The 1950s American Dream

Post-War America 1/2: America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality

America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - Post-War America. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Post-war American society and economy: consumerism and the causes of prosperity; the American Dream; McCarthyism; popular culture, including Rock and Roll and television. • Racial tension and developments in the Civil Rights campaign in the 1950s and 1960s: Segregation laws; Martin Luther King and peaceful protests; Malcolm X and the Black Power Movement; Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968. • America and the ‘Great Society': the social policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson relating to poverty, education and health; the development and impact of feminist movements in the 1960s and early 1970s, including the fight for equal pay; the National Organisation for Women, Roe v Wade (1973), the Supreme Court ruling on equal rights (1972) and opposition to Equal Rights Amendment. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons: 01 - Prosperity in 1950s America 02 - The 1950s American Dream 03 - The Birth of the Teenager 04 - 1950s Popular Culture 05 - The Development of the Cold War after World War Two 06 - The Second Red Scare 07 - Fear of the Reds - HUAC, Hollywood, Hiss and the Rosenbergs 08 - The McCarthy Witch Trials 09 - Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954 10 - The Death of Emmett Till, 1955 11 - Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956 12 - Little Rock High School, 1957 13 - The Greensboro Sit-In, 1960 14 - President Kennedy's 'The New Frontier' 15 - Freedom Rides, 1961 16 - Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 17 - I Have a Dream - March on Washington, 1963 18 - Civil Rights Act, 1964 19 - President Johnson's 'Great Society' 20 - Selma to Montgomery, 1965 The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©