Indiana Social Studies USH.6.7
The Standard
Evaluate the presidential administrations from Truman to Carter, including domestic and foreign policy, programs, and legal rulings.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare what presidents from Truman through Carter did at home and abroad. They explain how court rulings changed policy or limited presidential power. They judge results using specific evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can connect the Great Society to Johnson, détente to Nixon, and the Camp David Accords to Carter. They can explain how United States v. Nixon limited presidential power and use evidence to compare two administrations.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may credit Kennedy with the Great Society or Truman with the interstate highways. They may treat a Supreme Court ruling as a law the president passed, rather than a decision the administration had to respond to.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: What did Johnson's Great Society and Nixon's détente each aim to change? Explain what United States v. Nixon required, then choose the most lasting result and defend your choice with one fact.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs president, policy, and court ruling cards; have them build a 1945 to 1980 timeline and mark domestic, foreign, or court.
Ask students to write: Did the Vietnam War weaken Johnson's Great Society? Support your answer with one program and one war cost.
Play president match with clues for the Marshall Plan, highways, Cuban missile crisis, Great Society, détente, Ford's pardon, and Camp David.
Show a 1979 gas line photo and a recent gas price chart; ask students to compare Carter's energy proposals with current responses.
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