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1980's Topics 8th Period U.S invades Grenada (Operation Fury) & Reagan Created by Elena M



Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.** Please write **__two__extended** power paragraphs to address the above question. **Each paragraph** should meet the following expectations:

Operation Fury or the invasion of Grenada took place on October 23, 1983 and ended December 15. President Ronald Reagan sent troops into the Caribbean island, Grenada because "Cuban troops and construction workers were present on the island, building an airport which was feared would be used for military purposes [against the United States] and 1,000 American students were believed to be in danger" (World at War). These American students were studying at a university at the Caribbean island of Grenada at the time and six other Caribbean countries aided in the attack. The conflict ended on December 15 with Cuban troops out of Grenada and the public praised President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan launched the attack against the Cuban troops to "protect the lives of Americans in Grenada...at St. George's University School of Medicine" (Small 2). He stated that it was the responsibility of the United States government to keep all U.S citizens safe, whether they were in or out of the country. This invasion was against Cuba, but also against all communism which is what the United States feared at the time. This operation gained the United States six Caribbean allies, who aided in the attack. It also showed other countries that the U.S would always protect it's citizens, no matter where they were located in the world and showed them how dominant the United States' military and navy was. The public supported Reagan's decision by agreeing with his nationalism to protect all United States citizens.

**Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3  credible sources,
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One.** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">The influence of Operation Fury was worldwide. Communist countries were hesitant to mess with America in any way because they recognized that the United States would respond with military assistance. The country of Grenada was once again peaceful after Cuban troops had been driven out on December 15, and the United States was reassured that their country could fight against communism in the Cold War. The impact of the Invasion of Grenada was enormous in the 21st century. The operation once again displayed the United States as a major "super power" of the world and gave the impression that the U.S was not a country to mess with.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">The invasions legacy was to send a message to other communist countries that the United States protected its members no matter where they were located in the world. This however did not help the relations between Cuba and the United States when Reagan stated that "Cuba planned to use Grenada as a military base"(Small 4). This invasion proved to be necessary because "communism was spreading quickly and it could have blocked trade around nearby countries such as Mexico, Venezuela, and most of South Pacific America" (Treaties in Force). When the U.S learned that Cuban troops were occupied in Grenada, President Reagan became concerned. When we found out that they were creating an airport that could possibly be used as a military base, he sent troops into the island of Grenada on October 23, 1983.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">**Task Two Rubric**
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Task One. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced. If you credited the source in Task One, you do not need to reestablish credibility, only an internal citation is required.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 5 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">The forces that produced or created the Invasion of Grenada would be the Cuban troops that invaded Grenada first. The United States invaded for two reasons, because of the airport Cuba was creating, we were fearful of an attack from a communist country and we were fearful for the lives of American students studying at Grenada at the time. Since one of America's biggest fears was communism, the public supported Ronald Reagan when he launched the attack. We didn't wan another country to fall to communism especially one in the Western hemisphere and the Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States could take care of the countries in the Western hemisphere so Europe should stay out. Ronald Reagan did take care of a country that the Monroe Doctrine stated that we had responsibility for, so he received public support.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Operation Fury or the invasion of Grenada would be towards the Great Man on the Great Man Continuum and so would President Reagan. This is because of the the long run significance of the accomplishment, the endurance of the legacy and the extent of influence around the world. The only short run influence remaining is the impact on daily life only because communism isn't a fear like it used to be during the Cold War. This event and person however goes under the Great Man on the continuum because the invasion of Grenada was a huge step forward for the United States during the Cold War and because Ronald Reagan was always a great leader and always had the ability to lead. The invasion of Grenada was a huge step forward for the United States He changed history by making the United States extremely dominant and a country not to be messed with and for that, Ronald Reagan and the invasion go near the Great Man on the Continuum.


 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** || * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** || * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** || * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  ||   ||   || * ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great *--Event Making --Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero ---Determinism


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **


 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

__**Works Cited:**__

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Boyarsky, Bill. "Reagan, Ronald Wilson." //World Book Advanced.// World Book, 2011. Web. 9 March. 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Web link //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Countries of the World //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 1 Nov. 2004: n. pag. //e-Library//. Web. 9 March. 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <[|http://elibrary.bigchalk.com]>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">"Grenada." //Country Watch//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 March. 2012. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><[|http://www.countrywatch.com]>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"The Invasion of Grenada." //PBS//. N.p., 8 March. 2012. Web. 8 March. 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <[|http://pbs.org]>.

//The Invasion of Grenada//. N.d. //Salem Press//. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. <http://history.salempress.com/doi/full/10.3331/ 1980_346?prevSearch=Grenada&searchHistoryKey=&queryHash=df8cebdc854453eadb0bfe111 66d3d0f>.

//Ronald Reagan//. N.d. //Salem Press//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. <http://history.salempress.com/doi/full/10.3331/ 1980_585?prevSearch=ronald%2Breagan&searchHistoryKey=&queryHash=d5f837816eaefa2b5 a9dca7c403c31ad>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">"Ronald Reagan: Address to the Nation on Events in Lebanon and Grenada (1983)." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Ronald Reagan: Address to the Nation on Events in Lebanon and Grenada (1983)." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Small, Stephen. "Grenada." //Wold Book Advanced//. World Book, 2011. Web. 8 March. 2012.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">"U.S. Intervention in Grenada, 1983." Map. //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. Web. 7 March. 2012.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Format in MLA style and remove web addresses.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum u<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">sing the evidence fro m the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly.