Week 9, March 8-12, 2021, United States History: Module 13.1 Postwar America and 13.2 The American Dream in the Fifties

 Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 11.3.2, 11.6.5, 11.8.1, 11.8.3, 11.8.4, 11.8.6, 11.8.7, 11.8.8, 11.10.1, 11.10.7, 11.11.2, 11.11.7

EQs: Were the 1950s a time of prosperity for all Americans?

Objectives: SWBAT

• Describe the homefront during the 1950s in Suburban America.

Session 1 

GRWB 20 minutes: 12.6 The End of the Cold War 

Reading 20 minutes:  California Connections p. 633 CC13-1 through p. 633 CC13-2 and answer the following questions: 

1. How did the Cold War affect ordinary Americans? 
2. How did California benefit from postwar spending? 

Assessment 25 minutes:13.1 #1-5 p.643 

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: 13.2 The Road to Suburbia p. 656-657 #1

Activity 15 minutes: 13.2 Enrichment Norman Rockwell’s America

Lecture 20 minutes: The American Fifties

Videos 10 minutes: Suburbia and the Baby Boom and The Age of the Automobile

Assessment 30 minutes: 13.2 #1-7 p.655

Session 3 

Study Guide 45 minutes: Complete the following study guide for two points on the next test. US SG Module 11-13

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives