Social Life in

the 50’s

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Bell Ringer #1 for 2-14 and 2-18 2020

How would you define the

American Dream? What

are your dreams for the

future?

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The students can show what they know about how their person made a significant impact to the United States

by competing in a 1-minute presentation against someone else

2-14/18-20

• Bell Ringer #1 and discussion

• Time to get information and your thoughts together

• Go over how the competition works again.

• Let the competition begin. May the best team win. Have fun.

• You will be graded on this first round only. 30 points.

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What your presentation should have

1. What made your person an important or influential person.

2. How is your person the most significant. Sell them.

3. How did they change things. How did they impact our lives now?

4. What is their legacy?

5. Who was the person and what exactly were they all about

6. Fun facts. Not boring.

7. Be entertaining

The Students can understand the culture of the 1950’s by comparing it with

our current culture through lecture, discussion, research and video.

2-19/20-20

• Bell Ringer #2 and discussion

• Finish round 1 of Significant person contest

• Start information from the 50’s with guided notes

• Century Video of the 50’s.

• Round 2 next class.

Bell Ringer #2 for 2-19/20-20

Give me your take on the

Good Housekeeping

article from 1955. Why

was it realistic in the

50's? List 3 big roles that

have changed for women

in the last 60 years. Is that

a good or bad thing?

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The students can better understand the culture of the 50's through

lecture, class discussion, reading, video and write ups.

2-21/24-20

• Bell Ringer #3 and discussion over little boxes song over conformity

• Round 2 of the significant person contest. The action heats up

• Continue Notes over life in the 1950’s.

• Century Video clip from the 1950’s.

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Bell Ringer #3 for 2-21/24-20

Answer question about the song on the power point.

The Students can understand the culture of the 1950’s by

comparing it with our current culture through lecture, discussion,

research and video.

2-25/26-20

• Bell Ringer #4 (two-parter) and discussion

• Go over life in the 50’s

• Round 2 of the tournament of champions for the people that have not went.

• Century Video clip

• Lesson over comparing life to the 50’s to now.

Bell Ringer #4 for 2-

25 and 2-26

Who was Katherine

Johnson and why was

she significant to

America?

The students can understand what the American dream and

culture was like in the 1950's and compare it to what the culture

and how the American dream is now.

2-27/3-2

• Bell Ringer #5 and discussion

• Round of 8 competition

• Fill out sheet on now and then. Compare life in 1950's to 2020. Use the lap tops. On the back put pictures from the 50's and from 2020. Or write more information on the back side. You can draw them or print them out.

• Write a short essay comparing/contrasting the American dream in 1950's and now. ? I may cancel this if you do a good job on the comparison sheets???????

Bell Ringer #5 for 2-27/3-2

From what we have talked

about what do you think

you liked about the culture

in the 50’s compared to

now? What didn’t you

like? Explain.

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American Dream Compare/Contrast Essay instructions.

1. You will write a 4-5-paragraph essay of about a page in length and it will be broken

down with the following content.

2. Introduction (1st paragraph) You might want to

define your version of the American dream.

3. Explain what the American Dream was like for a

student coming out of high school in the 1950's citing

several examples. What were the good things back then? The

negative?

4. What is the American Dream like for a high school

student in 2020. Use yourself as an example. What do you feel is more difficult now? What is

better?

5. Conclusion. How do you feel the 1950's affected how we

live now and anything else you may want to add.

6. Remember your dream and life's ambitions may be different depending on where you live in

the United States.

The students can start to think about what Civil Rights means

to them personally.

3-3/4-20

• Bell Ringer #5 and discussion

• Civil Rights Pre test

• Civil Rights Simulation. Class discussion. Solo, partner and group exercise.

• Go over project for significant person contest

• Finish 50’s now and then sheet needs to be completed today

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3-3/4-20

Bell Ringer #5

In your own words

what are Civil

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• Civil rights, guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal

protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal

characteristics

The students can understand the history of the Civil Rights that

lead up to the things that happened during the 1950’s and 1960’s.

3-5/6-20

• Bell Ringer #6 and discussion

• Another Simulation on Civil Rights (Card game)

• Final four of the significant person contest

• Quiz over the 50’s. Review beforehand.

• Discussion and notes over Civil Rights(history of Civil Rights in America)

• Video clip over history of Civil Rights in America

• Now and Then activity over the 50’s needs to be completed today.

• Terminology Sheets.

Bell Ringer#6 for March 5 and 6 2020

Even though

the simulation was pretend

and a little dorky how did it

make you feel? Have you

ever been discriminated

against in any way? Do you

know of any Civil Rights

legislation in the history of

the United States?

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The students can understand the history of the Civil Rights

that led up to the things that happened during the 1950’s

and 1960’s

3-9/10-20

• Bell Ringer #8 and discussion

• Final four of the Significant person content in A Day and final in B Day.

