Curriculum created by Joel Troge – The International High School at Lafayette – 2010
Curriculum created by Joel Troge – The International High School at Lafayette – 2010