Document Based Question: Why did women's roles change from the 50s to the 80s?

One of our SC SS Standards for the 5th grade addresses how women's roles changed during the Cold War era between the 50s to the 80s. I could not find many resources to support my teaching of this standard, so I attempted to create my own DBQ! I use the "The DBQ Project"'s "Mini-Q's in American History," Volume 2, and this resource does a phenomenal job of meeting our SS standards, as well as promoting common core reading and writing standards. So, I used their format to create my own DBQ answering the question, "Why did women's roles change from the 50s to the 80s?"

This resource includes the following:
-a PDF of the entire DBQ, from the introduction, to the "hook," to the documents with comprehension questions, and a teacher key. This can be photocopied for students or projected on a screen for class viewing.
-a PDF of a background essay
-a PDF of a prewriting map to help the students plan an essay
-a PDF of a graphic organizer that will help students plan an essay, based on a graphic organizer shared with me from a fellow teacher

This may be a bit challenging for younger students; I used it with my GT 5th graders.