• Discussion and guided notes over the history of Civil Rights in America

• Video clip over Civil Rights in America. Ordinary Americans. Write down 5 take a ways from the video clip that you did not know before.

• Work on Terminology sheets

Bell Ringer #8 for 3-9/10-20

What are your feelings

about the Corona Virus?

Do you feel that it is

overhyped by the media?

Do you feel that there

should be some concern?

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The students can understand the Civil Rights movement and how

it dealt with Segregation and how certain people like MLK and

Malcolm X dealt with it.

3-11/12-20

• Bell Ringer #9 and discussion

• Continue guided notes on Civil Rights focusing different forms of segregation and on Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

• Break into groups and answer questions from the pictures. Share with the entire class the answers you came up with. EACH PERSON NEEDS TO HAVE A SHEET FILLED OUT.

• Continue Civil Rights video and write down 5 take a ways from the video.

Bell Ringer # 9 for 3-11/12

What do you know

about Dr. Martin Luther

King?

Do you feel the

dream he talked about in

his speech has come true,

or do we still have some

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The students can understand the Civil Rights movement and how

it dealt with Segregation and who some of the leaders of the

movement were and what they did to make a difference

3-13/16-20

• Bell Ringer #10 and discussion

• Work on Civil Rights Packet. You can work in groups of three. Everyone

must complete a packet. Use the books, phone, computer, notes, etc. pg. 714

in the book.

• Finish last 15 minutes on History of Civil Rights for Ordinary people. Write

down 5 take things you took away from the clip.

Bell Ringer #10 for 3-13/16

If you had to change

something in U.S. History

that we have studied so far

what would it be and why?

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Bell Ringer

What were some gender roles you found interesting from

the 50's that you read about in the last class?

What do you know about John F. Kennedy?

The SWBAT understand Civil Rights and gender roles from

the 50's through research, lecture, and discussion

• Bell Ringer #8 and discussion

• Quiz. You can use your notes, terminology sheets and book. Not your phone.

• Finish infographic

• Finish terminology sheets

• Video clip over JFK ? If finished with infographic.

The SWBAT understand the rules and requirements of the significant

person contest and they will draft a person by the end of the class.

• Bell Ringer #10 and discussion

• Go over Significant person contest

• Pull names and draft

• Finish Infographic and any other unfinished stuff

• JFK assassination (60 minutes episode)

Bell Ringer

Not counting the

Presidents, who were a

few significant people we

have talked about, or will

talk about, that have made

a significant impact on

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The SWBAT understand the major things that made their person

a significant person in history and how they were impactful.

3-18/19-19

• Bell Ringer #11 and discussion

• Go to the Career Center for first half

• Research information for significant person contest

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Bell Ringer

Who was St. Patrick and why do we celebrate St.

Patrick's Day? What do you know about it?

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Bell Ringer #12

In round 1 of the significant person contest what is

something you remember that someone talked about

or did? What did you like?

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The SWBAT understand how Lyndon Johnson

implemented the Great Society and how it impacted society

• Bell Ringer #13 and discussion. Also complete bell ringer 12 from last class

• Complete first round presentations we did not do last class

• Notes over Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

• Video over the assassination of JFK

• Time to do any other work

Bell Ringer

What do you know about the JFK

assassination? Do you think there was a

conspiracy, and do you think there was more

than one shooter?

The SWBAT understand how Lyndon Johnson implemented the

Great Society and how it impacted society

• Bell Ringer #14 and discussion

• Round #2 of the tournament that is not completed.

• Round 3 next class.

• Continue discussion of LBJ and the Great Society programs of the 60's.

• Video clip?

• Review material for test. You can work with partners

• Test next class period over the era of social change?

Bell Ringer

What is Medicaid and

Medicare? Are social

programs like this

necessary and good for

the United States, or

should they be removed?

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The SWBAT show what they know about the era of

social change by meeting proficiency on a unit test

• Bell Ringer #15 and discussion. Review format

• Make sure round 2 of competitions are finished.

• LBJ video clip

• Review sheet for test

• 15 Bell Ringers are due.

• Round 3 of the significant person contest will continue next class.

Bell Ringer

Write down three things you have learned in this

unit that included the 50's, civil rights, JFK, and

LBJ.

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The SWBAT to review for the upcoming unit test by reading and

completing review sheets in groups and playing some review

games.

• Round 3 final 8 of the competitions.

• Work on review sheets for test next class.

• Work on essay/brochure for significant person

• Review game Ka hoot for test next class.

• No bell ringer. Those were collected last class.

• No class on 4-9 because of SAT testing.

The SWBAT show what they know about the era of social

change by meeting proficiency on the unit test.

• Bell Ringer #1 and discussion.

• Review for test

• Unit 6 test over era of social change.

• Turn in review sheets and any other unfinished work for this unit.

• Video clip

Bell Ringer #1 for

4-11/12

Write down at least two

things you know about the

Vietnam War?

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