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M*A*S*H Sign Post

M*A*S*H Sign Post

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary Sources
Date Posted: 11/6/2008

Declaring the distances to such places as Boston, San Francisco, and Toledo, this sign post graced the set of M*A*S*H during the show's run. Set in Korea during the 1950s, the show revolved around the work and antics of the staff of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH). Its final episode on February 28, 1983, was the most–watched television program of all time.


National Standards

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

1: The economic boom and social transformation of postwar United States
 
2: How the Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international politics
 
3: Domestic policies after World War II
 
4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties
 

Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

1: Recent developments in foreign and domestic politics
 
2: Economic, social, and cultural developments in contemporary United States
 

World History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 9: The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes

1: How post-World War II reconstruction occurred, new international power relations took shape, and colonial empires broke up
 
2: The search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world
 
3: Major global trends since World War II
 

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