January 13, 2015

Key Concept 8.3: Postwar economic, demographic and technological changes had far-reaching impacts on American society, politics, and the environment.

Topic: The Seventies
OBJECTIVES:

1. Explain how many liberal principles that dominated postwar politics and court decisions come under attack from the left as well as from resurgent conservative movements.(POL2) (POL5) (POL7) (CUL6)

2. Discuss ways in which some began to question the direction of the country’s rapid social and economic change and how political and moral debates began to divide the nation.(ID7) (WXT7) (POL5) (CUL6) (CUL7)

3. Identify how some began to question the ways in which the United States was using natural resources to support the rapid growth of economic  prosperity.(PEO2) (PEO7) (ENV5) (WXT8)

4. Describe how new demographic and social issues led to significant political and moral debates that sharply divided the nation.(ID7) (WXT7) (POL5) (CUL6) (CUL7)

AGENDA:

1. Warm-up:  Identify the following:
Silent Majority
"Vietnamization"
Watergate
War Powers Act
Detente
Khmer Rouge
2. The Century  1970-1974
Easy Rider
Kent State
Hard Hat Riots
Attica Prison