"The Fifties"

Use these links to clarify terms you aren't familiar with. Since these links will explain things you might not be familiar with historically (comprehension level questions), try to write some open-ended higher level thinking questions for your Five Fantastic Q's. Examples:

• How was it possible that... ?
• What happened to ... ?
• Is this still... ?
• What if... ?

 Levittown
http://www.levittownhistoricalsociety.org/history.htm

Korean War
http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war

The Cold War
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war

House Committe on Un-American Activities
http://www.history.com/topics/house-un-american-activities-committee

Joseph McCarthy
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm

McCarthyism
http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/mccarthyism.htm

Censorship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship