This month’s featured module is the Cold War, Consumers, and Civil Rights: U.S. History from 1945-1963 module. The Module was developed by Dr. Penne Restad, reviewed, and published to the Resource Bank in the Summer of 2013. The Cold War, Consumers, and Civil Rights: U.S. History from 1945-1963 module was designed for “U.S. History, 1865 – The Present” as an undergraduate survey course.

The Module focuses on four learning goals. The Learning Goals are:

1. Identify the sequence of critical events underlying:
   • Cold War fears
   • the rise of consumer culture
   • the development of social criticism and protest
2. Explain the significance or importance of these events and understand how they interact
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between these events and contemporary events to put them in historical context
4. Develop arguments based on evidence to examine the transformation of American culture across the time period from a seemingly well-ordered cohesion to a more fractured, conflicted discourse

The Cold War, Consumers, and Civil Rights: U.S. History from 1945-1963 module includes a 19 question RAT and 1 Application Exercise.

This module and many more can be found in the TBLC Resource Bank. To access the Resource Bank, first sign in to the Member’s Only site here. Once logged in, the link to the Resource Bank is found in the top menu bar.