1960's

Presidents &
Foreign Policy

-VIETNAM WAR
-CONTINUATION OF THE COLD WAR
-Nikita KHRUSHCHEV
-CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
-BAY OF PIGS
-BERLIN WALL
-tsar bomba
-JFK presidency
-LBJ presidency
-GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTIOn
-my lai massacre
-Actions in cambodia/laos
-impact on soldier psyche (ptsd)
-draft dodging/burning draft cards
-tet offensive
-impact of 1st televised war
-SIX DAYS WAR IN ISRAEL
-buddhist monks in vietnam set on fire
-mao zedong in china
-the significance of 1968

Assignments/Elements that must be included at some point during your unit:

You will want to show the 5 minute Malcolm X video on the short answer slide to help your fellow students out. 
This can be done as an activity in class, not necessarily written as a DBQ (thesis, evidence and grouping will suffice)

The Home Front

-CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
-MLK
-MALCOLM X
-SNCC
-BLACK PANTHERS
-JIM CROW LAWS
-LUNCH COUNTER SITINS
-FREEDOM RIDERS
-MARCH ON WASHINGTON
-BOBBY KENNEDY
-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS
-LITTLE ROCK NINE
-lunch counter sit ins
-segregation
-thurgood marshall appointment
-L.a. riots 
-peace corps
-FEMINIST MOVEMENT
-MATERIAL CULTURE
-Camelot THE NEW FRONTIER
-PEACE CORPS
-LANDING ON THE MOON
-ASsassinations of KENNEDY/MLK/MALCOLM X/BOBBY KENNEDY 
-Anti-war movement
-FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT @ BERKELEY
-THE GREAT SOCIETY
-MEDICARE
-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
-COUNTERCULTURE
-HAIGHT/ASHBURY
-WOODSTOCK
-HIPPIES