US History-2 Curriculum

6.1 U.S. History: America in the World - All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think

analytically about how past and present interactions of people, cultures, and the environment shape

the American heritage. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions that

reflect fundamental rights and core democratic values as productive citizens in local, national, and

global communities.

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The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

1. Great Depression

The Great Depression resulted from government economic policies, business practices, and

individual decisions, and it impacted business and society.

Essential Questions:

1. To what extent should the government intervene in the economy?

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2. What were the factors that caused the Great Depression?

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3. What was the human impact of the Great Depression?

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4. What was the Global impact of the Great Depression?

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Focus Standards:

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.9.a Analyze how the actions and policies of the United States government contributed to the

Great Depression.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.9.a Determine how agricultural practices, overproduction, and the Dust Bowl intensified the

worsening economic situation during the Great Depression.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.9.a Explain how government can adjust taxes, interest rates, and spending and use other

policies to restore the country’s economic health.

6.1.12.C.9.b Explain how economic indicators (i.e., gross domestic product, the consumer index, the

national debt, and the trade deficit) are used to evaluate the health of the economy.

6.1.12.C.9.c Explain the interdependence of various parts of a market economy.

6.1.12.C.9.d Compare and contrast the causes and outcomes of the stock market crash in 1929 and

other periods of economic instability.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.9.a Explore the global context of the Great Depression and the reasons for the worldwide

economic collapse.

6.1.12.D.9.b Analyze the impact of the Great Depression on the American family, migratory groups,

and ethnic and racial minorities.

Required Unit Objectives:

1 Using Dorothea Lange photos, other primary sources, & Family Budget Dilemma Simulation

students will gauge the human impact of the Great Depression.

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2. Using economic indicator charts and graphs, political cartoons, and Stock Market simulation,

students will determine the proper role of the government in the economy.

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3. Using Primary Sources and Charts and Graphs, students will assess the global impact of the Great

Depression.

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4. Students will analyze causes of the Great Depression through primary source document analysis,

Powerpoint Presentations, and Stock Market Simulation.

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Required Resources:

Primary Source Photos (ie - Dorothea Lange):

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html

- http://history1900s.about.com/od/photographs/tp/greatdepressionpictures.htm

Primary Documents -- narratives, letters, diary entries

- first-hand accounts - http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/home_page.htm

- Dr. Loving acct - http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=loving1929

- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us34.cfm

- http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/first_hand_accounts.htm

Graphs and Charts - economic indicators/trends

- http://www.shmoop.com/great-depression/statistics.html

- http://www.yardeni.com/Pub/GREATDEPRESSIONCB.pdf

Suggested Resources/Activities:

EdSitement.NEH.gov

LOC.gov/teachers

MacGraw Hill Website - http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do

Username: sampleteach, Password: Networks1

http://sheg.stanford.edu/ - Teach Like a Historian

Excerpts from Herbert Hoover’s Rugged Individualism speech 1928:

http://pinzler.com/ushistory/ruggedsupp.html

Wall Street Crash - reporters account of panic - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/crash.htm

Hard Times by Studs Terkel (personal narratives):

http://chicagohistory.org/static_media/pdf/historylab/chm-historylabftfl1.pdf

Excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath:

http://home.earthlink.net/~copaceticcomicsco/GrapesofWrath.html

Political Cartoons from the era:

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/education/resources/pdfs/sc_docs_d.pdf

Edsitement’s Great Depression lesson plans and resources:

http://edsitement.neh.gov/search?query=Great+Depression

Excerpts from Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

“Letter from a Dust Bowl Survivor”

PBS American Experience - "Surviving the Dust Bowl"

History Channel’s Black Blizzard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTrmhcIS4A

History Channel - Great Depression Overview - http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression

Stock Market Simulation - (Bob Jones Role Play)

Songs from the era - “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” / “The Soup Song” / “My Oklahoma Home” /

“This Land is Your Land”/ “Which Side Are You On?”

http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/cherries.html

http://www.ciscohouston.com/lyrics/soup_song.shtml

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/bruce-springsteen/my-oklahoma-home.html

http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/This_Land.htm

Great Depression DBQ -

http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/brief_review/us_history/essay_questions/unit5.cfm

Simulation (A family’s dilemma)

Great Depression video interviews - http://www.stlouisfed.org/greatdepression/interviews.html

30 Days (Minimum Wage episode - E. Scott)

Nickel & Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)

Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Powerpoint Presentation on Causes of the Great Depression

Alan Brinkley Interview on Depression - http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/brinkley.htm

60 Minutes documentary - poverty today

20/20 Documentary - Diane Sawyer - Appalachian Poverty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXPuh15Vmc

Economic History website (overview) - http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/parker.depression

Age of Lost Innocence (impact on children) - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA03/pricola/FSA/intro.html

Great Depression Compared to Today:

- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/garden/02depression.html?_r=2&8dpc

- http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1810/public-opinion-great-depression-compared-with-now

- http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20081117monday.html

- http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20081006monday.html

Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram/T-Charts

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate

Primary Source Analysis tools

think-pair-share

exit cards, quizzes

General Assessment: Unit Test

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

2. New Deal

Aimed at recovery, relief, and reform, New Deal programs had a lasting impact on the expansion of

the role of the national government in the economy.

Essential Questions:

1. Was the New Deal a Success or a Failure?

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2. What is the proper role of the government in the economy (Laissez-Faire vs Keynes)?

6.1.12.C.10.a, 6.1.12.C.10.b, 6.1.12.D.10.b

3. How did the New Deal change American society?

6.1.12.A.10.b, 6.1.12.A.10.c, 6.1.12.B.10.a, 6.1.12.C.10.a, 6.1.12.C.10.b, 6.1.12.D.10.c, 6.1.12.D.10.d

4. How do different countries address global economic issues?

6.1.12.D.10.a

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.10.a Explain how and why conflict developed between the Supreme Court and other

branches of government over aspects of the New Deal.

6.1.12.A.10.b Assess the effectiveness of governmental policies enacted during the New Deal period

(i.e., the FDIC, NLRB, and Social Security) in protecting the welfare of individuals.

6.1.12.A.10.c Evaluate the short- and long-term impact of the expanded role of government on

economic policy, capitalism, and society.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.10.a Assess the effectiveness of New Deal programs designed to protect the environment.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.10.a Evaluate the effectiveness of economic regulations and standards established during

this time period in combating the Great Depression.

6.1.12.C.10.b Compare and contrast the economic ideologies of the two major political parties

regarding the role of government during the New Deal and today.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.10.a Analyze how other nations responded to the Great Depression.

6.1.12.D.10.b Compare and contrast the leadership abilities of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and those

of past and recent presidents.

6.1.12.D.10.c Explain how key individuals, including minorities and women (i.e., Eleanor Roosevelt and

Frances Perkins), shaped the core ideologies and policies of the New Deal.

6.1.12.D.10.d Determine the extent to which New Deal public works and arts programs impacted

New Jersey and the nation.

Required Unit Objectives:

1. Using charts, graphs, and primary source documents, students will evaluate the successes and

failures of the New Deal.

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2. Using graphs, charts, video clips, Powerpoints, and primary source documents, students will

formulate their own opinion on the proper role of government in the economy.

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3. Students will determine how the New Deal changed American society by examining

photographs, charts, personal narratives, and primary and secondary source documents.

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4. Using multi-column charts, maps, and secondary source documents, students will compare the

different policies countries use to handle global economic challenges.

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Required Resources:

Charts and Graphs - showing impact of New Deal on economy:

- http://www.fdrheritage.org/new_deal.htm

- http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/nygardgeo/TheGreatDepression/Effects-of-the-New-Deal - http://college.cengage.com/history/us/kennedy/am_pageant_brief/6e/instructors/protected/primary_sources/depression.htm

New Deal Website for resources - http://newdeal.feri.org/

FDR’s First Inaugural Address 1933: http://millercenter.org/president/speeches#fdroosevelt

Suggested Resources:

EdSitement.NEH.gov

LOC.gov/teachers

MacGraw Hill Website - http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do

Username: sampleteach, Password: Networks1

http://sheg.stanford.edu/ - Teach Like a Historian

History Channel Documentary - FDR: A Presidency Revealed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jWcS6pNxk

Fireside Chat audio clips / video clips / text:

http://millercenter.org/president/speeches#fdroosevelt

FDR’s fireside chat on the banking crisis:

http://millercenter.org/president/speeches#fdroosevelt

Political Cartoons from the era - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/volpe/newdeal/cartoons.html

- http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/FDRcartoons.html

Charts and Graphs - showing impact of New Deal on economy:

- http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/ftap/Charts7_New_Deal_Unemployment.html

- http://www.fdrheritage.org/new_deal.htm

- http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/nygardgeo/TheGreatDepression/Effects-of-the-New-Deal

- http://www.applet-magic.com/recovery.htm

- http://college.cengage.com/history/us/kennedy/am_pageant_brief/6e/instructors/protected/primary_sources/depression.htm

New Deal Impact - http://www.slhs.net/2002106113135543/lib/2002106113135543/515-519_Impact_of_the_New_Deal.pdf

ND - Success or Failure - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/New_Deal_success.htm

Views of New Deal - http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0012122005/student_view0/chapter24/where_historians_disagree.html

Independent View on Success of New Deal - http://www.mondaymorningeconomist.com/FearEconomy.html

The Century: America’s Time - Stormy Weather (on YouTube) -

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+century+america%27s+time+stormy+weather&oq=the+century+america%27s+time+stormy+weat

her&gs_l=youtube.3..0l3.959.13545.0.13727.49.20.4.24.24.0.379.1467.12j3j0j1.16.0...0.0...1ac.ksSNXjm-WQM

The New Deal and Supreme Court opposition: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsupreme.htm

NYT Article on Court Packing (from 1936) - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0205.html#article

Defenders & Critics of the New Deal:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/analysis-fdrs-policies-get-new-deal-of-criticism-from-

revisionists-332753/

Docs Teach Activity - New Deal: Revolution or Reform?

http://docsteach.org/activities/5826/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&era%5B%5D=the-great-depression-

and-world-war-ii

Freedom: A History of Us lesson plans / teaching guides:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/teachers/guides.html

Primary Resources (Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt):

http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/index.htm

YouTube Documentary Clips (CCC, Government Promotional Video)

American Experience Civilian Conservation Corps documentary:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/ccc-teacher-resource/

Where did the New Deal take place?

http://docsteach.org/activities/74/detail?mode=browse&menu=closed&era%5B%5D=the-great-depression-

and-world-war-ii

Student Research Project - New Deal projects in New Jersey

Webquest on the New Deal:

http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=7558

New Deal in NJ first-person accounts:

- http://newdeal.feri.org/hopkins/hop01.htm

- http://newdeal.feri.org/opp/opp34248.htm

Reading Like a Historian Social Security Lesson:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2010_New%20Deal%20and%20World%20War%20II/Social%2

0Security%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf

Global Impact/Perspectives on Great Depression

- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=462

- http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/samples/sp657018.pdf

- http://history-world.org/great_depression.htm

Weimar Republic & the Great Depression:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/weimar_depression_1929.htm

Nazi Germany & the Great Depression:

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/begins.htm

Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram/T-Charts

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate

Primary Source Analysis

Creative Presentation - 5 New Deal programs that still exist today and 5 proposed changes to

programs that still exist

Create Artwork that illustrates goals of New Deal (ie - poster/mural in style of time)

General Assessment: Unit Test

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

3. World War II

● The United States participated in World War II as an Allied force to prevent military conquests

by Germany, Italy, and Japan.

● Domestic and military policies during World War II continued to deny equal rights to African

Americans, Asian Americans, and women.

Essential Questions:

1. What should be the role of the US in international affairs?

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2. What is the responsibility of government in protecting human rights?

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3. Why and how do countries wage war?

