Description

1950s: Rebuild!

Continue your study of Modern World History with 1950s: Rebuild! This comprehensive, globally-centered interactive history lesson immerses learners in the people, events, and ideas that shaped the decade of the 1950s, providing hands-on activities and engaging materials. This box is part of our Modern History Curriculum Series.

Inside this box:

• Explore the post World War II world and learn about:
  • How Europe, Japan, and the USSR Rebuilt after the war
  • The Cold War tensions between the United States and the USSR and how this led to revolutions in Latin America
  • Consumerism and suburban life in America during the 1950s
  • Why Korea is considered a proxy war between the United States and the USSR and how it ended up a divided country
  • What partition means and how it was applied to India and Pakistan, and Israel and Palestine
  • The Highway Men, Black artists in Florida who challenged the rules of segregation 
  • Alexander Calder and the role of industrialization in art

Our Young Adult box features articles about:

• The creation of an apartheid state in South Africa
• Explore Abstract Expressionism with Jackson Pollock

Who Is This For?

This box is ideal for:

• Homeschool families seeking a secular, global history curriculum
• Teachers supplementing modern history in the classroom
• Co-ops and micro-schools focusing on project-based learning
• Families using Charlotte Mason, Classical, or Unit Study approaches

Recommended for ages 13+ (Youth) and 16+ (Young Adult version).

Discover the 1950s today and continue your study of the modern era!