Chapter 28 – The Affluent Society

* AGENDA * AP Exam Fee - $91/exam * The Red Scare – Short Answer due today! * Chapter 28 Quiz * History of the Future Cartoon! * Happy Housewife vs. Reality * 1950s Labels * REMINDERS * Practice Exam, Saturday April 11 th

BELL RINGER – Share Red Scare short answer and work as a table group to write the best thesis. CLO(s) – Students will: * Communicate ideas by demonstrating proficiency in a reading quiz of chapter 28. * Investigate the world and recognize perspectives by comparing the image of the happy housewife to the reality of domesticity for women in the1950s.

After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities, while struggling to live up to its ideals. * Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences. * Key Concept 8.2: Liberalism, based on anticommunism abroad and a firm belief in the efficacy of governmental and especially federal power to achieve social goals at home, reached its apex in the mid- 1960s and generated a variety of political and cultural responses. * Key Concept 8.3: Postwar economic, demographic, and technological changes had a far-reaching impact on American society, politics, and the environment.

* AGENDA * AP Exam Fee - $91/exam due April 30 th !!! * The Red Scare Short Answer Due * Practice Exam – Sign Up & Potluck! * Label 1950s Images * Defining Moments of the 1950s * A Catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement (If time otherwise Fri) * REMINDERS * Re-read pages 796 – 798 & * Practice Exam, Saturday April 11 th * Chapter 29 Quiz – Wednesday April 15 th

BELL RINGER – Review thesis feedback individually. What makes a thesis strong? What makes a thesis weak? Improve a developing thesis to make it strong. CLO(s) – Students will: * Investigate the World and Communicate Ideas by labeling various defining images of the 1950s then creating their own for the class in small groups.

After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities, while struggling to live up to its ideals. * Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences. * Key Concept 8.2: Liberalism, based on anticommunism abroad and a firm belief in the efficacy of governmental and especially federal power to achieve social goals at home, reached its apex in the mid- 1960s and generated a variety of political and cultural responses. * Key Concept 8.3: Postwar economic, demographic, and technological changes had a far-reaching impact on American society, politics, and the environment.

Evaluate the extent to which the goals of United States foreign policy contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change from the end of the First World War (1918) to the end of the Korean War (1953)?

* The Economic Miracle (780 – 782) * The Explosion of Science and Technology (782 – 786) * People of Plenty (786 – 794) * The “Other America” (794 – 795) * The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement (796 – 798) * Eisenhower Republicanism (798 – 800) * Eisenhower, Dulles, and the Cold War (800 – 803) * Task: Have one member of the group draw and label each orange term of your reading. Then, on another sheet of paper write a one or two sentence description about the orange term. Be prepared to explain your drawing to the class.