Unit 5: Postwar America

SS-US.9-12.15 Assess the impact of individuals and reform movements on changes to civil rights and liberties.

• Unit 5 E-Textbook

• LT 12: I can analyze the challenges for the U.S. as a world power post WWII

  • Day 1- Intro to the Cold War Era

    • Assignment- External Pressures on the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe

  • Day 2- Spreading Democracy

    • Assignment- Berlin Blockade

  • Day 3- The Cold War Turns Hot

    • Assignment- The World's Newest Dictator

      • New York Times Upfront Article

  • Day 4- The Cold War at Home

    • Assignment- Who's The Communist?

  • Day 5- Two Nations Live on the Edge

    • Assignment- Exit Ticket on the last slide

  • LT 12 Assessment

• LT 13: I can analyze the growth of the U.S. economy and culture post WWII.

  • Day 7- Post War America

    • Assignment- Converting Prices

  • Day 8- 1950’S American Dream

    • Assignment- Levittown- 1951 American Dream Houses All in a Row

  • This Is Our Town - Fort Madison Iowa - 1954

  • Day 9- 1950’S Popular Culture

    • Assignment- 1950s Women at Home

  • LT 13 Assessment