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Period 8: 1945-1980 - The Cold War and Redefining America


Assignments for Mr. Hutchison's classes:

April 10, 2019 Class Activities
April 11, 2019 Class Activities
Reminder:  April 12 will be an in-class DBQ essay!
April 23, 2019 Class Activities
April 24, 2019 Class Activities

Content Block Activity Files

Click on the links below to download and complete activities:
  1. Scored Discussion #6 Documents
    1. ​​Historians on the Atomic Bomb
  2. Teenagers in the 1950's​​
    1. Essential Historical Question:  In what ways did youth culture in the 1950's influence the braoder American experience?
  3. Cold War Practice DBQ
  4. ​1950's Stations Guide and Stations​
  5. Montgomery Bus Boycott Documents
  6. Letter from a Birmingham Jail DocBlock
  7. MLK and Malcolm X Documents
  8. Civil Rights Movement DBQ
  9. Civil Rights Act Documents​
  10. Aims of the Movements Documents and Chart
  11. Widening the Struggle Stations 
  12. Opposing Viewpoints on the Vietnam War:   Lyndon Johnson                       Eugene McCarthy
  13. Vietnam War according to global textbooks
  14. Great Society Documents
  15. ​Reading - Conservatism begins in the Sixties​
  16. Nixon Practice DBQ
  17. Historians Debate the Seventies
  18. Link to the ​Camp David Accords
  19. ​Iran Hostage Crisis Documents
  20. From Malaise to Morning in America DBQ practice
April 25 PowerPoint
April 26 PowerPoint

Skills Activity Files

vietnam_blank_map.pdf
File Size: 1144 kb
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vietnam_war_map_directions.pdf
File Size: 215 kb
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women_in_the_1950s_sheg_documents.pdf
File Size: 188 kb
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cold_war_sheg_documents.pdf
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Cold War Stations:  Use the document files below to respond to the questions on the directions sheet
cold_war_stations_directions.pdf
File Size: 105 kb
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truman_and_macarthur_sheg_handouts.pdf
File Size: 134 kb
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guatemala_student_docs.pdf
File Size: 506 kb
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cuban_missile_crisis_sheg_documents.pdf
File Size: 145 kb
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korean_war_student_docs.pdf
File Size: 452 kb
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great_society_sheg_documents.pdf
File Size: 149 kb
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montgomery_boycott_sheg_documents.pdf
File Size: 181 kb
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stonewall_riots_student_materials_0.pdf
File Size: 163 kb
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gulf_of_tonkin_resolution_sheg_documents.pdf
File Size: 152 kb
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anti-vietnam_war_movement_sheg_documents.pdf
File Size: 155 kb
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watergate_primary_source_worksheet.pdf
File Size: 191 kb
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u-s-v-nixon.pdf
File Size: 721 kb
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smoking-gun-transcript-v-2.pdf
File Size: 102 kb
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Document Recitation Block Files

george_orwell_you_and_the_atomic_bomb.pdf
File Size: 78 kb
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historians_debate_the_cold_war.pdf
File Size: 6268 kb
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Cold War Lit Circles
commager_who_is_loyal20161215061629836.pdf
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mccarthy_on_the_attack20161215061439513.pdf
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critique_of_containment20161215061323508.pdf
File Size: 1934 kb
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truman_doctrine20161215061208642.pdf
File Size: 1576 kb
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letter_from_a_birmingham_jail_abriged.pdf
File Size: 169 kb
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southern_manifesto.pdf
File Size: 6 kb
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Old PowerPoints for Reference

cold_war_notes.pdf
File Size: 418 kb
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civil_rights_movement.pdf
File Size: 521 kb
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civil_rights_movement_widening_struggle.pdf
File Size: 1142 kb
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stonewall_riots_sheg.pdf
File Size: 1489 kb
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stormy_sixties.pdf
File Size: 1412 kb
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the-vietnam-war.pdf
File Size: 17669 kb
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the_1970s.pdf
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Targeted Standards

NAT-1.0​ Explain how ideas about democracy, freedom, and individualism found expression in the development of cultural values, political institutions, and American identity.
POL-2.0​ Explain how popular movements, reform efforts, and activist groups have sought to change American society and institutions.
​POL-3.0 ​Explain how different beliefs about the federal government’s role in U.S. social and economic life have affected political debates and policies.
CUL-3.0 ​Explain how ideas about women’s rights and gender roles have affected society and politics.
WOR-1.0​ Explain how cultural interaction, cooperation, competition, and conflict between empires, nations, and peoples have influenced political, economic, and social developments in North America.
Other resources you might find interesting:
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LGBT civil rights interviews: https://makinggayhistory.com/
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  • Calendar
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  • Textbook
  • Period Materials
    • Period 1 - 1491-1607
    • Period 2 - 1607-1754
    • Period 3 - 1754-1800
    • Period 4 - 1800-1848
    • Period 5 - 1844-1877
    • Period 6 - 1865-1898
    • Period 7 - 1890-1945 >
      • New Deal Murals
      • Response to Economic Crisis
      • Hitler Documents
      • WWII Homefront Circles
      • Holocaust Intervention
    • Period 8 - 1945-1980
    • Period 9 - 1980-present
  • APUSH Exam Review
  • Writing Tips