UNIT 8
NEWSCAST PRESENTATIONS FOR UNIT 8
Chapter 36- The Cold War Begins -
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Chapter 37. - The Eisenhower Era -
Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties --
Chapter 39 - The Stalemated Seventies - -
Chapter 40 - The Resurgence of Conservatism - -
Chapter 41- America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era 1992-2004 -
Chapter 42- The American People Face a New Century - combined
NEWSCAST PRESENTATIONS FOR UNIT 8
Chapter 36- The Cold War Begins -
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Chapter 37. - The Eisenhower Era -
Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties --
Chapter 39 - The Stalemated Seventies - -
Chapter 40 - The Resurgence of Conservatism - -
Chapter 41- America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era 1992-2004 -
Chapter 42- The American People Face a New Century - combined
Lesson 1
Student Learning Objective: I can explain America's postwar economic growth, & I can analyze its effects on the American lifestyle.
“Affluent Society,” Consumer culture in the 1950s, The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952, The menace of McCarthyism, Desegregation in the South, Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Eisehower Republicanism, Cold War crises, the space race and the arms race, GI Bill of Rights, Veteran’s Administration, Baby Boom, Consumerism, Middle Class, Interstate Highway System, Suburbs, Levittown, Sunbelt vs. Rustbelt, Dr. Benjamin Spock, The election of John F. Kennedy, 1960, Postwar literature and culture.
Student Learning Objective:
I can analyze the values reflected in 1950s television, & I can explain why some Americans rebelled against those images.
Cult of Domesticity, Father Knows Best, Ozzie & Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Rebel without a Cause, Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock, Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, David Reisman, The Lonely Crowd
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
Student Learning Objective: I can explain America's postwar economic growth, & I can analyze its effects on the American lifestyle.
“Affluent Society,” Consumer culture in the 1950s, The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952, The menace of McCarthyism, Desegregation in the South, Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Eisehower Republicanism, Cold War crises, the space race and the arms race, GI Bill of Rights, Veteran’s Administration, Baby Boom, Consumerism, Middle Class, Interstate Highway System, Suburbs, Levittown, Sunbelt vs. Rustbelt, Dr. Benjamin Spock, The election of John F. Kennedy, 1960, Postwar literature and culture.
Student Learning Objective:
I can analyze the values reflected in 1950s television, & I can explain why some Americans rebelled against those images.
Cult of Domesticity, Father Knows Best, Ozzie & Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Rebel without a Cause, Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock, Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, David Reisman, The Lonely Crowd
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
- American Abundance in the 1950s & 1960s (C-SPAN - Thomas Zeiler)
Assignments:
Mon. 4/1 Jocz video in class
Mon. 4/1 Jocz video in class
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Lesson 2: The Civil Rights Movement 1960-1968
Chapters 37 and 38
Student Learning Objective:
I can summarize the key events of the Civil Rights Movement and I can evaluate the impact of each.
“Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
Websites & Resources
Lesson 2: The Civil Rights Movement 1960-1968
Chapters 37 and 38
Student Learning Objective:
I can summarize the key events of the Civil Rights Movement and I can evaluate the impact of each.
