History class
Objective: Students will explore popular terms that came to associate the presidency of Reagan and H.W Bush, consider how they reflected the presidents time in office.
What is in a name? You tell me…
Americans become familiar with terms that are directly linked to the presidents/administration with which these names are coined under.
During Reagan and H.W Bush’s presidency many terms became popular fodder for the standing presidents and the media loved to popularize them in sound bites and attention getting headlines.
Select one of the terms listed (or if you have one of your own I may have missed;)
- Please look over the terms already posted so we can reduce the about of repeats in the discussion!
- Select one of the terms listed (or if you have one of your own I may have missed;)
- Reaganomics, trickle-down, voodoo economics
- The New Right, conservatism
- Star Wars
- Evil Empire
- War on Drugs
- Religious Right, The Moral Majority
- “tear down that wall”
- “read my lips”
1st Post: Provide background on the selected term to include the president/administration, how the term evolved, and what it meant to the American people.
- Again, please look over the discussion posts and ask the question of two students who may not have been asked the question yet.
Don’t forget to use the source material and provide in text citations to support your analysis with the Discussion Guidelines and Rubric.
