HIST1302 PART 5: Online Self-Taught Section
Covering Events of January 20, 1981 through January 20, 2009

Due to the fact that the number of in-class hours (3 per week) provided to teach HIST1302 have not increased since the early 1970s and due also to the fact that several decades of "new" history have been made since that time, I have found it necessary to introduce a self-taught section in order to acquaint my students with the most recent events in American history.

IMPORTANT!!!

• This section entails a fair amount of outside class study time. Do not make the mistake of leaving it until the last moment to complete! Students should start working on this during the first month of the semester in order to complete it by the end of the semester!

• Although all assignments as well as the exam associated with this section may be completed at any time during the semester, all items MUST be completed no later than the Friday prior to Final Exam Week.

How to Complete Scantron Forms Correctly (HTML)

Here is a step-by-step procedure for completing this section of the course: (NOTE: There are 10 steps; be sure to scroll all the way down to see all ten.)

1. Download/print ARE5 Questions. NECESSARY

2. Complete ARE5 by referring to the appropriate links. NECESSARY

3. Turn in your completed ARE5 scantron no later than one week prior to the final exam. REQUIRED

4. Download/print MAPEX5 Questions. NECESSARY

5. Complete MAPEX5 by referring to the appropriate links. NECESSARY

6. Turn in your completed MAPEX5 scantron no later than one week prior to the final exam. REQUIRED

7. Study the PART 5 PowerPoint Presentation online (Requires use of Internet Explorer; other browsers may not display properly.) NECESSARY

• STUDY PART FIVE REVIEW SHEET To the Twenty-first Century, 1981-2009 NOT REQUIRED BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

8. Read that portion of your textbook that covers the years 1981 through 2009. (NOT REQUIRED BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)

9. View the following Online Videos. (NOT REQUIRED BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)

• PBS American Experience: The Presidents Ronald Reagan Chapters 8-26

• ABC News, The Century A New World 1 of 3 (15 min.)

• ABC News, The Century A New World 2 of 3 (15 min.)

• ABC News, The Century A New World 3 of 3 (15 min.)

• PBS American Experience: The Presidents George H. W. Bush Chapters 10-21

• Biography Bill Clinton all available clips

• ABC News, The Century Then and Now 1 of 3 (15 min.)

• ABC News, The Century Then and Now 2 of 3 (15 min.)

• ABC News, The Century Then and Now 3 of 3 (15 min.)

• Biography George W. Bush all available clips

• PBS FRONTLINE Bush's War both parts (2 hrs. 24 min.)

• PBS FRONTLINE Cheney's Law (1 hr.)

• PBS FRONTLINE The Storm (1 hr.)

• PBS FRONTLINE Inside the Meltdown (1 hr.)

• PBS FRONTLINE Ten Trillion and Counting (1 hr.)

10. Take EXAM 5 by the end of the last full week of classes (prior to Final Exam Week). Richland College students, take EXAM5 on eCampus; Collin College students take EXAM5 on Cougarweb REQUIRED

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READING for HIST1302, Part Five

