LLPH Units 9-16
259 items
Chapter 9: 1877-1898
Unit - 5 Lessons
Unit
5 Lessons
Invite students to explore how a changing view of government’s responsibility during the Gilded Age affected American society.
The Annexation of Hawaii DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
100 Min
Use this Lesson with The Annexation of Hawaii Narrative to show how American policymakers and businesses looked outside U.S. borders to continue expanding American influence.
100 Min
Industry and Immigration in the Gilded Age
Lesson - 4 Activities
Lesson
4 Activities
85 Min
Use this Lesson with the Cartoon Analysis: Immigration in the Gilded Age, 1882–1896 Primary Source to highlight the way immigrants were regarded and treated during the Gilded Age.
85 Min
Debating Industrial Progress: Andrew Carnegie vs. Henry George
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
65 Min
Use this Lesson with the Andrew Carnegie and the Creation of U.S. Steel Narrative and the Were the Titans of the Gilded Age "Robber Barons" or "Entrepreneurial Industrialists"? Point-Counterpoint to highlight the impact businessmen like Carnegie had on industry and philanthropy in the Gilded Age.
65 Min
Populists and Socialists in the Gilded Age
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
75 Min
Use this Lesson with the Ignatius Donnelly and the 1892 Populist Platform Narrative and the William Jennings Bryan, "Cross of Gold," speech 1896 speech Primary Source to give students a deeper understanding of Gilded Age political platforms.
75 Min
Debating Strategies for Change: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
65 Min
Use this Lesson with the Booker T. Washington, "Speech to the Cotton States and International Exposition," 1895 Primary Source to allow students to analyze and compare arguments for the early African American civil rights movement.
65 Min
Were the Titans of the Gilded Age “Robber Barons” or “Entrepreneurial Industrialists”?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Was the economic growth in the country during the Gilded Age justified if it was built on the backs of American workers? Mark Summers and John Steele Gordon debate this question.
Were the Titans of the Gilded Age “Robber Barons” or “Entrepreneurial Industrialists” Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Were Urban Bosses Essential Service Providers or Corrupt Politicians?
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Activity
40 Min
Were urban leaders more like "Boss" Tweed, who is infamous for his corruption, or did most benefit their communities by providing services that local governments did not? Stephanie Hinnershitz and Mark Summers debate which narrative about these urban bosses was more accurate.
Were Urban Bosses Essential Service Providers or Corrupt Politicians Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Was Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis Myth or Reality?
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Activity
40 Min
Did western expansion fuel the individualism seen in the American character? Andrew Fisher and Bradley J. Birzer debate the validity of Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis.
Was Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis Myth or Reality Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Cartoon Analysis: Thomas Nast Takes on “Boss” Tweed, 1871
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
The Dawes Act, 1887
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Images from the Carlisle Indian School, 1880s
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Grover Cleveland’s Veto of the Texas Seed Bill, 1887
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000–1887, 1888
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law,” 1893
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” 1893
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Booker T. Washington, “Speech to the Cotton States and International Exposition,” 1895
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Cartoon Analysis: Immigration in the Gilded Age, 1882–1896
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
William Jennings Bryan, “Cross of Gold” speech, 1896
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Chapter 9 Introductory Essay: 1877-1898
Essay - 6849 Words
Essay
6849 Words
What impact did industrialization have on American society?
The Transcontinental Railroad
Essay - 2622 Words
Essay
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What were the societal impact of the transcontinental railroad?
The Brooklyn Bridge
Essay - 2146 Words
Essay
2146 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898.
George Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Essay - 3156 Words
Essay
3156 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898.
William “Boss” Tweed and Political Machines
Essay - 2160 Words
Essay
2160 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences between the political parties during the Gilded Age.
Andrew Carnegie and the Creation of U.S. Steel
Essay - 2348 Words
Essay
2348 Words
Explore how Carnegie became one of the richest men in the U.S.
Cowboys and Cattle Drives
Essay - 2795 Words
Essay
2795 Words
Why do Americans romanticize the image of cowboys?
Ida B. Wells and the Campaign against Lynching
Essay - 1848 Words
Essay
1848 Words
How did Ida Wells fight for justice for African Americans?
The Annexation of Hawaii
Essay - 2523 Words
Essay
2523 Words
Was the annexation of Hawaii an act of imperialism?
