Conclusion

It is the mid-1950s. The era of McCarthyism was at an end, but the Cold War was still in full swing. Educators have spent a decade in the classroom trying to create model Americans. How well did it work?

In a time of uncertainty, Americans attempted to preserve patriotic values for future generations. Social guidance films and print media espoused mainstream family values, good citizenship, and traditional gender roles.

If you were a teen in early Cold War America, how would these attempts at "teen tuning" have impacted you? Do you think the social guidance movement was successful?