Unit 4: 1954-1980 The Cold War at Home and Abroad
by Dr. H - November 3rd, 2012
Our lens for this unit is Media and Popular Culture, especially television and rock&roll music.
Mon 11/5 – Television, Media and Music. Reading: excerpt from David Halberstam, The Fifties (PDF)
Check out some TV of the era:
Milton Berle, an early 1949 show
News film on the Kefauver hearings on organized crime (1951)
The Jack Benny Show (guest star Fred Allen) in 1953
Camel News Caravan nightly newscast from 1952
Wed 11/7 – Postwar America. Reading: Ch 9.2 Postwar America + 9.3 Red Scares
Two film trailers:Â THEM! (1954) and Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
Fri 11/9 – Workshop Day on Juvies and Youth Culture. We will work in class with a PDF packet of documents which I will provide (although it can be downloaded here if you want to look ahead at it). SkillBuilder #5 is due, please use the links provided in the 1954-1980 tab above.
Links: Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Wild One (1953), Teenage Doll (1957)
Mon 11/12 – No School, Veterans Day
Wed 11/14 – Updated: No School, campus closed
Fri 11/16 – Updated: Songs of the Long Sixties. Reading: Ch 10.3 America and the World During the Kennedy Years. Online test (30 questions) opens up after class and will remain open until Wed 21st just before midnight. See post above for details and coverage.
Mon 11/19 – Media and Popular Culture in the Vietnam Era. Reading: Ch 11.2 The Great Society and the Vietnam War
No class on Wed 11/21 – enjoy your Thanksgiving! Online test closes just before midnight 11/21.