Jane Addams, Hull House, and Immigration
Essay - 2404 Words
Essay
2404 Words
How did Jane Addams help immigrants in the U.S.?
Ignatius Donnelly and the 1892 Populist Platform
Essay - 2871 Words
Essay
2871 Words
What sparked the rise of the Populist movement?
The Homestead Strike
Essay - 2602 Words
Essay
2602 Words
Why did unions and management battle each other in the 1890s?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Essay - 2793 Words
Essay
2793 Words
How did Plessy v Ferguson affect segregation in the U.S.?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Essay - 2373 Words
Essay
2373 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how cultural and economic factors affected migration patterns over time.
Chapter 10: 1898-1919
Unit - 3 Lessons
Unit
3 Lessons
Invite students to explore how the Progressive vision shaped American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917.
Women’s Suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
75 Min
Use this Lesson with Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Narrative, the Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women's Suffrage, 1894-1914 Primary Source, and the Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917 Primary Source to further explore the journey of the women's suffrage movement.
75 Min
Schenck v. United States DBQ
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
80 Min
Use this Lesson with The Espionage Act of 1917 Primary Source to explore how domestic groups who spoke out against U.S. involvement in World War I were treated. Facilitation Notes: Students should know how to approach primary sources, as well as some factual background regarding the events and time period of World War 1.
80 Min
The Progressive Movement DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
80 Min
Use this Lesson with the Wilsonian Progressivism Narrative and the Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government? Point-Counterpoint to understand the Progressive Era.
80 Min
Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
In pressing for drastic changes in American society, did the Progressive movement stay true to Founding principles? Mark Thomas and Joseph Postell debate this question.
Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government Graphic Organizer
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Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Redfield Proctor vs. Mark Twain on American Imperialism, 1898–1906
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Cartoon Analysis: A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists, Victor Gillam, 1899
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Lewis Hine, Photographs Documenting Child Labor, 1908
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women’s Suffrage, 1894–1914
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Business and Advertising in the Early Twentieth Century, 1910–1917
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
The Espionage Act of 1917
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
George M. Cohan, Over There, 1917
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Chapter 10 Introductory Essay: 1898-1919
Essay - 9808 Words
Essay
9808 Words
How did immigration/global affairs affect the U.S. from 1898-1919?
Ida M. Tarbell’s Crusade against Standard Oil
Essay - 2523 Words
Essay
2523 Words
Was John Rockefeller a captain of industry or robber baron?
Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage
Essay - 2705 Words
Essay
2705 Words
How did Alice Paul fight for equality of the sexes?
Remember the Maine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
Essay - 2475 Words
Essay
2475 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the effects of the Spanish-American War.
Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve
Essay - 2547 Words
Essay
2547 Words
By the end of this section, you will compare attitudes toward the use of natural resources from 1890 to 1945.
Jim Crow and Progressivism
Essay - 2618 Words
Essay
2618 Words
By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
The Panama Canal
Essay - 2647 Words
Essay
2647 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
Speaker Joseph Cannon Dethroned
Essay - 2281 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
Wilsonian Progressivism
Essay - 2098 Words
Essay
2098 Words
By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
The Philippine-American War
Essay - 2791 Words
Essay
2791 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the effects of the Spanish-American War.
America Enters World War I
Essay - 2371 Words
Essay
2371 Words
Why did the U.S. become involved in World War I?
Over There: The U.S. Soldier in World War I
Essay - 2231 Words
Essay
2231 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.
The Great Migration
Essay - 2183 Words
Essay
2183 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.
The Election of 1912
Essay - 2419 Words
Essay
2419 Words
By the end of this section, you will compare the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement.
The Treaty of Versailles
Essay - 2741 Words
Essay
2741 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.
Chapter 11: 1920-1932
Unit - 3 Lessons
Unit
3 Lessons
Invite students to explore how the modernization of the American economy and society led to cultural conflict during the 1920s.
Ernest Hemingway and the Lost Generation
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
90 Min
Use this Lesson to have students analyze the effect of WWI on western culture and how this was dealt with by authors such as Ernest Hemingway.
90 Min
The KKK during Reconstruction vs. the KKK in the 1920s
Lesson
Lesson
85 Min
Use this Lesson with the Postwar Race Riots Narrative, The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s Narrative, and Marcus Garvey, "Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World," 1920 Primary Source to highlight the struggles of African Americans during the 1920s.
