UNIT 8: POSTWAR AMERICA:
Peace and Affluence
(1945 - 1960)
Unit Thesis:
April 13 - April 17, 2020 ~ Distance Learning Week #3:
1950s America
Focus Question: What were the opportunities and challenges which the growth of the suburbs offered postwar Americans?
"HAPPY DAZE" Documentary
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The GI Bill
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The Growth of Suburbia
Click the above to download an article explaining the development of suburban communities.
Question to Answer on Google Classroom Discussion Board
Do you think the conformity or "sameness" of suburbs was a positive or negative development overall? Be sure to establish specific reasons and explain your answer with examples from the article or the "Happy Daze" documentary video.
Post your claim to Google Classroom and reply to at least one classmates post to support, modify, or refute their argument.
Our Suburbs: The Development of Mission Viejo
The Mission Way: A History of Mission Viejo
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Mission Viejo Marketing Film, 1967
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April 20 - April 24, 2020 ~ Distance Learning Week #4:
The Presidents 1952 - 1960: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and LBJ
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"Poisoned Dreams" Documentary
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Presidential Comparison - Graphic Organizer
Compare and contrast the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Assess the accomplishments and shortcomings of each to evaluate who was the effective president from 1952 to 1968. Be sure to discuss the popularity, domestic policies, foreign policies, and legacies of each president.
Directions: Download and complete the comparative graphic organizer by reading the articles and watching the biography videos on each president shown below.
Use that historical information and research to complete the following on Google Classroom:
1) Post your response to question on, "Who was the most effective President of the 1950s and 1960s?" to the discussion board and reply to a classmates argument.
2) Write a complete paragraph answer the focus question above to compare all three president. Submit your google doc paragraph to the assignment titled "Presidential Comparison 1952 - 1968 Paragraph". Submit your graphic organizer as part of the same file to Google Classroom.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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John F. Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Enrichment Assignments:
Foreign Policy 1950 - 1963: The Cold War Continues
Directions: Select any of the three topics below and watch the Khan Academy Video to better understand some of the pivotal events in American foreign policy in the 1950s and 1960s.
Korean War |
Bay of Pigs InvasionCuban Missile Crisis |
Vietnam War
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A. POSTWAR AMERICA
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A Date with Your Family | |
File Size: | 17 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Two Views of American in the 1950s
To what extent was the 1950s a decade of miracles?
Two Views of American in the 1950s | |
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File Type: | docx |
Century Series Documentary:
"Happy Daze 1953-1960"
Happy Daze Video Notes | |
File Size: | 16 kb |
File Type: | docx |