Unit 6: What Kind of Nation?
Duration of Days: 17
The Golden Age
The Eisenhower Era
The Freedom Movement
The Election of 1960
The Civil Rights Movement
The Kennedy Years
Lyndon Johnson's Presidency
The Changing Black Movement
Vietnam and the New Left
The New Movements and the Rights Revolution
Read 2 chapters in their texts
Class discussion of assigned reading
20 pages of notes
2 quizzes on key terms
2 AP based multiple choice exams
2 in class Document Based Essay Questions
3 Lessons interpreting primary source documents
2 Quizzes
2 Tests
2 DBQ Essays
| Lesson # | Lesson Title | Duration of Days |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Affluent Society Discussion & Quiz | 2 |
| 2 | An Affluent Society Primary Source Lesson | 1 |
| 3 | An Affluent Society Test | 1 |
| 4 | An Affluent Society Document Based Question Essay | 1 |
| 5 | The Sixties Discussion & Quiz | 2 |
| 6 | The Sixties Primary Source Lesson | 1 |
| 7 | The Sixties Test | 1 |
| 8 | The Triumph of Conservatism | 2 |
| 9 | From Triumph to Tragedy | 2 |
| 10 | A New Century and New Crises | 4 |