Unit 9— THE BEAVE… Portrait of the American Dream Study of the 1950s Stuff to Know.

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Unit 9— THE BEAVE… Portrait of the American Dream Study of the 1950s Stuff to Know

Unit Lessons 1-The Postwar Boom(Ch 27) 2-Changing Physical & Cultural Landscapes (Ch 27)

Possible Written Response Qs Conformity. Discuss the 1950s as a decade of conformity… why it was so prevalent and how it was maintained. (think political, social, military, economic… think Stepford, Beaver, franchises, housing, suburbs, Cold War, etc.) Compare and Contrast the 1920s and the 1950s

Ch 27—The Postwar Boom Docs: GI Bill… what it is, what it did, why it is important New housing trends—suburbs, urban decay, white flight Levittown The 1950s Family Truman’s Fair Deal Truman and Civil Rights Strom Thurmond, 1948, Dixiecrats Ray Kroc and the Franchise… what it is, significance Baby Boom… what, significance Betty Friedan (NOW, ERA, FemMys) Stepford Phenomenon Auto culture Eisenhower’s National Interstate and Defense Hwys Act (1956) 1950s Consumerism… products, trends, implications, changing values Planned obsolescence TV! Think Romans! Impact? Teenaged Culture Rock and Roll Emerging Rebellion Advent of Modern Civil Rights… Brown v. Board, inequalities & how 50s exacerbated them