Suburbanization

Write down two positives and two negatives for living in the city.

Warm-up

Debate Monday March 28th

Test Tuesday March 29th

Reminders

Why did hundreds of thousands of people move from cities to suburbs in the middle of the 20th century?

Question of the Day

Suburbs- A residential region (where people live) around a city.

GI Bill- a bill that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. It also provided many different types of loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses.

Vocabulary

Army

G. I. Bill The GI Bill was created in 1944 to prevent

WWII veterans from protesting. Among other things, it paid for any veteran’s

entire education-college for free! The GI Bill also loaned money for a very good

rate-making it easier to buy a house!

Impact Schools increased employment. More people than ever before went to college. The work force increased expectations for

workers. Allowed more people to own homes and leave

the city.

GI Bill

Roads

In 1956 Congress gave millions of dollars to redo the highways that connected America.

Impacts of a better, faster highway system: Go faster More accidents Pollution More gas More cars Traffic Live further from work

US Interstate Highway System

Family life

Baby BoomA large and sudden increase in the birth rate in America between 1946 and 1964

Baby Boom

Baby BoomBecause of soldiers returning from war, birth rates increased during the 1950’60’s period.Over 76 million American children were born during this period.Baby boomers were coddled by parents and lived in protected, wealthy, suburban livesGreater need for education, jobs, housing

Shopping

Suburbs

Baby boomGI BillInterstate Highway System

What Caused the Growth of the Suburbs?

Listen to this song and read the lyrics. We will be discussing what this song demonstrates about life in America in the 1950s.

Life in the 1950s

Why was the GI Bill passed? What were the two main things that the GI Bill did? What was an impact of the GI Bill? What happened to the birth rate after WWII? Why did it go up? What is an impact of the baby boom? What did Congress do in 1956? Why does this matter? What were the 3 things that lead to the growth of

the suburbs?

Practice!

What do you think are the long term effects of suburbanization?

Is suburbanization part of the American Dream or homogenization (grouping people who are similar together) of American culture?

Is suburbanization a positive migration in American history or a negative? Explain

Let’s push our thinking

Now you own your own construction company making homes in the suburbs in the 1950s

Create an ad that will convince people to move out of the city

Give at least one PUSH and one PULL reason!

Minimum 3 colors

Create an AD!