Unit 8 Exam & Final Essay Questions

We took Unit 8 Mini-Exam.

• See Mr. M to schedule a time to take this 

We worked on Big List PowerPoint

• This MUST be finished to take the Final exam...If you are not completed on exam day I will make you complete it and THEN take the exam, which would hold you for an extended time during that final session.  (You wouldn't miss any other finals...)

Final Essay Questions

• IF you are completed with the final project which is due tomorrow, you may begin preparing for the final essays (only one will be picked for you to answer...but you must prepare for each of them JUST IN CASE): 

1.     Trace changes in American domestic policy from the 1930s to the present.   Answer the question in terms of TWO of the following groups:

a.      Women

b.     Minorities

c.      The Poor

2.     CONTRAST the two parts of the Cold War listed below:

a.      Beginning of the Cold War until the beginning of Détente (1945-1972)

b.     Détente to the end of the Cold War (1972-1989)

·        Address the GOALS of the United States during these two eras

·        Address the SUCCESSES/FAILURES of the United States during these two eras

3.     COMPARE the culture events of the 1930s to ONE of the following decades:

a.      1950s

b.     1960s

c.      1980s

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Students did not reach level 1	Students answered the question with correct generalizations.	Students accurately generalized their answer and used at least 2 correct specific examples or pieces of evidence that backs up their claim.	Students accurately generalized their answer with at least 4 correct specific examples or pieces of evidence that backs up their claim.	Students reached level 3 AND included personal evaluations of the government or peoples’ actions beyond “right” or “wrong”.