Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.02: Trace major events of the Civil Rights Movement and evaluate its impact.
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
The Civil Rights Movement
De jure and
De facto Segregation
Affirmative Action
Turning points
Changes in state and federal Legislation
Montgomery bus boycotts
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Black Panthers
Black Power Movement
Stokley Carmichael
C.O.R.E.
S.N.C.C.
March on Washington
James Meredith
Little Rock Nine
George Wallace
Brown v Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, 1954
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
24th amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
11.02a Describe how these terms are applied to the Civil Rights Movement: civil disobedience, urban riots, Dixiecrats, Freedom Riders, Greensboro sit-ins.
11.02b Research leadership of the Black Revolution. Compare their goals, strategies, and results. How did Malcolm X and Stokley Carmichael justify the use of violence?
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.02: (continued) Trace major events of the Civil Rights Movement and evaluate its impact.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Executive actions
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
11.02c Create a chart with these headings: Human Costs of Civil Rights Movement, Role of Ordinary People, Effects of the Media.
11.02d Hold seminar sessions with topics such as “Letter from a Birmingham Jail, I Have A Dream Speech, etc.
Literature Connections:
Eric Goldman: The Crucial Decade 1965
David Habersham: The Fifties
Elizabeth Kytle: Willa Mae 1993
Fine Arts Connections:
Norman Rockwell: “The Problem We All Live With” 1964
John Biggers: “Shotgun, Third Ward”, 1966, NMAA
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.03: Identify major social movements including, but not limited to, those involving women, young people, and the environment, and evaluate the impact of these movements in the United States’ society.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
11.03a Using these terms, describe the social movements of the decades: feminist’s hippies, Rock ‘n roll, beatniks.
11.03b Compare leaders of the feminist movement and the American Indian Movement. How were each successful? What problems were unique to each?
Roe v Wade decision
Excerpts from The Feminine Mystique
Excerpts from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
Excerpts from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Audio &Visual Resources:
“The Fight In the Fields, Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Struggle”: PBS video
“The Sensational 70’s”
“1975: Year After the Fall”
“Elvis ‘56”. Music Media Documentary, 1987
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.03: (continued) Identify major social movements including, but not limited to, those involving women, young people, and the environment, and evaluate the impact of these movements in the United States’ society.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Socio-economic Status: Jobs:
White collar
Blue collar
Pink collar
Woodstock
Cesar Chavez
American Indian Movement
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Environmental Protection Agency
Betty Friedan
11.03c Analyze the effects of Roe v. Wade on the political climate of the U.S. from 1973 to the present.
11.03d Create multimedia presentations demonstrating the differences in youth culture in the 50’s and 60’s: focusing on literature, music, fads, slang, etc.
Suggested Websites:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/w/
http://si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/st
http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Roe/
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/kerouac/toc.html
http://rachelcarson.fws.gov/carsonbio.html
Literature Connections:
Ralph Nader: Unsafe At Any Speed, 1965
Henry Louis Gates, Jr: Behind the Color Line in America, 2004 (PBS series too)
Fine Arts Connections:
Romare Bearden: “Empress of the Blues”
1974, NMAA
William Wiley: “Portrait of Radon”, 1982, NMAA
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.04: Identify the causes of the United States’ involvement in Vietnam and examine how this involvement affected society.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Significance of the domino theory
U. S. Involvement in Vietnam:
- Eisenhower
- Kennedy
- Johnson
- Nixon
- Ford
Vietnam’s effect on U. S. politics and society
11.04a Prepare a description of the decades and concepts using the terms: escalation, Hawks and Doves, containment, student protest movements, and “living room war”.
11.04b Prepare a time line of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Note each president and the number of U.S. deaths per year. Include at least 3 protest events like Kent State, Democratic National Convention riots, and the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock.
26th Amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Johnson’s State of the Union 1966
Excerpts from Westmoreland’s The Vietnam War
Excerpts from McNamara’s In Retrospect
Political cartoons and photographs
Audio &Visual Resources:
“Vietnam: A Television War”, PBS series
“Return with Honors” PBS, American
Experience series
“Battlefield Vietnam: 1954-1968” Battlefield Vietnam, CNN Cold War Series Episode II
Excerpts from “Forrest Gump”
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.04: (continued) Identify the causes of the United States’ involvement in Vietnam and examine how this involvement affected society.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
11.04c Analyze the relationship between the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Act.
