PART 3: 1945-1980
UNITED STATES HISTORY
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TRUMAN
The "Truman Administration: Foreign Policy" mini unit explores growing tensions between the USSR and America immediately after World War II. Topics covered include: The Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, post WWII international organizations, the Truman Doctrine and more.
EISENHOWER
During the "Eisenhower Administration: Foreign Policy" mini unit students will analyze how Eisenhower attempt to ease Cold War tensions through brinkmanship in the midst of communism spreading to China, Cuba and Vietnam.
KENNEDY
In the "Kennedy Administration: Foreign Policy" mini unit students will examine Kennedy's short, yet powerful administration in a time with increased tensions with Cuba, Vietnam and the Soviet Union.
AFE of CONFORMITY
Students will explore American Conformity after World War II. Students will analyze how the GI Bill affected women, men and minority groups differently. Students will debate about the 1950s as a culture of fear and McCarthyism, or one of expression through the television and music.
CIVIL RIGHTS part ONE
In the first of four civil right mini units students will examine the African American civil rights movement from 1945-1960. Students will examine how the movement grows from the murder of Emmett Till, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
CIVIL RIGHTS part TWO
In the second of the four civil rights mini units students will continue to trace the evolution of the movement in the Kennedy administration. Students will examine how the movement becomes more dynamic with increased student involvement.
CIVIL RIGHTS part 3
In the third of the civil rights mini units students will examine the movement post Civil Rights Act of 1964. Students will examine how the quest for voting rights and economic opportunity change during the Johnson administration.
the JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION
The "Johnson Administration" mini unit is packed full of foreign and domestic policy. Students will analyze domestic policy programs in the Great Society, while also evaluating Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War.
NIXON:
FOREIGN POLICY
After the tumult of 1968 the Nixon Administration begins. In this mini unit students continue where the previous mini unit "Johnson Administration" left off in Vietnam. Students will evaluate Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War, as well as his desire for detente in China and the USSR.
NIXON:
DOMESTIC POLICY
The Nixon Administration unit ends with an examination of Nixon's domestic policy agenda and the Watergate scandal. Students will evaluate Nixon's "New Federalism" program, his environmental policies, his handling of increased protests on the Vietnam War and his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
the MOVEMENT CONTINUES
"The Movement Continues" is the last of the four mini-units on Civil Rights. Students will trace the evolution of the women's, Chicano, American Indian and LGBTQ movements from the 1950s-1980.
FORD and CARTER
Students will analyze how the Ford and Carter Administrations mark the end of the Vietnam Era. Ford struggles to gain popularity after his pardoning of Nixon, and Carter struggles gain American confidence after the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
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