1. Unit 1: Social, Economic, and Political Change
Lesson 1: Social Change

2. Unit Overview
In this unit we will investigate the differences between events that could be categorized as economic, political, or social change. In addition we will explore how economic, political, and social changes impact the human experience.

3. Essential Questions
How have social movements impacted our ideas about equality and fairness over time?
How are Women’s Rights, African American Civil Rights, and the Anti-War Counterculture all examples of social turning points?

4. What do you believe a “social turning point” is?
Key Vocabulary
Social Turning Point
What do you believe a “social turning point” is?
Definition
Examples/Impact
Create a test question.

5. Activation Think of the phrase “social change.”
What do you think social change means?

6. What is social change?
Social change refers to an alteration, or change, in the social order of society. The base of social change is change in the thought process of humans.
Let’s look at three examples of social movements that had a large impact on early Americans:
Women’s Rights
Civil Rights
Anti-War / Counter Culture

7. Women’s Rights Assessment
Students will be divided into groups of three, and each group will be assigned one of the following events. Each group will complete an event summary chart for their event and will present to the class.
Traditional role of women….
“True Women hood”
1) Seneca Falls Convention – Declaration of Sentiments
2) 19th Amendment
3) Betty Friedan and “The Feminine Mystique”
4) Equal Pay Act of 1964
5) Title IX 1972
6) Roe vs. Wade 1973
7) Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
8) 2013 Defense Secretary Panetta lifts ban on women serving in combat roles.

9. Women’s Rights
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10. Assessment Prompt 1

11. Civil Rights for African Americans
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
Leads to segregation
The Warren Court (Chief Justice Earl Warren- 1954)
Brown vs. Board of Educations (1954)
Segregation unconstitutional
Montgomery Bus Boycott / MLK
Non violent protest, win over the hearts and minds of American by showing passive resistance and willingness to go to jail and being subject to violence, but not partaking in violence.

12. Civil Rights versus Bull Connor

13. Assessment Prompt 2

14. Anti-War/Counter Culture
Baby Boomers vs. Stability and Tradition
JFK assassination
Cold War / LBJ’s War (Vietnam)
Problems in Vietnam
Credibility Gap / Pentagon Papers
Student unrest
Kent State
Challenge Authority / Tradition / Society / Parents BI

15. Flower Power

16. Assessment Prompt 3: Causes and Effects of Counter Culture

17. Brainstorm Activity
What are examples of social movements in recent history that have had a significant impact on American society?

18. Activity
Investigate the causes and effects of the following social turning points in history below:
Black Lives Matter
Gay Rights
Latino Movement (Cesar Chavez) ***
Native American Movement***
You will complete a graphic organizer for each of the movements.

19. Create a Political Cartoon
Choose one of the events and create a political cartoon: 1) Latino American Civil Rights (2) Native American Movement (3) Black Lives Matter (4) Gay Rights
A Bias: You should choose one of the perspectives and hold dear to it. Use it to create your cartoon.
Scene: Brainstorm scenes for a possible conflict.
Identification of Key players. How are you going to represent the new way of thinking vs the old.
Caption Bubbles: How will you use what each of the key players are saying to get you point across?

20. Journal
How have social movements impacted our ideas about equality and fairness over time?
How are Women’s Rights, African American Civil Rights, and the Anti-War Counterculture all examples of social turning points?