Station Activity PPT Ms. Kwon
Station Activity: Chapter 41, Peace, Prosperity, and Progress Distribute worksheet You will be working through six stations. Follow the directions on your worksheet for each station. *if you have your own laptop, work with someone without a laptop to finish station 1-6. After 5-10 minutes, you will rotate to the next station. We will debrief at the end of class (or Friday).
Station 1: 41.2 Postwar Politics: Readjustments and Challenges (10min) What were the goals of Truman’s Fair Deal? What worked? What didn’t? In what ways was the Taft-Hartley Act the opposite of the Fair Deal? To answer, use the following article: http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-115.htm* Also use p. 534 in the textbook. *you can download Ms. Kwon’s highlighted version of the article under unit 7 folder
Station 2: 41.3, Economic Growth Creates an Age of Affluence (15min) How do the following items encourage consumption? Advertisement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7t9YlMxWoE Buy Now, Pay Later (credit card): http://books.google.com/books?id=pt-o5xnJXvkC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=credit+card+1950s&source=bl&ots=bsrz0rhjds&sig=Rz6wOPPxq1VRfn2iPUIAVuzTM4E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IjIMUZWKMqS2iwLCl4GwBg&ved=0CJQBEOgBMA0#v=onepage&q=credit%20card%201950s&f=false Planned/perceived Obsolescence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KLyYKJGk0 Blue Collar & White Collar Read the textbook p.539 titled “The Workforce Shifts from Blue- to White-Collar Jobs” Why did the shift take place? What is an example of a blue-collar job? What is an example of a white-collar job?
Station 3: 41.4 Marriage, Families, & a Baby Boom (8 min) Watch the following video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_A9PFOY18 What was life like for the middle class? What was the “baby boom”? What was the expectation for middle class women?
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States (5 min) Analyze the images in the next 3 slides Why was there a shift from the “Rust Belt” to the “Sunbelt” in the 1950s? Why are the regions of the US called the “Sunbelt” and “Rustbelt”? Use textbook p. 543 for help (if necessary)
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States
Station 5: 41.6 The Triumph of the Automobile (10min) Watch the following video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-m3FEm5VA What are three reasons for the emergence of a “car culture” in the 1950s? What did the cars look like? How is a car related to your status? How did Eisenhower justify the Interstate Highway Act? What types of activities/job opportunities became possible thanks to cars?
Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life (10min) Use the 2 next slides and the following links to respond to the question: How did technological advancements change life for the American people? Give three specific examples. Link 1:http://www.ehow.com/info_8086895_medical-discoveries-1950s.html Link 2: http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/nuclear.htm
Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life
Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life
Homework Watch the following video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60 Read and Cornell Notes on p.523-525 Analysis options instead of a summary for your notes. Choose one of the following to add to the bottom of your notes. Evaluate the effectiveness of the video If you were a business owner, how could you use the Atomic Age trend to market a new product? Was the FCDA justified in making a “preparedness” campaign in order to ensure the safety of the American people or was it simply a scare tactic to maintain conformity? Thesis Statement