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Why did the U.S. become involved in the Korea and other Cold War conflicts, and how did the nuclear age change life for Americans? What impact did post-war prosperity have on the American family? |
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Student Learning Map
- Topic:The Post War World: At Home and Abroad
- Subject(s):Social Studies
- Days:16
- Grade(s):11
Key Learning:
Although the end of WW II brought an end to fighting, the peace was short-lived. New tensions related to conflicting ideologies led to U.S. involvement in the Korean conflict, the escalation of a Cold War between the U.S. and other nations, and increased political conservatism. At home Americans enjoyed new prosperity, forgetting those who did not share their American Dream of a house in the suburbs and a new car.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Concept: Kennedy and the Cold War Lesson Essential Question(s):How did the Yalta and Potsdam meetings, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan help to shape the Postwar World?
What is a "Cold War?" Who were the United States' enemies and what weapons were used?
How did the Berlin Crisis change the face of Europe?
How did the civil war in China change the face of Asia?
Why did the U.S. become involved in Korean politics?
Lesson Essential Question(s):How did Americans cope with the threat of nuclear war?
What strategies did President Eisenhower use to prevent another war?
How did the launch of Sputnik change the Cold War game again?
How did the CIA get involved in the Middle East and Central America?
Lesson Essential Question(s):How did the Kennedy administration change our military policy in order to contain communism? (A)How did the results of the Bay of Pigs invasion effect Castro and the United States? (A)How was the Cuban Missile Crisis averted? (A)What impact did Kennedy's assassination have on United States? (A)Vocabulary:Cold War, 38th Parallel, containment, Communism, domino theory, Taiwan, United Nations, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, arms race, Berlin Airlift, satellite nation, Iron Curtain
Concept: Post-war prosperity and a fear of communism changed American politics.
Concept: THe new prosperity brought many changes in the daily life and culture for ordinary Americans.
Concept: Some Americans did not share in the prosperity of the post war era.
Lesson Essential Question(s):How did the New Deal play a role in the labor and civil rights issues in the election of 1948? What was Truman's Fair Deal?
How did Americans fight the fear of communism at home?
What roles did Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and Joseph McCarthy play in the Red Hunts of the late 1940's and early 1950's?
How was Eisenhower's presidential style different from his predecessors?
What were some issues in the 1960 presidential election and what technology changed the campaign?
Lesson Essential Question(s):What factors caused the post war economic boom?
How did the GI Bill help returning soldiers?
How did businesses and farms transform to mega corporations?
How did the automobile and the growth of suburbia change American lifestyles?
How did the Baby Boom impact American life?
How did the role of women change from the 1950's to the 1960's?
Vocabulary:blacklist, McCarthyism, Hollywood 10, closed shop, right to work laws, 1948 Civil Rights Bill, vigilantes, consensus decision-making, Fair Deal
Additional Info:
American Odyssey: The Twentieth Century and Beyond (2005 edition) - Chapter 17-19, maps, charts, graphs, political cartoons, photographs, History Alive, Unitedstreaming.com, art, music, graphic organizers; Mini DBQ "The Geography of the Cold War: What Was Containment?"
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