Assignment

Complete both parts

Part A: Post-Watergate Presidencies

Choose five events during the 1970s from the following list.

Identify the basic facts, dates, and purpose of the event in two to three sentences in the "Identify" column.

Include why the event is significant in the "Significance" column.

Add a reference for your material in the "Reference"column.

• The Crisis of Confidence
• Energy crisis
• The Iranian Hostage Crisis
• The Sagebrush Rebellion
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter
• Panama Canal

Event
Identify
Significance
Reference

Part B: Pop and Media Culture of the 1970s

Option 1: Pop and Media Culture of the 1970s

Resource: "Conflict and Diversity: Hollywood's Visions of the 1970s" through "Television and the Ascendary of the Media Culture."

Create a five slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on media culture and how it reflected American society in the 1970s. You may explore one of the following: movies, television shows, or music bands.

Include five 1970s movies, television shows, or bands and address how each of these artistic venues mirrored American culture in the 1970s.

For example, if you select The Mary Tyler Moore Showyou would need to address how this show represented the modern feminist movement. Your presentation must include a written component. Usethe speaker notes section to include specific factual information and detailed descriptions of experiences, key figures, or other relevant data about your selections.

Television Shows:

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• M*A*S*H
• All in the Family
• Starsky and Hutch
• The Jeffersons
• Good Times
• Charlie's Angels

Include speaker notes with the presentation slides

Include a title slide, introductory slide, and references slides; however, these do not count towards the five- slides.