The Blues and the Great Migration
Lesson
Lesson
Use this Lesson with the Langston Hughes, "I, Too" and "The Weary Blues," 1920 and 1925 Primary Source and the Andy Razaf (lyrics), Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks (score), "Ain't Misbehavin'," Jazz and the Radio, 1929 Primary Source to show students how migration influence art and literature through the Harlem Renaissance movement. In this lesson, developed by and included with the permission of Teach Rock , students will analyze various accounts of the Great Migration to address the following question: How did the Great Migration spread southern culture and help give the blues a central place in American popular music?
Was Prohibition a Success or a Failure?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Given the impact on the economic, social, and political lives of Americans, was the outlawing of the manufacturing and sale of alcohol a wise policy? David E. Hamilton and Johnathan O’Neill debate this question.
Was Prohibition a Success or a Failure Graphic Organizer
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Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Should Herbert Hoover Be Considered an Activist President?
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Activity
40 Min
Did Herbert Hoover use unprecedented federal power to try to stymy the calamities of the Great Depression or was he a conservative who tried to uphold the traditional governing structure of the country? Glen Jeansonne and Michael Parrish debate the question.
Should Herbert Hoover Be Considered an Activist President Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Cartoon Analysis: Elmer Andrews Bushnell, “The Sky Is Now Her Limit,” 1920
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Mitchell Palmer, “The Case against the Reds,” 1920
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Marcus Garvey, “Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World,” 1920
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Charlie Chaplin, The Kid, 1921
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Alice Paul and the Equal Rights Amendment (Lucretia Mott Amendment), 1923
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Ellison DuRant Smith, “Shut the Door,” 1924
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Langston Hughes, “I, Too” and “The Weary Blues,” 1920 and 1925
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Andy Razaf (lyrics), Thomas “Fats” Waller and Harry Brooks (score), “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” Jazz and the Radio, 1929
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Chapter 11 Introductory Essay: 1920-1932
Essay - 7853 Words
Essay
7853 Words
What challenges did the U.S. face in the post-WWI era?
The Red Scare and Civil Liberties
Essay - 3059 Words
Essay
3059 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.
Postwar Race Riots
Essay - 2399 Words
Essay
2399 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of developments in popular culture in the United States over time.
The Spanish Flu of 1919
Essay - 2170 Words
Essay
2170 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.
U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars
Essay - 2213 Words
Essay
2213 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
Essay - 2537 Words
Essay
2537 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of developments in popular culture in the United States over time.
Henry Ford and Alfred P. Sloan: Industrialization and Competition
Essay - 2393 Words
Essay
2393 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the innovations in communication and technology in the United States over time.
“Silent Cal” Coolidge
Essay - 2498 Words
Essay
2498 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of developments in popular culture in the United States over time.
Charles Lindbergh and Flight
Essay - 2549 Words
Essay
2549 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the innovations in communication and technology in the United States over time.
The Crash of 1929
Essay - 2169 Words
Essay
2169 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy.
The Bonus Army
Essay - 2140 Words
Essay
2140 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy.
Chapter 12: 1932-1945
Unit - 2 Lessons
Unit
2 Lessons
Invite students to explore how Franklin Roosevelt responded to the crises of the Great Depression at home and the war against tyrannical states during World War II abroad.
Was the Use of the Atomic Bomb Justified? DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
65 Min
Use this lesson with The Manhattan Project Narrative and the Dropping the Atomic Bomb Decision Point to show the development of the United States' nuclear program and subsequent use in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
65 Min
Korematsu v. United States and Japanese Internment DBQ
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
80 Min
Use this lesson to have students explore the challenges to civil liberties faced by Japanese Americans in internment camps during WWII.
80 Min
Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Under the New Deal, federal programs spent huge amounts of money in an attempt to combat the Great Depression. Were these programs an effective way to restore economic prosperity in the country? Glenda Gilmore and Michael Parrish debate this question.
Did the New Deal End the Great Depression Graphic Organizer
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Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Art Analysis: The Art of the New Deal, 1934
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Huey Long and the American Liberty League, 1934
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Photographs: The Dust Bowl and Rural Poverty, 1936–1937
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
“Sit Down,” Maurice Sugar, 1936–1937
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Atlantic Charter, 1941
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
A. Philip Randolph, The Call to Negro America to March on Washington, 1941
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
World War II Propaganda Posters, 1941–1945
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Photographs: Women at Work on the Homefront during World War II, 1941–1945
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Franklin Roosevelt, Second Bill of Rights, 1944
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Dwight Eisenhower, D-Day Statement, 1944
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Phil “Bo” Perabo, Letter Home, 1945
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Images from the Congressional Committee Investigating Nazi Atrocities, 1945
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 12 Introductory Essay: 1932-1945
Essay - 9612 Words
Essay
9612 Words
How did the U.S. handle WWII and the Depression?