6.1.12.B.11.a, 6.1.12.C.11.a, 6.1.12.C.11.b, 6.1.12.D.11.a

4. How did the war affect American society and the World?

6.1.12.D.11.b, 6.1.12.D.11.c

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.11.a Evaluate the effectiveness of international agreements following World War I in

preventing international disputes during the 1920s and 1930s.

6.1.12.A.11.b Compare and contrast different perspectives about how the United States should

respond to aggressive policies and actions taken by other nations at this time.

6.1.12.A.11.c Determine if American policies regarding Japanese internment and actions against

other minority groups were a denial of civil rights.

6.1.12.A.11.d Analyze the decision to use the atomic bomb and the consequences of doing so.

6.1.12.A.11.e Assess the responses of the United States and other nations to the violation of human

rights that occurred during the Holocaust and other genocides.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.11.a Explain the role that geography played in the development of military strategies and

weaponry in World War II.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.11.a Apply opportunity cost and trade-offs to evaluate the shift in economic resources from

the production of domestic to military goods during World War II, and analyze the impact of the

post-war shift back to domestic production.

6.1.12.C.11.b Relate new wartime inventions to scientific and technological advancements in the

civilian world.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.11.a Analyze the roles of various alliances among nations and their leaders in the conduct

and outcomes of the World War II.

6.1.12.D.11.b Evaluate the role of New Jersey (i.e., defense industries, Seabrook Farms, military

installations, and Battleship New Jersey) and prominent New Jersey citizens (i.e., Albert Einstein) in

World War II.

6.1.12.D.11.c Explain why women, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and other

minority groups often expressed a strong sense of nationalism despite the discrimination they

experienced in the military and workforce.

6.1.12.D.11.d Compare the varying perspectives of victims, survivors, bystanders, rescuers, and

perpetrators during the Holocaust.

6.1.12.D.11.e Explain how World War II and the Holocaust led to the creation of international

organizations (i.e., the United Nations) to protect human rights, and describe the subsequent impact

of these organizations.

Required Unit Objectives:

1. Using maps, cartoons, video clips, students will assess the effectiveness of US-Allied policies of

Isolationism, Appeasement, and Interventionism.

6.1.12.A.11.a, 6.1.12.A.11.b, 6.1.12.A.11.e, 6.1.12.D.11.a, 6.1.12.D.11.d, 6.1.12.D.11.e

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2. Using personal narratives, photographs, video clips, guest speakers, students will evaluate US

decisions to: drop the Atomic bombs, Intern Japanese-Americans, segregate the military, not

intervene earlier in the Nazi Holocaust.

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3. Students will compare and contrast the causes of war, strategies used, and role of technology in

fighting World War 2 in Europe and Asia.

6.1.12.B.11.a, 6.1.12.C.11.a, 6.1.12.C.11.b, 6.1.12.D.11.a

4. Using maps, photographs, video clips, Powerpoints, narratives, and speeches, students will

determine the effect of World War 2 on American, European, and Asian societies.

6.1.12.D.11.b, 6.1.12.D.11.c

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Required Resources:

Maps of WW2 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_World_War_II (Diverse Collection)

Charts and Graphs: http://www.nationalww2museum.org/

Political Cartoons from the era - http://apus-b.wikispaces.com/WWII-political+cartoons

Reading Like a Historian Japanese-American Internment documents

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2010_New%20Deal%20and%20World%20War%20II/Japanese

%20Internment%20Lesson%20Plan2.pdf

Historical Scene Investigation on the Atomic Bomb: http://web.wm.edu/hsi/cases/bomb/bomb_teacher.html

Suggested Activities/Resources:

FDR’s Quarantine Speech 1937 - http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3310

http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3310

Winston Churchill’s The Defense of Freedom radio broadcast 1938

https://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/524-the-defence-of-

freedom-and-peace

Charles Lindbergh radio address America & European Wars 1939

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/pdf/9_15_39.pdf

Edsitement lesson plan “The Great Debate: Internationalists vs. Isolationists”:

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/great-debate-internationalists-vs-isolationists#section-16148

Franklin Roosevelt’s War Message to Congress 1941

Albert Einstein’s Letter to FDR: http://hypertextbook.com/eworld/einstein.shtml

Upfront article “A Grave Wrong”

Yuri Kochiyama, “Then Came the War” (1991) primary document (no link, need hard copy)

Library of Congress Teacher’s Guide Primary Source Set for Japanese-American Internment:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/internment/pdf/teacher_guide.pdf

Website on Japanese Internment - http://palibraries.libguides.com/content.php?pid=273285&sid=2332329

Children of the Camp - PBS Website - lots of resources - http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/resources/index.html

Children of the Camp Teacher’s Guide - http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/resources/TeachersGuide.pdf

Website of First-Person Accounts - Japanese Internment - http://www.densho.org/

The Bergen Record, “For Japanese-Americans, N.J. was refuge from bias” (no link - need hard copy)

Newsweek article “War Without Mercy” (Pacific Theater)

Reading Like a Historian Atomic Bomb DBQ:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2010_New%20Deal%20and%20World%20War%20II/Atomic%

20Bomb%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf

Yamaoka Michiko, “Eight Hundred Meters from the Hypocenter” (1992) primary document (Zinn’s

Voices of a People’s History of the United States)

Excerpts from Paul Fussell’s essay “Thank God for the Atom Bomb”:

http://crossroads.alexanderpiela.com/files/Fussell_Thank_God_AB.pdf

David M. Kennedy’s “Crossing the Moral Threshold” -

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086166,00.html

HBO Documentary White Light, Black Rain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyV3Oc8Cuc

PBS documentary America & The Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference excerpts:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. “Did FDR Betray the Jews?”

U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

PBS Documentary “The Tuskegee Airmen” and/or Red Tails (clips from movie)

Website on Segregation in US Airforce - http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/WW2/US%20apartheid.htm

Jim Crow and World War 2 - http://worldwar2history.info/Army/Jim-Crow.html

PBS Lessons on World War 2: http://www.pbs.org/thewar/edu_lesson_plan.htm

Segregation During War - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart8.html

Segregation Video Clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVfhx17INic&feature=related

Documentary on Segregation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGpP3mj6FrU&feature=related

For Love of Liberty - DVD - Documentary on Black Soldiers in US History

Primary Source Documents (photographs, speeches, video, personal narratives, Diary of Anne Frank)

First-Person Accounts of WW2

- http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq87-3.htm (General accounts - men and women)

- http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w2frm.htm (Massive Collection - both sides)

- http://www.everythingworldwar2.com/world_war_2_military_units/world_war_2_personal_accounts_personal_stories.html (General)

- http://www.thedropzone.org/index_back.html (Paratrooper accounts - including Axis viewpoints)

- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/browse-locale.html?locale=World+War+II (Hispanic Americans)

- http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=dday_index (D-Day accounts)

World War 2 Photographs

- http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos

- http://www.ww2incolor.com/

- http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/pages/ww2/

Movie Clips (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Pearl Harbor, Flags of Our Fathers,

Letters from Iwo Jima, The Pacific, The Pianist, Boy in Striped Pajamas, Life is Beautiful)

Primary source testimony for The Holocaust:

http://comingofagenow.org/

Political Cartoons from the era

- http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/dr-seusss-wwii-political-cartoons (Dr. Seuss Cartoons)

Maps of Europe and Asia (pre-during and post-war)

- http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/holomaptoc.html (Massive Collection)

- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_ww2.html (Massive Collection)

- http://www.shlomohsherman.com/videos/mapofww2.html (Europe - key battles)

- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/western-europe/1939/ (Animated map

of WW2 in Europe)

- http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog22/maps/index.html (World, Europe, Pacific)

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Area_-_The_Imperial_Powers_1939_-_Map.svg (Pacific, 1939)

- http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1693.html (Japanese Empire, 1942)

- http://www.maps.com/ref_map.aspx?pid=11354 (Pacific Battles)

- http://www.wall-maps.com/classroom/HISTORY/US/World-War-II-Pacific.asp (Key Pacific Battles) - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u8/index.html (Animated Pacific Map)

The Century - America's Time (clips of key events):

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYbu0CdJ87k&feature=relmfu (Over the Edge)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW9axwQ1z5U (Homefront)

Powerpoints (Nazi Aggression, Japanese Aggression, Japanese Atrocities, Propaganda, Hitler Paintings)

Homefront During WW2

- http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/civic_responsibility/smithsonian_siyc_fall07.pdf (US)

- http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm (US Rationing)

- http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/ (US - Lesson plans/Resources)

- http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/exhibits/homefront/ (US Homefront - Northeast)

- http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/homefront.htm (England)

- http://today.duke.edu/2003/03/japan_lecture0321.html (Japan - article/speech)

- http://www.conservapedia.com/World_War_II_Homefront (Multiple countries)

- http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-after-the-war/100180/ (Photo Essay on Aftermath)

US Propaganda Posters:

- http://www.propagandaposters.us/poster1.html

- http://bss.sfsu.edu/internment/posters.html

- http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/govdocs/

- http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexww2posters.htm

- http://www.signalalpha.com/Propaganda_Posters.html

- http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/posters.html (Posters to Recruit Women)

International Propaganda Posters:

- http://www.wwii-collectibles.com/toppage/posters.html

- http://www.allworldwars.com/Russian%20WWII%20Propaganda%20Posters.html (Russian)

- http://www.axis-and-allies.com/worldwar2-propaganda-poster-wwII-photos13.html (Italian)

- http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/german/naziprop.htm (German)

Speeches of Adolf Hitler:

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhdX1SI3KY&skipcontrinter=1 (Triump of the Will)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnUs5Q0DsLs

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqBEJweLV5s&feature=related (Election Speech, 1932)

- http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Reading/Hitler%20Speeches/Hitler%20Key%20Speeches%20Index.htm (Texts of Speeches)

Abu Ghraib Documentaries (Standard Operation Procedure, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Taxi to Dark Side)

Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram/T-Charts

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate (humans rights issues)

Primary Source Analysis

Map Quiz

General - Unit Test on WW2

Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

4. Cold War

Cold War tensions between the United States and communist countries resulted in conflict that

influenced domestic and foreign policy for over forty years.

Essential Questions:

1. What were the causes of the Cold War?

6.1.12.A.12.a , 6.1.12.A.12.b, 6.1.12.A.12.c,

2. How effective was the US policy of Containment during the Cold War?

6.1.12.B.12.a, 6.1.12.C.12.a

3. How did the nuclear age shape new technologies and government economic policies?

6.1.12.A.12.a, 6.1.12.C.12.a, 6.1.12.C.12.b, 6.1.12.C.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.c

4. How did Cold War conflicts impact American society?

6.1.12.A.12.a, 6.1.12.A.12.b, 6.1.12.A.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.a, 6.1.12.D.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.d

5. What was unique about the Vietnam War?

6.1.12.A.12.a, 6.1.12.A.12.b, 6.1.12.D.12.b, 6.1.12.D.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.d, 6.1.12.D.12.e

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.12.a Analyze ideological differences and other factors that contributed to the Cold War and

to United States involvement in conflicts intended to contain communism, including the Korean War,

the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War.

6.1.12.A.12.b Examine constitutional issues involving war powers, as they relate to United States

military intervention in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts.

6.1.12.A.12.c Explain how the Arab-Israeli conflict influenced American foreign policy.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.12.a Evaluate the effectiveness of the Marshall Plan and regional alliances in the rebuilding

of European nations in the post World War II period.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.12.a Explain the implications and outcomes of the Space Race from the perspectives of the

scientific community, the government, and the people.

6.1.12.C.12.b Assess the impact of agricultural innovation on the world economy.

6.1.12.C.12.c Analyze how scientific advancements impacted the national and global economies and

daily life.

