Classroom Resource

Suburbs

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

Overview

In this learning activity, students will research economic and social changes and expansion in the United States after World War II. Students will identify programs that had an economic impact on society such as the G.I. Bill of Rights, suburbanization, and immigration. Click on the Download PDF or DOC button for additional resources including charts, graphs, photographs, and maps.

Content Standards

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 6

SS10.6.10
Analyze changing economic priorities and cycles of economic expansion and contraction for their impact on society since World War II.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

economic expansion
economic contraction
service economy
"boom and bust"
economic bubbles
GI Bill of Rights of 1944
Medicare
Medicaid
Head Start programs
Children's Health Insurance Program
manufacturing
standard of living
globalization
outsourcing
insourcing
environmental protection
immigration

Knowledge

Students know:

The cycles of economic expansion and contraction and the impact these cycles had on American society after WWII.

Skills

Students are able to:

Analyze and explain policies and programs that economically impacted society since World War II.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There are cycles of economic expansion and contraction and this has had an impact on American society after WWII.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

http://www.c3teachers.org/inquiries/suburbs/

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

Other

Resource Provider other

College Career & Civic Life (C3)

Accessibility

License

License Type

CUSTOM

Custom License Type (URL)

http://www.c3teachers.org/about-c3-teachers/

Approved Date

2019-02-19

Curated by

mgsaboyd

Design by Adaptive Theme

Learning Resource Type