The Post War Era1945-1963

Paul C. Lohr10th Grade

U.S. History

A Social Studies Lesson

ED 648 Winter 2003

Dr. Helms

Table of Contents American Heritage People in Societies World Interactions Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities Democratic Process Decision Making Resources Science, Technology & Society Activities: Five for each Strand Website Resources

American Heritage President

Truman Post War

Foreign Policy Challenges

Labor Strikes

American Heritage Gen MacArthur Japan’s New

Constitution Korean War

Starts Inchon Civilian vs.

Military control of Foreign Policy

American Heritage WWII Hero Author of

Crusade NATO Elected

President 1952 http://www.picturehistory

.com/search?word1=eisenhower&submit.x=5&submit.y=13

American Heritage President Kennedy WWII Hero Controversial

Father Elected President

1960 “New Frontier” Cold Warrior?

American Heritage Vienna 1961

Summit Cuba Issue Bay of Pigs Missile Crisis

People in Societies Berlin Wall Arial

view 1961

construction West Berlin Issue Russian Threat:

separate peace treaty with East Germany

People in Societies United Nations Adlai Stevenson,

US Ambassador to the United Nations

Proof of Missiles in Cuba

World Interactions Ike & Deim 1954 South Vietnam Support policy

begins in earnest CIA dirty tricks in

Southeast Asia Puppet pulls his

own strings

World Interactions Korean Peninsula Acheson speech

omits Korea 38th Parallel

surrender line Northern Invasion

of the South, June 1950

World Interactions Proximity to Japan Containment Spheres of

Influence Doctrine US Containment

Policy Truman Doctrine

World Interactions Arial Photo of

Soviet Missiles in Cuba

Change in Balance of Power

Brinkmanship

Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities

Senator Joseph McCarthy

H.U.A.C Loyalty Oaths Witch Hunts http://www.picturehistory

.com/find/p/13474/mcms.html

Citizenship Rights & Resistibility's

1954 Brown vs. Board of Education

School Integration “All deliberate

speed” Little Rock,

Arkansas Senate filibusters Senator Russell

Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities

President Truman issued executive order integrating the United States Armed Forces

Lynching of Black Veterans in the South

Democratic Process FDR & Truman Truman in the

Dark? Court House

Politician? Election of 1948 “Dewey Defeats

Truman” headline

Democratic Process Truman Sworn in as

President Atom bomb

decision Russia &

Poland/Yalta Issue

Democratic Process Iron Curtain Speech by

Winston Churchill 1946 Aid to Greece & Turkey Russians out of Iran? Marshall Plan NATO Containment Policy http://

www.picturehistory.com/search?word1=harry+truman&submit.x=8&submit.y=

Democratic Process Ike & JFK 1960 Peaceful transition

of political power New generation

takes over Inherits Bay of Pigs

plan http://

www.picturehistory.com/search?word1=eisenhower&submit.x=5&submit.y=13

Democratic Process Dallas 1963 Kenney

assassinated LBJ Sworn into

Office Conspiracy

Theory

Decision Making & Resources Dollar Diplomacy Post war inflation GNP growth

Decision Making & Resources Defense Budget Postwar

demobilization Containment Peace through

strength? Arms Race MAD theory

Decision Making & Resources Guns vs. Butter US Nuclear

Umbrella US standard of

Living

Decision Making & Resources Increase in

automobile ownership

Construction of Interstate Highway System

Decision Making & Resources Kennedy at key

advisors during Cuban Missile Crisis

Mobilization Arms Race again

Science, Technology & Society Advances in

medical science DNA molecule Smallpox & Polio

defeated

Science, Technology & Society Space technology Jets & Rockets Sputnik Race for the Moon

American Heritage Activities John F. Kennedy Biography video Password Vocabulary exercise Civil Rights Time Line activity 1948 Election group project report Jeopardy Cold War review exercise

People & Societies Activities SS St. Louis Immigration role play Schindler’s List Video Religions of the World group

reports Vietnam History Timeline project History Alive Birth of Israel activity

World Interactions Activities Dangerous Parallels simulation Diplomacy Game simulation Arms Race Debate exercise Compare & Contrast: WWI 1914 &

Iraq 2003 exercise Cold War Panel Discussion activity

Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities

Activities School Board Visit & Report project Write Your Congressman activity Analysis:Senate Passage of the

1957 Civil Rights Law activity 1896 Plessy & 1954 Brown Supreme

Court Compare & Contrast exercise Political Orientation Survey activity

Democratic Process Activities Mock Congress exercise Presidential Election simulation Construct Election Map activity Presidential Primary simulation Campaign Poster project

Decision Making & Resources Activities Stock Market simulation Inflation & Products simulation Population Explosion video Guns & Butter Evaluative Economic

group exercise GNP 1945-1965 Graph Analysis

exercise

Science, Technology & Society Activities World Resources Popcorn exercise Dr. Jonas Salk biography video Changing Life Expectancy Activity Space Race A & E video History of Television A & E video

Resource Websites Korean War Anniversary Website http://www.tcsaz.com/koreanwar/timeline.html Social Studies Lesson Plans http://www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html Korean War http://www.search.com/click?sl,marin.1.channel.28-

142.1.0.korean+War.0,http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekorean%2Dwar%2Ecom%2F

Korean War Chronology http://www.korean-war.com/TimeLine/

KoreanWarChronology.html

Resource Websites Berlin Wall Website http://www.dieberlinermauer.de/berlinwallhome/berlinw

allhome.html Korean War Photos http://www.picturehistory.com/search?

word1=nato&submit.x=5&submit.y=4

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