The Dust Bowl
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Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy.
The National Recovery Administration and the Schechter Brothers
Essay - 2682 Words
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
New Deal Critics
Essay - 2645 Words
Essay
2645 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Labor Upheaval, Industrial Organization, and the Rise of the CIO
Essay - 2376 Words
Essay
2376 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Court Packing and Constitutional Revolution
Essay - 2729 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson
Essay - 1922 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Foreign Policy in the 1930s: From Neutrality to Involvement
Essay - 2622 Words
Essay
2622 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
Pearl Harbor
Essay - 2162 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
Double V for Victory: The Effort to Integrate the U.S. Military
Essay - 2959 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
D-Day
Essay - 2083 Words
Essay
2083 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Essay - 1693 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
The Manhattan Project
Essay - 1848 Words
Essay
1848 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
Dropping the Atomic Bomb
Essay - 2638 Words
Essay
2638 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
Chapter 13: 1945-1960
Unit - 3 Lessons
Unit
3 Lessons
Invite students to explore how anti-communist foreign policy, the liberal welfare state, and American cultural values shaped the postwar world from 1945 to 1960.
McCarthyism DBQ
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
70 Min
Use this lesson with The Postwar Red Scare Narrative to discuss the impact McCarthy and widespread fear of Communism had during the 1950s. This Lesson can also be used with the Cold War Spy Cases Narrative and the George Kennan ("Mr. X"), "Sources of Soviet Conduct," July 1947 Primary Source.
70 Min
Kennedy vs. Nixon: TV and Politics
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson with The Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate Narrative and the Richard Nixon, "Checkers" Speech, September 1952 Primary Source to have students analyze the impact television made on the perception of politicians in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Sound of the Suburbs
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson with the Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Baby Boom Narrative and the Levittown Videos, 1947-1957 Primary Source to analyze the impact that the baby boom and urbanization had on American culture.
Was Federal Spending on the Space Race Justified?
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Activity
40 Min
Were the large amount of money to keep up with the Soviet Union in space exploration and to be the first country to land a man on the moon worth it? Brian Domitrovic and Jeff Broadwater debate this question.
Was Federal Spending on the Space Race Justified Graphic Organizer
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Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Who Was Responsible for Starting the Cold War?
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Activity
40 Min
Which country, the United States or its previous ally, the Soviet Union, was responsible for the escalating tensions that led to the Cold War that would go on to last for decades? Two scholars debate this question.
Who Was Responsible for Starting the Cold War Graphic Organizer
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Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Winston Churchill, “Sinews of Peace,” March 1946
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Levittown Videos, 1947–1957
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Harry S. Truman, “Truman Doctrine” Address, March 1947
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
George Kennan (“Mr. X”), “Sources of Soviet Conduct,” July 1947
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Richard Nixon, “Checkers” Speech, September 1952
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Rosa Parks’s Account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Radio Interview), April 1956
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Critics of Postwar Culture: Jack Kerouac, On the Road (Excerpts), 1957
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address, January 1961
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Nam Paik, Electronic Superhighway, 1995
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 13 Introductory Essay: 1945-1960
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Essay
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How did the Cold War shape U.S. society after WWII?
Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations
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Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
The G.I. Bill
Essay - 2423 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the migration of various groups of Americans after 1945
The Berlin Airlift
Essay - 2637 Words
Essay
2637 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
The Postwar Red Scare
Essay - 2428 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the Red Scare after World War II.
Cold War Spy Cases
Essay - 2511 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the Red Scare after World War II.
The Korean War and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Essay - 2605 Words
Essay
2605 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
Jackie Robinson
Essay - 2308 Words
Essay
2308 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980.
The Murder of Emmett Till
Essay - 1960 Words
Essay
1960 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how and why the civil rights movements developed and expanded from 1945 to 1960.
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Essay - 2316 Words
Essay
2316 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980.
The Little Rock Nine
Essay - 1900 Words
Essay
1900 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how and why the civil rights movements developed and expanded from 1945 to 1960.
