Period 9: The Cold War & Beyond
The United States and the Early Cold War, The 1950s and 1960s, Politics and Economics at the End of the 20th Century
March 24: The Cold War Begins (Kennedy, Chapter 36)
Cold War Beginnings (APUSH).pptx
DMZ Video (Globetrekker)
Lost in Translation: North Korea & Anne Frank Video (CBS)
March 26: The Eisenhower Era (Kennedy, Chapter 37)
1950s American Culture (PPT)
US in the 1950s - see Canvas (based on additional readings: Sputnik, Levittown & the American Dream, Popular Culture & the Cold War)
History of Rock n' Roll (PPT)
March 30: The Stormy Sixties - JFK (Kennedy, Chapter 38)
JFK - Foreign & Domestic Policy (PPT)
April 2: The Stormy Sixties - Civil Rights (Kennedy, Chapter 38)
Civil Rights Movement (PPT)
Civil Rights & Liberal Efforts in the 1950s & 1960s (Doc)
April 6: The Stormy Sixties - Civil Rights (Kennedy, Chapter 38)
1968 with Tom Brokaw
1968 Assignment (also on Canvas) DOC
Link to film on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQNgH9FvLk
April 8: The Stalemated 70s - the Vietnam War (Kennedy, Chapter 39)
The Stalemated 70s Quiz
The Vietnam War PPT
US Involvement in the Vietnam War (Doc)
April 10 & 14: no school for students
AP Exam Review
April 16: The Stalemated 70s - Counterculture (Kennedy, Chapter 39)
Counter Culture & Political Protest PPT
Protest Movement Chart (Doc)
Helpful Links:
MLK, Jr.'s 1967 Speech Against the Vietnam War
Nixon and the 1968 Vietnam Peace Talks
1968 Democratic National Convention (CNN)
1968 Democratic Convention: The Bosses Strike Back (Smithsonian)
Nixon's Silent Majority Speech (1969)
Vietnam Veterans Against the War Statement, John Kerry (1971)
Women's Rights Movement, Modern Feminism
Chicano Movement - Bracero Program, Cesar Chavez, Rise of the UFW
Native American Movement (or AIM, American Indian Movement)
Milestones in American Gay Rights Movement, LGBT Social Movements
April 20: The Resurgence of Conservatism (Kennedy, Chapter 40)
End of the Cold War PPT
The Crimes of Richard Nixon (PDF)
April 22: America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era (Kennedy, Chapter 41)
1990s & 2000s PPT
Period 9 Review: http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/period/8
Period 9 Test Review
April 24: Period 9 Test
AP Exam review
March 24: The Cold War Begins (Kennedy, Chapter 36)
Cold War Beginnings (APUSH).pptx
DMZ Video (Globetrekker)
Lost in Translation: North Korea & Anne Frank Video (CBS)
March 26: The Eisenhower Era (Kennedy, Chapter 37)
1950s American Culture (PPT)
US in the 1950s - see Canvas (based on additional readings: Sputnik, Levittown & the American Dream, Popular Culture & the Cold War)
History of Rock n' Roll (PPT)
March 30: The Stormy Sixties - JFK (Kennedy, Chapter 38)
JFK - Foreign & Domestic Policy (PPT)
April 2: The Stormy Sixties - Civil Rights (Kennedy, Chapter 38)
Civil Rights Movement (PPT)
Civil Rights & Liberal Efforts in the 1950s & 1960s (Doc)
April 6: The Stormy Sixties - Civil Rights (Kennedy, Chapter 38)
1968 with Tom Brokaw
1968 Assignment (also on Canvas) DOC
Link to film on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQNgH9FvLk
April 8: The Stalemated 70s - the Vietnam War (Kennedy, Chapter 39)
The Stalemated 70s Quiz
The Vietnam War PPT
US Involvement in the Vietnam War (Doc)
April 10 & 14: no school for students
AP Exam Review
April 16: The Stalemated 70s - Counterculture (Kennedy, Chapter 39)
Counter Culture & Political Protest PPT
Protest Movement Chart (Doc)
Helpful Links:
MLK, Jr.'s 1967 Speech Against the Vietnam War
Nixon and the 1968 Vietnam Peace Talks
1968 Democratic National Convention (CNN)
1968 Democratic Convention: The Bosses Strike Back (Smithsonian)
Nixon's Silent Majority Speech (1969)
Vietnam Veterans Against the War Statement, John Kerry (1971)
Women's Rights Movement, Modern Feminism
Chicano Movement - Bracero Program, Cesar Chavez, Rise of the UFW
Native American Movement (or AIM, American Indian Movement)
Milestones in American Gay Rights Movement, LGBT Social Movements
April 20: The Resurgence of Conservatism (Kennedy, Chapter 40)
End of the Cold War PPT
The Crimes of Richard Nixon (PDF)
April 22: America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era (Kennedy, Chapter 41)
1990s & 2000s PPT
Period 9 Review: http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/period/8
Period 9 Test Review
April 24: Period 9 Test
AP Exam review