Historian s Apprentice WebQuest America: History of Our Nation Unit Nine: Moving Toward the Future

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1 Historian s Apprentice WebQuest America: History of Our Nation Unit Nine: Moving Toward the Future Equal Rights Struggle Guiding Question: How did the Civil Rights Movement and other movements for equality change American society? 1. Compare and contrast rights and privileges. 2. Why did the push for equal rights for African Americans begin after World War II? 3. What were the goals of the early Civil Rights Movement? What tactics did civil rights activists use to bring attention to segregation and discrimination? 4. What was the reaction in the South to the Civil Rights Movement? What was the reaction in the North? 5. What was the importance of the Supreme Court s ruling in Brown v Board of Education to the struggle for equal rights? What legislative actions did the federal government take to expand civil rights for African Americans? 6. How did the Civil Rights movement inspire other groups of Americans to organize to protest inequality? Who were these groups? 7. What were the goals of the women s rights movement? How did the goals and tactics of women s rights groups differ from those of the Civil Rights Movement? 8. How do you think that you have benefited from the changes brought about by groups seeking equal rights in the United States? 9. Group Product: Using the information gathered from your research, create a multimedia presentation on the Equal Rights Movements in the United States in the Mid-20 th Century. Make your presentation to the class. Be sure your presentation includes the following: a. A general statement about the struggle for equal rights b. Sections on the i. Civil Rights Movement ii. Women s Rights Movement iii. Movement for Civil Rights for Mexican Americans iv. Other rights movements c. Information on the i. Goals of each movement ii. Achievements of each movement iii. Movement leaders and organizations d. Appropriate photographic images, video, and sound History (for Chapter Twelve and Chapter Thirteen). 1

2 Click on History & Social Studies. Scroll down and click on Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King s Dream, JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s, The Kennedy Administration and the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence, Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement, and Women s Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs. Vietnam War Guiding Question: What effect did the Vietnam War have on the United States and on its role in the world? 1. Why did the U.S involve itself in Vietnam? How did its involvement begin? 2. How did the United States become more involved in Vietnam under President Johnson? 3. How did the expansion of the U.S. role in Vietnam divide Americans? Which groups protested the war? In what ways did they protest against the war? 4. What effect did the war have on the 1968 presidential election? How did the policies of President Nixon bring change to the U.S. role in the war? 5. How was the fighting in the Vietnam War different from that in World War II? Why did this type of warfare make it difficult for the United States and South Vietnam to win the war? 6. How did the war end? Why was this considered a defeat for the United States? 7. What were the human costs of the war both to Americans and to the Vietnamese? What effect did the Vietnam War have on the Cold War? 8. Group Product: Using the information gathered from your research, prepare a crossword puzzle on the Vietnam War that contains at least 15 Vietnam War-related clues (descriptive words or phrases). Use an online crossword puzzle maker to turn the answers to your clues into a crossword puzzle. Present your puzzle to the class. Make sure that your clues are understandable and include some of the following: a. Names of political and military leaders b. Battles c. Locations d. Military terms e. Political terms f. Answer the guiding question. History (for Chapter Thirteen). Search for The Presidents John F. Kennedy and then scroll down and click on National Park Service The Presidents (John F. Kennedy), and search for The Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and then scroll down and click on National Park Service The Presidents (Lyndon B. Johnson), and also search for The Presidents Richard M. Nixon and then scroll down and click on National Park Service The Presidents (Richard M. Nixon) The Great Society Guiding Question: How did Great Society programs help Americans and also expand the role of the federal government? 1. Why did President Johnson call his economic and social reform policy the Great Society? What was the goal of Great Society? Which groups were Great Society reforms designed to help? 2. What major social and economic reforms were enacted into law? In what ways did they affect American life? 3. Why was Johnson able to get so many Great Society laws enacted by Congress? 2

