Description
The course involves instruction in teaching, in accordance with the New York State standards in Social Studies, the major movements and events in American history from 1945 to the present. The United States today is a nation of extraordinary diversity, but also one whose people share a common political system and public culture. In order to make informed judgments about the present and enrich the student's understanding of America and its place in the world today, it is necessary to grasp it's multi-faceted history. This course provides multiple methods for teaching the origins, character and development of the Cold War, including McCarthyism and the Vietnam War; the political and social movements of the 1960s and 1970s; the emergence of conservatism in the 1980s; the end of the Cold War, and America today. Teacher candidates will learn a multi-dimensional approach through participation in each of these subject areas as well as through the use of technology.