HIS 145 Week 3 Social Movements and Trends

Instructions

Choose one of the following topics:

• Native Americans
• Women
• Environment
• Latin Americans
• Sexual liberation

Read at least three different newspaper articles between 1968 and 1980 that cover important changes affecting your topic. In the University Library, use the ProQuest® historical newspaper archive (available under General Resources > ProQuest > Advanced Search >Search Options >Source Type), which includes the following major newspapers, among others:

• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Wall Street Journal
• Los Angeles Times
• Christian Science Monitor

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you describe the status of the chosen group or idea and how that group or idea was affected by the changes brought about during the 1960s. Include information gleaned from the newspaper articles as well as other material.