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Summary in Three
- Civil Rights Struggles and Social Justice Movements: Understanding the Era of Civil Disobedience in the 1960s-1980s is crucial for appreciating the pivotal role of civil rights struggles and various social justice movements during this period. The Civil Rights Movement, alongside movements for women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and Native American rights, reflects the collective efforts to challenge systemic inequalities, discrimination, and injustice in American society.
- Challenges to Authority and Political Activism: Examining this era is essential for recognizing the challenges to authority and the surge in political activism. The widespread use of civil disobedience tactics, protests, and demonstrations underscore a period of heightened political engagement. Anti-Vietnam War protests and the counterculture movements also reflect a generation's resistance to established norms and government policies.
- Legacy of Social Change: Exploring the multiple social movements of the 1960s-1980s is important for understanding the lasting impact on American society. The era paved the way for significant legislative changes, including the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and advancements in LGBTQ+ rights. The legacy of these movements continues to shape ongoing discussions on equality, justice, and the role of activism in shaping the trajectory of American history.
1960s-1980s:
Era of Civil Disobedience
Primary Skill
Cause and Effect
Compelling Question
What were the three most significant American events that took place throughout the 1960s-1980s?
Learning Targets/Standards
I can analyze why people began to question the actions of the government and the impact that had. (HS.H3.2)
I can examine the influence social activists had on change in the 1960s. (HS.H4.1/HS.H3.4)
I can explain how the counterculture of the 1960s was a reaction to the 1950s and created the ideology of the 1970s and 1980s. (HS.H4.2)
I can analyze the impact of the 1950s on the events of the 1960s and 1970s. (HS.SP4.1)
Era of Civil Disobedience
Primary Skill
Cause and Effect
Compelling Question
What were the three most significant American events that took place throughout the 1960s-1980s?
Learning Targets/Standards
I can analyze why people began to question the actions of the government and the impact that had. (HS.H3.2)
I can examine the influence social activists had on change in the 1960s. (HS.H4.1/HS.H3.4)
I can explain how the counterculture of the 1960s was a reaction to the 1950s and created the ideology of the 1970s and 1980s. (HS.H4.2)
I can analyze the impact of the 1950s on the events of the 1960s and 1970s. (HS.SP4.1)
Essential Lessons
1960s-1980s: Era of Civil Disobedience
Essential Lessons will help you with specific information about the impacts of Civil Disobedience in America.
We are engaging in this complex thinking of connecting different topics to show our deeper understandings.
Checklist (9 Lessons)
Growing Our Vocabulary
Civil Disobedience Overview Videos
(Whole Class) Essay "The Problem is Civil Obedience" by Zinn
(Whole Class) Earth Day 2024 THS Campus Nature Walk
(Whole Class) Agents of Change: Viva La Causa "Long Live the Cause"
ACT: "Tear Down This Wall"
Pick Three: Three Topics for Peace, Life and Joy
We are engaging in this complex thinking of connecting different topics to show our deeper understandings.
Checklist (9 Lessons)
Growing Our Vocabulary
Civil Disobedience Overview Videos
(Whole Class) Essay "The Problem is Civil Obedience" by Zinn
(Whole Class) Earth Day 2024 THS Campus Nature Walk
(Whole Class) Agents of Change: Viva La Causa "Long Live the Cause"
ACT: "Tear Down This Wall"
Pick Three: Three Topics for Peace, Life and Joy
Growing Our Vocabulary
Directions: These words need to be added to your personal glossary with definitions.
* = words we will do the Frayer Model on together
* = words we will do the Frayer Model on together
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escalation
*sit-ins *counterculture |
*marginalization
boycott nuclear family |
*Vietnamization
*feminism environmentalism |
Add words that you came across throughout these Essential Lessons that you learned and add them to your glossary.
A good goal would be to identify and add 2-3 words on your own for each Unit.
A good goal would be to identify and add 2-3 words on your own for each Unit.
Civil Disobedience
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(Whole Class)
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(Whole Class)
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(Whole Class)
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Reagan to Gorbachev:
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Pick Three:
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Pick Three:
Three Topics from Below for Peace, Life and Joy
These may be articles/videos/podcasts about our topics and there may or may not be specific instructions to do something with them other than read/watch/listen and see how it can add meaning to your understanding.
If the link to your lesson goes directly to a video, article, podcast, your GUIDED NOTES are writing down 5 things you learned from engaging with that source.
If the link to your lesson goes directly to a video, article, podcast, your GUIDED NOTES are writing down 5 things you learned from engaging with that source.
Material and Non-Material Culture:
Music, Gender Roles, Arts, Propaganda, Culture Wars, Sports, Video Games
Music Festival:
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Music Festival:
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History of Hip Hop |
1960s Television |
Creation of Garfield the Comic Series |
Fire Island Pines Lost Soundtrack |
Gaming It:
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Nintendo Game Boy |
The Story Of 'Sesame Street':
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Sciences:
Space, Energy, Medicine, Engineering (Infrastructure)
First Artificial Heart
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"Patient Zero": AIDS in America
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40 Years After Three Mile Island, Americans Split on Nuclear Power |
Racism by Design:
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Newsela:
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Berkeley disability activists sparked a national movement |
Labor Fights:
Workers' Rights, Unions
Howard Zinn:
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Black Panthers:
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Podcast: When Reagan Broke the Unions (1980s) |
The 1970s:
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How Workers Fought Back Against Inflation In The 1970s |
Immigrants Get the Job Done: The Power of Organizing All |
Arizona (State Forty-Eight) History
Arizona: Water issues, Goldwater and the Suns (1960s) |
Arizona Memories from PBS
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Arizona: Politicians, scandals & nuclear power (1980s) |
Government:
Politics, Laws, Foreign Interactions
Newsela:
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Longest US War (until Afghanistan):
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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JFK Assassination
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Mỹ Lai Massacre and Hugh Thompson (1968) |
Democratic National Convention:
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Kent State
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Film - The American Diplomat (53min) |
Watergate Scandal:
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Drinking Age Changed |
Immigrant's Experience through Film
1960s
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1960s
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1980s
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Presidents and Legacies
Richard Nixon (37):
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Gerald Ford (38):
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Jimmy Carter (39):
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Ronald Reagan (40):
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Major Supreme Court Decisions
Women's Healthcare:
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Funding of Schools:
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Protected Speech - Flag Burning:
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Peoples Fighting against Racism/Exploitation/Oppression
Antiwar Movement Begins |
Newsela:
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Judith Heumann: Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet |
What is Civil Disobedience? |
(Whole Class Activity)
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The Weather Underground Organization (WUO) |
Watts Riots
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COINTELPRO:
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Civil Rights Movement:
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Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching |
Gay Liberation Movement:
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Anti-War Movement: Vietnam |
Environmental Movement
More Silent Spring |
Earth Day! |
Lovejoy's Nuclear War |
Dr. Robert Bullard:
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1980s Environment and How the Reagan-Era Shaped the Natural World |
Earth Day 50th anniversary: Exploring the 1980s |
Primary Source Analysis Practice
Additional Sources
- Financial Regulation of the Sixties - Securities and Exchange Commission
- Book (Historical Fiction) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- Book (American History Historiography) Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
- Chapter 9: See No Evil: Choosing Not to Look at the War in Vietnam