US HISTORYUnit 7, Week 2

Homework for the Week• Monday 2/10

• Read and Cornell Notes on p.510-513• Bring thesis/outline

• Tuesday, 2/11• Read and Cornell Notes on p.520-522• Bring laptops

• Block Day 2/12-2/13• Watch the following video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60 • Read the following pages: 523-525• Analysis options instead of summary at the end of your Cornell Notes

• Evaluate the effectiveness of the video• If you were a business owner, how could you use the Atomic Age trend to market a

new product?• Was the FCDA justified in making a “preparedness” campaign in order to ensure the

safety of the American people or was it simply a scare tactic to maintain conformity?

Agenda, Monday, 2/10• Vocab quiz• Background on CIA• Guatemala Inquiry activity

HW: Read and Cornell Notes on p.510-513

HW: Bring research thesis/outlines (to turn in)

Spy vs. Spy - Key Vocabulary• CIA = Central Intelligence Agency• NSA = National Security Agency

• Spying (Espionage) = knowing what’s happening around the world; getting information on what other countries are doing.

• Covert operation = changing what’s happening in the world by taking actions on spy information.

• Intelligence = information that’s gained by spies.

Secrets gathered by our government…

• CIA started during World War II. In Cold War, spies on the Russians.

• Truman: “too secretive…but ok”

• All Presidents since then use the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA) to gather intelligence

Inquiry into the US role in Guatemala

Did the US overthrow democratically elected

governments to fight against communism?

http://prezi.com/zhy07uurfx9w/copy-of-guatemalan-coup-detat/

Agenda, Tuesday, 2/11

• Thesis/outline exchange• Complete/debrief CIA inquiry• HOT ROC• Conformity and Non-Conformity

• HW: Read and Cornell Notes on p.520-522• Reminders

Bring your own laptops if possible

Thesis/outline exchange

•Swap your thesis/outline with a partner.

Checking Thesis: check marks for each

1) - includes an opinion/argument about the prompt?2) -includes a plan on how they will argue?3) -all meanings clear?4) - nothing vague?5) - Is it too long with much too details?

• Also read the research paper grading rubric• Make suggestions to improve.

Checking outline

Outline checklist: give checkmarks

1. - are the topic sentences an exact repeat of the thesis?

2. – do topic sentences support the thesis?

3. - do topic sentences follow a logical flow?

(e.g., #4 are the threats written in random order? Or domestic then foreign threat? Less serious then more serious threat?)

(e.g., if the thesis says teenagers, consumers women, then topic sentence should be 1. teenagers 2. consumers 3. women)

4. – good supporting evidence?

Return thesis/outlines

• Incorporate suggestions.• Turn in your thesis/outline.• Please write name/period

CIA - Debrief• What role did the US play in Guatemala?• Were the actions a reasonable way of preventing the

spread of Communism? Why or why not?• Are economic reasons a valid justification for covert

actions? (can you think of other examples from the textbook?)

HOT ROC

• Analyze the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mGTLrI8rxQ&feature=related

• What is the message of the video? How is it related to the 1950s?

• What is conformity? How can it be both positive and negative?

• New Vocab: Suburbia

Agenda, Wed-Thurs, 2/12-2/13• Agenda

• New Vocab: McCarthyism, service sector• Korean War & McCarthyism: quick notes• Peace, Prosperity and Progress stations

• Homework• Watch the following video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60 and analysis (see first slide)

Add vocabulary• McCarthyism: The practice of publicly

accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges.

• Service Sector: The segment of the economy that does not produce goods, but rather, provides a service. Such as: teachers, librarians, bank tellers, and social workers.

Rosenberg Trial

• Julius & Ethel Rosenberg trial

• Passed info on atom bombs to USSR

Red Scare

• Fear that communist (in&out) will infiltrate government and influence society. Post WWI and Cold War

Effects:*no need to write

• Analysis of federal employees• Loyalty oaths• House Un-American Activities Committee• Senator Joseph R. McCarthy• Investigations in the gov & Hollywood• Climate of fear and repression

=> suppressed civil liberties

Joseph McCarthy• McCarthy never made a solid case against anyone or

provided evidence.

Korean War • Outcome? Still dividedhttp://users.erols.com/mwhite28/korea.htm

• Also cut trades with China• Shows US dedication to prevent communism growth

Station Activity: Chapter 41, Peace, Prosperity, and Progress • Distribute worksheet

• You will be working through six stations. Follow the directions on your worksheet for each station.

*if you have your own laptop, work with someone without a laptop to finish station 1-6.

• After 5-10 minutes, you will rotate to the next station.

• We will debrief at the end of class (or Friday).

Station 1: 41.2 Postwar Politics: Readjustments and Challenges

• Read the following article: http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-115.htm

• What were the goals of Truman’s Fair Deal?• What worked?• What didn’t?

• Look at pg. 534 in the textbook. How was the Taft-Hartley Act an attempt to stop the progressive reforms of the Fair Deal?