The National Highway Act
Essay - 2222 Words
Essay
2222 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of economic growth in the years after World War II.
The Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate
Essay - 1967 Words
Essay
1967 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
Sputnik and NASA
Essay - 2219 Words
Essay
2219 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of economic growth in the years after World War II.
Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Baby Boom
Essay - 2359 Words
Essay
2359 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of economic growth in the years after World War II.
Truman Intervenes in Korea
Essay - 2322 Words
Essay
2322 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.
Eisenhower and the Suez Canal Crisis
Essay - 2453 Words
Essay
2453 Words
By the end of the section, you will explain the various military and diplomatic responses to international developments over time.
Chapter 14: 1960-1968
Unit - 5 Lessons
Unit
5 Lessons
Invite students to explore how internal and external political and cultural tensions shaped the years 1960–1968.
Civil Disobedience across Time
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
90 Min
Use this lesson with the Freedom Riders Narrative; The March on Birmingham Narrative; the Black Power Narrative; the Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 1963 Primary Source; the Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream," August 28, 1963 Primary Source ;The Music of the Civil Rights Movement Lesson; and the Civil Rights DBQ Lesson to discuss the different aspects of the civil rights movement during the 1960s
90 Min
The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson with the Freedom Riders Narrative; The March on Birmingham Narrative; the Black Power Narrative; the Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 1963 Primary Source; the Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream," August 28, 1963 Primary Source; the Civil Disobedience across Time Lesson; and the Civil Rights DBQ Lesson to discuss the different aspects of the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
Civil Rights DBQ
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson with the Freedom Riders Narrative; The March on Birmingham Narrative; the Black Power Narrative; the Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 1963 Primary Source; the Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream," August 28, 1963 Primary Source; the Civil Disobedience across Time Lesson; and The Music of the Civil Rights Movement Lesson to discuss the different aspects of the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
A Civil Rights Investigation: Mississippi Burning
Lesson
Lesson
Why did three civil rights workers disappear during the Freedom Summer of 1964? Engage students with primary source documents to investigate this question. This lesson was developed by and included with the permission the LBJ Presidential Library.
We Shall Overcome: The Fight for Voting Rights
Lesson
Lesson
In this lesson, developed by and included with the permission the LBJ Presidential Library, students will examine primary source documents associated with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Was the Great Society Successful?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Did the Great Society significantly alleviate poverty and social ills in the United States or did it have little impact beyond creating unsustainably expensive federal programs? Anthony D. Bartl and Gregory L. Schneider debate this question.
Was the Great Society Successful Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Students for a Democratic Society, “Port Huron Statement,” 1962
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream,” August 28, 1963
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Primary Source “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr., 1963
Activity
Activity
How is the struggle for civil rights a natural extension of the Founding guarantee of natural rights?
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” April 12, 1964
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Commencement Address at the University of Michigan (“Great Society” Speech), May 22, 1964
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Lyndon B. Johnson, “Peace Without Conquest,” April 7, 1965
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Vietnam War Experience: An Interview with Veteran William Maxwell Barner III
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Image Analysis: March on the Pentagon, October 21, 1967
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Walter Cronkite Speaks Out against Vietnam, February 27, 1968
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Chapter 14 Introductory Essay: 1960-1968
Essay - 9309 Words
Essay
9309 Words
How did cultural tensions shape the 1960s?
John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration
Essay - 2413 Words
Essay
2413 Words
Why is JFK's Inaugural Address so iconic?
Freedom Riders
Essay - 2752 Words
Essay
2752 Words
How did the Freedom Riders fight to end segregation?
Rachel Carson and Silent Spring
Essay - 2075 Words
Essay
2075 Words
Explores Rachel Carson's impact on environmentalism.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Essay - 2319 Words
Essay
2319 Words
How close was the U.S. to nuclear war in 1962?
The March on Birmingham
Essay - 2444 Words
Essay
2444 Words
How did did the March on Birmingham impact the Civil Rights Movement?
Betty Friedan and the Women’s Movement
Essay - 2290 Words
Essay
2290 Words
What did the feminist movement of the 1960s work for?
The Vietnam War: Ia Drang Valley
Essay - 2113 Words
Essay
2113 Words
What lessons did the U.S. learn after the battle of Ia Drang?
