Unit s10 - Kennedy and Johnson

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John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson

Unit 10

STANDARDS:

SSUSH21 Analyze U.S. international and domestic policies including their influences on technological advancements and social changes during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

a. Analyze the international policies and actions taken as a response to the Cold War including U.S. involvement in Cuba and the escalation of the war in Vietnam as a result of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

b. Connect major domestic issues to their social effects including the passage of civil rights legislation and Johnson’s Great Society, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

c. Describe the impact of television on American culture including the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960), news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, the moon landing, and the war in Vietnam.

d. Investigate the growth, influence, and tactics of civil rights groups, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Letter from Birmingham Jail, the I Have a Dream Speech, and Cesar Chavez.

e. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968 including the reactions to assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, the Tet Offensive, and the presidential election.

ESSAY DATE:

March 20, 2019

TEST DATE:

March 26, 2019

ONLINE TEXTBOOK:

Chapter 28 - The New Frontier and the Great Society

Chapter 29 - Civil Rights

Chapter 30 - The Vietnam War Years

Chapter 31 - An Era of Social Change

GUIDED READINGS:

Chapter 28 - The New Frontier and the Great Society

Chapter 29 - Civil Rights