An+Era+of+Social+Change

=An Era of Social Change=

** __Pacing: __ 5 weeks **  ** __Essential Question: __ ** ** How did we go from “Happy Days” to a civil and cultural revolution? ** ** ﻿  **   ** __Instructional Focus: __ **  // 1950s Culture/Conformity // baby boomers suburbia/Levittown consumerism/conformity rock and roll, television Eisenhower <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Civil Rights Movement // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Kennedy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">MLK Jr. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">nonviolent movement <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">LBJ, Great Society <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">RFK <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">militancy in civil rights <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Black Panther Party <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">White flight <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Vietnam War // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1955-1975 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">introduction to the war <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">escalation under LBJ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1968 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">drafts and protests <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Nixon, Vietnamization <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Social Movements // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">counterculture <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">anti-war <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">women, Chicano, AIM <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** __<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Learning Objectives: __ ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1. Identify how social changes affect various Americans. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2. Assess how science and technology affect the nation’s economic strength, transform daily life, and influence the world economy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">3. Analyze the evolution of the Civil Rights Movement and how it transformed America. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">4. Assess how America’s containment policy led to our involvement and escalation of the conflict in Vietnam. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">5. Analyze why the Vietnam War lasted so long and how it divided Americans at home.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">District Benchmark Assessment Term 8 <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** __<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lessons and Activities: __ **