Period 8

Concept Outline

Content

The 1950s

  • VIDEO: JoczProductions - Ch. 36 (actually 35)
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - The Berlin airlift and the creation of NATO
  • VIDEO: Khan Academy (w/o questions) - Korean War overview
  • VIDEO: JoczProductions - Ch. 37 (actually 36)
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - The Eisenhower era
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - The growth of suburbia
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - The dark side of suburbia
  • VIDEO: NowThis World - How the Cold War Launched the Space Race
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - Emmett Till
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • LINK: Khan Academy Article - “Massive Resistance” and the Little Rock Nine
  • VIDEO: Khan Academy Video - Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • VIDEO: Khan Academy Video - The Cuban Missile Crisis

The 1960s

  • VIDEO: JoczProduction - Ch. 38 (actually 37)
  • VIDEO: Khan Academy - Vietnam War
  • HO: APUSH Period 8 Viewpoints 37

The 1970s

  • VIDEO: JoczProduction - Ch. 39 (actually 38)
  • DOC: The President and John Dean in the Oval Office (1973)
  • VIDEO: Khan Academy - Continuity and change in the postwar era

Other Resources

  • PP: 15. The Cold War.ppt
  • VIDEO: APUSH Review - Video #51: The Cold War
  • PP: 16. The 1950s
  • PP: 18. The Vietnam War
  • PP: 70_Ford_and_Carter_Presidencies
  • PP: ch_19_kennedy__johnson
  • PP: Ford and Carter Years
  • PP: JFK and the New Frontier
  • PP: kennedy administration