6.1.12.C.12.d Assess the role of the public and private sectors in promoting economic growth and

ensuring economic stability.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.12.a Analyze the impact of American governmental policies on independence movements in

Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

6.1.12.D.12.b Analyze efforts to eliminate communism, such as McCarthyism, and their impact on

individual civil liberties.

6.1.12.D.12.c Evaluate how the development of nuclear weapons by industrialized countries and

developing counties affected international relations.

6.1.12.D.12.d Compare and contrast American public support of the government and military during

the Vietnam War with that of other conflicts.

6.1.12.D.12.e Analyze the role that media played in bringing information to the American public and

shaping public attitudes toward the Vietnam War.

Required Unit Objectives:

1. Using Yalta Conference, a map of Europe (1945), and Primary Documents (such as Churchill's

Iron Curtain Speech, the Truman Doctrine, the Long Telegram, and/or Warsaw Pact), students will

determine the primary causes of the Cold War.

6.1.12.A.12.a , 6.1.12.A.12.b, 6.1.12.A.12.c

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2. Using the Marshall Plan, maps of Europe and Asia (1945-1991), Powerpoints about Cold War

events (ie - Berlin Airlift, Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Vietnam War and Cuban Revolution),

video clips, political cartoons, and Reagan’s "tear down this wall" speech, students will assess the

effectiveness of US policy of Containment.

6.1.12.B.12.a, 6.1.12.C.12.a

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3. Using video clips and photos of Cold War weapons systems, Sputnik, and Space Exploration,

students will assess how the nuclear age led to increased defense spending, weapons of mass

destruction, and technological advances

6.1.12.A.12.a, 6.1.12.C.12.a, 6.1.12.C.12.b, 6.1.12.C.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.c

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4. Students will examine the psychological and cultural impact of the Cold War on US Society,

using video clips (Duck and Cover, Bomb Shelters, McCarthy Hearings, Atomic Cafe).

6.1.12.A.12.a, 6.1.12.A.12.b, 6.1.12.A.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.a, 6.1.12.D.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.d

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5. Using soldiers' letters home (Dear America HBO, Primary Documents), film footage of the war

(Vietnam in HD), clips from Hollywood films (We Were Soldiers, Platoon), Powerpoints, photos,

political cartoons, clips of media coverage (Tom Brokaw's 1968), antiwar literature and music,

students will determine what made the Vietnam War unique.

6.1.12.A.12.a, 6.1.12.A.12.b, 6.1.12.D.12.b, 6.1.12.D.12.c, 6.1.12.D.12.d, 6.1.12.D.12.e

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Required Resources:

Various Maps of Cold War - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_the_Cold_War

Excerpts from Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/churchill.html

Excerpts from Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” speech - http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/reagan-tear-down.htm

Political Cartoons from the era: https://sites.google.com/site/cldwarproject/political-cartoons

Burt the Turtle Civil Defense cartoon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

Vietnam First-Person Accounts - http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/

Suggested Resources/Activities:

Website of Resources - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVhistoryCOLD3.htm

The Truman Doctrine: http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3343

Upfront magazine article on The Marshall Plan

The Long Telegram - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm

George Keenan’s “Sources of Soviet Conduct” (published version of “Long Telegram”)

Warsaw Pact Overview - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/warsaw_pact.htm

Warsaw Pact document - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warsaw.asp

Stanford History Education Group’s Origins of the Cold War lesson plan:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2011_Cold%20War/Cold%20War%20Lesson%20Plan2.pdf

Map of Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe - http://astro.temple.edu/~barbday/Europe66/resources/coldwardivisionmap1.htm

Interactive Map of Cold War Events in Europe

Yalta Conference - Overview and Primary Documents - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWyalta.htm

HUAC’s 100 Things You Should Know About Communism in the USA

Sen. Joseph McCarthy Speech at Wheeling, WV 1950

Edward R. Murrow’s attack on Sen. McCarthy on See it Now 1954

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anNEJJYLU8M (Murrow’s Attack)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4LZsDqSSfk&feature=related (Murrow and McCarthy)

McCarthyism Movie Clips (Guilty By Suspicion; Goodnight and Good Luck)

Paul Robeson’s Unread Statement before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 1956

Youtube clip of Army-McCarthy Hearings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTwDUpbQHJg

The Final Letter from Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to Their Children (1953)

Space Race:

- http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0900/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0900/stories/0901_0105.html (Documents)

- http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/ (Smithsonian Exhibit of space vehicles)

- http://www.history.com/videos/space-race-cold-war-front#space-race-cold-war-front (Video Clip)

- http://www.history.com/topics/space-race/videos#the-space-race (Video Clip)

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/space-race-history.html (Timeline)

Nuclear Arms Website - http://www.undergroundbombshelter.com/

Fallout Shelters -http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0900/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0900/stories/0901_0132.html

- http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/8047/fallout-shelters-cold-war-history-in-your-neighborhood/

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Zgyp4HgNU (Video of 1950s clip on Living in a Fallout Shelter)

- http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/17/business/la-fi-bunkers-20100517 (Today’s Fallout Shelters)

Edsitement’s lesson plan “The Korean War: “Police Action” 1950-1953:

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/korean-war-police-action-1950-1953#sect-introduction

Korean War Overview website - http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war

Korean War Primary Sources - http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/koreanwar/index.php

Korean War Maps and Timeline - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/maps/koreatxt.html

Korean War Animated Map - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/korea.htm

Korean War First-Person Accounts

- http://www.accesskansas.org/kskoreanwar/stories/index.html (US Veterans from Kansas)

- http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/memoirs/index.htm (US Veterans - General)

- http://www.alplm.org/oral_history/veterans_remember/korean_war/korean_war.html (Interviews)

- http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/military-history/29-conflict-index/171-korean-war-index (Interviews)

Cold War Conflict Movie Clips (13 Days, Platoon, We Were Soldiers, Path to War, Dr. Strangelove, Full

Metal Jacket, Born on 4th of July, Deer Hunter)

Political Cartoons from the era

- http://apus-b.wikispaces.com/post+war+foreign-political+cartoons (General)

- http://www.eastconn.org/tah/McCarthyismPolitical%20CartoonsHerb%20Block.pdf (McCarthyism)

- http://multimedialearningllc.wordpress.com/tag/cold-war-propaganda/ (Cartoons and other resources)

DBQ on Impact of Cold War http://www.historyteacher.net/USProjects/DBQs2001/Cold_War-1946-Utz.htm

Cold War Photographs

- http://www.coldwar.org/museum/photo_gallery.asp (General)

- http://pinterest.com/diefenbunker/cold-war-photography/ (General)

- http://historyimages.blogspot.com/2010/01/berlin-blockade-cold-war-starts-june.html (Berlin Airlift)

- http://life.time.com/history/the-birth-of-the-berlin-wall/#1 (Berlin Wall)

- http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction/56260 (Photos of Weapons)

- http://life.time.com/history/david-douglas-duncan-a-great-photographers-korean-war/#1 (Korean War)

- http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/smallarms/kwphotos.htm (Korean War)

- http://www.history.com/topics/domino-theory/photos# (Vietnam)

- http://life.time.com/history/david-douglas-duncan-a-great-photographers-korean-war/#1 (Vietnam) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictures_the_vietnam_war_/html/1.stm (Vietnam)

- http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1818500,00.html (Government Nuclear Bunker)

JFK’s Inaugural Address 1961: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm

Excerpts from JFK’s radio & television speech on the Cuban Missile Crisis

- http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcubanmissilecrisis.html (text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnY6b-qy_8 (video)

Cuban Missile Crisis - PBS Documentary - “At the Brink”

Defcon 2: Cuban Missile Crisis (History Channel Documentary)

U.S. News & World Report’s “One Minute to Midnight” by Michael Dobbs

NY Times Book Review - “One Minute to Midnight” by Michael Dobbs

Photographs of Cuban Missile Crisis - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm

Stanford History Education Group’s Cuban Missile Crisis lesson plan: http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2011_Cold%20War/Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf

Documentaries - (Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, Atomic Cafe, Korea: The Forgotten War,

Inside Korea, Vietnam HD, Fog of War - Gulf of Tonkin, NatGeo VietCong perspective, Tom Brokaw's

1968, PBS American Experience - My Lai, CIA Experiments)

Music of the Vietnam Era: “Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation” / “Eve of Destruction” / “Ballad of the Green Berets”

/ “Born in the USA” / “Bring ‘Em Home” / “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” / “Draft Dodger Rag” / “I Feel Like

I’m Fixing to Die Rag” / Vietnam / We’ve Got To Get Out of This Place”

Vietnam Declaration of Independence

Maps of Vietnam

- http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/maps.htm (Diverse maps)

- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/vietnam.html (Massive Collection)

- http://www.maps.com/ref_map.aspx?pid=11336 (Map with Key dates)

- http://www.thefinertimes.com/Vietnam-War/map-of-vietnam-war.html (Map of Key Battles)

- http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aospraymap.html (Map of where Agent Orange was used)

Vietnam War Timeline - http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/timeline/

The Century - America's Time (clips)

Powerpoints (Cold War Overview, Vietnam,Vietcong)

Vietnam Political Cartoons

- http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/Cartoons?SubjectID=977

- http://civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com/6036/vietnam-war-political-cartoons

Vietnam First-Person Accounts

- http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ (US Soldiers)

- http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/military-history/29-conflict-index/170-vietnam-war-index (Interviews)

- http://www.vietvet.org/letters.htm (Letters from the Front)

- http://www.heroletters.com/Vietnam_War_Letters_and_Photos.html (Letters from the Front)

Guest Speakers - Veterans of Korea, Vietnam

YouTube Clips (Bert the Turtle Civil Defense Film 1951 “Duck and Cover”)

Excerpts of Vietnamese Declaration of Independence 1945

War Powers Act 1973: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp

Stanford History Education Group’s Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1964:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2011_Cold%20War/Gulf%20of%20Tonkin%20Resolution%20L

esson%20Plan.pdf

LBJ’s Message to Congress August 5, 1964: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/tonkin-g.asp

“Our Country, Right or Wrong: Defending the Vietnam War” by Joseph E. Sintoni

Stanford History Education Group’s Anti-Vietnam War Movement Lesson Plan:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2012_Cold%20War%20Culture%20and%20Civil%20Rights/Ant

i-Vietnam%20War%20Movement%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf

Excerpts from MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam” (1967)

Muhammad Ali Speaks Out Against the Vietnam War (1966)

John Kerry’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlNuwFaAUCI

Upfront article “Vietnam: The War That’s Still With Us”

Upfront Article on My Lai Massacre

Larry Colburn’s “They Were Butchering People” (2003) (no link, need hard copy)

Choices Materials - Brown University - Limits of Power (see Bob Jones)

Audio Recording of Kent State Massacre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mid-j9Ki49s

USA Today’ s “1970 Kent State shootings are an enduring history lesson”

Upfront Article - Fall of Siagon

McCarthyism Simulation

Vietnam Round Table Historical Figures Simulation

McCarthyism Website - Witch Hunt or Red Menace

Cold War Lesson - Ideological Foundations of the Cold War

Cold War Lesson - The Cold War and Beyond

Reading Like a Historian--Who Started The Korean War

Korean War Lesson - The Korean War: "Police Action: 1950-1953"

Vietnam Lesson - Opposing Views on the Vietnam War

Teaching About the Vietnam War using the perspective of the Vietnamese

Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz, Map Quiz

Complete T-Charts - Communism vs Democratic-Capitalism

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate (humans rights issues - related to US war crimes/Communist country violations)

Primary Source Analysis

Creative Writing - Letters Home from the Front, Letters from Vietcong

General: Unit Test on Cold War

Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

5. Civil Rights and Social Change

The Civil Rights movement marked a period of social turmoil and political reform, resulting in the

expansion of rights and opportunities for individuals and groups previously discriminated against.

