Eleventh 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. 

Students explore suburbia, whose long history of development is grounded in utopian notions.

Ellen Dunham-Jones takes a look at how shopping has evolved over the past few decades and discusses what's to come of dying malls, dead "big box" stores, and empty parking lots. [19:24]

The Pew Hispanic Research Center provides a quiz asking questions about your community and how you rate it based on the probing questions. Includes questions exploring different aspects of the community some find important. Compares your...

For this lesson plan, students will consider "Building Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

This site offers a discussion on middle class suburban life in the 1950's and 1960's which has been dubbed the Patio Culture.