11.04d Conduct a debate based on research notes with “Doves and Hawks” on the issue of Vietnam.
11.04e Identify the common themes in War Protest songs of the era.
Suggested Websites:
http://www.pbs.org
http://www.vietnamwar.net/
http://www.aavw.org/special_features/
Literature Connections:
Vietnam Comic Books
Stanley Karnow: Vietnam. 1983
Philip Caputo: A Rumor of War, 1977
Walter Dean Myers: Fallen Angels
Fine Arts Connections:
Pulitzer Prize Photos: 1968: “Dream of Better Times”, 1971: “A God-awful Scream”, 1973: “The Day It Rained Fire”, 1974: “Burst of Joy”
Photographs of the Vietnam Wall in
DC
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.05: Examine the impact of technological innovations that have impacted American life.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
The Impact of the Space Race on education
Technological Changes:
Mass media
Communication
Military
Science
Medicine
Electronics
Data storage
Transportation
Energy
Radio in 1950’s
Sputnik
NASA
National Defense Education Act
Space Programs
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Computers
Calculators
Silicon Valley
ICBMs
Hydrogen bombs
Color television
Microwave technology
Nuclear power
Commercial jet travel
11.05a Compare job possibilities for women in the 1950’s and today. Where are the “glass ceilings” now?
11.05b Create multimedia presentations that demonstrate how technology has changed the way U.S. citizens live their everyday lives.
11.05c Design a “Moon” backdrop for the class and reenact the MAN ON THE MOON initiatives. Include all missions tried.
National Defense Education Act
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
Audio &Visual Resources:
David Halberstam’s, “the 1950’s” video series and book
Footage from the moon landing July 1969, The History Channel
www.historychannel.com/broadband/
Movie: “October Sky”
“The Pill” PBS American Experience series
“Apollo 13” MCA Video, excerpts
Suggested Websites:
http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/cshe/ndea/ndea.html
http://kids.nsfc.nasa.gov
http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
http://sputnik.infospace.ru/about_e.htm
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.05: (continued) Examine the impact of technological innovations that have impacted American life.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Connection of population shifts to technological changes in society
11.05d Create a collage wall of all the medicines and machines developed in this time period; include polio vaccines, birth control pills, and artificial hearts, etc.
11.05e Create an artwork that represents the differences in the sunbelt, rustbelt, frostbelt of the U. S.
Literature Connections:
Jeffrey Kluger and James Lovell: Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13. 1994
Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein: All the President’s Men, 1974
Fine Arts Connections:
NASA Photographs of earth from out of space
NASA Photographs of man in space
NASA Photographs of moon rock and moon crystals
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.06: Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government official and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Actions and reactions to political platforms:
New Frontier
Great Society
Law &Order
Voter Apathy
1968
Election
Tet Offensive
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
HUD
Head Start
VISTA
Medicare
Peace Corps
National Endowment for the Humanities
New York Times v U.S. 1971
United States v Nixon 1974
Sam Ervin/Senate Watergate Committee
John Dean
Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein
Democratic National Convention 1968
25th Amendment
Students for a Democratic Society (SD
11.06a Debate: Resolved: The U.S. government should provide, at no charge, minimum necessities for each of its citizens living below the poverty level.
11.06b Write headline articles about the protests that occurred outside the Democratic National Convention in 1968.
11.06c Compare LBJ’s Latin American policy with that of FDR’s “Good Neighbor” policy.
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.06: (continued) Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government official and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Watergate Scandal
Changing relationship of the federal government
Urban renewal programs
11.06d Discuss the impact of the assassinations of the period on U.S. citizens.
11.06e Analyze the image of the United States after the Vietnam years.
Literature Connections:
Biographies about Barbara Jordon, Henry Kissinger, John Glenn, Andrew Young, Neil Armstrong
Fine Arts Connections:
Photographs of Nixon’s final days, AP/Wide World Photos
Song: Billy Joel: “We didn’t start the fire” lyrics
Competency Goal 12: The United States since the Vietnam War (1973-present) – The learner will identify and analyze trends in domestic and foreign affairs of the United States during this time period.
