Tuesday/Wednesday December 12-13

Explain how technological change affected people’s lives.

Transistor/Computer Medicine Nuclear Power White Collar Jobs

Describe how the Red Scare and McCarthyism impacted life in the US.

HUAC Hollywood 10 McCarren-Walter Act Spies in the State Department McCarthy

Trace the growth of American suburbs and the development of suburban lifestyles.

Levittown Consumer Credit Franchises Highways

Evaluate the image of the 1950s as a period of conformity.

Gender Roles Rock and Roll Women at work (young girls babysitting) Youth Culture