Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The international role of the United States from 1945 through 1960.
- Important events, policies, and issues such as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Blockade, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the domino theory, Sputnik and the beginning of the space race, and the consequences of each.
- Important domestic events, policies, and issues such as McCarthyism, the institution of loyalty oaths, the Alger Hiss case, the House Un-American Activities Committee, the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the G.I. Bill of Rights, growth in the consumer economy, rock and roll, bomb shelters, Federal-Aid Highway Act and the consequences of each.
- Location of areas of conflict during the Cold War.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Locate specific points on a map and identify political, social, and geographic changes that occurred during or as a result of a historical event.
- 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 United States played an important international role from 1945 through 1960, including domestic and foreign policies and actions related to this expanded role and the Cold War.
Vocabulary
- Cold War
- domino theory
- McCarthyism
- space race
