1. U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard The U.S. Senate began the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson Andrew Carnegie announced that he was retiring from business and that he would spend the rest of his days giving away his fortune A law in Tennessee prohibited the teaching of evolution U.S. banks began to re-open after a "holiday" that had been declared by President Roosevelt Adolf Hitler issued an edict calling for an invasion of the U.S.S.R China invited Soviet President Khrushchev to visit Peking The Apollo 9 astronauts returned to Earth after the conclusion of a mission including testing a Lunar Module Japan sent a destroyer to the Sea of Japan amid reports that North Korea was planning to test an intermediate range ballistic missile
BELL WORK: #4
PICK-UP & READ THE HANDOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE THE 1950s.
DO NOT WRITE ON THE HANDOUT.
PLACE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS #1-4 IN YOUR BELL WORK SECTION.
AGENDA:
DISCUSS THE EISENHOWER ERA.
COMPLETE & DISCUSS WHAT’S FOR SALE? ACTIVITY. (#4.8)
COMPLETE EXIT TICKET.
HOMEWORK:
VIDEO 6.6 & CORNELL NOTES.
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

2. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.5 Assessment
Based on what you have learned, do you believe the consumerism/materialism 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)

3. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.5 Assessment
Post-war America also saw the glorification of the woman as a (1)_____ and (2)_____, especially on TV and in magazines. As millions of Americans moved into the middle class they moved out to the (3)_____. As a result of the shift from living in the city to living in the suburbs, (4)____ sales boomed across the country producing drastic changes to the American landscape. The rise of the new middle class meant people had (5)_____ to spend which led to the rise of (6)____ or buying material goods as a sign of one’s success.