Course Content
Lesson Plans
Out of Many: A History of the American People ©2000
by Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom, and Armitage
Focus Lesson 24
Chapter 28: "The Civil Rights Movement, 1945–1966"
Chapter 29: "War Abroad, War at Home, 1965–1974"
AP* Course Description
- Eisenhower and Modern Republicanism
- Civil rights movement
- The Warren Court and Brown v. Board of Education
- Montgomery bus boycott
- Greensboro sit-in
- Civil rights movement
- Kennedy's New Frontier; Johnson's Great Society
- New domestic programs
- Tax cuts
- War on poverty
- Affirmative action
- Civil rights and civil liberties
- African Americans: political, cultural, and economic roles
- The leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Resurgence of feminism
- The New Left and the Counterculture
- Emergence of the Republican party in the South
- The Supreme Court and the Miranda decision
- New domestic programs
- Nixon
- Election of 1968
- Nixon-Kissinger foreign policy
- Vietnam
- China: restoring relations
- Soviet Union: détente
- New Federalism
- Watergate and resignation
Key Components
- Instructor's Manual:
Chapter 28, pp. 158–162
Chapter 29, pp. 163–168 - Study Guide, Vol. II:
Chapter 28, pp. 106–114
Chapter 29, pp. 115–123 - Documents Set, Vol. II:
Chapter 28, pp. 414–437
Chapter 29, pp. 438–462 - Test Item File:
Chapter 28, pp. 257–266
Chapter 29, pp. 267–275
Key Web Sites
Given the changing nature of the Internet, you may wish to preview these sites. Always check PHSchool.com for updated links to U.S. history sites.
- Little Rock Nine Webquest
- Native American Rights Fund
- Re: Vietnam—Stories Since the War
- Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
Key Words and Terms
Chapter 28
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Freedom Rides
- Albany Movement
- Black Muslims
- Malcolm X
- Cesar Chavez
Chapter 29
- Great Society
- Vietnam War
- Tet Offensive
- Watergate
Suggested Pacing
As the date for the AP* exam approaches, class time must be devoted to completing as much of the textbook as possible. Chapters 28 and 29 require five classes on a block schedule of 90-minute classes or ten classes on a traditional bell schedule of 45-minute classes.
Test Strategy
Linking information from different periods is important in developing an understanding of the concepts. This ability to make connections is an important skill that students need to showcase in their essays on the AP* exam. Linkages demonstrate an advanced placement level of understanding of the content.
Key Concepts
- Civil rights movement
To help students make connections among events, have them compare the first period of Reconstruction and the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson to the opinion in Brown v. Board of Education and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Students need to be aware that the civil rights movement is not a phenomenon of the 1960s but has its roots in the nineteenth century. Review also the Niagara Movement and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. - U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Trace U.S. involvement in Vietnam from the Truman administration through the administrations of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Point out that the United States was drawn deeper and deeper into an internal conflict because of its policy of containment and, after Eisenhower, the theory of the domino effect. While many may believe that the United States lost the war because there was political dissent at home, in reality the United States lost the war because of the nature of the war. There was lack of legitimate support for the war in Vietnam.
Summing Up Student Understanding
Divide students into ten groups, each representing one year of the 1960s. Have each group select a man or woman of the year and outline the information that would be contained in a magazine profile of that person. Before beginning, have students as a class develop a set of criteria to use to choose the man or woman of the year. Give the students 15 minutes to complete the assignment. One member of each group must present the group's choice and explain how that person meets the criteria.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
You might also find these additional readings useful in developing students' background knowledge or for DBQ activities:
- American Issues: Vol. II Since 1865, edited by Unger and Tomes—Chapters 13, 14, and 16
- The Power of Words: Vol. II From 1865, edited by Breen—Chapters 11, 12, and 13
- Constructing the American Past, Vol. II, edited by Gorn, Roberts, and Bilhartz—Chapters 11 and 12
- American Experiences: Volume II From 1877, edited by Roberts and Olson (secondary source readings)—Part Seven