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The 1950's
Theme Unit
Reading Comprehensions
Korean War
The DMZ - New Life in No Man's Land (Grades 4-6)
Korea - How the Cold War Got Hot (Grades 6-8)
When is a War Not a War? (Grades 6-8)
The Never-Ending War (Grades 6-8)
The DMZ - A Dragon is Born (Grades 7-9)
Korean War Technology
War Birds Over Korea, Part 1 - A New Breed (Grades 5-6)
War Birds Over Korea, Part 2 - "Angels of Mercy" (Grades 5-6)
M.A.S.H., Part 1 - A Look at Military Medicine (Grades 6-8)
M.A.S.H., Part 2 - Nitty-Gritty Medicine (Grades 6-8)
Science and Technology
War on Disease, Part 1 - Attacking Polio (Grades 7-9)
War on Disease, Part 2 - New Weapons (Grades 7-9)
From the Far Out to the Right On - Science and Fiction in the Fifties (Grades 9-12)
Historic / World Events
TV Quiz Show Scandals (Grades 6-8)
A Vaccine to Fight Polio (Grades 6-8)
At McDonald's (Grades 6-8)
The Kitchen Debate (Grades 6-8)
NASA (Grades 7-9)
People
Good Ol' Charlie Brown (Grades 4-6)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the Calypso (Grades 6-8)
Cold Warriors, Part 1 - USSR (Grades 6-8)
Cold Warriors, Part 2 - U.S. (Grades 6-8)
Culture and Trends
Fun Fads of the Fab Fifties (Grades 4-6)
Star-Gazing - Entertainment in the Fifties (Grades 6-8)
On the Road with Burma Shave - Advertising in the Fifties (Grades 6-8)
Boomers and Bomb Shelters - The Nifty Fifties (Grades 9-10)
The "Beat" of a Different Drum - Rebels of the Nifty Fifties (Grades 9-12)
Inventions
Zip It Shut With Velcro (Grades 3-5)
Building a Lego World (Grades 5-7)
Entertainment
Hula Hooping (Grades 4-6)
The Mouse Finds a House (Grades 5-7)
Rock and Roll Comes to TV (Grades 6-8)
Fiction
Dreamboat - A Fifties Story, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
Dreamboat - A Fifties Story, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
Dreamboat - A Fifties Story, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
Book Units
Leon's Story (Grades 3-5)
Belle Prater's Boy (Grades 4-8)
My Louisiana Sky (Grades 5-8)
Kira-Kira (Grades 5-9)
The Crucible (Grades 6-8)
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