Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum

Crossroads:
Middle School Curriculum

Unit XI: Leader of the Free World, 1945-1975

Question 1: In what ways did the United States and the Soviet Union conduct a "cold war" beginning in 1946?

Resource 1: Defining "Cold War"
Resource 2: Major Events of the Cold War
Resource 3: Reading A: Truman Doctrine
Resource 4: Reading B: Marshall Plan
Resource 5: Reading C: Berlin Airlift
Resource 6: Reading D: Creation of NATO
Resource 7: Reading E: Korean War
Resource 8: Reading F: Quarantine of Cuba

Question 2: How did post-war technology and prosperity affect life in the 1950s?

Resource 1: Technology and Prosperity Chart
Resource 2: Advertisement: General Electric
Resource 3: Advertisement: IBM (National Geographic Magazine, January 1950) not available
Resource 4: Advertisement: Dumont
Resource 5: Advertisement: Ford (National Geographic Magazine, May 1954) - not available
Resource 6: Advertisement: Michigan Tourist Council
Resource 7: Advertisement: Zenith (National Geographic Magazine, September 1955) - not available
Resource 8: Advertisement: Union Carbide (National Geographic Magazine, October 1955) - not available
Resource 9: Advertisement: Bell Telephone (National Geographic Magazine, September 1956)- not available
Resource 10: Advertisement: Graflex
Resource 11: Advertisement: Zenith (National Geographic Magazine, April 1957) - not available
Resource 12: Advertisement: Douglas (National Geographic Magazine, July 1957) - not available
Resource 13: Advertisement: IBM (National Geographic Magazine, September 1957) - not available
Resource 14: Advertisement: Smith Corona (National Geographic Magazine, October 1957) - not available
Resource 15: Advertisement: Thomas Organs (National Geographic Magazine, November 1957) - not available
Resource 16: Advertisement: Bell Telephone
Resource 17: Advertisement: Frigidaire (National Geographic Magazine, May 1958) - not available
Resource 18: Advertisement: Yuba Power Products
Resource 19: Advertisement: Toro (National Geographic Magazine, April 1960) - not available
Resource 20: Advertisement: Hoover (National Geographic Magazine, October 1960) - not available

Question 3: In what ways did the Civil Rights movement change the lives of African Americans?

Resource 1: Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Future of America
Resource 2: Civil Rights: Before and After Chart
Resource 3: Civil Rights: Before and After Chart-Teacher Guide
Resource 4: Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream"
Resource 5: Malcolm X: An Alternate Dream
Resource 6: Black Panther Party: An Alternate Dream
Resource 7: The Unfulfilled Dream
Resource 8: Civil Rights: Your Dream for the Future

Question 4: How and why did the Vietnam divide America?

Resource 1: Divisive Issues Chart
Resource 2: Divisive Issue: The Draft
Resource 3: Divisive Issue: Pentagon Papers
Resource 4: Divisive Issue: Kent State
Resource 5: Divisive Issue: Undeclared War
Resource 6: Divisive Issue: Escalation
Resource 7: Divisive Issue: Napalm
Resource 8: Divisive Issue: My Lai
Resource 9: Divisive: Political Cartoons
Resource 10: Divisive Issues Political Cartoons: Assessment Criteria

Question 5: Rate the presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon

Resource 1: Researching a President: John F. Kennedy
Resource 2: Researching a President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Resource 3: Researching a President: Richard M. Nixon
Resource 4: Presidents Chart
Resource 5: Essay on the Presidents: Assessment Criteria

Crossroads:Middle School Curriculum

Crossroads:
Middle School Curriculum