This US History class document outlines lessons on 1950s culture, the Cold War, and a film analysis of Pleasantville. It discusses whether the 1950s were a time of conformity or rebellion, with students debating as "Squares" or "Rebels". Another lesson examines how Americans protected themselves from the nuclear threat during the Cold War through duck and cover drills and fallout shelters. A final lesson uses the film Pleasantville to show a transition from 1950s culture to the civil rights era.

1. US History 4.30.10
AIM: Were the 1950s full of conformists or
rebels?
Do Now: 1. Turn in Sci-Fi story plot
2. What clothing do you imagine young
people wearing in the 1950s?
Homework: Read 821-831, Study for Cold
War/1950s test Tuesday! (Wednesday for
period 5)
School Days until US History Regents: 30

2. Television

3. Suburbia

4. Baby Boom

5. Elvis Presley
King of Rock
And Roll

7. Jack Kerouac and the Beat
Generation

8. Rebels and Squares debate
• Half of you will be “Squares,” and will
use evidence to tell us why the 1950s
were “peachy keen!”
• The rest of you will be “Rebels,” and will
use evidence to tell us why the 1950s
were such a drag– “dullsville.”

9. US History 5.3.10
AIM: How can we understand the emotional
state of the United States during the Cold
War?
Do Now: How did Americans protect
themselves from Nuclear threat?
Homework: Study for Cold War/1950s test
TOMORROW (W for pd. 5)
School Days until US History Regents: 29

10. Domino Theory: Communism

11. Nuclear Fallout

12. The Family Fallout Shelter

14. “Duck and Cover,” 1951

15. Space Race
Sputnik -->

16. Station #1

17. Station #1

18. Station #1

19. US History 5.6.10
AIM: How does the film Pleasantville show us
a transition from 1950s culture to the Civil
Rights Era?
Do Now: Get ready to watch!
Homework: Pleasantville Viewing Guide due
Friday (Monday for pd. 5)
School Days until US History Regents: 26