Format: 2012-05-18
Format: 2012-05-18

05/08/2012
Notes to Students
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Chapter 25 Homework Assignments

Thursday, May 10:  Read p. 818 – 821
Ques. p. 821 #1, 3 plus supplemental:
 How did the Moral Majority take advantage of the Conservatives rise in order to carry out their agenda?

Friday, May 11:  Read p. 822 – 826
Ques. p. 826 #1, 3 plus supplemental:
Evaluate Reaganomics from a Growth CBT point of view.

Monday, May 14:  Read p. 827 – 833
Ques. p. 833 #1, supplemental question:
God was at work in Europe to bring about the fall of Communism.  Discuss how Communism came to an end in Europe.  Be sure to start your discussion with Gorbachev.

Tuesday, May 15:  Read p. 834 – 841
Ques. p. 841 #1, 3 plus supplemental:
How was God’s faithfulness to the United States demonstrated in the Persian Gulf War (1991)?

Wednesday, May 16:  AP Lang. Exam or American Lit Trip to Huntington

Thursday, May 16:  Review for Chapter 25 Test

Friday, May 17:  Chapter 25 Test
05/02/2012
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Chapter 24 Homework Assignments

Wednesday, May 2:  Read p. 786 – 792
Ques. p. 792 #1, 3 plus supplemental:
Discuss Nixon’s economic and foreign policy programs.  From a stewardship point of view, which do you think was more successful?  Why?

Thursday, May 3:   Read p. 793 – 797
Ques. p. 797 #1, 4 plus supplemental:
Nixon thought himself above the law as president and developed a haughty spirit.  God cannot bless these attitudes.  Discuss the happenings with Watergate.  How is Nixon’s haughty spirit displayed?  What is the ultimate outcome?

Friday, May 4:   Read p. 798 – 813
Two Sections !!!
Ques. p. 807 #1, 3 plus supplemental:
Although Carter was known as a “Christian President,” he did not make good decisions, follow sound advice or properly delegate tasks leading to a failed presidency.  Evaluate this statement in light of Carter’s actions as president.
Ques. p. 813 #1 plus supplemental:
If you had been near Three Mile Island when the nuclear crisis happened there, what would you have liked to know about the event and what would you like the government to do after the event was over?  Is using nuclear power good stewardship, considering Three Mile Island? Explain your answer.

Monday, May 7:  Review for Chapter 24 Test

Tuesday, May 8:  Chapter 24 Test
04/24/2012
Notes to Students
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Chapter 23 Homework Assignments

Wednesday, April 25:  Read p. 760 – 765
Ques. p. 765 #1, 2  plus supplemental:
How did the principle of “loving each other as you love yourself” apply to the movement for Latinos and Native Americans?  Why were their efforts towards civil right less successful?

Thursday, April 26:  Read p. 768 – 772
Ques. p. 772 #1, 4 plus supplemental:
What changes occurred that led women to feel the need to challenge their traditional roles?  How do these changes line up with Proverbs 31?

Friday, April 27:  Read p. 773 – 777
Ques. p. 777 #1, 2 plus supplemental:
Contrast the Counter Culture movement with the New Conservatism discussed in class.  Which one would say was more godly and why?

Monday, April 30:  Review for Test

Tuesday, May 1:  Chapter 23 Test
04/12/2012
Notes to Students
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Chapter 22 Homework Assignments

Monday, April 16:  Read p. 724 – 728
Ques. p.728 #1, 2 plus supplemental:
What role did the Truth play in US involvement in Vietnam?

Tuesday, April 17:  Read p. 729 - 734
Ques. p. 734 #1, 4 plus supplemental:
Do you think that Congress was justified in passing the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?  Why or why not?

Wednesday, April 18:  Read p. 735 – 740
Ques. p. 740 #1, 4 plus supplemental:
What role did the government’s cover-ups concerning the fighting in Vietnam have on the American public?  Why was truth essential?  Why was this deception see more as a betrayal? 

Thursday, April 19:  Read p. 741 – 746
Ques. p. 746 #1 & 3

Friday, April 20:  Read p. 747 – 753
Ques. p. 753 #1 and supplemental:
How did the My Lai Massacre, the invasion of Cambodia, the disaster at Kent State and the Pentagon Papers effect the War in Vietnam?  How did the revelation of what happened impact the American public?

Monday, April 23:  Review for Chapter 22 Test

Tuesday, April 24:  Chapter 22 Test
04/09/2012
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Chapter 21 Homework Assignments

Monday:  Read p. 696 – 703
Ques. p. 703 #1, 3 and supplemental:
How does the success of the Civil Rights Movement prove God’s displeasure of the Jim Crow Laws? 

Tuesday:  Read p. 704 – 710
Ques. p. 710 #1, 4 and supplemental:
Why did the white Southerners resort to violence in response to the Civil Rights Movement? What would have been different had they followed the 2 Great Commandments?

Wednesday:  Read p. 711 – 717
Ques. p. 717 #1, 4 and supplemental:
Between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., which honored God more by their actions in the Civil Rights movement?  Give 2 examples to prove your point.

Thursday:  Review for Test

Friday:  Chapter 21 Test