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Lesson 1: Build Background Knowledge: The 1960s
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
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Today you will
Learn about the significant social issues and trends that shaped the 1960s United States with a focus on connections and divisions between people.
Describe key 1960s social connections and divisions by stating a clear claim about an event or trend, using evidence from the Newsela article and Atlantic photo captions, and applying precise noun phrases (e.g., economic inequality, youth subcultures, civil rights protests) plus cause/effect connectors (because/therefore/as a result) and evidence-based talk moves (“One detail suggests . . .).
Build knowledge of vocabulary words in historical context.
Essential Questions
How do relationships and communities shape a person’s sense of belonging and identity?
Texts used in this lesson
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A Time Like No Other
The 1960s was one of the most exciting and turbulent decades in American history. It began full of hope and ended in anger and exhaustion. During those ten years, Americans debated big questions: Who deserves to be treated equally? Is this war worth fighting? What kind of country do we want to be? The answers to those questions—and the battles fought over them—changed the United States forever.
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Cool, Chrome and Rock ‘n’ Roll: America after World War II
Standard News Bureau
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