Period 8: 1945 to 1980Cold War: 1950s through the 1980s

Organizing Principles - Between World War II and 1960, the New Deal philosophy that the government was a legitimateagent of social welfare became firmly embedded in the American mind.

The Cold War led the United States to pursue an ambivalent policy of confrontation, negotiation,and preventive maintenance between 1945 and 1970.

Disillusionment with the increasingly violent protest of the 1960s led to the entrenchment ofconservative ideology between 1968 and 1992.

The Cold War led the United States to pursue an ambivalent policy of confrontation, negotiation,and preventive maintenance between 1945 and 1970.

Date Quarter 2Class Discussion Topic

Assignment

April 22 Teacher Work Day Amsco: 529-539

April 23 World War II in a Day Causes and European Aggression

Flipped Videos- Shaver’s WorstLectures on WWII ever

April 24 Period 6 & 7 Exam Amsco: Chapter 26

April 25 Start Period 8

Harry Truman’s Presidency Domestic and Foreign Policy

Eisenhower’s Presidency Domestic and Foreign Policy

Amsco: Chapter 27

April 26 Finish 1950’s Presidencies

1950’s Culture

Flipped Video- Finish 1950’sCulture

Flipped Video- Intro to the Kennedy and the Election of 1960

Amsco: Chapter 28

Originally Created by W. HierlAdapted by B. Shaver 2019

Date Quarter 2Class Discussion Topic

Assignment

April 29 Rise of the Civil Rights Movement (1950s-1960s) Flipped Video- Kennedy and LBJStudy for AP Exam

April 30 Review Kennedy and LBJ

Vietnam in about a day

Amsco: Chapter 28Study for AP Exam

May 1 Review Day! /Teacher March in Raleigh Study for AP Exam

May 2 Finish VietnamNixon’s PresidencyForeign and Domestic Policy

Amsco: Chapter 29Study for AP Exam

May 3 Finish Nixon’s Presidency

Ford and Carter in a Day

Study for AP Exam

Date Quarter 2Class Discussion Topic

Assignment

May 6 Ronald Reagan and the Election of 1980 Attend after school review sessions

May 7 Bush-Clinton-Bush

Review

Attend after school review Sessions

May 8 Review Attend after school review sessions

May 9 Review Attend after school review sessions

May 10AP EXAM!!!!!! Sleep the sweet sleep of

knowing you worked your hardest!

Originally Created by W. HierlAdapted by B. Shaver 2019