1. Directions:
You will participate in an activity in which you will form groups based on your secret identities
You will each receive a piece of paper
Some are blank
Some have a dot drawn on them
There are fewer dots than non-dots
When you receive your piece of paper you must secretly look at it. If you receive a dot you MUST NOT reveal it to anyone.
When you are done looking hide it or put it in your pocket

2. Directions:
The goal of the activity is to form as large of a group of “non-dot” members as possible
Points:
The largest group of “non-dot” students will win points
The whole group will lose if there is one “dot” member in your group
“Dot” members will win points for being the only dot in a group

3. Tips
Since everyone in the class will deny having a dot you must look for any indication of suspicion
If you suspect someone has a dot you should say out loud, “Bob is a dot!”
If you are a “Dot” then you must bluff to convince others that you are not a dot.

4. Ready?
What questions do you have?
On GO: You have 5 minutes to talk to each other and form groups with “nondot” members.
When I turn off the lights, you must freeze in your place and talking must end immediately. No exceptions.

5. GO!
Online Stopwatch

6. What do you remember about the Social Hysteria Formula?
Warm Up 3/21 (#5)
What do you remember about the Social Hysteria Formula?

7. Social Hysteria Formula
Fear
(often irrational &/or ignorant) ↓
Hatred
(prejudice, paranoia)
Action
(violent, legal, political)

8. March 19, 2018
Out for Stamp: Take out: Notes Agenda: McCarthyism Skills:
Learning Target (I can…):
Describe McCarthysim and its effects
Upcoming Dates
3/23: 4 level outline Tii and hard copy in class

9. So, What?
This activity was designed to allow you to experience the anti-communism hysteria and suspicion of the McCarthy Era in U.S. History during the 1950’s.
During this era, Americans turned on their fellow citizens and denounced them as Communist sympathizers based on little to no evidence.
If you were a “dot,” what were you?
Guilt by Association: If students were friends with suspected “dots,” they were accused of being “dots.”

10. Joseph McCarthy He wanted to be reelected, so he needed a good issue
Senator from Wisconsin
Famous anti-Communist activist
Why did he do this?
He wanted to be reelected, so he needed a good issue
He claimed that Communists were taking over the government
Number kept change and he never had a solid list
His tactics:
Sensationalism
Bullying

11. The Red Scare Fear of communism spreading through America
Heightened by McCarthy hearings
Early 1950s (roughly ‘50-’54)
McCarthy falls out of favor after televised public hearings against army paint him as a bully
Begin to see that nothing much is being gained

12. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Accused of helping pass secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviets
Helped Soviets develop bomb 18 months sooner than expected
Convicted and executed

13. HUAC- House Un-American Activities Committee
Congressional Committee whose original purpose was to investigate ALL radical groups in the U.S., including fascist and socialist, but over time it came to focus only on the communist threat.
Questioned government, armed forces, unions, education, science, newspapers

14. HUAC
The Hollywood Ten was a group of screenwriters who were accused of being Communist during the McCarthy Era

15. HUAC
Hollywood Ten did not cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigation
Claimed 5th amendment rights
They wouldn’t provide any names of others who might be Communists
Resisted the hysteria!!
The ten were fined and sentenced to a year in jail.
They were also blacklisted from working in the film industry
Lasting impact on movie industry
Freedom of speech in questions

17. HUAC
What was the artist trying to communicate about HUAC in this cartoon?

18. Question
What should our country’s leaders be more focused on protecting – security of the nation or freedom of the nation’s people? Should this change? Should it remain the same? Why?

19. Propaganda
Propaganda and culture reflected the fear of communism

20. McCarthyism Propaganda Assignment
You may not find specific information to support your point, but you should be able to take a stand
Pro –McCarthy folks need to try to keep the status quo
Anti-McCarthy folks are not necessarily communist, but don’t fear it either
Use your knowledge of McCarthyism to create ONE of the following:
Propaganda
Advertisement
Political Cartoon
***Has to be your own creation… do not just copy, paste and print something from the internet.
DUE: Tuesday, March 6th

21. Techniques of Propaganda
Overgeneralizations
Emotion over reason
Scare Tactics
Bandwagon Appeal
Name Calling
Exaggeration
Loaded Words
Fallacies
Slogans/Catchphrase

22. Review the feedback given to you when finished.
Warm Up 3/23 (#)
Pull out your 4 level outline, trade with someone different than you did for the 3 level, and peer edit. You have 10 minutes!!
Review the feedback given to you when finished.

23. March 23, 2018
Out for Stamp: Take out: Notes Agenda: 1950s overview Skills:
Learning Target (I can…):
Describe the changing politics/culture in the 1950s
Upcoming Dates
3/26: Block party prep notes
3/26: JP Works Cited Page Tii
3/27: Non-library Source analysis
3/27: Rough Draft Tii

24. Politics

25. Pres. Truman Reconversion to peacetime Taft-Hartley Act
Protects national industries from strike
Fair Deal fails
Accused of out-New Dealing the New Deal
Attempts Civil Rights actions
Wins surprise reelection and still struggles

27. Pres. Eisenhower Aka “Ike” Praised and loved for WWII leadership
Nixon running mate
Modern Republicanism
Conservative with money, liberal with human beings
Supports big business

28. Economy

29. Business Reconversion to peacetime production Conglomerates Franchise
Unrelated business join together
Franchise
McDonald’s

30. Technology Television Average 4-5 hours a day Large networks Examples:
Mickey Mouse Club, American Bandstand, I Love Lucy

31. Computer technology Nuclear power emerges Medicine
Giant machines made smaller
Nuclear power emerges
Medicine
Polio vaccine
Penicillin

32. Workforce White-collar jobs increase
Skilled workers
Wages and working conditions improve
Suburbs grow
GI Bill of Rights
Cars and Highways grow and expand
Rise of credit cards
To loyal customers by gas companies

33. Society

34. Youth Education increases Fashion Always preparing for young marriage
Girls: poodle skirts, bobby socks
Boys: letter sweaters
Always preparing for young marriage

35. Rise of Religion “Under God” added to pledge of allegiance
“In God we Trust” added to money
“the family that prays together stays together”

36. Gender Roles Men = breadwinners Women = wives and mothers
Public sphere
Women = wives and mothers
Domestic sphere
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Tupperware parties

37. Murder
New Neighbors
Lassie

38. Question
What does I Love Lucy reveal about the culture of the 1950s?
What do we learn from Lassie?

39. 1950s Block Party
On Monday, we will have a 1950s style block party.
You will be sharing information from your assigned reading section ONE on ONE

40. 1950s Block Party
Greet your new neighbor with an enthusiastic, “Howdy, Neighbor!” Ask your neighbor some getting-to-know-you questions:
Where have you moved from?
What do you do for a living?
How many kids do you have?
(Note: Make sure your answers are appropriate to the time period. Remember that most women stayed home during this era, and men often commuted to the city.)

41. 1950s Block Party
Begin a discussion of current news, using your notes for your assigned topic. Start your conversation with one of these conversation starters:
So, have you heard about the latest development?
I was reading the paper this morning when I saw this story on . . .
This morning, the television news reporter said that . . .

42. 1950s Block Party
Share the main ideas from your assigned topic, making sure to use all the terms you were assigned.
As your neighbor begins to discuss his or her current news, fill in the information on your note sheet that they give you.
Repeat until you have talked to someone from each section.

43. 1950s Block Party – RULES! Only one-on-one conversations.
This is not a jigsaw. Do not gather in large groups and have each person share their terms with the whole group.
Do not just sit and give term definitions. Have a conversation! Talk about it like it’s currently happening.