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The Johnson Administration
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Planning this mini-unit
The Johnson Administration is the second mini-unit of Unit 12: America Under the Johnson Administration. This mini-unit is taught after Civil Rights Part 3: 1964-1968 and before Unit 13: America Under the Nixon Administration.
Pacing:
Teachers should plan five to seven days to teach this unit on a traditional schedule with one-hour class periods. However, for those on a block schedule with 1 1/2 hour classes, teachers should plan for 3-4 days. An effective way to structure this unit includes:
- Begin each class with an opener question. Opener questions can be found on this webpage as an image or free on TpT (
see link). Give students 3-5 minutes to complete the opener question and allow 5-10 minutes for class discussion. - After the opener, begin the Google Slides lesson. Students can take notes on paper using the note-taking guide provided with the Google Slides lesson, or they may take notes digitally with the electronic version (also included with the Google Slides).
- TEACHER TIP: I post a PDF version of the Google Slides to Google Classroom so that students can review their notes if they are absent. To do this, click “File, Download, PDF” on the Google Slide.
- TEACHER TIP: Some teachers post Google Slides in their Google Classroom and digital note-taking guides for students to complete as homework.
- TEACHER TIP: When pressed for time, I will edit the note-taking guides to include answers for some boxes or delete boxes and slides entirely. Teachers should feel free to modify the lesson to meet their students’ needs and individual learning targets.
- After teaching a concept, take a break from the lecture and show a quick review video to reinforce the concepts. Suggested videos to enhance the lesson are on this webpage.
- Mix up your unit by having the students complete the PROP (Point, Reason to lie or distort, Other sources, Public/private) analysis. For a free resource that reviews PROP, click HERE.
- TEACHER TIP: Group students together to complete this activity. This strategy sparks conversation and encourages critical analysis. Discuss as a class.
- Review additional suggested activities found on this webpage. These activities are resources that I have created or found on other excellent sites such as The Bill of Rights Institute, SHEG (Stanford History Education Group), PBS, or other teacher-authors.
- Print the Prove It activity included in the Google Slides lesson at the end of the unit. Students read statements and determine if they are true or false. If the statement is false, they correct it. This lesson encourages students to review their note-taking guides.
key terms to know
Key Events & Legislation
- Election of 1964
- Election of 1968
- 1968 Democratic Convention
- Voting Rights Act 1965
- 24th Amendment
- 1968 Civil Rights Act
- Immigration Act of 1965
People to Know
- Lyndon Johnson
- Robert Kennedy
- Hubert Humphrey
Great Society Programs
- Office of Economic Opportunity
- Jobs Corps
- Equal Opportunity Act
- VISTA
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Head Start
- Upward Bound
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The
Vietnam War
- Ho Chi Minh
- Ngo Diem
- Viet Cong
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- North Vietnamese Army
- South Vietnamese Army
- Conventional War
- Operation Rolling Thunder
- Escalation
- The draft, deferments, exemptions
- Agent Orange
- Napalm
- Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Credibility Gap
- Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
- Tet Offensive
Essential Questions
1. Explain Johnson’s vision for a “Great Society.”
2. What government programs were created to fight the war on poverty, improve healthcare, education and civil rights?
3. How did the immigration Act of 1965 change America’s immigration system?
4. Examine the economic, social and political arguments made against the Great Society. To what extent are those arguments valid?
5. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and how did it lead to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
6. To what extent was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution a “blank check”?
7. Who were the Viet Cong? Explain the role they played in the Vietnam War during the Johnson Administration.
8. What was America’s military strategy during the Vietnam War? In what way was this a “conventional war”?
9. What are defoliants, and why were they used? How did the use of defoliants such as Agent Orange and Napalm affect the war?
10. Examine the draft process in America during the Vietnam War as well as resistance to the draft.
11. To what extent did Americans support the Vietnam War by the Summer of 1968?
12. How did the Tet Offensive affect America’s opinion of the war?
13. Why was 1968 a particularly chaotic year? Examine the chaos of 1968 and explain how that chaos affeted the election of 1968.
Google Slides and Note Talking Guides
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51 Slides (editable) with graphic organizer note-taking guide and summative assessment worksheet. This Google Slides reviews the Johnson Administration, focusing on the Great Society and the Vietnam War. For a lesson on the Civil Rights Movement 1964-1968 please see THIS resource.
WARNING: The source uses a variety of primary sources, including quotes and images that may be sensitive to specific audiences. Please preview this lesson and edit it according to your audience and/or specific needs.
This Google Slides:
- Is editable
- Has checks for understanding/thinking questions throughout the Google Slides
- Interesting and varied graphic design
- A variety of different sources to catch your students’ attention and engage them with the content: maps, charts, primary sources, quotes, newspapers, etc.
Note-Taking Guide with a Teacher’s Key:
- Works with Google Classroom (students can type in a document, or handwrite)
- Includes ideas on how to use this in your lesson
- Great for IEP, 504, EL students or students who need modifications
- Helps students be accountable for information during lecture
- Comes with print and digital notetaking guides.
Post-Notes Analysis Worksheet with a Teacher’s Key:
- Works with Google Classroom (students can type in a document or handwrite)
- Includes ideas on how to use this in your lesson
- Has a True/False checking for understanding
- Includes a document that connects to information from the slides.
- Comes with print and digital post-notes analysis guides.
- Students are asked to ” Prove It,” “Analyze It” “Personalize It” and “Explore Limitations.”
Helpful Videos for Your Students
Unit Activities
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quick links
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