20.1: Western Europe and North America

Look at the picture on page 411 and read "The Story Matters...".

1. What did the U.S. Government hope to achieve by implementing "Duck and Cover" drills? 
2. Why did "Duck and Cover" drills eventually get phased out?

Let's look at the map on page 413.  Notice that the Northern Hemisphere looks very different from this project [above the North Pole] -- and that the "Soviet Union" (now Russia) is closer than they appear on a world map.  This is one reason that the Soviet Union being able to launch a payload into space [and, at the same time developing the Atomic Bomb] caused concern to Americans.

• Vocabulary (p.414)
• Geography Connection (p.416): #1 & 2
• Reading Progress Check (p.416): How was the Fifth Republic in France different from the Fourth Republic?
• Critical Thinking (p.417): What do you think was the effect of the March on Washington?
• Reading Progress Check (p.418): In the United States how was the decade of the 1970's a reaction to the 1960's?
• Drawing Conclusions (p.418): What is the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
• Reading Progress Check (p.419): What was a goal of the women's liberation movement?
• Critical Thinking (p.419): Interpret the meaning of the signs carried at the rally.
• Lesson 1 Review (p.419): #1, 3, 4, 5

Watch the Martin Luther King Jr. speech and answer the following questions:

• Discuss whether or not this is a Primary Source.
• When did the event(s) take place?
• Describe how this document is a significant part of the Civil Rights movement.
• According to the speech, to whom did the Emancipation Proclamation give hope?
• How is the Emancipation Proclamation connected to the I Have a Dream Speech?
What do you think Dr. King means when he says that time can be used destructively or constructively? 
• Why did he believe that the Civil Rights Movement was an example of using time constructively?

Watch the clip about Women's Liberation and answer the following questions:

• What was most surprising about the clip?
• Did women achieve equality in American society?  Why/why not?