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 to sustain outstanding results over a period of time:

2022 P8: +0.88 and +0.81
2021 P8: +1.42
2020 P8: +0.47
2019 P8: +0.57

My GCSE History classes have also consistently attained the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students.

In addition, this specific component’s outcomes - America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - are consistently above the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis.

I have worked for the examination boards for over 10 years and considering the recent developments within education, my resources are constantly amended and updated for students studying GCSE History. I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and have used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons to ensure that each student achieves their personal best.

I am proud that I am a ‘Gold’ TES Author, and this is recognised by the fact that my resources have been downloaded over half a million times by educators throughout the world.

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laura_thursby

4 years ago
5

Resources are varied and engaging and easily adapted for class context. <br /> Resources contain challenge for HA learners as well as scaffolding. This is the third resource pack I have downloaded from this author all of which have been very useful for my planning of lessons - especially as an NQT new to teaching this topic. Would thoroughly recommend especially for the value for money!

zappamusic2010

4 years ago
5

Thank you so much for making these available for purchase. I am a non-specialist teaching this topic, and although I have an understanding of the spec, constructing lessons week by week has been so time consuming and quite frankly depressing/deflating.<br /> <br /> I'm sure that these will free up some of my work life balance; the resources look superb, professional and varied. The bundle is a steal at £10.<br /> <br /> Again my sincerest thanks!

sparker89

6 years ago
5

Fantastic resources which are all perfectly targeted towards the AQA spec. These resources have saved me a huge amount of time as we work through our final topic. Thank you.

TomColgan08

7 years ago
5

Very detailed and informative resources. Resource variation is excellent. Thanks.

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