Lesson on Friday, April 27, 2018

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

Bell Ringer: Grade Pop Quiz (Attachment G) 

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. View links below to help you with your thesis.  

a. Have students visit Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb  -The postwar boom in housing made suburban living the cultural norm in America and shaped a generation. The story of the classic suburb, Levittown, is told on this site in pictures and text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OApZePeJSdU   

   

b. Have students visit the Fifties Website Homepage http://www.fiftiesweb.com/ -This entertaining site provides samples of music and television from the 1950’s. It also includes a related links page. - Have students write a review of a music or television sample.  

c. Have the students visit http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html -This site by Professor Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania contains a large array of 1950s literature and images in an alphabetical index. -Have students write a journal reflection of an image studied from the website.  

d. Students can visit http://homepages.gac.edu/~jcullip/workexamples/mea.html for general information regarding the economic aspects of the 1950s. -Have students read a short section of the economic aspects of the 1950s. 

3. Cold War (Containment) History Lab  

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

5. a. Journal 71 - What caused the brief economic recession following the conclusion of the Second World War?  

5. b. Journal 72 - 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 (1950s)?  

6. c. Journal 73 - Assess the validity of the beat movement’s argument regarding the dangers of social conformity.  

7. d. Journal 74 - How did American consumerism benefit from the industrial growth and productivity of the 1950s 

*Grading Journals 61-70 

*Thesis is due at the end of the period, titled "Social Conformity Thesis" / Use the links above 

Home Learning:  

1. 1. Complete "Interstate Highway System/1950s Ad" Assignment.  

2. 2. Complete Journals 71-74