Essential Questions:

1. How did state and federal laws and court decisions lead to the expansion of Civil Rights in post

1945 America?

6.1.12.A.13.a, 6.1.12.A.13.b

2. How did continuing social injustices in the US spur national mass reform movements after World

War 2?

6.1.12.B.13.b, 6.1.12.C.13.a, 6.1.12.D.13.a

3. What strategies were used to achieve social change and how effective were they?

6.1.12.D.13.b, 6.1.12.D.13.c, 6.1.12.C.13.c, 6.1.12.D.13.d

4. How did economic changes affect US society and government policy?

6.1.12.B.13.a, 6.1.12.C.13.b, 6.1.12.C.13.c, 6.1.12.C.13.d, 6.1.12.D.13.f

5. How did changing social attitudes affect US policy towards the rest of the world in the postwar

era?

6.1.12.D.13.e

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.13.a Analyze the effectiveness of the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, New Jersey Supreme

Court decisions (i.e., Hedgepeth and Williams v. Trenton Board of Education), and New Jersey’s Law

Against Discrimination (i.e., P.L. 1945, c.169) in eliminating segregation and discrimination.

6.1.12.A.13.b Analyze the effectiveness of national legislation, policies, and Supreme Court decisions

(i.e., the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Equal Rights Amendment, Title VII, Title IX,

Affirmative Action, Brown v. Board of Education, and Roe v. Wade) in promoting civil liberties and

equal opportunities.

6.1.12.A.13.c Determine the extent to which changes in national policy after 1965 impacted

immigration to New Jersey and the United States.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.13.a Determine the factors that led to migration from American cities to suburbs in the

1950s and 1960s, and describe how this movement impacted cities.

6.1.12.B.13.b Evaluate the effectiveness of environmental movements and their influence on public

attitudes and environmental protection laws.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.13.a Explain how individuals and organizations used economic measures (e.g., the

Montgomery Bus Boycott, sit downs, etc.) as weapons in the struggle for civil and human rights.

6.1.12.C.13.b Evaluate the effectiveness of economic policies that sought to combat post-World War

II inflation.

6.1.12.C.13.c Determine the effectiveness of social legislation that was enacted to end poverty in the

1960s and today.

6.1.12.C.13.d Relate American economic expansion after World War II to increased consumer

demand.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.13.a Determine the impetus for the Civil Rights Movement, and explain why national

governmental actions were needed to ensure civil rights for African Americans.

6.1.12.D.13.b Compare and contrast the leadership and ideology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and

Malcolm X during the Civil Rights Movement, and evaluate their legacies.

6.1.12.D.13.c Analyze the successes and failures of women’s rights organizations, the American

Indian Movement, and La Raza in their pursuit of civil rights and equal opportunities.

6.1.12.D.13.d Determine the extent to which suburban living and television supported conformity

and stereotyping during this time period, while new music, art, and literature acted as catalysts for

the counterculture movement.

6.1.12.D.13.e Explain why the Peace Corps was created and how its role has evolved over time.

6.1.12.D.13.f Relate the changing role of women in the labor force to changes in family structure.

Required Unit Objectives:

1. Using video clips from “Eyes on the Prize”, Powerpoints on the Civil Rights Movement and

Women’s Movement, excerpts from key laws and court decisions (Brown vs. Board of Ed decision,

Title IX legislation, NJ Anti-Discrimination Laws), and lyrics from Ballad of Birmingham, students will

assess how state and federal laws and court decisions lead to the expansion of Civil Rights in post

1945 America.

6.1.12.A.13.a, 6.1.12.A.13.b

RH.11-12.7

2. Using photos of Lynching, Powerpoints about Racial Discrimination (Jim Crow laws, La Raza

movement, AIM), Video Clips from key documentaries (Eyes on the Prize, Freedom Riders, Murder of

Emmett Till) excerpts from key documents/speeches (Ballots or Bullets, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,

Feminine Mystique, Silent Spring), and/or Langston Hughes’ “Refugee in America”, students will

determine how continuing social injustices in the US spurred national mass reform movements after

World War 2.

6.1.12.B.13.b, 6.1.12.C.13.a, 6.1.12.D.13.a

RH.11-12.9

3. Students will assess the different strategies used to achieve social change by writing a response

to a Document Based Question that requires them to compare the approaches of Malcolm X and

Martin Luther King.

6.1.12.D.13.b, 6.1.12.D.13.c, 6.1.12.C.13.c, 6.1.12.D.13.d

RH.11-12.6

WHST.11-12.1

4. Using clips from The Century - America’s Time (about Great Society, Post-War Consumer Boom),

Charts of Economic Indicators, Lyrics from the song “Little Boxes”, and /or a Comic Book about

Monetary vs Fiscal Policy, students will determine how economic changes affect US society in the

post World War 2 period and assess the effectiveness of government policies to try to solve

economic problems.

6.1.12.B.13.a, 6.1.12.C.13.b, 6.1.12.C.13.c, 6.1.12.C.13.d, 6.1.12.D.13.f

RH.11-12.7

5. Using JFK’s Executive Order 10924 (creating Peace Corps) and first-person accounts of volunteers,

students will assess how changing social attitudes about US global leadership affected US policy

towards the rest of the world in the post-war era.

6.1.12.D.13.e

RH.11-12.1

Required Resources:

Primary Source Documents (such as Brown v Board of Ed ruling, "I Have a Dream," Letter from a

Birmingham Jail, Ballots or Bullets Malcolm X speech, Black Like Me excerpt, Feminine Mystique

excerpt, Silent Spring excerpt, Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, Equal Rights

Amendment, Title IX, Roe v Wade decision, NJ Anti-discrimination Laws, War on Poverty speech, or

Black Panther Platform)

Civil Rights Maps - http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/mainmap.htm (Interactive)

Movie clips (such as Mississippi Burning, Malcolm X, Freedom Writers, American History X),

YouTube clips (such as MLK’s I Have a Dream Speech, LBJ’s speech on signing the Civil Rights Act into

law, or Malcolm X’s Ballots or Bullets, etc)

Documentary excerpts (such as Eyes on the Prize – w/ Teacher Resource Book (Emily), Emmett Till,

Freedom Riders, Citizen King, American Century, A Time for Justice, Prom Night in Mississippi),

Ballad of Birmingham lyrics - http://www.6lyrics.com/ballad_of_birmingham_revisited-lyrics-tango_sierra.aspx

Political Cartoons

- http://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/the-civil-rights-movement - Civil Rights

- http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/gaymarriage/ig/Gay-Marriage-Cartoons/Straight-vs--Gay.0BxG.htm - Gay Rights

Suggested Resources/Activities:

Excerpts from Supreme Court decision: Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

Websites on Plessy vs Ferguson

- http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=52

- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html

- http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.html

- http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar29.html

Lynching Photo Website - http://withoutsanctuary.org/

Excerpts from Supreme Court decision: Brown v. Board of

Educationhttp://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

Webiste on Brown vs. Board of Education

- http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html

- http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-v-board/

- http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1952/1952_1/

MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” :http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

MLK’s “I Have Dream” speech:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Excerpts from Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or Bullet” speech 1964:

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html

Excerpts from LBJ’s “We Shall Overcome” speech 1965:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lbjweshallovercome.htm

Excerpts from JFK’s Address on Civil Rights June 1963:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkcivilrights.htm

Time magazine - “A Slow Road to Civil Rights” by Robert Dallek

Excerpts from ground-breaking books - such as Black Like Me, Feminine Mystique, and Silent Spring

Black Panther Platform - http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111bppp.html

Langston Hughes’ “Harlem” 1951: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175884

Civil Rights Maps

- http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/mainmap.htm (Interactive Map of Key Events)

- http://www.crmvet.org/riders/frmap.htm (Freedom Riders Map)

- http://wpscms.pearsoncmg.com/wps/media/objects/1693/1733989/atlas/Resources/ah6_m003.jpg (Key Events)

Civil Rights Websites

- http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/american-history/1900/civil-rights (List of Resources)

- http://www.history.com/interactives/black-history-timeline (Full History)

Excerpts from Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968)

Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer 1964 (Zinn Reader)

Stanford History Education Group’s Montgomery Bus Boycott lesson plan:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2012_Cold%20War%20Culture%20and%20Civil%20Rights/Mo

ntgomery_INQUIRY1.pdf

Stanford History Education Group’s Civil Rights Act of 1964:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2012_Cold%20War%20Culture%20and%20Civil%20Rights/Civi

l%20Rights%20Act%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf

Historical Scene Investigation’s School Desegregation Case:

http://web.wm.edu/hsi/cases/segregation/segregation_teacher.html

Movie Clips (Mississippi Burning, Malcolm X, Freedom Writers, American History X)

Political Cartoons

- http://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/the-civil-rights-movement - Civil Rights

- http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/gaymarriage/ig/Gay-Marriage-Cartoons/Straight-vs--Gay.0BxG.htm - Gay Rights

- http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/ucihp/resources/11th%20grade%20for%20website/11.5%20and%2011.10%20HOT%20Equal_Rights.pdf - Women’s Rights

- http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/gaymarriage/ig/Gay-Marriage-Cartoons/ Gay Rights

Poem “Refugee in America” by Langston Hughes

Documentaries - (Eyes on the Prize, Emmett Till, Freedom Riders, Citizen King, American Century, A

Time for Justice, Prom Night in Mississippi, PBS’ Freedom Riders)

DBQ on Civil Rights Strategies - Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King (History Alive; The DBQ Project)

Maps of Freedom Rider routes: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/rides

Music of the Civil Rights Movement: “Those Three Are On My Mind” / “We Shall Overcome” / “Here’s

to the State of Mississippi” / “Abraham, Martin & John”

NJ Anti-Discrimination Laws

- http://www.nj.gov/oag/dcr/accom.html - Website

- http://www.nj.gov/oag/dcr/law.html#LAD - Website

- http://www.flastergreenberg.com/media/article/344_Anti_discrimination_Laws_New_Jersey.pdf - Explanation

- http://njemploymentblog.lurielawfirm.com/about-us/new-jersey-law-against-discrimination/ - Website

- http://ebookbrowse.com/njlad-nj-law-against-discrimination-text-pdf-d105923834 - Full Text

The Century - America's Time (clips from episodes Poisoned Dreams and Unpinned)

Powerpoints (Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X)

Guest Speakers - Civil Rights Activists

Article on "Black Like Me" - John Howard Griffin (no link, need hard copy)

A Time for Justice - Video & Teacher's Guide (Southern Poverty Law Center)

Comic Book on Economic Policy - Fiscal Flash vs Monetary Man (no link - for hard copy see Jones)

Economics of the 1960s - Website

Economics of 1960s-70s - Website

Economic Chart - Manufacturing -

http://americaneconomicalert.org/charting_economy.asp?Prod_ID=2215

Economic Charts - Inflation - http://www.incrediblecharts.com/economy/inflation.php

Economic Chart - Unemployment - http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet

Ecnomic Chart - Long-term Unemployment - http://rwer.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/chart-us-long-term-unemployment-1967-2011/

Executive Order 10924 - Creating Peace Corps

First-person accounts of Peace Corps Volunteers

- http://www.peacecorps.gov/learn/whatlike/ownwords/ - Website

- http://wws.peacecorps.gov/wws/stories/section.cfm?sid=1 - Website

- http://www.thirdgoal.org/list/best/story/ - Website

LBJ War on Poverty Speech - http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/speeches.hom/640108.asp

Self-Determination of Free People - AIM founding document

Little Boxes lyrics - http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/mr094.htm

Powerpoints on La Raza and American Indian Movement

Civil Rights Act of 1964

- http://library.clerk.house.gov/reference-files/PPL_CivilRightsAct_1964.pdf - Full Text

- http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/history/CivilRightsAct.cfm - Website

- http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/civilRights_act.htm - Website

- http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3525 (Comments of LBJ upon signing Act)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

