Period 8: 1945 - 1980 (Chapters 37-40 in American Pageant)
After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities while struggling to live up to its ideals.
- Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and working to maintain a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.
- Key Concept 8.2: New movements for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of government generated a range of political and cultural responses.
- Key Concept 8.3: Postwar economic and demographic changes had far-reaching consequences for American society, politics, and culture.
PODCASTS
The Cold War
www.britannica.com/event/Cold-War
www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history
www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/
Great video of the History of Cuba and Slavery and the Cold War - yes it's all connected
www.vox.com/world/2017/5/15/15641594/world-history-video-bill-wurtz
www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history
www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/
Great video of the History of Cuba and Slavery and the Cold War - yes it's all connected
www.vox.com/world/2017/5/15/15641594/world-history-video-bill-wurtz
Dr. Seuss WWII Cartoons
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Period 8 Videos: Civil Rights
Crash Course - Civil Rights Movement www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64zRnnn4Po
Crash Course - the 1960's: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXFb1sMa38
Crash Course: The Cold War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0
Mighty Times: The Children's March: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-QkNkMZjk
Selma: From the Bridge to the Ballot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8-zk6tY-9Y
Viva la Causa! Cesar Chavez: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPdfyocFju4
March on Washington August 1963 March on Washington Fast Facts
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech 1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech
Governor George Wallace Segregation Speech 1963: George Wallace "Segregation Forever" Speech
Protests songs from the March on Washington
https://folkways.si.edu/we-shall-overcome-documentary-of-the-march-on-washington/african-american-spoken-american-history-documentary-struggle-protest/album/smithsonian
Joan Baez performs "We Shall Overcome" at the March on Washington
Bob Dylan "Oxford Town": www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaxiG1UWl0U
James Brown :"Say it Loud: I'm Black and Proud: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRSAVDlpDI
Curtis Mayfield: "People Get Ready" www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKEbnS1eBE
Nina Simone: Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam
The Korean Conflict
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/what-we-learned-from-the-korean-war/278016/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflwOsXn1-U
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1950s-america/a/the-korean-war
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1950s-america/v/korean-war-overview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflwOsXn1-U
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1950s-america/a/the-korean-war
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1950s-america/v/korean-war-overview
Beatniks
HOWL by Ginsberg: Text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl
Reading: (start at 40:50) https://archive.org/details/naropa_anne_waldman_and_allen_ginsberg
Analysishttps://owlcation.com/humanities/Analysis-of-Poem-Howl-by-Allen-Ginsberg
NAKED LUNCH by Burroughs
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113610846
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/apr/16/naked-lunch-william-burroughs
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1701188-on-the-road
SONGS BY BOB DYLAN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AylFqdxRMwE
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/why-bob-dylan-is-a-literary-genius-105108/
yourstory.com/2017/05/music-of-bob-dylan
https://www.thoughtco.com/bob-dylan-and-civil-rights-movement-1322012
McCarthyism
What is McCarthyism? www.youtube.com/watch?v=N35IugBYH04
The Kennedy Family
short video on the Kennedy / Nixon 1960 Presidential Debate How JFK's Clever TV Strategies Helped Him Win the Election
Legacy of the debate: 1960-1976 In debates, appearances matter: Kennedy v. Nixon
JFK Inaugural Address 1961 : John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
Kennedy Assassination November 22 1963: The Undamaged Zapruder Film
The day John F. Kennedy was killed: How America mourned a fallen president
RFK announces MLK Assassination: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKzCff8Zbs
Legacy of the debate: 1960-1976 In debates, appearances matter: Kennedy v. Nixon
JFK Inaugural Address 1961 : John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
Kennedy Assassination November 22 1963: The Undamaged Zapruder Film
The day John F. Kennedy was killed: How America mourned a fallen president
RFK announces MLK Assassination: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKzCff8Zbs
Vietnam War
Tet Offensive short video:www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive
Kent State www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmd6CHah7Wg
Protest Songs:
www.cfr.org/blog/twenty-best-vietnam-protest-songs
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son: www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM
Kent State www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmd6CHah7Wg
Protest Songs:
www.cfr.org/blog/twenty-best-vietnam-protest-songs
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son: www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM
The Rise and Fall of Richard M. Nixon
Nixon resurrected after 1962: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ectDJDcMuy8
Watergate in 7 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOY_KlrMsUg
Watergate in 7 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOY_KlrMsUg
Files to Read, Study and Use for Homework
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Files to use to Study for Period Test
Supplemental Files: Powerpoints 1945 - 1980:
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