How 9/11 Changed the Course of George W. Bush Presidency

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

9, 11

Overview

Learn how the attacks on 9/11 shaped George W. Bush’s early presidency, transforming a commander in chief with little foreign affairs experience into a “wartime president” in these videos adapted from American Experience | George W. Bush. Use this resource to examine how the Bush administration viewed the threat of Muslim extremism prior to September 11 and how significantly the attacks changed both the president and his policy objectives.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

SS10.WH.16

Describe the role of nationalism, militarism, and civil war in today’s world, including the use of terrorism and modern weapons at the close of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries.

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Vocabulary

  • nationalism
  • militarism
  • terrorism
  • Iran Hostage Crisis
  • Gulf Wars
  • terrorist attacks
  • Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The role of nationalism, militarism, civil war, and terrorism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Develop an understanding of key historical events, using a variety of primary and secondary resources.
  • Explain relationship among key historical events and economics, political and social ideologies, and geography.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Nationalism, militarism, civil war, and terrorism all played a role in world events in the close of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 11 - United States History II

SS10.US2.16

Describe significant foreign and domestic issues of presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to the present. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.g., A.1.h., A.1.i., A.1.k.]

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Vocabulary

  • scandal
  • pardon
  • hostage
  • Reaganomics
  • crisis
  • Cold War
  • impeachment
  • terrorist/terrorism
  • global warming
  • immigration

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Key foreign and domestic events during the presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to the present.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Locate specific points on a map and identify political, social, and geographic changes that occurred during or as a result of a historical event.
  • Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
  • Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information related to historical events.
  • Read and comprehend historical texts independently and proficiently on various topics related to historical events.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There were many importance and impact of significant foreign and domestic issues of presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to the present.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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