CP+Belton,+Roger

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title: Post-Reagan America Grade Level(s): 9-12**
 * Subject/Topic Area(s): American History, focus on the past 30 years.**
 * Key Words: Modern history, Anthropology, Politics, Economics, Sociology**
 * Designed by: Roger Belton Time Frame: 6(80)**
 * School District: RSU 9 School: Mount Blue High School**

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 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * This unit will cover American History from 1981 to present. This will cover the presidencies of Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Throughout this unit, the topics of social, political, economical, geographical, and cultural change will be discussed. By the end of the unit, students will be able to explain how the events of the 1980's have shaped the world today. Students will be expected to include major points in these past 30 years in their final project. Some of these major points are: Reaganism, the fall of communism, the Iran-Contra affair, Grenada, musical development across the decades, enhanced EPA regulation, the Gulf War, 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the election of Barack Obama.