Download/Print Additional Reading Exercise Five
See Course Calendar for Due Date

• New York Times CLAMOR IN THE EAST; EAST GERMANY OPENS FRONTIER TO THE WEST FOR MIGRATION OR TRAVEL; THOUSANDS CROSS (1989)
• New York Times EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Four Allies Give Up Rights in Germany (1990)
• New York Times EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; ONE GERMANY (1990)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 (1990)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 (1990)
• The Persian Gulf War Resolution (1991)
• New York Times AFTER THE WAR: THE OVERVIEW; TRUCE HOLDS, BUT U.S. VOWS TO STAY IN IRAQ UNTIL BAGHDAD MEETS ALLIES' PEACE TERMS (1991)
• United Nations Security Council Resolutions 686 and 687 (1991)
• High Performance Computing and Communication Act (1991)
• New York Times END OF THE SOVIET UNION; The Soviet State, Born of a Dream, Dies (1991)
• New York Times END OF THE SOVIET UNION; GORBACHEV, LAST SOVIET LEADER, RESIGNS; U.S. RECOGNIZES REPUBLICS' INDEPENDENCE (1991)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 (December 3, 1992)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 837 (March 26, 1993)
• History of National and Community Service Trust Act (Americorps) (1993)
• King Holiday and Service Act (1994)
• Summary of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1994)
• Text of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1994)
• The Free Dictionary Republican Contract With America (1994)
• Text of Republican Contract With America (1994)
• Defense of Marriage Act (1996)
• The Kyoto Protocol (1997)
• 1998 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS ACT (1998)
• Joint Resolution of Congress: Iraqi Breach of International Obligations (1998)
• Iraq Liberation Act (1998)
• Operation Desert Fox (1998)
• The Starr Report (1998)
• Washington Post Untangling Whitewater (1998 and earlier)
• CNN Price Tag for Starr Investigation (1998)
• Articles of Impeachment Against President Bill Clinton (1998)
• Senate Trial on Articles of Impeachment Against President Bill Clinton (1999)
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, a.k.a. Financial Services Modernization Act (1999)
• Bush vs. Gore, Supreme Court Decision (2000)
• Presidential CIA Briefing 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike U.S.' prior to the 9/11 attacks (August 6, 2001)
• Statement by the North Atlantic Council following the 9/11 attacks (2001)
• Congressional Joint Resolution 23 following the 9/11 attacks (2001)
• President George W. Bush's address to a Joint Session of Congress (September 2001)
• USA Patriot Act (2001)
• President George W. Bush's address to the United Nations regarding Iraq's alleged WMD (September 11, 2002)
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (November 8, 2002)
• President George W. Bush's Cincinnati speech regarding Iraq's alleged WMD (2002)
• Senator Edward Kennedy's Anti-Iraq War Speech at Johns Hopkins University (September 27, 2002)
• Remarks of Illinois State Senator Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq (October 2002)
• National Intelligence Estimate: Key Judgments (2002)
• Joint Resolution of Congress on Iraq (October 11, 2002)
• Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix
  U.N. Security Council Update on [Iraq Weapons] Inspection (27 January 2003)
• Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix
  U.N. Security Council Update on [Iraq Weapons] Inspection (7 March 2003)
• Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the United Nations regarding Iraq's alleged WMD (2003)
• Interview with Vice-President Dick Cheney, NBC, 'Meet the Press' (2003)
• PBS interview with Dr. Hans Blix
  Lack of 'Critical Judgment' Led to Iraq War (17 March 2004)
• 9/11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States) Report (2004)
• Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention Keynote Address (2004)
• BBC News Report Dated Oct. 7, 2004 regarding WMD in Iraq
• CNN News Report Regarding Colin Powell's 2003 address to the United Nations (2005)
• Los Angeles Times How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball' (2005)
• Los Angeles Times Flaws Cited in Powell's U.N. Speech on Iraq (2005)
• Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (2005) (PDF-3.3 MB)
• U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report (2006) (PDF-524 pages)
  Re: Comparison of prewar intelligence estimates regarding Iraq, with postwar findings.
• Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on Postwar Findings on Iraq's WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How They Compare to Prewar Assessments (2006)
• Iraq Study Group Report (2006) bi-partisan recommendations regarding war in Iraq
• Download the Report (PDF-84 pages)
• Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
  A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (2006)
• Secure Fence Act (2006)
• NPR McClellan: Bush Embraced Political 'Game' Too Often (2008)
• The Washington Post summary of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008)

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Maps for HIST1302, Part Five Download MAP EXERCISE 5 (PDF) History and Geography go hand in hand. Below are links to maps that help illustrate the history of the United States during and following the end of the Cold War. Click on each map to see a larger image. (Note: Some of these files are quite large. If you have dial-up Internet service, they may take a while to load. Please be patient; or use the computers at school, which have a high speed connection.) How to Complete MAPEX (Map Exercise) Scantron Boxes (PDF) Operation Just Cause, Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990 (Source: Uncertain) Eastern Bloc Dissolution, 1989-1991 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Pre-1990 Map of East and West Germany (Source: Uncertain) Post-1990 Map of East and West Germany (Source: Uncertain) Soviet Union, 1989 (Source: Perry-Castenada Library, UT) Commonwealth of Independent States, after 1991 (Source: Perry-Castenada Library, UT) Iraqi Dispositions, Late September 1990 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Operation Desert Storm, 1991 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Iraq No-Fly Zones, after 1991 (Source: uncertain) Ethnic Majorities in Bosnia, 1991 (Source: Uncertain) World Trade Center Attacks, 9-11-2001 (Source: Uncertain) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan (Source: Uncertain) Iraq War Map (Source: Uncertain) Iraq Ethnic Groups (Source: Uncertain) U.S.-Mexican Border (Source: Uncertain) New Orleans Flood Extent, 2005 (Source: uncertain) Hurricane Katrina Diaspora (Source: uncertain) Global Internet Users, 2008 (Source: uncertain) Mars Landing Sites (prior to 2008) (Source: NASA) This website copyright © 2006-2011 (except where noted) by Steven Butler, Ph.D. All rights reserved.