1. U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: IF YOU WANT ME TO KEEP YOUR ELECTRONICS, KEEP THEM OUT! Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first New World voyage During the American Revolution, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place in North Carolina. British General Cornwallis' 1,900 soldiers defeated an American force of 4, Maine was admitted as the 23rd state of the Union U.S. President Wilson sent 12,000 troops, under General Pershing, into Mexico to pursue bandit Pancho Villa Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia The U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs became the 14th Department in the President's Cabinet U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Associated Press that the U.S. would stand by a 24-year pledge not to use nuclear arms against states that don't have them.
BELL WORK: #6
PICK-UP THE OTHER AMERICA.
COMPLETE ACTIVE READING:
1. READ PASSAGE.
2. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES.
3. CIRCLE UNFAMILIAR INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES.
4. ASK QUESTIONS IN MARGINS, SPACE BELOW OR BACK ABOUT CIRCLED ITEMS
5. BASED ON THE READING, PROVIDE TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW 1950s PROSPERITY DID NOT REACH ALL OF AMERICA.
AGENDA: (31:50)
DISCUSS FIFTIES POP CULTURE.
COMPLETE & DISCUSS FIFTIES CULTURE ACTIVITY 6.6. (#3.6)
COMPLETE & DISCUSS 1950s CULTURE DBQs.
COMPLETE EXIT TICKET.
HOMEWORK:
COMPLETE VIDEO & CORNELL NOTES 6.7.
WORK ON UNIT 6 VOCABULARY.

2. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.6 Assessment
The 1950s saw the birth of a major subculture called the (1)_____ which was a movement of artists, poets and writers who were rebelling against the suburban lifestyle. The most famous of these (2)_____ , as they were known, was Jack Kerouac.

3. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.6 Assessment
Based on what you have learned, do you think the conformity of the 1950s was good for American society?
Be sure to provide:
C (claim, restate question with opinion)
E (two pieces of supporting evidence)
R (reasoning, explain evidence)