Unit 7 : Cold War & Civil Rights

Introduction

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🥅 Standard(s)/Objective(s)

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Unit Compelling Question: How can the idea of equity influence a nation’s culture and identity?

describe the economic changes on North Carolina and the United States after during the Cold War.

identify new industries and the changing workforce in North Carolina and the US during the Cold War.

summarize the basic differences in the two major superpowers during the Cold War.

analyze the impact of the Cold War military conflicts on North Carolina and US society.

cite evidence of the impact of the end of the Cold War on North Carolina and the United States.

explain how the equity for soldiers during WWII affected the post-war world for North Carolina and the United States.

create a timeline that demonstrates the struggle for civil rights in this country for women and minorities from Reconstruction through 1960’s.

summarize important victories in the Civil Rights Movement and their impact on North Carolina and the United States.

explain the role of leaders in the Civil Rights Movement.

compare historic and present day civil rights movements in North Carolina and the United States

Standards:

History

8.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues.
8.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.
8.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
8.H.1.4 Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence).
8.H.1.5 Analyze the relationship between historical context and decision-making

8.H.2.1  Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts (e.g. war, slavery, states’ rights and citizenship and immigration policies) on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.2 Summarize how leadership and citizen action’s (e.g. the founding fathers, the Regulators, the (Greensboro Four, and participants of the Wilmington Race Riots, 1898) influenced the outcome of key conflicts in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.3 Summarize the role of debate, compromise, and negotiation during significant periods in the history of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.2 Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices).
8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.4 Compare historical and contemporary issues to understand continuity and change in the development of North Carolina and the United States.

Civics & Government

8.C&G.1.1 Summarize democratic ideals expressed in local, state, and national government (e.g. limited government, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, republicanism, federalism and individual rights).
8.C&G.1.3 Analyze differing viewpoints on the scope and power of state and national governments (e.g. Federalists and anti-Federalists, education, immigration and healthcare).

Economics

8.E.1.1  Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline (e.g. economic depressions and recessions).

Geography

8.G.1.1  Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
8.G.1.3 Explain how human and environmental interaction affected quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. environmental, disasters, infrastructure development, coastal restoration and alternative sources of energy)

Culture

8.C.1.1  Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Columbian Exchange, slavery and the decline of the American Indian populations)

Vocabulary

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Competition -

Segregation -

Integration -  

Supreme Court -

Discrimination - 

Civil Disobedience -

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Nuclear Weapons - 

Arms Race - 

Space Race - 

Iron Curtain - 

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McCarthyism -

Brinksmanship -

Marshall Plan - 

Communism - 

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Paranoia - 

Allies - 

Stockpile - 

Rivalry - 

Capitalism - 

Draft - 

Arsenal - 

Racism - 

Precedence - 

Sit-in - 

Bus boycott - 

Domino Theory -