Unit 12 Overview
This unit will examine the Social Movement that developed throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s. Many topics will be discussed such as Latino rights, women’s rights, and environmental issues. Many issues will be analyzed like US policy, conflict and change, beliefs and ideals, and groups and institutions. Changes in politics will discussed like the rise of the conservative movement. New conflicts will be examined up to modern day issues.
Unit 12 Georgia Standards
SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.
a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.
b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; include the impact on civil rights legislation.
c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society; include the establishment of Medicare.
d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968; include the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention.
SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
a. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.
b. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights; include such decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action.
c. Explain the Carter administration’s efforts in the Middle East; include the Camp David Accords, his response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and the Iranian hostage crisis.
d. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagan’s presidency; include Reaganomics, the Iran-contra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
e. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton; include the North American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment and acquittal.
f. Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its outcome, emphasizing the role of the Electoral College.
g. Analyze the response of President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States, the war against terrorism, and the subsequent American interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Unit 12 Essential Questions
The student will understand that when there is conflict between or within societies, change is result.
How does the conservative movement shape politics today?
How does the war on terror effect your daily life?
How can a social movement lead to social change?
The student will understand that beliefs and ideals of a society influence the social, political, and economic decisions of that society.
How can a protest lead to new legislation?
Why did many people protest the Vietnam War during the 1960’s?
Unit 12 Power Point Presentations