Lesson on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Aim: Identify causes for post-World War II prosperity and its effects on American society.

Bell Ringer: Assign Spring Break Packet

Objectives:

1. Students will compare the relative prosperity between different ethnic groups and social classes in the post-World War II period.

2. Students will examine the changing status of women in the United States from post-World War II to present.

Agenda:

1. Bell Ringer (10 min)

2. Cold War (Containment) History Lab (see sources below)

3. Lesson Closure: After completing the post-quiz and going over with students, ask students the following questions to conclude the lesson.

4. a. Journal 68 - What caused the brief economic recession following the conclusion of the Second World War?

5. b. Journal 69 - Explain how the political, economic, and social forces of the late 1940s and 1950s contributed to rapid economic recovery during the middle part of the decade?

6. c. Journal 70 - Assess the validity of the beat movement’s argument regarding the dangers of social conformity.

7. d. Journal 71 - How did American consumerism benefit from the industrial growth and productivity of the 1950s?

Home Learning: Social Conformity Paper

CONTAINMENT HISTORY LAB SOURCES

Source 1 – 1949 US government propaganda poster

Source 2 – Map illustrating Marshall Plan

Source 3 – Chinese propaganda poster created by Xu Ling, 1950

Source 4 – Photograph of 38^th parallel in Korea, 1950