Thursday, July 22, 2021, United States History: Day 24

First Hour Independent Work 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance

Reading 10 minutes: What do you know about Saddam Hussein?

Video 15 minutes: Write a 3-4 sentence summary of the Iranian Revolution according Crash Course. Please write a 3-4 sentence summary on Operation Desert Storm.  

1. Iran Revolution 1979
2. What was Operation Desert Storm?

Research 20 minutes: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

1. Watch Video and read page
2. Who was responsible for 9/11?
3. How many planes were hijacked? 
4. What happened to those planes? 
5. Flight Path
6. What were the results of 9/11?
7. How has 9/11 changed your life?
8. Patriot Act (How has the Patriot Act changed the everyday lives of Americans?)
9. Afghanistan War (Do you think the U.S. should have went to war in Afghanistan? Do you think it is the right call for the U.S. to withdraw at this time and why?)

First Hour Google Meet 

Lecture 10 minutes: Reganomics 

Independent Work

Reading like a Historian 30 minutes: Ronald Reagan
Research 20 minutes: Using the link please describe al-Qaeda  role in world terrorism.

Timeline 20 minutes: Using the timeline, pick a terrorist attack against the United States occurring after 2000 and find an article related to it. Read it and analyze the impact of the attack.

Research 20 minutes: 

1. Reading: p. 898-899 Summarize War in Iraq
2. Iraq War Wikipedia
3. Operation Iraqi Freedom
1. Find two more sources to gather information about the Iraq War
2. Based off of your research information, why did the United States invade Iraq and do you agree with the United States decision?

Second hour google meet 
Final