“Separate but Equal,” Plessy v. Ferguson, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, “All Deliberate Speed,” Civil Disobedience, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Orval Faubus, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro Sit-Ins, John F. Kennedy, Freedom Riders, Robert Kennedy, James Meredith, “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” March on Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson, Great Society, Michael Harrington, The Other America, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, ‘Affirmative Action,” Richard Nixon, Philadelphia Plan of 1969, “Reverse Discrimination,” Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, Watts Riots, Kerner Commission, Malcolm X, “Black Power,” Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
- The Politics of Race (Gilder Lehrman - Jack Rakove)
- The Civil Rights Movement (Gilder Lehrman - Clarence Taylor)
- Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott (C-SPAN - Julian Bond)
- The Black Revolt of 1963 (Miller Center - Tom Jackson)
Websites & Resources
- Eyes on the Prize (PBS Website)
- Finishing the Dream (NBC Learn Website)
- The Murder of Emmett Till (PBS Website)
- Greensboro Sit-Ins (Website)
- February 1 (PBS Website)
- They Changed the World (Montgomery Advertiser Website)
- The Freedom Riders (PBS Website and Video)
-Assignments::
Wed. 4/3 - Readings Packet #29 202-206 and Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Thurs. 4/4 - Ch. 37 AMSCO Guided notes due
Wed. 4/3 - Readings Packet #29 202-206 and Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Thurs. 4/4 - Ch. 37 AMSCO Guided notes due
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Lesson 3: The Great Society and the Vietnam War
Chapter 38-39
Student Learning Objective:
I can summarize the goals of Johnson's Great Society, & I can explain its role in the modern political debate.
War on Poverty, Office of Economic Opportunity, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Head Start, Medicare Act of 1965, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Immigration Act of 1965, National Endowment for the Arts, Public Broadcasting Corporation
I can evaluate the successes and failures of the Nixon administration.
Election of 1968, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Democratic National Convention, American Independent Party, George Wallace, Richard Nixon, “Southern Strategy,” Détente, Henry Kissinger, Realpolitik, Balance of Power, China Visit, Moscow Visit, Leonoid Brezhnev, SALT I, Energy Crisis, Yom Kippur War, Arab Oil Embargo, OPEC, “New Federalism,” Revenue Sharing, Forced Busing, “Philadelphia Plan,” Occupational Safety and Health Act, Federal Election Campaign Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Love Canal, Three Mile Island, Endangered Species Act, Committee to Re-Elect the President, White House “Plumbers,” Watergate Break-In, Woodward and Bernstein, “Silence Money,” Election of 1972, George McGovern, Watergate Tapes, Executive Privilege, Saturday Night Massacre, Spiro Agnew, US v. Nixon, Impeachment Proceedings, Nixon Resignation, Gerald Ford, Nixon Pardon, Imperial Presidency, War Powers Act
Lectures & Courses
Websites & Resources
Lesson 3: The Great Society and the Vietnam War
Chapter 38-39
Student Learning Objective:
I can summarize the goals of Johnson's Great Society, & I can explain its role in the modern political debate.
War on Poverty, Office of Economic Opportunity, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Head Start, Medicare Act of 1965, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Immigration Act of 1965, National Endowment for the Arts, Public Broadcasting Corporation
I can evaluate the successes and failures of the Nixon administration.
Election of 1968, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Democratic National Convention, American Independent Party, George Wallace, Richard Nixon, “Southern Strategy,” Détente, Henry Kissinger, Realpolitik, Balance of Power, China Visit, Moscow Visit, Leonoid Brezhnev, SALT I, Energy Crisis, Yom Kippur War, Arab Oil Embargo, OPEC, “New Federalism,” Revenue Sharing, Forced Busing, “Philadelphia Plan,” Occupational Safety and Health Act, Federal Election Campaign Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Love Canal, Three Mile Island, Endangered Species Act, Committee to Re-Elect the President, White House “Plumbers,” Watergate Break-In, Woodward and Bernstein, “Silence Money,” Election of 1972, George McGovern, Watergate Tapes, Executive Privilege, Saturday Night Massacre, Spiro Agnew, US v. Nixon, Impeachment Proceedings, Nixon Resignation, Gerald Ford, Nixon Pardon, Imperial Presidency, War Powers Act
