Consensus and Conformity: The 1950s
Included in Consensus and Conformity: The 1950s 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.
About the Series:
Social Studies curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with background and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These materials encourage the development of thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Student Activities
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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