3 4. How was Johnson s Great Society like Roosevelt s New Deal? How was it different? 5. In what ways did the role of government in American life expand during the Johnson years? 6. How did the war in Vietnam limit Johnson and his Great Society goals? 7. Which Great Society reforms do you think have had the most far-reaching impact on American life? Which reforms have had an impact on your life? 8. Group Product: Using the information gathered from your research, prepare at least three proposed laws for a 21 st Century Great Society, focusing on social, economic, or political reform. Present your Great Society proposals to the class. Be sure that each legislative proposal includes the following information: a. A name for the proposed law b. A brief summary of what the law would do c. Which group of Americans it would help d. How it would be carried out History (for Chapter Thirteen). Search for The Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and then scroll down and click on National Park Service The Presidents (Lyndon B. Johnson). Click on History & Social Studies. Scroll down and click on JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s. The Environmental Movement Guiding Question: Why is protecting the environment one of the great challenges of the 21 st century? 1. Define the terms environmentalist and global warning. Use them in sentences of your own creation. 2. When did the modern environmental movement begin? What was the cause? 3. In what ways was the environmental movement different from the conservation efforts of the early 20 th century? 4. What actions did the federal government take to protect the environment? 5. Why is there sometimes a conflict between environmental protection and economic growth? What efforts have been made to find a balance between what is good for the environment and what is good for the economy? 6. What do most scientists believe causes global warming? What are some recommendations for slowing down global warming? 7. Which environmental problems do you think are of the greatest concern today? What steps are being taken to deal with these problems? 8. Group Product: Using the information gathered from your research, create an electronic presentation on Saving the Environment. Show your presentation to the class. Be sure that your presentation includes information on the following: a. Actions individuals can take b. Actions local communities can take c. Actions states can take d. Actions the federal government can take e. Actions the global community can take f. Use appropriate visuals for each group g. Answer the guiding question

4 History (for Chapter Thirteen and Chapter Fifteen). War on Terrorism Guiding Question: Why and how has the United States been fighting a war on terrorism? 1. Define the terms terrorism. Use it in a sentence of your own creation. 2. What are some of the reasons behind acts of terrorism? What is the difference between domestic terrorism and foreign terrorism? 3. What specific events led President Bush to declare a war on terrorism? 4. What measures has the United States taken to combat the worldwide threat of terrorism? Why are the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq considered part of the war on terrorism? 5. What was the initial response of the American public to the war on terrorism? In what ways has public opinion changed over the course of the war? 6. What effect did the war on terrorism have on the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections? 7. How should the United States respond to terrorism? Should its response to domestic terrorism and foreign terrorism be the same or different? 8. Group Product: Using information gathered from your research, create a profile of the Department of Homeland Security that shows what agencies or groups within the department carry on the war against terrorism and how they carry out their mission. Be sure that your profile includes the following information: a. The overall mission of the Department of Homeland Security b. The major agencies or groups within the department that are involved in the war on terrorism c. The mission of the agency or group d. How each agency or group carries out its mission History (for Chapter Fifteen). Click on The White House and then click on The Presidents. Scroll down and click on George W. Bush. Click on Issues and then click on Homeland Security. Click on Counterterrorism. Scroll down to Featured Components. The United States in the Global Economy Guiding Question: How has the global economy impacted the United States as a nation and also changed the lives of ordinary Americans? 1. Define the term globalization. Use it in a sentence of your own creation 2. What is a global economy? What makes it different from the old industrial economy of the 20 th century? 3. How has foreign competition changed what the United States produces? How has it changed the types of jobs that are available to American workers? 4. In what ways has globalization helped the American economy? In what ways has it hurt the economy? 5. What disadvantages do American businesses and workers face in a global economy? What advantages? 4

5 6. What are the arguments for tariff protection for American goods? For free trade? 7. Why did the financial crisis that produced a recession in the United States in 2007 lead to a worldwide recession? 8. What economic challenges does the United States face in the 21 st century? What role do you think that the federal government should play in promoting economic growth and in protecting the economy? 9. Group Product: Using information gathered from your research, prepare a chart on the United States and its major trade partners and an accompanying flow-line map of the world to present to the class. Be sure that: a. Your chart includes the following information: i. A title ii. The five major trade partners of the United States (use the most recent annual data available) iii. The total amount of money the United States received from exports to each country iv. The types of goods the United States exported to each country v. The total amount of money the United States spent on imports from each country vi. The types of goods the United States imported from each country vii. The amount of the trade surplus or trade deficit with each country b. Your flow-line map of the world has: i. A title ii. Export and import arrows from and to the United States for each trade partner iii. The total dollar amount of the exports or imports on each arrow c. Answer the guiding question History (for Chapter Fifteen). Under Research Tools, click on U.S. Imports/Exports Data (Data Web). Under Trade Data Reports, click on Trade by Partner Country. Scroll down Quick and click on World Factbook. In the Select a County or Location pull-down menu, scroll down and click on United States and then Economy. Follow the same click path for the countries that are the major trading partners of the United States. 5