Objective 12.01: Summarize significant events in foreign policy since the Vietnam War.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Problems in the Third World
Modern-day genocide
AIDS and Pandemics
Politics of Oil
Rise of Religious and Political Radicalism
12.01a Create multimedia presentations on the Cold War after Vietnam, up through the decline of the Soviet Union. Chronicle major foreign policy events in this period.
12.01b Write a position paper using primary sources, regarding the history of the Middle East peace processes since 1973. Develop and defend arguments regarding the role of the U.S. in these agreements.
Camp David Accords
Executive Order 11828
Inaugural addresses of recent presidents
Helsinki Accords
Sample pieces of the Berlin Wall
Audio &Visual Resources:
Footage from ABC’s Nightline during the Iran Hostage Crisis
“Jimmy Carter” PBS, The American Experience series
“The Gulf War” PBS Frontline series.
“Colin Powell: A Soldier’s Campaign”, A& E Home Video, 1995.
Suggested Websites:
http://www.historyguide.org/Euro
http://www.questia.com
http://www.cnnstudentnews.com
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.nara.gov
Competency Goal 12: The United States since the Vietnam War (1973-present) – The learner will identify and analyze trends in domestic and foreign affairs of the United States during this time period.
Objective 12.01: (continued) Summarize significant events in foreign policy since the Vietnam War.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Collapse of Communism
European Union
Changing roles of International Organizations
Iran-Contra Affair
INF Treaty
Mikhail Gorbachev
Saddam Hussein
Persian Gulf Wars
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Tiananmen Square
12.01c Create a chart comparing and contrasting apartheid in South Africa to what happened in the U.S. during segregation and the civil rights movements.
12.01d. Explain the decline of the Soviet Union using these terms: glasnost and perestroika.
Literature Connections:
Gregory Alan-Williams: “A Gathering of Heroes”
Studs Terkel: The Great Divide, 1988
Maya Angelou: “On the Pulse of Morning”
Fine Arts Connections:
Photographs of U.S. soldiers around the globe. AP.
Frank Ramiros: “The Death of Reuben Salazar” 1986, NMAA
Competency Goal 12: The United States since the Vietnam War (1973-present) – The learner will identify and analyze trends in domestic and foreign affairs of the United States during this time period.
Objective 12.02: Evaluate the impact of recent constitutional amendments, court rulings, and federal legislation on United States’ citizens.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Role of lobbyists and special interest groups
The Supreme Court:
Minority rights
Privacy rights
Conservative judges
Sandra Day O’Connor
Clarence Thomas
Microsoft
27th Amendment
Flag burning
Americans with Disabilities Act
Political Action Committees
Geraldine Ferraro
Title IX
Texas v Johnson
Swan v Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
William Rehnquist
12.02a Compare the U.S. government’s case against Microsoft to anti-trust cases in the late nineteenth century.
12.02b Debate whether or not students agree that flag burning or other anti-patriotic acts should be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
12.02c Chart the names and number of cases that Title IX has brought to the courts.
27th Amendment
Americans with Disabilities Act
Audio &Visual Resources:
“Judge O’Connor Nominated for Supreme
Court” ABC Best of Nightline (1981)
Suggested Websites:
http://www.law-papers.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-sru/national
http://www.time.com/magazine/current
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm
Competency Goal 12: The United States since the Vietnam War (1973-present) – The learner will identify and analyze trends in domestic and foreign affairs of the United States during this time period.
Objective 12.02: (continued) Evaluate the impact of recent constitutional amendments, court rulings, and federal legislation on United States’ citizens.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
12.02d Check to see what businesses or agencies in the community have political action committees. Invite a speaker to explain what they do and why.
Literature Connections:
Christopher Buckley: Thank You For Smoking, 1995
John J. Sirica: To Set the Record Straight, 1979
John Heller: Catch 22.
Fine Arts Connections:
Bob Dylan or Phil Ochs’ songs
Andy Warhol: “Lavender Disaster”, 1963 private collection