- http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=100 - Website

- http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_b.php - Website

- http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=1327 (Full Text)

Equal Rights Amendment 1972

- http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm - Website

- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/aw03e/aw03e.html - Website

- http://www.milestonedocuments.com/documents/view/equal-rights-amendment/text - Full Text

Title IX

- http://www.titleix.info/History/History-Overview.aspx - Website

- http://www2.ucsc.edu/title9-sh/titleix.htm - Website

- http://www.now.org/issues/title_ix/index.html - Website

- http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm - Full Text

Roe vs. Wade

- http://www.ushistory.org/us/57d.asp - Website

- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_roe.html - Website

- http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/trials/roe.htm - Website

- http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZS.html/ - Full Text

NatGeo – “Final Report: L.A. Riots”, “Final Report: O.J. Simpson Verdict”

Oral History Project – Interview Female Family About Women’s Issues

T-Chart: Gender Roles Male v. Female

Analysis of Women’s Portrayal in Pop Culture – 50’s-Present (Advertising)

Research Worst Pollution Sites in NJ

Article from Time magazine - "The 10 most Polluted Places"

A Survey of the Women's Lib Movement

Closing the Salary Gap

Using The Lorax to teach about Environmentalism

Lesson Plans on the Impact of the Growing World Population

Segregation: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - Website

Baseball, Race Relations, and Jackie Robinson - Website

Teaching w/Documents:The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement - Website

Multiple Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. - http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/

The Murder of Emmett Till - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/tguide/index.html

MLK and the Power of Nonviolence - Website

"Whitewashing" History--Revisionist History re the Civil Rights Movement, NYTimes Article

Sparta Township Environmental Issues - http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/hhazweb/aopir.pdf

Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram Comparing - MLK vs Malcolm X

Discussion and Debate (can you legislate social change)

Primary Source Analysis

Map Quiz

Creative Writing - Post-Card Activity

General

Unit Test on Civil Rights and Social Change

Contemporary United States (1970-Today)

6. Domestic Policies

● Differing views on government’s role in social and economic issues led to greater partisanship

in government decision making.

● The increased economic prosperity and opportunities experienced by many masked growing

tensions and disparities experienced by some individuals and groups.

● Immigration, educational opportunities, and social interaction have led to the growth of a

multicultural society with varying values and perspectives.

Essential Questions:

1. How has the role of the government changed since 1970, including local, state, and federal

government?

6.1.12.A.14.a, 6.1.12.A.14.b

2. How has the nation become more politically polarized since the 1970s, especially with the

changing role of the media and the rise of political action groups?

6.1.12.A.14.d, 6.1.12.A.14.e, 6.1.12.A.14.f, 6.1.12.A.14.g

3. How has the US dealt with the continuing struggle to balance individual rights and national

security since 1970?

6.1.12.A.14.h, 6.1.12.A.14.c,

4. How have demographic changes since 1970 affected how people live and the environment?

6.1.12.B.14.a, 6.1.12.B.14.b, 6.1.12.B.14.c, 6.1.12.B.14.d

5. What is the proper role of the government in the economy and how does government policy

affect economic and manufacturing trends?

6.1.12.C.14.a, 6.1.12.C.14.b, 6.1.12.C.14.c, 6.1.12.C.14.d

6. How have social and labor movements affected multicultural American society since 1970?

6.1.12.D.14.a, 6.1.12.D.14.b, 6.1.12.D.14.c, 6.1.12.D.14.d, 6.1.12.D.14.e, 6.1.12.D.14.f

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.14.a Evaluate the effectiveness of the checks and balances system in preventing one branch

of national government from usurping too much power during contemporary times.

6.1.12.A.14.b Analyze how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution to define the rights of

the individual, and evaluate the impact on public policies

6.1.12.A.14.c Assess the merit and effectiveness of recent legislation in addressing the health,

welfare, and citizenship status of individuals and groups.

6.1.12.A.14.d Analyze the conflicting ideologies and actions of political parties regarding spending

priorities, the role of government in the economy, and social reforms.

6.1.12.A.14.e Evaluate the effectiveness and fairness of the process by which national, state, and

local officials are elected and vote on issues of public concern.

6.1.12.A.14.f Determine the extent to which nongovernmental organizations, special interest groups,

third party political groups, and the media affect public policy.

6.1.12.A.14.g Analyze the impact of community groups and state policies that strive to increase the

youth vote (i.e., distribution of voter registration forms in high schools).

6.1.12.A.14.h Assess the effectiveness of government policies in balancing the rights of the individual

against the need for national security.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.14.a Determine the impact of recent immigration and migration patterns in New Jersey and

the United States on demographic, social, economic, and political issues.

6.1.12.B.14.b Analyze how regionalization, urbanization, and suburbanization have led to social and

economic reform movements in New Jersey and the United States.

6.1.12.B.14.c Evaluate the impact of individual, business, and government decisions and actions on

the environment, and assess the efficacy of government policies and agencies in New Jersey and the

United States in addressing these decisions.

6.1.12.B.14.d Analyze the use of eminent domain in New Jersey and the United States from a variety

of perspectives.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.14.a Use economic indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of state and national fiscal (i.e.,

government spending and taxation) and monetary (i.e., interest rates) policies.

6.1.12.C.14.b Judge to what extent government should intervene at the local, state, and national

levels on issues related to the economy

6.1.12.C.14.c Analyze economic trends, income distribution, labor participation (i.e., employment,

the composition of the work force), and government and consumer debt and their impact on society.

6.1.12.C.14.d Relate the changing manufacturing, service, science, and technology industries and

educational opportunities to the economy and social dynamics in New Jersey.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.14.a Determine the relationship between United States domestic and foreign policies.

6.1.12.D.14.b Assess the effectiveness of actions taken to address the causes of continuing urban

tensions and violence.

6.1.12.D.14.c Determine the impact of the changing role of labor unions on the economy, politics,

and employer-employee relationships.

6.1.12.D.14.d Evaluate the extent to which women, minorities, individuals with gender preferences,

and individuals with disabilities have met their goals of equality in the workplace, politics, and

society.

6.1.12.D.14.e Evaluate the role of religion on cultural and social mores, public opinion, and political

decisions.

6.1.12.D.14.f Determine the influence of multicultural beliefs, products (i.e., art, food, music, and

literature), and practices in shaping contemporary American culture.

Required Resources:

Nixon's Inauguration Speech -1969 - (New Federalism) - http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres58.html

(Text)

Reagan's Inauguration Speech - 1981- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPt7xGx4Xo (Video)

Red/Blue State divide:- http://www.beyondintractability.org/casestudy/malek-red (Overview Article)

The Constitution - http://www.house.gov/house/Constitution/Constitution.html (Text)

P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act - http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ56/pdf/PLAW-107publ56.pdf ( Text)

Anti-Patriot Act Web Sites - www.scn.org/ccapa/pa-vs-const.html (Chart Compares Patriot Act &

Constitution)

Suggested Resources:

Nixon's Inauguration Speech -1969 - (New Federalism)

- http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres58.html (Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFZlFXnrNs (Video)

Nixon's State of the Union Speech - 1970 - EPA/OSHA

- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=2921 (Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QUG2EDgnls (Video)

Excerpts from Testimonials during the Watergate Hearings

- http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/tapes/watergate/trial/transcripts.php (Text &

Audio)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLUzXb-G6UQ (Video - Intro to Hearings)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVdsMJ-nEg (Video - John Dean Opening statements)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGWvHRsY9I (Video - Dean on Prostitutes, Muggings, Kindnappings)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQXopJ5U-Q (Video - Secret Tapes First Revealed)

Watergate Overview

- http://watergate.info/ (Great Website for Overview and Resources)

- http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=watergate (Website for Televised Hearings)

Nixon's Resignation Speech - 1973

- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/links/nixon_speech.html (Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhI1xRUx8UI (Video)

History Channel Documentaries - Nixon: A Presidency Revealed

American Experience Episodes - Nixon, (On Youtube), Reagan, (On Youtube)

War Powers Act

- http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp (Full Text)

- http://www.loc.gov/law/help/war-powers.php (Explanation)

- http://www.npr.org/2011/06/16/137222043/why-the-war-powers-act-doesnt-work (Criticism -

NPR)

- http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/introtoforeignpolicy/a/The-War-Powers-Act-Of-1973.htm (Overview)

- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33532.pdf (Congressional Report - 2012)

Carter's Crisis of Confidence Speech - 1979

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/carter-crisis/ (Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCOd-qWZB_g&feature=related (Video)

Reagan's Inauguration Speech - 1981

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPt7xGx4Xo (Video)

- http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43130 (Text)

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/reagan-domestic/ (PBS

Site) - http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Kennedy-Bush/Ronald-Reagan-Domestic-policy.html (Domestic Policies)

- http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Kennedy-Bush/Ronald-Reagan-Presidential-style-and-leadership.html (Leadership Style)

http://millercenter.org/president/reagan/essays/biography/4 (Overview - Great Resources)

- http://www.reaganfoundation.org/domestic-policy.aspx (Pro-Reagan View)

- http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/essays/age-reagan (Age of Reagan - Gilder Lehrman)

- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/opinion/21krugman.html (Critique by Krugman) - http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/82965/reagan-revisionism-and-reagan-mythology (Critique of Reagan)

- http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1832 (Critique of Reagan Media Myths)

Reagan's Morning in America TV Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY

American Experience episode on Reagan Presidency

Iran-Contra Scandal

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/reagan-iran/ (Overview)

- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm (Website - Resources)

Gloria Steinem Speeches

- http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/steinem-living-the-revolution-speech-text/ (Text - 1970

Speech)

- http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/steinem-testimony-speech-text/ (Text - Testimony on ERA)

- http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/genwom/leaps.html (Text - 2004 speech)

Phyllis Schafly

- http://jackiewhiting.net/Women/Power/Schlafly.htm (Power of Positive Woman article by Schlafly)

- http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-schafly8apr08,0,915647.story (Article by

her)

- http://womenshistory.about.com/od/equalrightsamendment/a/ERA-and-Families.htm (Article

about her)

Clips from important MOVIES (Norma Rae, Milk, Remember the Titans, Erin Brockovich, Civil Action,

Recount)

Harvey Milk Speeches

- http://www.danaroc.com/guests_harveymilk_122208.html (Hope Speech - Text)

- http://theoracleinstitute.org/oracle-omnibus-issue-8 (Neighborhoods Speech - Text)

Milton and Rose Friedman's "Free to Choose"

"Love Canal, My Story" - Excerpts from Lois Gibbs’ book

Environmental Website - http://scorecard.goodguide.com/

The Century - America's Time (clips about Busing/Integration and Watergate Investigation)

Music from 1970s-Today, including the rise of Disco, Punk, Rap, Heavy Metal, Grunge

Parents Music Resource Center article (no link, need hard copy)

Clips from TV Shows 1970s-Today (All in the Family, Soap, Family Guy, Cosby Show, Murphy Brown,

LA Law first gay kiss episode, Ellen Degeneres TV show - coming out - 1997, Will and Grace, the

Simpsons, West Wing)

Boy Scouts of America v Dale (gay rights case)

- http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1999/1999_99_699/ (Overview)

- http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-699.ZS.html (Text of Decision)

"Teaching Tolerance" Website - www.tolerance.org (from Southern Policy Law Center)

Clean Air Act

- http://epa.gov/oar/caa/caa_history.html (Website - Overview)

- http://www.epa.gov/air/peg/pdfs/peg.pdf (Plain English Guide)

Clear Water Act

- http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html (Website - Overview)

- http://epw.senate.gov/water.pdf (Full Text)

- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/us/01water.html?pagewanted=all (NYTimes Article)

- http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/a-clean-water-act-primer/ (Primer on Act)

Endangered Species Act

- http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/esact.html (Full Text)

- http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/index.html (Website - Overview) - http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Conservation/Understanding-Wildlife-Conservation/Endangered-Species-Act.aspx (Website -

Overview)

Bill Clinton's New Covenant Speech

- http://www.4president.org/speeches/billclinton1992acceptance.htm (Full Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXNrdzwB4M (Video)

Jesse Jackson's "Keep Hope Alive" speech

- http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jessejackson1988dnc.htm (Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyR_dGpYXXA (Video)

YouTube Clips of Clinton Impeachment proceedings

Robert Bork - Supreme Court nominee - Senate Approval Hearings

Clarence Thomas - Supreme Court nominee - Senate Approval Hearings

Nat Geo Special on LA Riots (Video)

Nat Geo Special on OJ Simpson Trial (Video)

Libertarian Party Platform - 2012 - http://www.lp.org/platform

Tea Party Platform - 2012 - http://www.teaparty-platform.com/

P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act

- http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/patriot/index.html (Website)

- http://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm (Website)

- http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ56/pdf/PLAW-107publ56.pdf (Full Text)

Anti-Patriot Act Web Sites

- www.scn.org/ccapa/pa-vs-const.html (Compares Patriot Act to Constitution)

- http://www.aclu.org/reform-patriot-act (American Civil Liberties Union website)

- http://epic.org/ (Electronic Privacy website)

Imperial Presidency

- http://civilliberty.about.com/od/waronterror/p/imperial101.htm (Overview)

- http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2006/02/imperial-presidency-has-long-history/21214/

(Overview)

- http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-389es.html (Clinton as Imperial President)

- http://articles.latimes.com/1997/dec/07/opinion/op-61541/2 (End of Imperial Pres?)

- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/opinion/23mon4.html (Bush and Imperial Presidency)

- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/magazine/09power-t.html?pagewanted=all (Imp Pres

Today)

- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june06/power_01-02.html (Discussion

Transcript) - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304141204577506881495497626.html (Imp Pres - Obama)

Rise of Referendum/Proposition Politics

- http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Quick%20Fact%20-%20What%20is%20I&R.htm (Key Definitions) - http://www.kcet.org/news/ballotbrief/ballot-measures/propositions-initiatives-and-referendums-whats-the-difference.html (Great

Overview)

- http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/The-Ballot-Initiative-Process.htm (Overview)

- http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/303/direct-democracy-and-the-effects-of-voter-ignorance-on-tax-policy-ballot-propositions

(Overview)

- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bennet-kelley/cal-prop-8-and-direct-dem_b_142180.html (Criticism)

- http://www.claremont.org/projects/pageid.1793/default.asp (Criticism)

- http://www.californiataxdata.com/pdf/Prop13.pdf (California’s Proposition 13 - Overview)

- http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1904938,00.html (History of Prop 13)

- http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/proposition-13-then-now-forever (Prop 13 &

Conservatism)

Conservative Revival:

- Jerry Falwell’s “Listen America” speech -1980 (Full Text)

- http://www.cc.org/america039s_path_progress_our_platform (Christian Coalition Platform)

- http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/American_conservatism (Extensive Overview of US Conservatism)

- http://conservative.org/about-acu/history/ (History of Conservatism - 1960s-Present)

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

- http://www.cis.org/articles/1995/back395.html (Article)

- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5391395 (NPR Article and links)

- http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/speeches.hom/651003.asp (LBJ Speech on

Signing)

- http://www.asian-nation.org/1965-immigration-act.shtml (Website - Asian-American View)

- http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/79%20stat%20911.pdf (Full Text of Law)

Abelardo Delgado's Poem - Stupid America

Oklahoma City Bombing:

- http://history1900s.about.com/cs/crimedisaster/p/okcitybombing.htm (Overview)

- http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/national/1995/oklahoma_city_bombing/ok.html (Timeline)

- http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing/ (FBI Site)

- http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3606 (Critique of Media Coverage)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqTgwzf1WU&feature=related (Documentary)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIr8bVwzEx0&feature=related (Biography on McVeigh - Video)

- http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7380260n (60 Minutes Interview )

- http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500164_162-293828.html (Transcrip of CBS Investigation)

- http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0501-MAY_MCVEIGH (Prison Letters of McVeigh - Esquire Article)

- http://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Remember-The-Oklahoma-Bombing/57623 (First-Person Accts)

Arizona Immigration Law (SB 1070)

- http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf (Full Text)

- http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-arizonas-sb-1070-immigration-law-constitutional (Different

Views)

- http://immigration.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000800 (Pros/Cons of Law)

- http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/immig/analysis-of-arizonas-immigration-law.aspx (Website State View)

- http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/06/25/32967/mixed-reactions-supreme-courts-decision-sb-1070/ (Website) - http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/arizona-immigration-law-sb-

1070/index.html (NYTimes Website - Overview)

Human Rights Watch website - www.hrw.org

2000 Presidential Election

- http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/recount/ (NY Times Website)

- http://www.usconstitution.net/elec2000.html (Constitution Website)

- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0884144.html (Chronology)

- http://www.factcheck.org/2008/01/the-florida-recount-of-2000/ (Overview)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHK1-LA8zEU (Video)

Lobbying

- http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/government_ethics/introduction/lobbying.html (Overview)

- http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/0928/the-lobbyist-through-history-villainy-and-virtue (Article)

- http://www.leedrutman.com/uploads/2/3/0/1/2301208/business_of_america_is_lobbying.pdf

(Analysis)

- http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~westhoff/Lobbyists.pdf (Book Review)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHiicN0Kg10&feature=related (Abramoff - 60 Minutes)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EK98e11Po0&feature=related (Jack Abramoff Interview -

Video)

Citizens United Supreme Court Decision

- http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission/

(Overview)

- http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZS.html (Full Text)

- http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/news/article/how-citizens-united-is-affecting-campaigns

(Analysis)

- http://bostonreview.net/BR35.5/lessig.php (Criticism)

- http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/05/citizens-united-decision-profoundly-affects-political-landscape.html (Criticism)

- http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6095:the-problem-with-citizens-united-is-not-corporate-personhood (Criticism)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (bailout)

- http://www.recovery.gov/about/pages/the_act.aspx (Government Website)

- http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html (Website - Specifics)

- http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2009/02/7-reasons-stimulus-package-will-be-bad.html

(Criticism)

- http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr1enr/pdf/BILLS-111hr1enr.pdf (Full Text)

Auto Bail Out

- http://bigthreeauto.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=2026 (Pro/Con Website)

Political Cartoons

Powerpoints, Maps, Charts, Graphs

Occupy Wall Street- http://occupywallst.org/about/ (Group Website)

Occupy Wall Street - Washington Post Article

Red State/Blue State divide:

- http://www.beyondintractability.org/casestudy/malek-red (Overview Article)

- http://www.princeton.edu/~ccameron/KoreaIIE/IIE337/CaseClass12.Brooks.pdf (Atlantic Article)

Health Care Reform - Town Hall Meetings Turn Violent -

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/us/politics/08townhall.html

US Demographic Changes

- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32701.pdf (Charts, Graphs, Overview)

- http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf (Changes from 1900-2000)

- http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/40th-anniversary/The-Changing-Demographics-of-America.html (Overview Article)

Urban.org Graphs

Paul Krugman’s Conscience of a Liberal - Excerpts

Robert Reich’s Aftershock - Excerpts

Matt Taibbi’s Griftopia - Excerpts

Wisconsin Budget/Union Battle

- http://www.wkow.com/category/206539/budget-battle-timeline (Website with Resources) - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/21/wisconsin-union-battle-set-stage-national-right-work-debate/ (Fox Coverage)

- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/04/AR2011030406264.html (Washington Post Article)

- http://www.npr.org/2011/03/08/134337221/putting-wisconsins-union-battle-in-historical-context (NPR Article/Interview)

- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/us/11wisconsin.html?pagewanted=all (NYTimes Article)

Union Membership in US

- http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/03/03/147994/unions-income-inequality/ (Chart of

Membership) - http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lab_tra_uni_mem-labor-trade-union-membership (Membership - Country Comparison)

- http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2010/09/why-has-union-membership-declined.html (Analysis)

Defense of Marriage Act - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:H.R.3396.ENR: (Full Text)

Defense of Marriage Act - Article About Its Future

Defense of Marriage Act - Found UnConstitutional (Article)

Gay Marriage

- http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/map-where-is-same-sex-marriage-legal--20120509 (Map)

- http://www.marriageequality.org/get-the-facts (Pro-Gay Marriage Website)

- http://gaymarriage.procon.org/ (Debate Website - Showing Both Sides)

- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0761909.html (Gay Rights Timeline)

National Defense Authorization Act

- http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1540enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr1540enr.pdf (Full Text) - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/02/aclu-others-slam-obama-for-signing-defense-bill-that-includes-detainee/ (Article) - http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-02/politics/30466471_1_guantanamo-bay-google-news-military-prisons (Criticism) - http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/05/the-national-defense-authorization-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-civil-liberties-americans-face/

(Criticism)

Objectives:

1. Using primary and secondary sources about the War Powers Act, the Watergate Scandal, the

Rise of Lobbying, the Use of Referendums, the Impeachment of President Clinton, and Citizens

United S. Court Case, students will determine the extent of the changing role of government

starting in the 1970s that continues today.

6.1.12.A.14.a, 6.1.12.A.14.b

RH.11-12.7

2. Students will assess the degree to which the US became more politically polarized since the

1970s, by examining political cartoons, songs, video clips, from TV shows (ie - from All in the

Family, Murphy Brown, LA Law), YouTube Clips of key events (ie - Clinton Impeachment hearings,

Senate hearings for Robert Bork/Clarence Thomas, LA Riots, OJ Simpson Trial, Tea Party, Occupy

Wall Street), websites, and current events articles.

6.1.12.A.14.d, 6.1.12.A.14.e, 6.1.12.A.14.f, 6.1.12.A.14.g

RH.11-12.7

3. Students will assess how well the US has upheld individual rights in the face of national security

concerns since 1970, using the Constitution, the Patriot Act, excerpts from Milton/Rose Friedman's

"Free to Choose" and the Libertarian Party Platform.

6.1.12.A.14.h, 6.1.12.A.14.c

RH.11-12.8

4. Through an examination of various sources, such as Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,

Arizona Immigration Law (SB 1070), the websites www.urban.org and www.hrw.org, the Clean Air

and Clean Water Acts, students will determine how demographic changes since 1970 have affected

how people live and the environment?

6.1.12.B.14.a, 6.1.12.B.14.b, 6.1.12.B.14.c, 6.1.12.B.14.d

RH.11-12.2

5. Using sources such as Reagan's Inaugural Address, Clinton's New Covenant Speech, Jesse

Jackson's 1984 Convention Speech, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, students will form

an opinion about the proper role of the government in the economy.

6.1.12.C.14.a, 6.1.12.C.14.b, 6.1.12.C.14.c, 6.1.12.C.14.d

RH.11-12.7

6. Using political cartoons, maps, charts and graphs of unionized labor percentages, video clips

from Milk, articles about successes of Gay Rights movement, excerpts from Defense of Marriage

Act, Christian Coalition Platform, and/or Jerry Falwell’s “Listen America” speech, students will

determine how social and labor movements have affected American society since 1970?

6.1.12.D.14.a, 6.1.12.D.14.b, 6.1.12.D.14.c, 6.1.12.D.14.d, 6.1.12.D.14.e, 6.1.12.D.14.f

RH.11-12.2

Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram/T-Charts

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate

Primary Source Analysis

GENERAL ASSESSMENT: Unit Test

Contemporary United States (1970-Today)

7. International Policies

The United States has used various methods to achieve foreign policy goals that affect the global

balance of power, national security, other national interests, and the development of democratic

societies.

Essential Questions:

1. How did the Cold War come to an end and how did its conclusion impact global politics,

economics, and social issues?

