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**Unit 9: Social Changes (1960-1980)**

The period of history that followed the 1950s witnessed many changes in American society. The Cold War continued to dominate foreign policy, but American politics became less conservative on domestic issues. The liberal policies of deficit spending and progressive taxes were revamped by presidents Kennedy and Johnson to include additional government programs and regulations. Meantime, the deteriorating Cold War situation in Vietnam took its toll in terms of the national budget and loss of lives. As the influence of the Civil Rights Movement spread to women, American Indians, migrant farmworkers, and even environmental protection, Americans found themselves embroiled in a "culture war" between conservative and liberal citizens that continues to today. At the base of the differences lies the enduring question of the role of the federal government in our lives. Textbook Chapters:


 * ~ Chapter No. in Book ||~ Chapter Title ||~ Chapter No. in Computer ||
 * = 24 ||= The Kennedy and Johnson Years ||= 28 ||
 * = 25 ||= The Vietnam War ||= 29 ||
 * = 26 ||= An Era of Protest and Change ||= 30 ||



Independent Research Project: The 1960s and 1970s

Unit 9 Day 1 Topics: 1960 election, Cuban Revolution, "missile gap," Peace Corps, Alliance for Progress, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban missile crisis, Nikita Khrushchev, "hot line," Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Berlin Wall

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Analyze President Kennedy's Cold War policies in the early 1960s.
 * Describe continuing effects of the Cold War on American life.

Quickwrite: How did television affect the presidential election of 1960?

Homework: Read Ch. 24.2 & 24.3 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 9 Day 2 Topics: New Frontier, deficit spending, space race, Warren Commission, Great Society, Civil Rights Act of 1964, War on Poverty, Medicare, Warren Court

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Analyze Kennedy's domestic goals and policies.
 * Assess the impact of Kennedy's assassination on American history.
 * Analyze President Johnson's domestic goals and policies.

Quickwrite: What were the names of Kennedy's and Johnson's domestic agendas?

Homework: Read Ch. 25.1 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 9 Day 3 Topics: Indochina, Ho Chi Minh, decolonization, Domino theory, Geneva Accords, SEATO, Vietcong, Ngo Dinh Diem, //USS Maddox//, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Identify the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
 * Evaluate the early actions of the U.S. in the Vietnam conflict.

Quickwrite: Why did Truman and Eisenhower support French efforts against Vietnamese independence?

Homework: Read Ch. 25.2 & 25.3 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 9 Day 4 Topics: "Americanization," Operation Rolling Thunder, Robert McNamara, General Westmoreland, napalm, guerrilla warfare, hawks vs. doves, Students for a Democratic Society, "credibility gap," Tet Offensive, 1968 election

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Identify the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
 * Assess consequences of political events, actions, and reactions in Vietnam.
 * Analyze how the war effort in Vietnam led to rising protests and social division among Americans.

Quickwrite: What does it mean that President Johnson "Americanized" the war in Vietnam in 1965?

Homework: Read Ch. 25.4 & 25.5 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 9 Day 5 Topics: "Vietnamization," Ho Chi Minh Trail, Cambodia, Kent State University, My Lai Massacre, Pentagon Papers, Paris Peace Accords, Fall of Saigon, War Powers Act, "realpolitik," Henry Kissinger, visit to China, detente, SALT talks

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Assess the end of the war in Vietnam and its lasting effects.
 * Evaluate how President Nixon changed Cold War policy during his presidency.

Quickwrite: What does it mean that President Nixon "Vietnamized" the war in Vietnam?

Homework: Read Ch. 26.1 & 26.2 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 9 Day 6 Topics: Counterculture, generation gap, rock in the 1960s, communes, Haight-Ashbury, Woodstock, drug addiction, "second-wave" feminism, //The Feminine Mystique//, NOW, ERA, Gloria Steinem, Title IX, "glass ceiling"

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Assess the rise and decline of the counterculture movement in the 1960s.
 * Analyze the second-wave feminism of the 1960s and its impact on American society.

Quickwrite: What makes "hippies" different from mainstream culture?

Homework: Read Ch. 26.3 & 26.4 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 9 Day 7 Topics: Migrant farmworkers, Cesar Chavez, UFW, Chicano movement, American Indian Movement, Ralph Nader, //Silent Spring//, toxic waste, Earth Day, EPA, Clean Air and Water Acts, Endangered Species Act, Three Mile Island

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Analyze how the rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s expanded rights for diverse groups of Americans.
 * Identify the causes and effects of the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

Quickwrite: How does the produce crate label in 26.3 contrast with the actual conditions of migrant farmworkers?

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 24-26.

Unit 9 Day 8 Topics: Unit 9 Test tomorrow!

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Catch up and review for Unit 9 test tomorrow on chapters 24-26.

Quickwrite: Create a multiple choice question for the test.

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 24-26.

Unit 9 Test Day Homework: Read Ch. 27.1 (Honors: Charts)

Links:

US History Textbook Site Vietnam Review