SS10.6.10

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

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.

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

COS Examples

Examples: shift from manufacturing to service economy, higher standard of living, globalization, outsourcing, insourcing, boom and bust economic bubbles

Aligned Learning Resources

Suburbs

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