Project Update

I am working on the them "Demonstrate the evolution of the concepts of personal freedom, individual responsibility, and respect for human dignity."

The MCAS standards that I will use to support this theme are:
USII.17 Explain the important domestic events that took place during WWI.
USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key event s of the Civil Right movement.
USII.27 Analyze the causes and course of the Women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
USII. 30 Describe some of the major economic and social trends of the late 20th century.

The chapters 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, and 34 are my starting points.

Explain important domestic events that took place during WWI:

• Americans Cling to Isolationism (740)
• Selective Service and the GI (769)
• A Flood of Jewish Refugees (749-750)
• Expanding the Military (769)
• Recruiting and Discrimination/Dramatic Contributions (770)
• Labor's Contribution (771)
• Rationing (774)
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki (790)

Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement:

• The Segregation System (906)
• Plessy vs. Ferguison (907)
• Challenging Segregation in Court (908)
• Boycotting Segregation (910)
• From the Grassroots Up (912)
• Marching to Washington (920)
• Voting Rights Act of 1965 (922)
• New Leaders Voice Discontent (925)
• Kings Death (key event, 927)
• Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement (928)

Analyze the causes and course of the women's rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s:

• A New Women's movement Arises(982..)
• The Movement Experiences Gains and Losses (984..)
• The Movement Legacy (986)

Describe some of the major economic and social trends of the late 20th century: (not finished)

• Welfare Reform (1001)
• Nixon slows integration(1003)
• Controversy over busing(1003)
• Ford Travels a Rough Road(1016)
• Ford tries to "whip" inflation(1017)
• Confronting the energy Crisis(1018)
• Carter and Civil Rights(1020)
• Advancing humans rights(1021)
• Anything that relates to the environment (1027)
• The conservative coalition (1037)
• The Moral Majority (1037-1038)
• The New Right (1039)

In my progress thus far I have gone back to the chapters that I found was suitable for my theme. Reviewing every chapter thoroughly, I found topics that would give me the best information to help me write my essay. I read through each section and brain-stormed how each topic would factor into my project's means.

The most important thing I need to research is the major economic and social trends of the late 20th century.

Once each and every last sections for the MCAS standards are found, it will help me breeze through the essay project.