suburbanization
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Suburbanization. Warm-up. Write down two positives and two negatives for living in the city. . Reminders. Debate Monday March 28 th Test Tuesday March 29 th. Question of the Day. Why did hundreds of thousands of people move from cities to suburbs in the middle of the 20 th century? . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Suburbanization
Write down two positives and two negatives for living in the city.
Warm-up
Debate Monday March 28th
Test Tuesday March 29th
Reminders
Why did hundreds of thousands of people move from cities to suburbs in the middle of the 20th century?
Question of the Day
Suburbs- A residential region (where people live) around a city.
GI Bill- a bill that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. It also provided many different types of loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses.
Vocabulary
Army
G. I. Bill The GI Bill was created in 1944 to prevent
WWII veterans from protesting. Among other things, it paid for any veteran’s
entire education-college for free! The GI Bill also loaned money for a very good
rate-making it easier to buy a house!
Impact Schools increased employment. More people than ever before went to college. The work force increased expectations for
workers. Allowed more people to own homes and leave
the city.
GI Bill
Roads
In 1956 Congress gave millions of dollars to redo the highways that connected America.
Impacts of a better, faster highway system: Go faster More accidents Pollution More gas More cars Traffic Live further from work
US Interstate Highway System
Family life
Baby BoomA large and sudden increase in the birth rate in America between 1946 and 1964
Baby Boom
Baby BoomBecause of soldiers returning from war, birth rates increased during the 1950’60’s period.Over 76 million American children were born during this period.Baby boomers were coddled by parents and lived in protected, wealthy, suburban livesGreater need for education, jobs, housing
Shopping
Suburbs
Baby boomGI BillInterstate Highway System
What Caused the Growth of the Suburbs?
Listen to this song and read the lyrics. We will be discussing what this song demonstrates about life in America in the 1950s.
Life in the 1950s
Why was the GI Bill passed? What were the two main things that the GI Bill did? What was an impact of the GI Bill? What happened to the birth rate after WWII? Why did it go up? What is an impact of the baby boom? What did Congress do in 1956? Why does this matter? What were the 3 things that lead to the growth of
the suburbs?
Practice!
What do you think are the long term effects of suburbanization?
Is suburbanization part of the American Dream or homogenization (grouping people who are similar together) of American culture?
Is suburbanization a positive migration in American history or a negative? Explain
Let’s push our thinking
Now you own your own construction company making homes in the suburbs in the 1950s
Create an ad that will convince people to move out of the city
Give at least one PUSH and one PULL reason!
Minimum 3 colors
Create an AD!