History Discussion (A Single American Nation)

• 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.
• 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.