Chapter 19: Post-WWII and Georgia
UNIT F: Post-WWII and Georgia
GPS: SS8H10 The student will evaluate key post-World War II developments of Georgia from 1945 to 1970.
a. Analyze the impact of the transformation of agriculture on Georgia’s growth.
b. Explain how the development of Atlanta including the roles of mayors William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen, Jr., and major league sports, contributed to the growth of Georgia.
c. Discuss the impact of Ellis Arnall
QCC: 35. Topic: Rural Urban Suburban
Standard: Discusses concepts "rural," "urban," "suburban," and "metropolitan" in the context of economic growth in Georgia after the 1950s.
36. Topic: Metropolitan Area Economic Growth
Standard: Interprets the impact of the growth in the Atlanta metropolitan region after 1950.
Essential Questions
1) How did the Cold War start, what was it, and what were the important early events and effects?
2) Why did Georgia change its voting system from the county unit to the ‘one-person, one vote’?
3) How did transportation contribute to the growth of Georgia?
4) What were the effects of growth on Atlanta after World War II?
Essential Vocabulary
Post-WWII
GI Bill of Rights
Baby boom
Cold War
Communism
Berlin airlift
Korean War
Gov. Ellis Arnall
Helen Mankin
County unit system
Herman Talmadge
M.E. Thompson
Carl Sanders
William Hartsfield
Ivan Allen
Forward Atlanta
MARTA
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Metropolitan
UNIT F - Day 1 – Georgia Politics (1945-1970)
Essential Question
Why did Georgia change its voting system from the county unit to the ‘one-person, one vote’?
Materials:
Pen or pencil, Notebook paper
Handout – Student Enrichment and Activity 19-1
Textbook – p. 294 – 299.
Directions:
30 minutes – 15 pts.
A. Answer the following questions: p. 294 – 299.
1) What was the county unit system?
2) Why was the county unit system unfair to the individual voter? To urban areas?
3) Using Enrichment 19-1 handout, how many representatives and unit votes did Henry County have?
4) What caused the Three-Governors Controversy?
5) Who were the three competing governor wannabes?
6) What was each of their arguments?
Chart for #5 and #6:
5) Governor wanna-be 6) Argument
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|b. | |
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7) How did the end of the county unit system change Georgia’s political scene?
15 minutes – 5 pts
B. Complete Student Activity 19-1.
UNIT F - Day 2 – Transportation in Georgia
Essential Question: How did expanding transportation options in Georgia contribute to growth?
Materials:
Notebook paper, Pen or pencil
Handouts – Modern Georgia and Atlanta Airport
Textbook – pages 288-300.
Directions:
10 minutes – 5 pts.
A. Read pages 288-291, and 293.
1. Make a chart that describes how the GI Bill, the automobile, and Governor Ellis Arnall changed the way Georgian’s lived after WWII.
15 minutes – 10 pts.
B. Read page 300, “Growth and Change in
Metropolitan Atlanta”
2. What decision by Congress helped make
Atlanta a transportation hub in the
Southeast?
3. What did the national interstate highway
system in Georgia help attract to Atlanta?
4. Why did the Atlanta metropolitan region grow
rapidly during the 1950’s and 1960’s?
20 minutes – 10 pts.
C. Complete Unit 8 Activity and Atlanta Airport
Handouts.
UNIT F – DAYS 3 & 4 - Pick and Choose
Each group member will choose one different activity to complete.
Activity Name
|1. Make a graphic organizer with the 20 vocabulary words and | |
|divide them into categories of political, economic, and social. | |
|2. Make a timeline of events in post-WWII GA between 1945 to | |
|1970. | |
|3. Draw a map of Metropolitan Atlanta, with interstate highways| |
|and surrounding suburbs during the ‘50’s. | |
|4. Make comic book frames depicting the Three Governors | |
|Controvery in GA. | |
|5. Use the internet to investigate Henry County during post-WWII | |
|years, and write a summary of your findings. | |
• If you do not finish this assignment using the generous class time I am giving you, you MUST FINISH for HOMEWORK!
UNIT F RUBRIC
Group Names:
Assignment Points
|Day 1 – GA politics & 3 governors incident | |
| |25 |
|Day 2 – Transportation in GA | |
| |25 |
|Day 3 & 4 – Pick and Choose | |
| |50 |
|Class Presentation w/ Graphic | |
| |50 |
TOTAL: / 150
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