6.1.12.A.15.a, 6.1.12.A.15.b, 6.1.12.A.15.c, 6.1.12.A.15.d, 6.1.12.A.15.e, 6.1.12.A.15.f

2. What principles should guide US foreign policy and how has our foreign policy affected the world?

6.1.12.A.15.a, 6.1.12.A.15.b, 6.1.12.A.15.c, 6.1.12.A.15.d, 6.1.12.A.15.e, 6.1.12.A.15.f, 6.1.12.B.15.a,

6.1.12.C.15.a, 6.1.12.C.15.b, 6.1.12.D.15.a, 6.1.12.D.15.b, 6.1.12.D.15.c, 6.1.12.D.15.d

3. Why have terrorists targeted the United States?

6.1.12.D.15.c, 6.1.12.D.15.d

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.15.a Analyze the factors that led to the fall of communism in Eastern European countries

and the Soviet Union, and determine how the fall influenced the global power structure.

6.1.12.A.15.b Determine the effectiveness of the United States in pursuing national interests while

also attempting to address global political, economic, and social problems.

6.1.12.A.15.c Evaluate the role of diplomacy in developing peaceful relations, alliances, and global

agreements with other nations.

6.1.12.A.15.d Assess the impact of the arms race and the proliferation of nuclear weapons on world

power, security, and national foreign policy.

6.1.12.A.15.e Analyze the impact of United States support for the policies and actions of the United

Nations and other international organizations.

6.1.12.A.15.f Evaluate the effectiveness of United States policies and actions in supporting the

economic and democratic growth of developing nations.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.15.a Evaluate the effectiveness of the United States government’s efforts to provide

humanitarian assistance during international natural disasters and times of crises.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.15.a Relate the role of America’s dependence on foreign oil to its economy and foreign

policy.

6.1.12.C.15.b Assess economic priorities related to international and domestic needs, as reflected in

the national budget.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.15.a Compare United Nations policies and goals (i.e., the International Declaration of

Human Rights and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals) intended to promote human

rights and prevent the violation of human rights with actions taken by the United States.

6.1.12.D.15.b Compare the perspectives of other nations and the United States regarding United

States foreign policy.

6.1.12.D.15.c Explain how and why religious tensions and historic differences in the Middle East have

led to international conflicts, and analyze the effectiveness of United States policy and actions in

bringing peaceful resolutions to the region.

6.1.12.D.15.d Analyze the reasons for terrorism and the impact that terrorism has had on individuals

and government policies, and assess the effectiveness of actions taken by the United States and

other nations to prevent terrorism.

Required Resources:

President Kennedy’s Berlin Speech - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3022166.stm

Reagan Evil Empire Speech - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSm-KAEFFA (Video)

Reagan Berlin Speech - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MDFX-dNtsM (Video)

Bush War on Terror Speech - http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/gw-bush-9-11.htm (Text)

President Obama's Berlin Speech - https://my.barackobama.com/page/content/berlinvideo/ (Text)

Suggested Resources/Activities:

http://sheg.stanford.edu/ - Teach Like a Historian

UN Declaration of Human Rights - http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

- http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/history.shtml (History of UN Declaration of Human Rights)

- http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/hr_law.shtml (Development of International HR Law)

Detente and the Cold War:

- http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/detente.htm (Website Article - General Overview)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAhDQxPHvP0 (Video Clip)

- http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/countryprofile1/a/usrussiatimelin.htm (Cold War Timeline)

Detente and US-Soviet Trade (S-4208) - CIA document (Full Text - Original Document)

American Experience Episodes - Nixon, (On Youtube), Reagan, (On Youtube)

History Channel Documentaries - Nixon: A Presidency Revealed

Video Clips from The Century: America's Time (Nixon Legacy, Reagan Foreign Policy)

S.A.L.T. I

- http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/learn/detente/salt-1.cfm (Overview)

- http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/salt1.html (Overview)

- http://www.nti.org/treaties-and-regimes/strategic-arms-limitation-talks-salt-i-salt-ii/ (Overview)

- http://cns.miis.edu/inventory/pdfs/aptsaltI.pdf (Full Text)

- http://www.coldwar.org/articles/70s/SALTIandII.asp (Overview of SALT 1 and 2)

S.A.L.T. 2

- http://www.nti.org/treaties-and-regimes/strategic-arms-limitation-talks-salt-ii/ (Overview)

- http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/salt2-1.html (Overview)

- http://cns.miis.edu/inventory/pdfs/aptsaltII.pdf (Full Text)

- http://www.armscontrol.org/node/5423 (Obama Arms Reduction Article)

Toward a World Without Nukes (Article) - http://www.nti.org/analysis/opinions/toward-world-without-nukes/

Jean Gump memoir - "Stop This Madness" (excerpt) (no link, hard copy in “Ordinary Americans”-

Bob)

Profile of US history of WMD - http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/united-states/

Nuclear Threat Initiative Website - http://www.nti.org/ (Great Resources - Treaties, Profiles, Articles)

Article about Jean Gump - Anti-Nuke activist

Henry Kissinger - Controversial Figure - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1966.html

Henry Kissinger and the Limits of Realpolitik (Great Article)

Kissinger and Realpolitik Article -

http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_15/fic_kiss.html

Jimmy Carter Speech - "Human Rights and Foreign Policy" (1977) - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimmy-carter-reaffirms-his-commitment-to-human-rights (Overview)

- http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=727 (Full Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTo0q2H-XuI (Video Clip)

Human Rights Watch website - www.hrw.org

CIA Controversial Policies:

- http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-27-4037194277_x.htm (USA Today Article)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyEBGtQIr5E (Secrets of CIA documentary - Full Video) - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/11/usnationalbookawards.politics (Book Review - Legacy of Ashes)

- http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html (Timeline of

Interventions)

Excerpts from Philip Agee’s book Inside the Company (no link, need hard copy)

Camp David Accord

- http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/documents/campdavid/accords.phtml (Overview of Accord)

- http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/documents/campdavid/frame.phtml (Final Agreement)

- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/middle_east/conflict/peaceefforts1.html (PBS

Article)

- http://www.ijs.org.au/The-1973-War-and-the-Camp-David-Accords/default.aspx (Jewish

Perspective)

Iranian Hostage Crisis:

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-hostage-crisis/

(Article)

- http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis (Overview)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG1iCCS7gDo (Discovery Channel Documentary)

- www.umbc.edu/che/tahlessons/pdf/The_Iran_Hostage_Crisis (Hostage Diaries)

- http://www.historyguy.com/iran-us_hostage_crisis.html (Website - Good Resources)

- http://www.umbc.edu/che/tahlessons/pdf/The_Iran_Hostage_Crisis(PrinterFriendly).pdf (Lesson

Plan)

- Iranian Hostage memoir - Bill Belk - "Maybe Tomorrow" (no link, need hard copy)

Polish Solidarity Movement:

- Solidarity and the Cold War - http://coldwarevents.wikispaces.com/Solidarity+Movement+in+Poland

- Trade Union That Changed the World - http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1060898.html

- Remember Solidarity - http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/polish_democracy_2782.jsp

Reagan Foreign Policy:

- http://www.issues2000.org/celeb/ronald_reagan_foreign_policy.htm (Great Overview)

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/reagan-foreign/ (PBS

Website)

- http://millercenter.org/president/reagan/essays/biography/5 (Website - Great Resources)

- http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Kennedy-Bush/Ronald-Reagan-Foreign-relations.html#b (Overview)

- http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/07/think_again_ronald_reagan?page=full (Academic

Article - Challenges “Myth of Reagan”)

- http://www.reaganfoundation.org/foreign-policy.aspx (Pro-Reagan Article)

- http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/021611b.html (Critique of Reagan Foreign Policy)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSm-KAEFFA (Evil Empire Speech - Video)

- http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3409 (Evil Empire Speech - Full Text)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MDFX-dNtsM (Berlin Wall Speech - Video)

- http://klarbooks.com/academic/nicarga3.html (Article on Nicaragua Policy) - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08082010-190215/unrestricted/Russell_RL_T_2010.pdf (Academic Article on Reagan

Doctrine)

- http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/Content/PDFs/Reagan_Monroe_Doctrine_TIME.pdf (Article on Nicaragua Policy)

Iran-Contra Scandal

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/reagan-iran/ (Overview)

- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm (Website - Resources)

- http://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/index.php (Website -

Resources)

- http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/ (Final Report of Special Investigator)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEG8mBNe9Io (PBS Documentary on Scandal)

- Regan's Iran Contra Speech - March 4, 1987 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40YNPwSf9P8

Cold War Documents - http://legacy.wilsoncenter.org/coldwarfiles/index-31840.html

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev:

- http://www.history.com/topics/perestroika-and-glasnost (Overview of Policies)

- http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/GlasnostandPerestroika.asp (Overview of Policies)

- http://astro.temple.edu/~rimmerma/gorbachev_speech_to_UN.htm (Speech to UN - 1988)

- http://www.speeches-usa.com/Transcripts/045_gorbachev.html (Speech on State of the World) - http://www.soviethistory.org/index.php?page=subject&SubjectID=1985perestroika&Year=1985 (Overview)

- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB172/index.htm (Website with Primary Docs) - http://www.austria1989.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=113 ( Credits Gorbachev With Ending Cold War) - http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/04/03/mikhail-gorbachev-globalist-super-star/2/ (Gorbachev Warning To

Putin)

- http://www.gorby.ru/userfiles/file/gorbaghev_book_speeches_en.pdf (Collection of Gorbachev Materials)

- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB251/index.htm (Moscow Summit - Primary Sources)

- http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1990/gorbachev-lecture.html (Nobel Prize

Speech)

End of Cold War:

- http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp (Overview Article)

- http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18563_162-622398.html (Reagan’s Role and Legacy)

-

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/1531/gorbachev_and_the_end_of_the_cold_war.ht

ml (Article) - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2004/06/ron_and_mikhails_excellent_adventure.html (Credit to

Reagan) - http://www.nebraskastudies.org/1000/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/1000/stories/1001_0140.html

(Timeline) - http://stathis.research.yale.edu/documents/Kalyvas_Balcells_APSR.pdf (Academic Article About Impact of Cold War’s

End) - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/peace-in-the-post-cold-war-world/249863/ (Peace in Post Cold War Era) - http://www.modernghana.com/news/203917/1/the-world-after-the-cold-war.html (Post-Cold War World - 3rd World

View)

Gulf War (1990-91):

- Clips from Movie "Live from Baghdad" - on Gulf War

- Gulf War CNN Coverage - “As It Happened”

- http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_gulf1990.html (Overview)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3lZohzaUs (Video - British Documentary - Good Overview)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DoxBG5zdxg (Video Clip of Burning Kuwaiti Oil Field)

- http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html#.UAlzfY7b-Z4 (Overview - Good Resources)

- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2754103.stm (BBC Article - Great Overview) - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/2011/01/do-you-remember-the-gulf-war.html (PBS Site - Frontline - Good

Resources)

- http://libcom.org/history/1990-1991-the-gulf-war (Leftist Critique - Noam Chomsky)

- http://www.gulfwar1991.com/ (Middle-Eastern Perspective)

Documentary on Bosnian Genocide - ABC's "While America Watched"

Rwandan Genocide:

- Clips from "Hotel Rwanda" on US Inaction

- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB53/index.html (Website with Primary Sources)

- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/mar/31/usa.rwanda (British Article - The Guardian) - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/themes/response.html (PBS Site - Great Resources)

- http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2001/09/bystanders-to-genocide/4571/ (Long Article by Samantha Power)

- http://allafrica.com/stories/201207200169.html (US Aid to Rwanda Today)

- Article on US-Rwanda History and Relations Today

Osama Bin Laden Interviews:

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqQwnqjA-6w&feature=related (Video of Peter Arnett Interview - 1997)

- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7204.htm (Transcript of Arnett’s Bin Laden Interview)

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/interview.html (Transcript of J Miller Interview)

- http://www.marktaw.com/blog/TheOsamabinLadeninterview.html (Collection of Interviews)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnhJwxYsomw&feature=related (Nat Geo Special on Bin Laden)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWVC4JBjtEE&feature=related (Osama Self-Made Video Speech)

- http://www.phillysonline.com/know_the_enemy.htm (Know the Enemy Article About Al Qaeda)

- http://thesis.haverford.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10066/5058/GHA20020612P.pdf?sequence=4 (Why We Fight America)

- http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2001/10/14/the-politics-of-rage-why-do-they-hate-us.html (Why They Hate Us)

President Bush on 9/11

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiqEUBux3o (Video of Speech to American People)

- http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/gw-bush-9-11.htm (Transcript of Bush Speech to Congress)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OCgMPX2mE (Bush at Ground Zero with Bullhorn)

War on Terror

- http://www.globalissues.org/issue/245/war-on-terror (Website - Overview)

- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301613.html

(Critique)

- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113000667.html

(Bush Speech)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CSPbzitPL8 (Bush Speech - Video)

- http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/are-we-winning-the-war-on-terror/ (Conservative

Analysis)

- http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/09/11/who-is-winning-the-war-on-terrorism/ (Critique)

- http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/060925_winning_the_war.pdf (How to Win War on Terror)

- http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/04/17/how-to-win-the-war-on-terror.html (Winning

the War)

Post-American World:

- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/books/review/Joffe-t.html (Book Review of F. Zakaria Book)

- http://www.nysun.com/arts/after-america-fareed-zakarias-post-american-world/75573/ (Book

Review)

- http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/05/03/the-rise-of-the-rest.html (Excerpts from

Book)

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG8Fmi1Ys3I (Post-American World Video Report)

- Zakaria’s Letter to Mitt Romney

President Obama's "A World That Stands As One"Speech:

- https://my.barackobama.com/page/content/berlinvideo/ (Video and Transcript)

US Foreign Policy - General:

- http://www.crf-usa.org/war-in-iraq/foreign-policy.html (Overview)

- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/educators/uspolicy/lesson3.html (Lesson

Plan) - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57323511-503544/poll-americans-views-on-foreign-policy/ (Survey of American Views) - http://www.pewglobal.org/2012/06/13/chapter-1-views-of-the-u-s-and-american-foreign-policy-4/ (Global Views of US Foreign

Policy)

- http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/U.S._foreign_policy/Timelines (Timeline of Key FP Events)

- http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/foreignaid/graphs.html (US Foreign Aid Graphs)

- http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/02/foreignaid.html (Foreign Aid Map)

- http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/graphs/ (Foreign Trade Graphs)

Objectives:

1. Using video clips (ie - CNN’s “The Cold War”, The Century: America’s Time), secondary sources,

and Primary Source documents such as Gorbachev's 1988 UN speech and Reagan's Evil Empire and

"Tear Down This Wall" Speeches, students will determine what brought about the end of the Cold

War and how it impacted global politics, economics, and social issues.

6.1.12.A.15.a, 6.1.12.A.15.b, 6.1.12.A.15.c, 6.1.12.A.15.d, 6.1.12.A.15.e, 6.1.12.A.15.f

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2. Using charts, graphs, political cartoons, primary source documents and video clips, students will

determine which principles should guide US foreign policy and evaluate how different policies have

affected the world.

6.1.12.A.15.a, 6.1.12.A.15.b, 6.1.12.A.15.c, 6.1.12.A.15.d, 6.1.12.A.15.e, 6.1.12.A.15.f, 6.1.12.B.15.a,

6.1.12.C.15.a, 6.1.12.C.15.b, 6.1.12.D.15.a, 6.1.12.D.15.b, 6.1.12.D.15.c, 6.1.12.D.15.d

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3. Through watching, listening to, or reading interviews with terrorists and speeches by American

politicians, students will determine why terrorists have targeted the United States?

6.1.12.D.15.c, 6.1.12.D.15.d

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Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram/T-Charts

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate

Primary Source Analysis

GENERAL ASSESSMENT: Unit Test

Contemporary United States (1970-Today)

8. Interconnected Global Society

Scientific and technological changes have dramatically affected the economy, the nature of work,

education, and social interactions.

Essential Questions:

1. How are newly emerging technologies changing the US and the rest of the world, in terms of

politics, social relations, and education?

6.1.12.A.16.a, 6.1.12.A.16.b, 6.1.12.C.16.a, 6.1.12.C.16.b, 6.1.12.D.16.b

2. In what ways has economic globalization affected the US and what has the US government done

about it?

6.1.12.A.16.b, 6.1.12.A.16.c, 6.1.12.B.16.a, 6.1.12.C.16.b, 6.1.12.C.16.c, 6.1.12.D.16.c

3. How has the global diffusion of American culture affected the rest of the world?

6.1.12.D.16.a

A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights

6.1.12.A.16.a Determine the impact of media and technology on world politics during this time

period.

6.1.12.A.16.b Analyze government efforts to address intellectual property rights, personal privacy,

and other ethical issues in science, medicine, and business that arise from the global use of new

technologies.

6.1.12.A.16.c Assess from various perspectives the effectiveness with which the United States

government addresses economic issues that affect individuals, business, and/or other countries.

B. Geography, People, and the Environment

6.1.12.B.16.a Explain why natural resources (i.e., fossil fuels, food, and water) continue to be a

source of conflict, and analyze how the United States and other nations have addressed issues

concerning the distribution and sustainability of natural resources.

C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology

6.1.12.C.16.a Evaluate the economic, political, and social impact of new and emerging technologies

on individuals and nations.

6.1.12.C.16.b Predict the impact of technology on the global workforce and on entrepreneurship.

6.1.12.C.16.c Assess the impact of international trade, global business organizations, and overseas

competition on the United States economy and workforce.

D. History, Culture, and Perspectives

6.1.12.D.16.a Analyze the impact of American culture on other world cultures from multiple

perspectives.

6.1.12.D.16.b Explain how and why technology is transforming access to education and educational

practices worldwide.

6.1.12.D.16.c Determine past and present factors that led to the widening of the gap between the

rich and poor, and evaluate how this has affected individuals and society.

Required Resources:

www.Procon.org website—for Teacher information or for student use

- “YouTube Journalism” by Moises Niam

- “Globalization and its Discontents” by Henry A Kissinger

Excerpts from various videos, documentaries, and/or music that reflects the political and social

trends Primary Source Documents and Political Cartoons

Suggested Resources/Activities:

EdSitement.NEH.gov

http://sheg.stanford.edu/ - Read Like a Historian

PBS Frontline on 2011 Egyptian Revolution (driven by Facebook, Skype, etc)

Egyptian Rev website - http://socialcapital.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/twitter-facebook-and-youtubes-role-in-tunisia-

uprising/

Egyptian Voices blog - http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/2011-special-coverage/egypt-protests-2011/

Egyptian Wael Ghonim - TED Talk

Articles on technology and world politics:

- “YouTube Journalism” by Moises Niam

- “Social Media’s True Impact” by Ben Parr

- Social Media and World Politics by Kristi Holland

Website of Articles and Resources - “Complete Guide to Egyptian Revolution”

Jamie Oliver – Food Technology/Pink Slime - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBkwUt-bqIo

ProCon.org web site

- Climate Change

- Alternative Energy

- Voting Machines

- Social Networking

Globalization articles:

- “Globalization: A View from Below” by Jean-Bertrand Aristide

- “Pros and Cons of Globalization” by Mike Collins

- “Globalization is Killing the Globe” by Thom Hartmann

- “Globalization and its Discontents” by Henry A Kissinger

World is Flat article - http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/the-world-is-flat

Pros and Cons of Globalization – Chart - http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_17/b3678003.htm

Pros and Cons of Globalization article - http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-globalization.html

Industrialization of food through technology – NY Times Book Review of Fast Food Nation

Factory Farming Abstract from Professor J.E. Ikerd

Documentary on Food Industry - Food Inc (see Bob Jones)

The Other Arab Spring – (T. Friedman article about Global Environmental issues)

“What A Billion Muslims Really Think” - documentary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SL-AQSmxkU

Video on US Culture in Muslim Nations – “Hollywood and the Muslim World” (See Bob Jones)

Articles on US Culture spreading overseas:

- Soft Power of American Culture

– “Cultural Imperialism: An American Tradition” by Julia Galeota

- “Beware of Cultural Imperialism” by Arshad Gamiet

- “US Media Thrive Worldwide, Even As it Sours on America” by Tim Arango

Political Cartoons on Globalization of Culture

- http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2012/01/how-are-muslim-women-doing-in-political-cartoons/

- http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/valtman/presentation.html (Cartoons by Edmund Valtman)

Articles on how technology is affecting Education

- How Technology Will and Won't Change Schools by 2020,

- College Admissions article

- Site for teachers--blog about how technology has/is changing how we teach

Globalization and US Policy Articles:

– Smart Globalization Policy Agenda by Schwenninger and Clemons

- WTO Protests in Seattle by Anup Shah

- Pro/Con Outsourcing article

Globalization Political Cartoons:

- http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/G/Globalization.asp

- http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/subject/The-Globalization-Comics-and-Cartoons.php

- http://www.choices.edu/resources/documents/handout_cartoons_009.pdf (Activity w/Lesson Plan)

- http://www.artizans.com/cartoon/a/anti-globalization.html

SOPA Anti-Piracy Law:

- Video Clip on SOPA – (CBS News)

- SOPA Website (Washington Post)

- Explanation of SOPA

- Debate on SOPA

Objectives:

1. Using video clips, newspaper articles, and websites, students will analyze how newly emerging

technologies are changing the US and the rest of the world.

6.1.12.A.15.a, 6.1.12.A.15.b, 6.1.12.A.15.c, 6.1.12.A.15.d, 6.1.12.A.15.e, 6.1.12.A.15.f

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2. Using political cartoons, charts, and maps, students will determine the different ways economic

globalization has affected the US and evaluate the effectiveness of the US government’s response.

6.1.12.A.15.a, 6.1.12.A.15.b, 6.1.12.A.15.c, 6.1.12.A.15.d, 6.1.12.A.15.e, 6.1.12.A.15.f, 6.1.12.B.15.a,

6.1.12.C.15.a, 6.1.12.C.15.b, 6.1.12.D.15.a, 6.1.12.D.15.b, 6.1.12.D.15.c, 6.1.12.D.15.d

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3. Students will examine the global diffusion of American culture and determine how it affected

the rest of the world by using articles, political cartoons, and photographs.

6.1.12.D.15.c, 6.1.12.D.15.d

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Formative Assessments:

Reading Quiz

Complete Venn Diagram/T-Charts

Reading Guide

Discussion and Debate

Primary Source Analysis

GENERAL ASSESSMENT: Unit Test

DI Modifications/(Special Education, ELL, Gifted):

Quizzes/Texts

· Provide word banks for fill in the blanks

· Provide extended time (study hall, before or after school, support, lunch)

· Oral testing

· Read questions

· Administer exam in smaller group

· Clarify/reword directions

· Allow for study sheet to be used during exam

· Provide sample problem for reference

· Memory prompting to recall answer

· Alternative assessments

· Visual models for reference

· Study guides

Assignments

· Extended time for projects

· Shorten/alternative assignments

· Pair students to work collaboratively

· Clarify/rework directions

· Display finished project for reference

· Reminders for due dates

Lecture/Notes

· Photocopy of teacher’s or classmate’s notes

· Guided notes

· Record lecture

· Use of calculator/work processor

· Preferential seating

· Multi-sensory approach to teaching

· Graphic organizers

Benchmark Assessments: Comprehensive Midterm and Final Exams