Task
With a partner, you will define the following terms/events by explaining their significance, as well as putting them in chronological order; use a metasearch such as Dogpile or Unabot, or a search engine/directory such as Google or Bing. Be sure to answer each in Google Classroom, in complete sentences.
Process
You must research from various sites, such as dogpile, metasearch, bing and google:
- HIV/AIDS,
- YUPPIE,
- The Reagan Revolution,
- Supply-Side Economics,
- First, Second and Third World Nations,
- Iran-Contra Affair,
- Bill Gates (Microsoft) vs. Steve Jobs (Apple),
- The World Wide Web,
- Televangelist,
- War On Drugs,
- Motorola DynaTAC 8000X,
- Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster,
- Birth of the “Baby Bells,”
- The Geneva Summit,
- SDI (nicknamed “Star Wars”),
- Black Monday,
- The Fall of the Berlin Wall,
- The Exxon Valdez Disaster,
- Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants,
- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Conclusion
Tomorrow, these 1980’s terms/events will be discussed, followed by a quiz.