BHS Social Studies

● What philosophy regarding the role of government in fl uenced President Reagan’s New Federalism? ● How did America’s relationship with Israel affect its relationship with other Middle Eastern nations? ● How has American culture been in fl uenced by technological developments? ● How did the Watergate crisis demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of modern U.S. politics? ACADEMIC VOCABULARY ● Cold War ● Communism

● Capitalism ● Korean War ● Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ● Vietnam War ● Alliances

● Proxy Wars ● Arms race ● Popular culture ● McCarthyism ● Computers ● President Johnson’s Great Society ● President Reagan’s New Federalism/Neo-Conservatism ● Reaganomics ● Watergate ● Truman Doctrine ● Containment ● Domino Theory ● Bay of Pigs ● Cuban Missile Crisis ● Olympic Boycotts

RESOURCES

Cold War (SHEG) Korean War (SHEG) Cuban Missile Crisis Johnson’s Great Society Reagan Economics AP Historical Thinking Skills AP Reasoning Processes ASSESSMENTS

KEY LANGUAGE FUNCTION: Inform

Use PLC CFAs (Common Formative Assessments).

Sample end of unit competency: Students will use government documents and other primary sources to investigate the motives behind a Cold War policy, event, or foreign operation, such as the Truman Doctrine, containment, the domino theory, the Korean con fl ict, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and Olympic