American Life in the Fifties  Power Point

    1.  Health   - polio

Dr. Jonas Salk 
 developed a polio vaccine

vaccine - a preparation
 of killed organisms
 administered to increase
 immunity to a particular
 disease.

    Read Page 614   How did the U.S. change as the the richest nation in the world?
Manufacturing plants used advanced technology, new homes were built, new industries, jet aircraft, population boomed, household appliances

    2. Science and  Technology changed American way of life:  Plastics and polyesters, more time for leisure and recreation, television, tourism, theme parks.

 

a. Construction  Levitt & Sons mass production of low cost housing.

    city changes    people moved from farm to city, from city to suburb.

    3.  Communication  telephones, TV, satellites

4.  Transportation   Interstate Highway System was built

 

 


5.  Sports   List the sport for these sports heroes:  Jim Brown, Arnold Palmer, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson

 

 

6. Music  Rogers and Hammerstein's Sound of Music, South Pacific, 

How does the book describe the new form of music during the 1950s "rock music" p 616 ?Right to Attorney case 5 min video

 

capital punishment   Genesis 9:5,6  death penalty for murder.

abortion the killing of unborn babies was illegal.   1973 Roe v. Wade  Supreme Court case made abortion legal in the U.S.

Photo Credits:

Suburbs: server1.fandm.edu/.../ images/lg_jpegs/B3G4.jpg

Interstate Highway Map: http://www.mceda.com/images/hwysystem.gif

Jim Brown: http://sportsmed.starwave.com/classic/2000/0903/photo/brown_5.jpg

Arnold Palmer: http://www.golfinglyyours.com/products/video-ap-heartsoul.jpg

Rocky Marciano: http://www.boxingvideos.net/images/marciano1.gif

Sugar Ray: http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/images/sugar.jpg

Brooks Robinson: http://www.designsetc.com/robinson.gif

Micky Mantle: http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/mickey_mantle.jpg

Sound of Music: http://images-eu.com/images/P/B00004CK1V.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Hendricks http://images.bestwebbuys.com/muze/books/54/0697340554.jpg

1950s Dancing and Elvis:   http://homGENDER%20WEBSITE/IMAGES/50s-dancing.jpg

Abortion: http://www.tldm.org/News5/aborti1.jpg

Capital Punishment: www.lib.niu.edu/ ipo/ii770305.jpg
 

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.

Remember : Recognizing, Recalling
Understand : Interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, explaining
Apply : Executing, implementing
Analyze : Differentiating, organizing, attributing
Evaluate : checking, critiquing
Create: generating, planning, producing