Day 1 Topic: Affluent Society Materials: LIFE magazine 1950s Ford Motor Company ads Excerpt from The Affluent Society, John Kenneth
Galbraith Recordings – doo-wop, Mo-town,
Elvis “One Thousand Fearful Words for
Fidel Castro” Recording of Martin Luther King,
Jr.’s speech to the American Jewish Committee (from In Search of Freedom) Short readings on the Civil
Rights Movement Performance-Based
Objectives: The students will be able to… 1.
…define the following concepts: §
Sun Belt §
Pop art §
Op art §
Abstract
expressionism §
Mo-town 2. …identify the following people: §
Elvis
Presley §
Allen
Ginsberg §
Jack
Kerouac §
Andy
Warhol §
Jackson
Pollock §
Abbie
Hoffman §
Billy
Graham §
Norman
Mailer 3. …explain the emergence of new art forms
in the post-war period. 4. …explain the impact of technology on the
1950s. Skill-Based Objectives: The students will be able to… 1. …read and analyze historical documents. 2. …read and respond to poetry. 3. …infer meaning from images. 4. …listen and analyze music from a
historical period. 5. …follow a lecture and take notes. 6. …listen comprehensively to a recorded
speech. Pre-Assignment: §
Read an
excerpt from The Affluent Society
and be prepared to discuss it in class. Activities: Setting the Scene: Music §
As the
students enter class, there will be music from the 1950s playing. Introduction: Images
from the 1950s (10 min.) §
The
students will be shown a variety of images representing the 1950s from LIFE magazine, Ford ads, and online
sources. §
Following,
there will be a class discussion of the impressions of these images. Lecture: Affluent
Society (25 min.) §
The
teacher will explain the forces of economics, society, culture, and
technology in the post-war period. Closure and Assessment:
Headlines (2 min.) §
The class
will brainstorm headlines to describe the 1950s. Listening: Martin Luther
King, Jr. Speech (17 min.) §
The
students will listen to a speech made by Martin Luther King, Jr. explaining the difference between civil
disobedience and nonviolent direct action, the goals of the Civil Rights
movement, and the achievements of the movement. Assignment: §
The
students will read and be ready to present in small groups primary and
secondary information regarding one of the following aspects of the Civil
Rights movement: o
Sit-ins o
Birmingham
arrests o
Malcolm X
assassination o
Freedom Summer o
Integration
at Ole Miss and