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\nBaby Boom and the Culture of the 1950's\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nTraveling Southern Style: A Lesson on the Jim Crow Laws\n

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\nThird graders create a poster of a travel route. In this discrimination lesson, 3rd graders read The Gold Cadillac and use it to discuss the problems African Americans faced while traveling south in the 1950's. Students compare three...\n
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\nConsumer Culture in the 1950s: New Shopping Centers and Advertising trends\n

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\nEleventh graders analyze the cultural and social aspects of the 1950s. Using primary source documents, they work together to determine what society was like. They use that information to write an essay about how their information...\n
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\n1950's Rock and Roll\n

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\nStudents complete an Individual Artist Information Sheet on famous 1950's Rock and Roll musician. They read one of the chapeters on \"Elvis Pressley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Rockabilly, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, or...\n
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\nOn This Day: McCarthyism and the Red Scare\n

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\nSenator Joseph's McCarthy's claims that communists had infiltrated and threatened the American way of life set off a red scare in the 1950s—and those claims have influenced today's concepts of loyalty to country. Using video clips from...\n
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\nPost-War Suburbanization: Homogenization\n

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\nThe results of World War II made waves all the way to suburban life today. Examine the flight from the cities using images and documents from the 1950s building boom, including a quote analysis and political cartoons. The resource...\n
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\nOn This Day: Emmett Till and the Rebirth of the Civil Rights Movement\n

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\nThe murder of Emmett Till, a boy accused of whistling at a white woman in the deep South in the 1950s, galvanized the civil rights movement. His open casket—revealing the ugly horror of racism—reignited a movement. Clips include an...\n
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\nMass Culture: 1950's America\n

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\nIn this 1950's America worksheet, students read 3 article about mass culture and respond to 20 short answer questions.\n
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\nDevelopment of Federal Civil Rights Acts : 1950's - Present\n

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\nStudents use the Internet to research one of five cases associated with Brown v. Board of Education and then join a group with people who researched the other four.\n
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\nWho Wants to be a Millionaire: Life Since 1930\n

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\nThe King of Rock'n Roll, Twiggy, William Beveridge? Sounds like its time to review events occurring after 1930. Kids play this fun Millionaire-style game to review common knowledge British trivia. This game would be a fun challenge for...\n
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\nWest Side Story Suite and In The Night Fancy Free\n

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\nWest Side Story and Romeo & Juliet—two classics in their own rights that help young literature lovers better analyze different works. Learners research and compare the characters and story elements of West Side Story and Romeo...\n
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\nRock n' Rollin in the '50s\n

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\nHigh schoolers explore the culture of the United States in the 1950's.  In this history lesson, students research culture in the 1950's, with a focus on fashion, music, television, automobiles, etc., then work in groups to create a...\n
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\nRed Hunts, Black Lists, and Communists\n

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\nStudents research and examine the unsavory history of the hunt for communists in the United States during the 1950s. They divide up into groups to review the Red Scare of the 1920s as a backdrop to the McCarthy era and write a short...\n
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\nThe Technological impact on 1950's culture\n

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\nEleventh graders examine the 1950's.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders explore the key vocabulary for the unit.  Students research the new technology that existed in the 1950's. \n
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\nChapter 21 - The Cold War to 1960\n

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\nIn this U.S. history activity, students read assigned textbook pages regarding the Cold War 1950's America and respond to 50 short answer questions.\n
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\nCold War Era Film Censorship: High Noon- a Slice of Americana Or Communist\n

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\nStudents study of the effects of the Cold War on the home front. They analyze the film High Noon according to an abbreviated version of the standards that films were judged by in the early 1950s and determine whether or not High Noon is...\n
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\nOn This Day: Publication of The Feminine Mystique\n

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\nWhen Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, it was considered a manifesto for women who suffered from the problem that has no name. Clips from authors and historians, as well as the writer herself, help class members consider the...\n
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\nCold War Case Files: The Rosenberg Trial - Was Justice Fairly Served?\n

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\nThe Rosenbergs—executed for their role in a Soviet-era spy ring—continue the captivate the American imagination. Using a history lab format, young historians examine the trove of documents associated with the case, including photographs...\n
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\nGuatemalan Coup of 1954: How Did the Cold War Influence American Foreign Policy Decisions?\n

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\nWas it all about the bananas—or the fear of a communist threat? Young historians use a history lab to examine documents from the American-led 1954 Guatemalan coup. Using graphics, government documents, and speeches, they examine the...\n
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\nThe Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans\n

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\nSickle cell disease only occurs when both parents contribute the trait, and mostly in those of African descent. Where did it come from? How did it evolve? Tony Allison, a molecular biologist, noticed a connection between sickle cell and...\n
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\nSondheim: Voice of Cultural Change\n

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\nStudents explore Stephen Sondheim's contributions to musical theatre in the context of the dramatic cultural shift that occurred in American life in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.\n
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\nIntegration of Education and American Society\n

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\nHow did the struggle for Civil Rights during the 1950s transform American society and politics? Why are American schools integrated today? Class members explore these essential questions by examining a series of primary and secondary...\n
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\nUnderstanding JFK's Presidency through his Speeches\n

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\nStudents reflect and discuss the major events that happened in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's.  In this U.S. History lesson plan, students read and analyze the famous speeches during this time frame, then complete a...\n
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\nLorna Simpson: Gathered\n

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\nLorna Simpson is a photographer who has put together a collection of photos from the 1950s in order to challenge the idea that primary source documents are objective in their portrayal of history. Learners are introduced to Ms. Simpson's...\n
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