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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This is a resource to use with Common Core State Standards for grades 6-8.This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. As part of the disastrous impact the Common Core will have on American education this is one of the contributions to the decline of younger students. Geared to Grades 6-8 it will ask questions so that the kids will not imagine the actual history of the period. One of the worst aspects of indoctrinating children is to program them with questions rather than letting them discover truth as they grow. The book is chock full of questions to limit their imaginations.no reviews | add a review
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Exploring America in the 1950s: Beneath the Formica is an interdisciplinary humanities unit that looks at literature, art, and music of the 1950s to provide an understanding of how those living through the decade experienced and felt about the world around them. Through the lens of "identity," it explores life in America and the myriad groups that coexisted in harmony and, often, with friction. Cultural icons like Elvis and the Beat poets are examined alongside larger issues such as the Cold War, conformity, and Civil Rights struggles. The unit uses field-tested instructional strategies for language arts and social studies from The College of William and Mary, as well as new strategies, and it includes graphic organizers and other tools for analyzing primary sources. It can be used to complement a social studies or language arts curriculum or as standalone material in a gifted program. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.92History and Geography North America United States 1901- Eisenhower Through Clinton AdministrationsRatingAverage:
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From my experience (daughter was in grade 6-8 in US middle school and they didn`t take much time talking about the culture and lifestyle).
Yes everybody talks about the cold war and civil rights which is very important, but it is also important to see for example when the TV area and fast food and suburbia culture started who gives us a lot of environmental and health problems today.
It is more about cultural changes not so much historical landmarks.
It is up to teacher to make something very useful for our kids out of this tool. ( )