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Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era

URL:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1970s-america/v/continuity-and-change-in-the-postwar-era

Content Source:

Other
Khan Academy

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

This video from Khan Academy provides an overview of how the events of the postwar era reshaped America. An overview of how the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and student protests of the 1960s changed core beliefs around citizenship, cultural values, and the proper US role in the world. The video can be used to introduce social and cultural changes in the US during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The video is 10 minutes and 16 seconds in length.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 11
United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

15 ) Describe changing social and cultural conditions in the United States during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. [A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]

Examples: economic impact on the culture, feminist movement, recession, Arab oil embargo, technical revolution

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Summarize the changing social and cultural conditions in the United States during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Teacher Vocabulary:

feminist
movement
embargo
environmentalism
counterculture

Knowledge:

Students know:

The conditions that were conducive to the creation of social and cultural movements during the 1950s-1970s, including the feminist movement, technical revolution, Chicano movement, Women's Movement, American Indian Movement, environmentalism, and the counterculture movement.
Social and cultural movements in the United States of the 1950s-1970s.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information related to historical events.
Read and comprehend historical texts independently and proficiently on various topics related to historical events.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

The social and cultural conditions in the United States during 1950s, 1960, and 1970s changed significantly.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.11.15- Compare and contrast examples of changing social and cultural conditions during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
SS.AAS.11.15a - Identify the major movements that occurred in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1070s, including the Feminist Movement, United Farm Workers and the American Indian Movement (AIM).

Tags:

American Indian Movement, Chicano Movement, civil rights, womens feminist movement

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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era