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Monday, March 21 st

Monday, March 21 st. Set up Page 29 in notebook : The Fifties (Chapters 41-43) Did you turn in Page 29’s homework?? Did you turn in your 9-week project? Do you need to make up your Cold War test? LEFT SIDE: 3 EQ’s: (HOMEWORK GRADE due Tuesday)

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Monday, March 21 st

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  1. Monday, March 21st • Set up Page 29 in notebook : The Fifties (Chapters 41-43) • Did you turn in Page 29’s homework?? • Did you turn in your 9-week project? • Do you need to make up your Cold War test? • LEFT SIDE: 3 EQ’s: (HOMEWORK GRADE due Tuesday) • 1) Why are the 1950’s remembered as an age of affluence? (Chap. 41) • 2) How did some Americans rebel against conformity in the 1950’s? (Chap. 42) • 3) Why did poverty persist in the U.S. in an age of affluence? (Chap. 43) • RIGHT SIDE: 15 points/vocab to help with tomorrow’s open-book/open-note test on The Fifties

  2. Monday, March 21st, page 29; RIGHT • 1) The economy shifts from providing goods to providing services. • General Motors • McDonald’s Famous Hamburgers • Holiday Inn • 2) Taft-Hartley Act • Immediately after the war, a series of labor strikes threatened to cripple the economy. In response, Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act, which limited the power of unions. • 3) Levittown • Suburbs like Levittown attracted homebuyers by offering inexpensive houses on small lots. Suburban life revolved around the so-called traditional family, with a working dad and stay-at-home mom.

  3. Monday, March 21st page 29, RIGHT • 4)Sunbelt • Besides leaving cities for suburbs, Americans were also moving from northern states to the Sunbelt. California, Texas, and Florida grew rapidly as a result, with the population growth uneven from state to state. • 5) Rock ‘n’ roll • New style of music that teenagers popularized during the 1950’s. • 6) Rose during the 1950’s • Gross National Product • Life expectancy • Real Income • 7) Beat Writer • Rejected all forms of convention, or customary ways of living • Avoided traditional jobs • Studied Eastern religions • Grooved to African American music, especially a new form of jazz called bebop

  4. Monday, March 21st page 29, RIGHT • 8) Suburbia • Millions of Americans moved to the suburbs during the 1950’s. Critics like Lewis Mumford predicted that the sameness of suburban homes would lead to social uniformity. • 9) Agribusiness • The industry of food production by large corporations or wealthy individuals. • Hurt small farmers by producing crops more efficiently than small farmers could. • 10) Poverty Line • The minimum amount of income one would need to meet basic needs • In Chicago, poverty was highest in the black neighborhoods • 11) Termination Policy • In 1953, Congress’ vote to terminate the government’s responsibility for American Indians. • Indian Tribes fell deeper into poverty. • 12) Michael Harrington’s The Other America • Revealed that despite the general affluence of the 1950’s, millions of “socially invisible” Americans lived in poverty. Although people’s views and understanding of poverty have changed over time, the problem persists. • It woke up the nation to the reality that poverty still existed in many places.

  5. Monday, March 21st page 29, RIGHT • 13) The poor become “invisible” • The mass production of affordable clothing • The migration of middle-class families to the suburbs • The lack of political power among low-income people • 14) Frederic Wertham’sSeduction of the Innocent • Raised concerns about the impact of gory comic books on children during the 1950’s. • 15) Dwight Eisenhower • Supported a program of “modern Republicanism” • Commanded Allied forces in WWII • Worried about the “military-industrial complex”

  6. Tuesday, March 22nd • The Fifties in-class, open note/book TEST • Fifties “party” (extra credit) • 50’s music (Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley) • 50’s TV shows (I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best) • 50’s “picnic” snacks (carrot sticks, crackers, popcorn) • 50’s dress • 50’s dance • Turn in homework (left side of page 29: 3 essential questions)

  7. Wednesday, March 23rd • Set up page 30 in notebook: “Segregation in the Post-World War II Period” (Chap. 44) • LEFT SIDE: “How did segregation affect American life in the postwar period?” Number 1-8 towards bottom • RIGHT SIDE: • Top: Glue in the 4 pictures (event, date, 3-4 facts) 44.3&44.4 (pp. 570-575) • Bottom: One example/explanation for each of the areas of segregation in 44.2 (pp. 568-570) • Public Accommodations • Schools • Housing • Marriage • Workplace • Politics

  8. Wednesday, March 23rd • Pretest • 1) Jim Crow laws • 2) Brown • 3) Rosa Parks • 4) Martin Luther King Jr. • 5) Malcom X • 6) the Klu Klux Klan • 7) the NAACP • 8) the Black Panthers

  9. Wednesday, March 23rd • Events: • Formation of CORE, 1942 • First black baseball player in the major leagues, 1947 (1945 for minor leagues) • Desegregation of the armed forces, 1948 • Brown Vs. Board of Education, 1954

  10. Thursday, March 24th • Set up page 31 in notebook: “The Civil Rights Revolution: ‘Like a Mighty Stream’” (Chap. 45) • LEFT SIDE: “How did civil rights activists advance the ideals of liberty, equality, and opportunity for African Americans?” • RIGHT SIDE: Glue the 8 Events Pictures (complete with date, event, & 3-4 facts for each)

  11. Thursday, March 24th • Events • Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks), 1955-1956 • Integration of Central High School, 1957 • First lunch counter sit-in, 1960 • Freedom Rides, 1961 • Birmingham campaign, 1963 • March on Washington, 1963 • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Voting Rights Act of 1965

  12. Friday, March 25th • Set up page 32 in notebook: “Redefining Equality and The Widening Struggle” (Chapters 46 & 47) • LEFT SIDE: “Why and how did the civil rights movement expand?” • Explain how the Civil Rights Expanded with the following groups (2 sentences each) • Women (47.2) • Latinos (47.3) • American Indians (47.4) • Asian Americans (47.5) • Disabled Americans (47.6) • Gay Americans (47.6) • Older Americans (47.6) • RIGHT SIDE: Glue 8 pictures/events in & complete with date, event, and 3-4 facts about each. (Chap. 46.2-46.4)

  13. Friday, March 25th • Events • The Hate That Hate Produced airs, 1959 • Watts Riot, 1965 • Black Panther Party is founded, 1966 • Civil Rights Act of 1968 • Congressional Black Caucus is formed, 1969 • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1971 • Roots airs, 1977 • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 1978

  14. The Week Ahead… • Monday: Notes/Activities on Civil Rights Movement • Tuesday: Finish Notes & “Find Someone Who” Study Guide • Wednesday: Jeopardy Test Review • Thursday: Civil Rights Movement Test • Friday: Makeup Day • Tests/quizzes • Makeup work • Extra Credit (essays on Self-Discipline, The Compound)

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