SS10.6.9

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 6

SS10.6.9
Critique major social and cultural changes in the United States since World War II.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

The key figures involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
The major social and cultural changes that occurred in the United States post WWII.

Skills

Students are able to:

Critique multiple points of view to explain the ideas and actions of individuals and ethnic groups to gain equality.
Cite evidence to support changes in social and cultural traditions using primary and secondary sources.
Evaluate the contribution of technology and mass methods of communication to influence people, places, ideas, and events.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There were important the social and cultural changes that occurred in the U.S. after WWII.

Vocabulary

Brown vs. Board of Education
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Rides
Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March
Motown
AM/FM radio
protest songs
demonstrations
genre
political assassinations
latchkey children
Civil Rights Movement

Aligned Learning Resources

For the Love of Ruby

W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and Jim Crow

Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Later Years (1965-1968)

To March or Not to March?

Brown V. Board of Education: A Landmark in American Justice Education

Brown V. Board of Education: Achieving Equality Lesson

Brown V. Board of Education: An Organized Legal Campaign Lesson

Brown V. Board of Education: Five Communities Change a Nation Lesson

Brown V. Board of Education: Segregated America Lesson

Brown V. Board of Education: Separate and Unequal Education Lesson

Hank Aaron Reading Comprehension - Online

A Kid Explains Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bellamy and Evolution/Filthy Dreamers

Montgomery Bus Boycott Primary Sources

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