Unpacked Content
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.
Vocabulary
- feminist
- movement
- embargo
- environmentalism
- counterculture
