3/21 and 9.6

Please note- Both videos are very informational and help with a few questions!
9.6 Daily Video #1 on AP Classroom- Students watch on their own
9.6 Daily Video #2 on AP Classroom- Students watch on their own

Period 9: 1980-Present, Topic 6- Challenges of the 21st Century

Student learning objective: Explain the causes and effects of the domestic and international challenges the US has faced in the 21st Century.

“Although there has long been terrorism in varied contexts, contemporary terrorism poses a new and ominous problem. . . . We have long considered how to protect citizens against invading armies, and this might be the arena that is most nearly analogous to protection against terrorists. But foreign terrorists are not so transparent as invading armies, and the issue of protecting ourselves against them necessarily involves judgments on how to distinguish them from peaceful citizens and alien residents. . . . For terrorists, who must in the nature of their purpose be secretive, . . . we may be able to discover them before they act only if we resort to invasive and substantial surveillance, infiltration, screening, and so forth, all of which might be misused against innocents far more often than they are well used against potential terrorists.”

Russell Hardin, political scientist, “Civil Liberties in the Era of Mass Terrorism,” Journal of Ethics, 2004

Discussion Question #1- Before what date was terrorism not on "everyone's radar" as much as it is today? (If you don't know, the link below #3 will give it away)

Discussion Question #2- How would you describe Hardin's point of view considering US foreign policy and terrorism prevention efforts by the Department of Homeland Security and other organizations?

Discussion Question #3- From your knowledge, what caused an uptick in terrorism after 2000?

Causes and effects of 21st Century terrorism

Discussion Question #4- From your knowledge, what was an effect of terrorism in the 21st Century?

Department of Homeland Security

Discussion Question #5- What is more important- people's rights or preventing attacks?

Discussion Question #6- How could one, a government or an agency promote rights and prevent attacks at the same time?

SEC. 1101. IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO INSURANCE FOR UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to provide health insurance coverage for eligible individuals during the period beginning on the date on which such program is established and ending on January 1, 2014.

Affordable Care Act 2010

Discussion Question #7- What is this also known as?

Discussion Question #8- Why do you think the national healthcare system was a highly debated topic for decades and many presidential administrations before the Obama administration?

HW- Read the printout of 1992-2011 chapter of the American Pageant and study the ID's included at the end of the print out.  Quiz tomrorow!

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