U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
4/13/2017
The Learning Target
: COLD WAR FEARS: ABOUT COMMUNISM/50’s CULTURE
CCR VIDEO FIRST: TOTAL NUCLEAR POWER!
1950’s Culture/ Elvis Presley /1950’s-60’s MUSIC/McDonalds FAST FOOD/ PROPAGANDA
(1 Page MINIMUM? MAYBE NOT??) A BIG LIE??? BEWARE!!!
WATCH THIS CLASSIC PROPAGANDA FILM FROM 1950 FIRST!
Can you figure out the point of this film? Why would US Kids in the 1950’s
be required to watch this??? What are Socialism/Communism to compared to?
BEWARE OF…
WATCH THIS FIRST…
COMMUNIST FEARS!!!
Silently Read Pages 906-914
COLD WAR FEARS:
AS SEEN IN CLASSES ACROSS AMERICA IN MCMLI= 1951!
1) What event in 1948 sparked a revolution in electronics? What were
a few other technological leaps that made the 1950’s a time of
change?
2) How did the American workforce change in 1956 (Hint: for the 1 st
time)? Why do you think this took place?
3) How did the shifting workforce “dynamics” effect women and their
roles? WOMAN POWER!
4) Name some of the iconic cultural shifts of the 1950’s…
Which do you use today?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5) Discuss the famous writers of the 1950’s and talk with a partner
about which ones you read about today? (Written OR
Discussion???)
View the very first McDonald’s FAST FOOD COMMERCIAL TODAY!
Tonight: READ PAGES 916-926+ Cornell Notes
WE CAN BE FRIENDLY
But don’t *!^@$^* with the USA!
LOOK AT OUR
POWER!
TOTAL POWER…For total peace???
Live Nuclear Footage…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfjU3_XOaA
A Classic from the Cold War ERA CCR!
Tonight: READ PAGES 916-926+ Cornell Notes
SUPPORT BELOW!
1) What event in 1948 sparked a revolution in electronics? What were
a few other technological leaps that made the 1950’s a time of
change?
The invention of the transistor in 1948 sparked a revolution in electronics,
especially in computers. Computer giant International Business Machines (IBM)
grew tremendously.
Aerospace industries grew in the 1950s, in large part due to Eisenhower's SAC and
to an expanding passenger airline business.
2) How did the American workforce change in 1956 (Hint: for the 1st
time)? Why do you think this took place?
In 1956, the number of "white-collar" (no manual labor) workers exceeded the
number of "blue-collar" (manual labor) workers. As a result, union memberships
declined.
3) How did the shifting workforce “dynamics” effect women and their
roles? WOMAN POWER!
White-collar jobs opened up opportunities for women. The majority of clerical and service
jobs created after 1950 were filled by women. Women's new dual role as a worker and a
homemaker raised questions about family life and about traditional definitions of gender
roles.
Feminist Betty Friedan published in 1963 The Feminine Mystique, helping to launch the
modern women's movement. The book discussed the widespread unhappiness of
women who were housewives.
4) Name some of the iconic cultural shifts of the 1950’s…
Which do you use today?
The innovations of the credit card, fast-food, and new forms of recreation
highlighted the emerging lifestyle of leisure and affluence. In 1946, there were only
6 TV stations, but there were 146 by 1956. "Televangelists" like Baptist Billy
Graham used the TV to spread Christianity.
As the population moved west, sports teams also moved west. Popular music was
transformed during the 1950s. Elvis Presley created a new style known as rock
and roll.
Traditionalists were critical of Presley and many of the social movements during
the 1950s.
5) Discuss the famous writers of the 1950’s and talk with a partner
about which ones you read about today? (Written OR
Discussion???)
Pre-war realist, Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea (1952). John Steinbeck,
another pre-war writer, wrote graphic portrayals of American society. Joseph Heller's
Catch-22 (1961) discussed the antics and anguish of American airmen in the wartime
Mediterranean.
The problems created by the new mobility and affluence of American life were explored by
John Updike and John Cheever. Louis Auchincloss wrote about upper-class New Yorkers.
Gore Vidal wrote a series of historical novels.
Poetry and playwrights also flourished during the postwar era. Books by black authors
made best-seller lists. Led by William Faulkner, the South also had a literary renaissance.
EYESBALLS ON THE SCREEN…
KEEP YOUR LOOKING
If you don’t think
CCR ROCKS…Check
your pulse short stack
because you’re
probably DEAD!
FOR A “COLD WAR” CCR CLASSIC!