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=**Unit 8: Postwar America (1945-1960) **=

By the end of World War II, the alliance between the US and the Soviet Union had deteriorated. Without a common enemy, these two countries found it difficult to work together, given their different political beliefs and goals. As the Soviets vowed to support communist revolutions around the world, the US adopted a policy of "containment" to contain communism within Eastern Europe. As the two superpowers competed for global influence, another Red Scare swept the nation. Americans embraced their conservative side after so many years of pro-government leadership, and the Democratic Party of Roosevelt's era struggled and split over the issue of segregation and civil rights.

Textbook Chapters:


 * ~ Chapter No. in Book ||~ Chapter Title ||~ Chapter No. in Computer ||
 * = 21 ||= The Cold War ||= 25 ||
 * = 22 ||= Postwar Confidence and Anxiety ||= 26 ||
 * = 23 ||= The Civil Rights Movement ||= 27 ||



Major concepts:

Unit 8 Day 1 Topics: Cold War, satellite nations, iron curtain, Truman Doctrine, containment, Marshall Plan, NATO, communism in China and Korea, limited war

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Explain changes in foreign policy related to the Cold War.
 * Describe effects of the Cold War on American political life.
 * Assess the role of organizations established to maintain peace after World War II.

Quickwrite: Why do we call it the "Cold War"?

SAS #196: The Cold War: Marshall Plan

Homework: Read Ch. 21.3 & 21.4 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 8 Day 2 Topics: Arms race, massive retaliation, Eisenhower Doctrine, CIA, NASA, Red Scare, House Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyism

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Evaluate methods used by the US to fight the expansion of communism.
 * Assess how the fear of domestic communism affected American society during the Cold War.

Quickwrite: What is the effect of the arms race, according to the chart in chapter 21.3?

Homework: Read Ch. 22.1 & 22.2

Unit 8 Day 3 Topics: GI Bill, baby boom, conservatism, suburbs, "car culture," Sunbelt migration, white collar jobs, multinational corporations, National Defense Education Act

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Assess how the nation experienced recovery and economic prosperity after World War II.
 * Examine social and economic factors that changed American life during the 1950s.

Quickwrite: What do you notice about the photograph at the beginning of chapter 22?

Homework: Read Ch. 22.3 & 22.4 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 8 Day 4 Topics: Consumerism, nuclear family, Dr. Spock, television, rock-n-roll, conformity, beatniks, inner cities, poverty

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Examine how popular culture and family life changed during the 1950s.
 * Assess why some groups of Americans were dissatisfied with 1950s culture.

Quickwrite: Describe the "ideal" family of the 1950s.

Homework: Read Ch. 23.1 & 23.2 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 8 Day 5 Topics: De jure segregation, //Brown v. Board of Education//, Little Rock Nine, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, sit ins, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, freedom rides, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act of 1964

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Trace the major events of the Civil Rights Movement.
 * Analyze the challenge to segregation after World War II.

Quickwrite: What Supreme Court case upheld segregation laws after Reconstruction ended?

Homework: Read Ch. 23.3 (Honors: Charts)

Unit 8 Day 6 Topics: Voting Rights Act of 1965, Twenty-fourth Amendment, urban riots, black power, Black Panthers, assassinations of Dr. King and Robert Kennedy

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Trace the major events of the Civil Rights Movement.
 * Analyze the successes and challenges the Civil Rights Movement faced after 1964.

Quickwrite: What do you know about the differences between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X?

SAS #1138 Homework: Study for test on Ch. 21-23.

Unit 8 Day 7 Topics: Unit 8 test tomorrow!

Learning Objectives: Students will
 * Catch up and review for Unit 8 Test tomorrow on chapters 21-23.

Quickwrite: Create a multiple choice question for the test tomorrow.

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 21-23.

Unit 8 Test Day Unit 8 Study Guide Homework: Read Ch. 24.1 (Honors: Charts)

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