Lectures & Courses
- Nixon, Executive Power, & the Constitution (Gilder Lehrman - Richard Bernstein)
Websites & Resources
- LBJ (PBS Video)
- The Watergate Files (Ford Library and Museum)
- The Watergate Story (Washington Post Website)
Assignments:
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Lesson 4: Vietnam
Student Learning Objective:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam and I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh, Vietminh, Geneva Conference, Domino Theory, Ngo Dinh Diem, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Vietcong, National Liberation Front, Self-Immolation, Lyndon Johnson, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Operation Rolling Thunder, Ho Chi Minh Trail, William C. Westmoreland, Napalm, Agent Orange, Search and Destroy Missions, Tet Offensive, New Left, Antiwar Movement, Walter Cronkite, Fulbright Hearings, Hawks, Doves, Election of 1968, Richard Nixon, Lottery Draft, Vietnamization, “Silent Majority” Speech, My Lai Massacre, Cambodia, Kent State, Jackson State, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, Détente, Paris Peace Talks, Henry Kissinger, “Peace Is at Hand,” Paris Accords, “Peace with Honor,” Fall of Saigon, 26th Amendment
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
Websites & Resources
Lesson 4: Vietnam
Student Learning Objective:
I can analyze the reasons for US involvement in Vietnam and I can explain what made the conflict so difficult to win.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh, Vietminh, Geneva Conference, Domino Theory, Ngo Dinh Diem, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Vietcong, National Liberation Front, Self-Immolation, Lyndon Johnson, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Operation Rolling Thunder, Ho Chi Minh Trail, William C. Westmoreland, Napalm, Agent Orange, Search and Destroy Missions, Tet Offensive, New Left, Antiwar Movement, Walter Cronkite, Fulbright Hearings, Hawks, Doves, Election of 1968, Richard Nixon, Lottery Draft, Vietnamization, “Silent Majority” Speech, My Lai Massacre, Cambodia, Kent State, Jackson State, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, Détente, Paris Peace Talks, Henry Kissinger, “Peace Is at Hand,” Paris Accords, “Peace with Honor,” Fall of Saigon, 26th Amendment
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
- The Origins of the Vietnam War (Gilder Lehrman - John Prados)
- America's Decent into Vietnam (Miller Center - Robert Mann)
- Vietnam Anti-War Movement (C-SPAN - David Farber)
Websites & Resources
- The Wars for Vietnam (Vassar College Website)
- Vietnam Online (PBS Website)
- My Lai (PBS Website and Video)
- The Fall of Saigon (CBS News Interactive)
Assignments:
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I can analyze the causes of the counterculture movement in the United States and I can evaluate its impact on American society.
New Left, Students for a Democratic Society, “Hippies,” Haight-Ashbury District, Timothy Leary, “Flower Children,” Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Sexual Revolution, Birth Control Pill, Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique, National Organization for Women, Equal Rights Amendment, Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly, Roe v. Wade, Title IX, Sally Ride, Sandra Day O’Connor, Geraldine Ferraro, Caesar Chavez, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, American Indian Movement, Wounded Knee
Course Resources
Lectures & Courses
- The Legacies of the Sixties (Gilder Lehrman - Michael Flamm)
Websites & Resources
- The 1968 Exhibit (Minnesota Historical Society Website)
Assignments:
Due Tues. Mar. 27 - AMSCO on the 1970s due and Civil Rights questions and answers
In class Jocz video Chapter 38 Guided review
GO TO NEXT UNIT
Due Tues. Mar. 27 - AMSCO on the 1970s due and Civil Rights questions and answers
In class Jocz video Chapter 38 Guided review
GO TO NEXT UNIT
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Assessments:
Chapter quizzes
Multiple-choice unit test
Essays:
2003 FRQ: Compare the 1920s and 1950s societies
2004 FRQ: Determine success of containment
2005 FRQ: 20th century women
2008 DBQ: Vietnam War
2010 FRQ: Population shifts from 1945-1985
Chapter quizzes
Multiple-choice unit test
Essays:
2003 FRQ: Compare the 1920s and 1950s societies
2004 FRQ: Determine success of containment
2005 FRQ: 20th century women
2008 DBQ: Vietnam War
2010 FRQ: Population shifts from 1945-1985