NAME PERIOD UNIT 7: 1945-NOW: LIFE IN THE MODERN AGE DATES/ASSIGNMENTS: (May 10 th & 13 th )Postwar Life and Cold War (1950 s) /20 points (May 14 th & 15 th )Civil Rights Movement (1960 s) /20 points (May 16 th & 17 th )What Else Happened? (1970 s- Modern Day) /10 points (May 20 th & 21 st )Utah Today/Start Millennium Video /10 points (May 22 nd & 23 rd )Finish Millennium Video/Primary Source Analysis /10 points (May 24 th & 28 th )FINAL SURVEY/TEAM CELEBRATION TOTAL /70 points 1
POST-WAR LIFE AND COLD WAR Notes: 2
COLD WAR CROSSWORD DIRECTIONS Complete the crossword using your notes and the article we read in class. The clues are on the next page. 3
ACROSS 5. When the Soviet Union set up nuclear missiles in Cuba 8. Pact was an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries 10. A botched attempt by the US to take over the government of Fidel Castro 11. The Berlin was when the Allies flew food and supplies over East Germany to the city of Berlin 14. Government of the Soviet Union where there was no private property 15. War fought at the 38th parallel 18. An easing of relations between the Soviet Union and the US 19. The subject of this crossword puzzle 20. Ho Minh :Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam war 25. Country where the Soviet Union fought a long and wasteful war against rebels called the Mujahideen 27. The Union was the superpower that fought the cold war against the United States 28. The Doctrine was a US policy designed to stop the spread of communism 29. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs 30. The Curtain DOWN 1. Senator Joseph orchestrated the Red Scare against communism in the US 2. The Yom Kippur War was fought between this country and the Arab states of Egypt and Syria 3. She was the British Prime Minister during much the Cold War 4. City with a wall around it to prevent people from escaping from East Germany 6. United States president who said tear down this wall 7. The Suez Crisis occurred when Egypt took control of this waterway 9. German philosopher and author who wrote about the idea of communism as a government 12. A weapon uses nuclear forces to create an enormous explosion 13. Leader of Cuba 16. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 17. A policy by which the Soviet government was more open and allowed for some level of freedom of speech 21. Acronym for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 22. Zedong was the founder of Communist China 23. The United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war were often called by this name to reflect their military 24. Neil was the first man to set foot on the Moon 26. Soviet leader Mikhail brought reform to the Soviet Union and helped to end the Cold War 4
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT INTRODUCTION: It s almost time for the opening of the African American art exhibit at the Vista Heights Middle School Museum. You are a museum curator at will explore African American art and music from before, during, and after the Harlem Renaissance. There are three exhibits, each from a slightly different time period. Unfortunately on the way to the museum, the crate fell over and all of the artifacts were mixed up. The labels are missing and now you don t know which artifacts are supposed to go with which exhibit! (You will split into groups and figure out which artifacts go with your assigned time period.) VHMS Museum Special Event! Pre-1920 1920-1945 1945-Present TO DO LIST: STEP 1- Use your group information sheet to figure out what life was like in the time of your exhibit, and then rank on your Artifact List the artifacts from 1-8 depending on how sure you are that the artifact is yours. We will then be choosing artifacts and describing them using the Fleming Model for Artifact Study sheets in your packet. (This is the same model that real curators use. Wow!) STEP 2- After describing the artifacts, we will be creating our classroom museum. Each group will present their artifacts to the rest of the class. Good luck! Make sure you get the right artifacts in your exhibit, or the public will be outraged! 5
FLEMING MODEL FOR ARTIFACT STUDY Name of Artifact # 1 Identification 1. What materials would have been used to create the artifact? 2. What type of person do you thing created the artifact? 3. Are there any interesting words or phrases on the artifact? If so list them below: 4. What was this artifact used? What was its purpose? 5. Is the artifact one- of- a- kind or were many made just like this one? 6
FLEMING MODEL FOR ARTIFACT STUDY Name of Artifact # 2 Identification 1. What materials would have been used to create the artifact? 2. What type of person do you thing created the artifact? 3. Are there any interesting words or phrases on the artifact? If so list them below: 4. What was this artifact used? What was its purpose? 5. Is the artifact one- of- a- kind or were many made just like this one? 7
FLEMING MODEL FOR ARTIFACT STUDY Name of Artifact # 3 Identification 1. What materials would have been used to create the artifact? 2. What type of person do you thing created the artifact? 3. Are there any interesting words or phrases on the artifact? If so list them below: 4. What was this artifact used? What was its purpose? 5. Is the artifact one- of- a- kind or were many made just like this one? 8
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? 9
UTAH TODAY DIRECTIONS: Fill in the boxes with 2 facts from the station. (listing is acceptable) Population Entertainment Industry Sports Mining Technology Industry Agriculture Schools & Universities Tourism What is your least favorite thing about living in Utah? What is your favorite thing about living in Utah? 10
WORKING IN UTAH DIRECTIONS: Use the chart above to answer the questions. 1. How many occupations in the chart have average incomes over $30,000? 2. Which occupation on the chart has the highest average income? Which has the lowest average income? 3. Why do you think computer programmers have higher wages than cashiers? 11
America The Story of Us: MILLENIUM DIRECTIONS: Read the introduction below. You need to answer each question with 2-3 thoughtful sentences. INTRODUCTION The story of post-war America is retold though multiple voices events explored include the building of the interstate highways and suburbia, the tensions of the Cold War, the euphoria of the Civil Rights movement, the role of hippies and counterculture, the dark hours of Vietnam and Watergate, the Reagan era, the rise of Silicon Valley and the groundbreaking election of President Barack Obama. Following the theme of technological innovation throughout the series, these episodes look at how the U.S. landed humans on the moon and contributed to enormous technological inventions such as the Internet. Through the reflections of historians and notable Americans, we ll look at what has endured through 400 years of U.S. history, and ponder the stories that have yet to be told. 1. What inventions do you think have been most important in U.S. history and why? 2. What do you think have been the five most important events in U.S. history since WWII? 3. Many historians debate whether or not the U.S. has seen continual progress throughout its history, or if there have been moments of back-peddling or regression. What do you think? 12
4.How do you define progress in history? Do you think the U.S. has always progressed? 5. If you could interview one American about our nation s past, who would it be, and why? 13
PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS Barack Obama was officially sworn in as 44th president of the United states on January 20th, 2009 in Washington, D.C. in his inaugural address, Obama outlined his understanding of the most important tasks facing the nation in the context of its current political realities. The excerpt below is one section of Obama s speech. President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address (excerpt) Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task. - January 20th, 2009 DIRECTIONS: Answer these questions in 3-4 thoughtful sentences. 1. What do you think Obama meant when he called certain values the quiet force of progress? Which of these values do you think are most important, and why? 14
2. President Obama noted that Americans faced a new era of responsibility. Why do you think his words and vision have connected with so many Americans? 3. Obama was elected in 2008; how do you think people will explain this time period 100 years from now? How do you think this time period is similar to or different from other eras in American history? 15