This week, our time frame for historical studies is the single administration of George H.W. Bush. He was president from January 1989 to 1993. Especially dramatic during his administration was the sudden end to the Cold War that had overshadowed all of American life for forty years. Mikhail Gorbachev adopted policies that led to the total dissolution of the U.S.S.R and the Communist Bloc of Eastern Europe. This resulted in a host of newly independent nations in both Asia and Europe. Bush would have to deal with perplexing issues that arose from the dissolution of the U.S.S.R and evens in the Middle East that threatened America's national security--especially the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein! The Five in a Row kids read the book, "The Rag Coat." It's the tender story of a young Appalachian girl who has a coat made from many special memories! The kids then made quilts of their own!
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