SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States 1945-1970
a. Describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture, including the presidential
debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights movement.
c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life, including the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone. SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.
a. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics; include sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
b. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.
c. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
d. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
e. Explain the importance of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the resulting developments; include Earth Day, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the modern environmentalist movement.
f. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968).
Essential Questions:
How do wars affect the economic prosperity of a country?
How does a democracy need to be strong and self-sustaining and insure that all of its citizens have equal rights?
Key Questions:
a. What was the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government?
b. How did Jackie Robinson integrate baseball?
c. How was Brown v. Board of Education implemented despite efforts made to resist the decision?
d. What was the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech?.
e. What were the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
f. What is the nature of the impact the Supreme Court decisions had on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights, including such decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action?
Skills to have:
a. Describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture, including the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights movement.
c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life, including the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone.
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.
e. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics, including sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
f. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.
g. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
h. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
i. Explain Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, Earth Day, the creation of the EPA, and the modern environmentalist movement.
Vocabulary:
Levittown
Suburbs
Commuters
Interstate Highway Act
Mass media
FCC
Edward R. Murrow
Personal computers
Cell phones
Internet
satellite
EPA
Three Mile Island
environmentalist
Rachel Carson
"silent Spring"
Earth Day
Gloria Steinem
Roe vs. Wade
ERA
Seneca Falls
Betty Friedan
Counterculture
Haight –Asbury
Hippies
Rock music
Woodstock
The Beatles
Civil Rights Movement
Malcolm X
Selma
Birmingham
Bus Boycott
Jesse Jackson
“I have a dream” speech
“Letter form a Birmingham Jail”
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting rights Act of 1965
Jackie Robinson
Harry Truman
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of education
Little rock, Arkansas
Central High
Civil Disobedience
SNCC
SCLC
Sit-in
Cesar Chavez
Bakke Decision
Table of Contents
"I have a dream"
Georgia Performance Standards:
SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States
1945-1970
a. Describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture, including the presidential
debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights movement.
c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life, including the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone.
SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.
a. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics; include sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
b. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.
c. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
d. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
e. Explain the importance of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the resulting developments; include Earth Day, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the modern environmentalist movement.
f. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968).
Essential Questions:
How do wars affect the economic prosperity of a country?How does a democracy need to be strong and self-sustaining and insure that all of its citizens have equal rights?
Key Questions:
a. What was the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government?
b. How did Jackie Robinson integrate baseball?
c. How was Brown v. Board of Education implemented despite efforts made to resist the decision?
d. What was the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech?.
e. What were the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
f. What is the nature of the impact the Supreme Court decisions had on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights, including such decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action?
Skills to have:
a. Describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture, including the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights movement.
c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life, including the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone.
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.
e. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics, including sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
f. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.
g. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
h. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
i. Explain Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, Earth Day, the creation of the EPA, and the modern environmentalist movement.
Vocabulary:
Suburbs
Commuters
Interstate Highway Act
Mass media
FCC
Edward R. Murrow
Personal computers
Cell phones
Internet
satellite
EPA
Three Mile Island
environmentalist
Rachel Carson
"silent Spring"
Earth Day
Roe vs. Wade
ERA
Seneca Falls
Betty Friedan
Counterculture
Haight –Asbury
Hippies
Rock music
Woodstock
The Beatles
Malcolm X
Selma
Birmingham
Bus Boycott
Jesse Jackson
“I have a dream” speech
“Letter form a Birmingham Jail”
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting rights Act of 1965
Jackie Robinson
Harry Truman
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of education
Little rock, Arkansas
Central High
Civil Disobedience
SNCC
SCLC
Sit-in
Cesar Chavez
Bakke Decision
Resources:
1.The Tumultous 1960's
2. Post WWII America
3. The Vietnam War
4. The end of the 20th century
5. September 11, 2001
6. The US Presidents Fact quiz click here
7. The WWII game click here
8. Roe v Wade decision click here
9. The 1990'2 quiz click here
10. The Cesar Chavez Foundation click here
11. Rachel Carson's life click here
12. Barry Goldwater obituary click here
13. Power of Images in the Vietnam war protest movementclick here
14. Civil Rights Time line click here
15. The Technology Revolution click here
Assignments:
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