Station 2: 41.3, Economic Growth Creates an Age of Affluence

• How are each of the following items examples of encouraging consumption?• Advertisement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7t9YlMxWoE • Buy Now, Pay Later: http://

books.google.com/books?id=pt-o5xnJXvkC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=credit+card+1950s&source=bl&ots=bsrz0rhjds&sig=Rz6wOPPxq1VRfn2iPUIAVuzTM4E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IjIMUZWKMqS2iwLCl4GwBg&ved=0CJQBEOgBMA0#v=onepage&q=credit%20card%201950s&f=false

• Planned/perceived Obsolescence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KLyYKJGk0

• Blue Collar & White Collar• Read the section on page 539 titled “The Workforce Shifts from Blue- to

White-Collar Jobs”• Why did the shift take place?• What is an example of a blue-collar job?• What is an example of a white-collar job?

Station 3: 41.4 Marriage, Families, & a Baby Boom

• Watch the following video clip: http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_A9PFOY18

• What was life like for the middle class?• What was the “baby boom” • What was the expectation for middle class

women?

Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States• Analyze the images provided• Why was there a shift from the “Rust Belt” to the “Sunbelt”

in the 1950s?• Why are the regions of the US called the “Sunbelt” and

“Rustbelt”?• Use page 543 for help (if necessary)

Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States

Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States

Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States

Station 5: 41.6 The Triumph of the Automobile

• Watch the following video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-m3FEm5VA

• What are three reasons for the emergence of a “car culture” in the 1950s.

• What did they look like?• How was owning a car a status symbol? • How did President Eisenhower justify the Interstate

Highway Act?• What types of activities and job opportunities became

possible as a result of the car?

Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life• Use the images provided and the following links to respond to the

questions:• Link 1:http://

www.ehow.com/info_8086895_medical-discoveries-1950s.html • Link 2: http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/nuclear.htm • How did technological advancements change life for the American

people? Give three specific examples.

Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life

Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life

Homework• Watch the following video link: http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60 • Read and Cornell Notes on p.523-525• Analysis options instead of a summary for your notes.

Choose one of the following to add to the bottom of your notes.1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the video

2. If you were a business owner, how could you use the Atomic Age trend to market a new product?

3. Was the FCDA justified in making a “preparedness” campaign in order to ensure the safety of the American people or was it simply a scare tactic to maintain conformity? Thesis Statement

Agenda, Friday, 2/14

• Conformity vs Non-conformity• Dot Game

HW: Work on paper. Make revisions based on feedback on your essay outlines.

Rebelling Against Conformity• Necessary Items: Textbooks, colored pencils/pens

Copy the following diagram onto two facing pages of your notebook.• A little box of conformity

Inside the Box

OUTSIDE THE BOX

InstructionsSections 41.1 & 42.2• Inside the box: 4 positive characteristics of suburbia

• Outside: 4 reasons why critics did not like suburbia

Section 42.3• Read “Beats Defy Convention in Poetry and Literature.”

• Outside the box: write/draw “Beats,” then write 3 characteristics of the beats/literature.

Instructions (cont’d)• Read “Rebellious Teens Create a Youth Culture.” • Outside the box, write/draw Youth Culture then list three

characteristics of the youth culture.

• Read “Comic Books Deviate from ‘the American Way.’” • Outside the box, write/draw comic book and list three

characteristics of comic books and the movement against them.

• Read “Artists Rebel with Paint.” • Outside the box, write abstract expressionism and write 3

characteristics of abstract expressionist artists and their art.

Checking for understanding• 1950 songs:

• Identify if it belongs inside or outside of the box.• Put the name of the song in the appropriate location

• What is the message of the song? What lyrics can you quote that convey that message?• Write down a few lyrics that demonstrate the message of the song in the

appropriate location.

• Song: Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis, performed by Dennis Quaid (biopic movie)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgT6qvywfpYSong 2:

Summertime Blues (1958)

Processing: How did some Americans rebel against conformity in the 1950s?

Choose one :

1. Write a beat poem. • Your poem should be at least eight lines.

2. Write a 1950s rock ’n’ roll song. • Your song should have at least three verses.

3. Draw the cover of a comic book. • Include a one paragraph written description of how your comic book cover

answers the Essential Question.

4. Create an abstract piece of art. • Include a one paragraph written description of how your art answers the

Essential Question.

The Dot Game• Object of the Game:

• You will receive a slip of paper. Secretly check to see whether the paper is blank, or has a red dot. Then hide it and do not show it to anyone.

TO WIN:• Nondots-- form the largest group of students who are all nondots.

• Dots-- be the only dot in a group.

• Procedure:• You can ask others whether they are dots or nondots, but players

may not reveal their slips of paper during the game.

• You do not have to join a group, but you cannot win the game unless you are in a group of at least two people.

• You can be a part of a group only if that group agrees that you are a member.

• If you suspect that someone is a dot, report your suspicion to the teacher. She will deal with the accusation appropriately.

Dot Game: Communist Hysteria of the 1950s

The Dot Game Analysis: Make historical connections to the dot game

from pages 520-522.Dot Game Historical Connection

Some students were dots

Most students were nondots

Students accused others of being dots even though they never saw other students’ slip of paper

Students were to report suspected dots to the teacher.

Anxiety increased as students lost trust in one another.