Learning Objectives:
* To know the pivotal events in 1968
* To have an overview of the background to these events
* To be able to make links between these crises to explore the tensions in US society.
I created this lesson for my year 12, but it can be differentiated down for younger age groups so long as you have an appropriate textbook or a class that are able to listen effectively to teacher talk. This lesson was designed to work with 'Access to History: Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA, 1968-2001' by Vivienne Sanders, but can easily paired with another textbook from this year, or if you as the teacher have a good knowledge of some of the following events you can fill in the background information. Another option is to provide access to the internet so students can research the background themselves. Events covered are:
The death of Martin Luther King
The Tet Offensive
The assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Feminist protests at the Miss America Pageant
Protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago
The election of President Nixon.
Students will be using information on these events to say what tensions existed in US society, for example the death of MLK shows that there was huge political tension.
This lesson works really well as an introduction to the time period and includes a music based homework so students can immerse themselves in the popular culture of the time. It includes a matching task, a researching task and either pair or class discussion of significance.
All feedback welcome,
Ruth
appropriate search terms for this resource: America, USA, 1960's, 1968, Martin Luther King, Kennedy, Nixon, popular culture, music, Tet Offensive, Vietnam War, feminism
* To know the pivotal events in 1968
* To have an overview of the background to these events
* To be able to make links between these crises to explore the tensions in US society.
I created this lesson for my year 12, but it can be differentiated down for younger age groups so long as you have an appropriate textbook or a class that are able to listen effectively to teacher talk. This lesson was designed to work with 'Access to History: Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA, 1968-2001' by Vivienne Sanders, but can easily paired with another textbook from this year, or if you as the teacher have a good knowledge of some of the following events you can fill in the background information. Another option is to provide access to the internet so students can research the background themselves. Events covered are:
The death of Martin Luther King
The Tet Offensive
The assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Feminist protests at the Miss America Pageant
Protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago
The election of President Nixon.
Students will be using information on these events to say what tensions existed in US society, for example the death of MLK shows that there was huge political tension.
This lesson works really well as an introduction to the time period and includes a music based homework so students can immerse themselves in the popular culture of the time. It includes a matching task, a researching task and either pair or class discussion of significance.
All feedback welcome,
Ruth
appropriate search terms for this resource: America, USA, 1960's, 1968, Martin Luther King, Kennedy, Nixon, popular culture, music, Tet Offensive, Vietnam War, feminism
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