A Single American Nation

Required Resources

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· Barnes, L. & Bowles, M. (2014). The American story: Perspectives and encounters from 1877 . San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

· Chapter 10: The Cold War Era

· Chapter 11: The Affluent and Anxious Society

· Chapter 12: The Turbulent Years

Article

· Hanchett, T. W. (2001). The other 'subsidized housing'. Journal of Housing & Community Development, 58(1), 18. Retrieved from the http://www.nahro.org/housing-journal

· A scholarly article that examines federal housing policy and regulations since World War II and resulting impact on society. This is scholarly secondary source that is acceptable for use in the Final Project. This article can be found in the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library.

Multimedia

· Hannigan, B., Hawksworth, R, & Spencer, S. (Producers). (2009). The post-war years [Series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th century. Retrieved from https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=47585&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=

· A video that looks at the social, political, and economic changes that occurred during the post-World War II years.

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· Smith, L. M. (Producer, Director, & Writer). (2003). The house we live in[Series episode]. In L. Adelman (Executive producer), Race: The power of an illusion. Retrieved from https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=49736&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=

· A video that examines the concept of race and the ways that the understanding of racial categories has over time as well as the ways that those understandings of race have affected specific groups and society.

Recommended Resources

Article

· Gutiérrez, J. A. (2011). The Chicano movement: Paths to power. Social Studies, 102(1), 25-32. doi:10.1080/00377996.2011.533043

· A scholarly article that provides a short explanation of the major events of the Chicano movement. This is a scholarly secondary source that is acceptable for use in the Final Project. This article can be found in the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library.

Reading

· May, E. (2008). War and peace: Fanning the home fires. In Homeward bound: American families in the Cold War era (pp. 58-88). Retrieved from the ebrary database.

· A chapter from a scholarly book that examines the situation of many American women and families in the early Cold War with information on how the Cold War affected United States society. This is a scholarly secondary source that is acceptable for use in the Final Project.

Multimedia

· Bernard, S. C. (Writer). (2000). A struggle for educational equality: 1950-1980 [Series episode]. In School: The story of American public education. Retrieved from https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=11764&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=

· A video that looks that challenges for African Americans, women, Hispanic Americans, and the disabled as they pursued educational opportunities.

· Coontz, S. [UChannel]. (2010, Sept. 29). The way we never were: American families and the nostalgia trap [Video]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/MIeAnU7_7TA

· A recorded lecture given by a well-known and respected historian of United States families that examines the realities in opposition to common perceptions of the “traditional” family and some results of the social changes in the years after World War II.

· Hannigan, B., Hawksworth, R., & Spencer, S. (Producers & Writers). (2009). Cold war [Series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th century. Retrieved from https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=47587&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=

· A video that focuses mainly on the foreign policy issues of the Cold War.

· Pearson Education. (2010, January 1). Civil rights in America [Activity]. Retrieved from http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/shared_hss_assets/political_science/polisim_3/burnstimeline1.html

· An interactive time line that provides a visual representation of the important events in the struggles for equality of African Americans, Native Americans, and Latino Americans from 1775 to 2000.

· Valdés, M. J., (Producer) & Sandoval, C. (Writer). (2009). A class apart [Video file]. Retrieved from https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=40874&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=

· A video that discusses the discrimination and segregation faced by the Hispanic community in the United States, especially in realm of education.