US History 4.30.10 AIM: Were the 1950s full of conformists or

rebels?

Do Now: 1. Turn in Sci-Fi story plot 2. What clothing do you imagine young people wearing in the 1950s?

Homework: Read 821-831, Study for Cold War/1950s test Tuesday! (Wednesday for period 5)

School Days until US History Regents: 30

Television

Suburbia

Baby Boom

Elvis Presley

King of Rock And Roll

Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation

Rebels and Squares debate • Half of you will be “Squares,” and will

use evidence to tell us why the 1950s were “peachy keen!”

• The rest of you will be “Rebels,” and will use evidence to tell us why the 1950s were such a drag– “dullsville.”

US History 5.3.10 AIM: How can we understand the emotional

state of the United States during the Cold War?

Do Now: How did Americans protect themselves from Nuclear threat?

Homework: Study for Cold War/1950s test TOMORROW (W for pd. 5)

School Days until US History Regents: 29

Domino Theory: Communism

Nuclear Fallout

The Family Fallout Shelter

“Duck and Cover,” 1951

Space Race

Sputnik -->

Station #1

Station #1

Station #1

US History 5.6.10 AIM: How does the film Pleasantville show us

a transition from 1950s culture to the Civil Rights Era?

Do Now: Get ready to watch!

Homework: Pleasantville Viewing Guide due Friday (Monday for pd. 5)

School Days until US History Regents: 26