Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

11

Overview

This video from Khan Academy provides an overview of how the events of the postwar era reshaped America. An overview of how the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and student protests of the 1960s changed core beliefs around citizenship, cultural values, and the proper US role in the world. The video can be used to introduce social and cultural changes in the US during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.  The video is 10 minutes and 16 seconds in length.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 11 - United States History II

SS10.US2.15

Describe changing social and cultural conditions in the United States during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. [A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]

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Vocabulary

  • feminist
  • movement
  • embargo
  • environmentalism
  • counterculture

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conditions that were conducive to the creation of social and cultural movements during the 1950s-1970s, including the feminist movement, technical revolution, Chicano movement, Women's Movement, American Indian Movement, environmentalism, and the counterculture movement.
  • Social and cultural movements in the United States of the 1950s-1970s.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
  • Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information related to historical events.
  • Read and comprehend historical texts independently and proficiently on various topics related to historical events.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The social and cultural conditions in the United States during 1950s, 1960, and 1970s changed significantly.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

Khan Academy

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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