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Recent History

This article explores significant American contributors whose innovations and actions have profoundly shaped the United States. From Charles Drew's advancements in medicine to J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project, we recognize their lasting impact. Additionally, it examines how globalization has altered job markets and healthcare, while discussing the importance of protecting the environment through landmark legislative acts. The lives of influential figures like Maya Angelou and Martha Graham are also highlighted, showcasing their cultural contributions to American society.

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Recent History

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  1. Recent History Important American Contributors

  2. Objectives Content: Choose which important American impacted the United States the most and defend your answer. Learning: Describe how new technologies have impacted your life.

  3. Science Charles Drew Medicine (plasma) J Robert Oppenheimer Physics Manhattan Project team

  4. Culture Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture http://www.franklloydwright.org/about/public-sites.html

  5. Culture Martha Graham Dance “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements . . . I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.” –Martha Graham • http://youtu.be/Lr8OqS7glxk

  6. Academics Henry Louis Gates History http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/henry-louis-gates-the-african-americans_n_4149867.html

  7. Academics Maya Angelou Literature

  8. Economics Bill Gates Computer Technology - Microsoft Ray Kroc Franchising - McDonalds

  9. Warm Up Look at the items you brought to class and/or something you are wearing and write down 4 items and where they were made. Example: JMU Water Bottle = China

  10. Objectives Content: Predict why jobs move overseas. Learning: State ways individuals can help protect the environment.

  11. Globalization • Globalization is the linking of nations through trade, information , technology, and communication. • Globalized is how we describe the world today

  12. Impact of Globalization • Improvement of all communications • Availability of a wide variety of foreign made goods and services • Outsourcing of jobs

  13. Impact of Globalization • World health issues • Global pandemics • SARS • Bird Flu (Avian Flu) • Swine Flu (H1N1)

  14. Global Environment • Global climate change • Statistics: http://climate.nasa.gov/ • Interactive Climate Map: http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate_time_machine • http://youtu.be/hC3VTgIPoGU • Important to conserve water and other natural resources

  15. Global Environment • Policies to protect the environment • Clean Air Act of 1970 • Created to minimize pollution and make the air we breathe cleaner • Clean Water Act of 1972 • Created to minimize hazardous pollutants dumped into our water sources • Ex: oil, sewage, and chemicals

  16. Global Environment • Energy issues • Dependence on foreign oil http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/06/business/20071107_WINNERSLOSERS_GRAPHIC.html?ref=oilpetroleumandgasoline&_r=0#

  17. Objectives Content: Analyze two people’s stories and explain the impact of 9/11 on their lives. Learning: List the two groups that are currently immigrating to the U.S. in the largest numbers.

  18. Immigration • Changing immigration patterns to the United States • Largest current immigrant groups are Hispanic and Asian

  19. What is Terrorism? Are these events terrorist attacks? School shootings (Sandyhook) 9/11 Denver movie theater shooting Iranian hostage crisis Boston bombings

  20. Terrorism • Increase in terrorist attacks in recent years • War on Terror • Centered in the Middle East • Iraq • Afghanistan

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