Station Activity: Chapter 41, Peace, Prosperity, and Progress

• Distribute worksheet• You will be divided into six stations. Follow the

directions on your worksheet for each station.• After 5 minutes, you will rotate to the left to

another 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 Obsolescence: http://www.economist.com/node/13354332

– 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?– *If time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-I-sYNuLq0

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