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Station Activity: Chapter 41, Peace, Prosperity, and Progress . Distribute worksheet You will be divided into six stations. Follow the directions on your worksheet for each station. After 5 minutes, you will rotate to the left to another station.
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Station Activity: Chapter 41, Peace, Prosperity, and Progress • Distribute worksheet • You will be divided into six stations. Follow the directions on your worksheet for each station. • After 5 minutes, you will rotate to the left to another station. • We will debrief at the end of class (or Friday).
Station 1: 41.2 Postwar Politics: Readjustments and Challenges • Read the following article: http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-115.htm • What were the goals of Truman’s Fair Deal? • What worked? • What didn’t? • Look at pg. 534 in the textbook. How was the Taft-Hartley Act an attempt to stop the progressive reforms of the Fair Deal?
Station 2: 41.3, Economic Growth Creates an Age of Affluence • How are each of the following items examples of encouraging consumption? • Advertisement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7t9YlMxWoE • Buy Now, Pay Later: http://books.google.com/books?id=pt-o5xnJXvkC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=credit+card+1950s&source=bl&ots=bsrz0rhjds&sig=Rz6wOPPxq1VRfn2iPUIAVuzTM4E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IjIMUZWKMqS2iwLCl4GwBg&ved=0CJQBEOgBMA0#v=onepage&q=credit%20card%201950s&f=false • Planned Obsolescence: http://www.economist.com/node/13354332 • Read the section on page 539 titled “The Workforce Shifts from Blue- to White-Collar Jobs” • Why did the shift take place? • What is an example of a blue-collar job? • What is an example of a white-collar job?
Station 3: 41.4 Marriage, Families, & a Baby Boom • Watch the following video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_A9PFOY18 • What was life like for the middle class? • What was the “baby boom” • What was the expectation for middle class women? • *If time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-I-sYNuLq0
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States • Analyze the images provided • Why was there a shift from the “Rust Belt” to the “Sunbelt” in the 1950s? • Why are the regions of the US called the “Sunbelt” and “Rustbelt”? • Use page 543 for help (if necessary)
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States
Station 4: 41.5 Population Shifts to Suburbs and Sunbelt States
Station 5: 41.6 The Triumph of the Automobile • Watch the following video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-m3FEm5VA • What are three reasons for the emergence of a “car culture” in the 1950s. • What did they look like? • How was owning a car a status symbol? • How did President Eisenhower justify the Interstate Highway Act? • What types of activities and job opportunities became possible as a result of the car?
Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life • Use the images provided and the following links to respond to the questions: • Link 1:http://www.ehow.com/info_8086895_medical-discoveries-1950s.html • Link 2: http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/nuclear.htm • How did technological advancements change life for the American people? Give three specific examples.
Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life
Station 6: 41.7, Technological Advances Transform Everyday Life