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Included in this unit are lessons on McCarthyism, Sputnik, Billy Graham, the policy of brinksmanship, and the Montgomery bus boycott—all major events of the 1950s. Other lessons illustrate the concepts of this unit’s title: consensus and conformity. The lessons on The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, the role of women, and the automobile all strengthen the concept of conformity.
Students gain a feel for the era of the 1950s by working with primary sources on each topic. Academic activities include small- and large-group discussions, debates, brainstorming, advertising, decision-making , analyzing, speech writing and individual presentations. |
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