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Students, using HyperStudio or PowerPoint, select the ten most important events that happened in the 1950s. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students investigate the lifestyle of Americans in the 1950's by examining family life, scientific and technological progress and musical fads. They compare and contrast the lifestyle of a child of the 1950's with one of today. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students culminate their study of Michigan in the 1950's by celebrating with reports, displays and art projects. They research products from the 1950's that are still for sale today. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students prepare a documentary-style dramatization about government and personal measures taken to ensure survival in the event of nuclear war. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students research the positions of civil defense and nuclear disarmament during the Cold War era. They participate in a class debate to support a given position. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study the court cases related to Brown v. Board of Education and the "separate but equal" standard established by Plessy v. Ferguson. They create an informational display that can be used to teach others the particulars of the case they studied. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Student will explain in detail the increasing diversity of the United States because of the flow of immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries with special attention to the changing population of Washington, D.C. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine life in the 1950's and compare and contrast current times to life in the 1950s in areas such as jobs, role of men, women and students, gadgets and technology, cars, clothes, and hairstyles. Students complete project by interviewing someone who grew up in the 50s and writing and performing their own episode of "I Love Lucy". Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore the impact of the automobile on life during the 1950's. They analyze the functionality and the lifestyle of the automobile as well as the impact of the automobile on the growth of suburbs. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students study the ripple effect of the baby boom generation on history and on their lives today. They discover how the rules and conformity of the 1950's set the stage for the rebellious, anti-establishment sixties. They study the textbook on the 1950-1960 and place important events on time-line. Full Review »