Students and the Anti-War Movement
Essay - 2578 Words
Essay
2578 Words
Why were many students opposed to the Vietnam War?
Black Power
Essay - 2570 Words
Essay
2570 Words
Explores the impact of the Black Power movement in the 1960s.
Protests at the University of California, Berkeley
Essay - 2596 Words
Essay
2596 Words
What sparked the Berkeley Free Speech Movement?
Free Speech and the Student Anti-War Movement
Essay - 2057 Words
Essay
2057 Words
Explores the impact of students on the anti-war movement.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Decision Not to Run in 1968
Essay - 2123 Words
Essay
2123 Words
Why did LBJ decide not to run for president in 1968?
Chapter 15: 1968-1980
Unit - 4 Lessons
Unit
4 Lessons
Invite students to explore how a fracturing of the liberal consensus shaped politics and culture between 1968 and 1980.
The New York Blackout of 1977
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
80 Min
Use this Lesson at the end of the chapter while discussing Jimmy Carter to have students discuss the impact of urban decline and the U.S. government's intervention.
80 Min
Vietnam War DBQ
Lesson
Lesson
Use this Lesson with the Did U.S. Media Provide Fair and Accurate Coverage of the Tet Offensive? Point-Counterpoint following the Kent State Narrative to discuss the increase of anti-Vietnam War sentiments in the United States into the 1970s.
Unit 7 Civics Connection: Modern Liberalism, Limited Government, and Rights
Lesson - 4 Activities
Lesson
4 Activities
65 Min
A review lesson for Unit 7 (1945-1980) to study changes and continuities in the philosophy of modern liberation.
65 Min
Did U.S. Media Provide Fair and Accurate Coverage of the Tet Offensive?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
In what ways did the media's portrayal of the prospect of victory accurately present the situation in Vietnam and how did that affect that narrative Americans believed about the War? Anthony D. Bartl and Robert McMahon debate this question.
Did U.S. Media Provide Fair and Accurate Coverage of the Tet Offensive Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Music as Protest: “We Shall Overcome”
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
National Organization for Women (NOW), Bill of Rights, 1968
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Indians of All Tribes, Alcatraz Proclamation, 1969
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Nixon Tapes: The “Smoking Gun” Tape, 1972
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Art as Protest: Images from the United Farm Workers of America, 1973–1978
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Herblock, Watergate Cartoons, 1973–1974
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Barbara Jordan, Speech on Impeachment, July 25, 1974
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Jimmy Carter, “Malaise” Speech, July 15, 1979
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Controversy over Busing
Essay - 2436 Words
Essay
2436 Words
How did cities attempt to integrate schools in the 1970s?
César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers
Essay - 2534 Words
Essay
2534 Words
Explores the boycotts and protests of the United Farm Workers.
Jimmy Carter and the “Malaise” Speech
Essay - 2568 Words
Essay
2568 Words
How did the "Malaise" speech impact Carter's presidency?
Jimmy Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis
Essay - 2387 Words
Essay
2387 Words
Explores the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
Chapter 16: 1980-Present
Unit - 6 Lessons
Unit
6 Lessons
Invite students to explore how the American experiment plays out in the foreign and domestic policy of modern America.
Comparing Presidential Campaign Advertising 1964-1980
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
95 Min
Use this lesson to have students analyze strategies behind campaign advertising and how current events shape the way campaign advertising is designed.
95 Min
Continuity and Change: Immigration in the United States
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
90 Min
Use this lesson toward the end of the unit with the Barack Obama, Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004 Primary Source to discuss the idea of the "American Dream" and its impact on immigration.
90 Min
Security, Liberty, and the USA PATRIOT Act LLPH
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
90 Min
Use this lesson after covering 9/11 to discuss the post-9/11 United States and the implications for domestic and foreign policy. This lesson can be used with the The USA PATRIOT Act Narrative; the U.S. Military Intervention in Afghanistan Decision Point; the Does the Threat of Terrorism Justify Increased Surveillance? Point-Counterpoint; and the Was the Invasion of Iraq Justified? Point-Counterpoint.
90 Min
George Washington’ Foreign Policy: Comparisons across U.S. History
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson at the end of the unit to review foreign policy throughout U.S. history.
Executive Power in Times of Crisis
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson at the end of the unit to have students review executive powers throughout U.S. history.
Cold War DBQ (1947-1989)
Lesson
Lesson
Use this lesson after students have read the introductory essay to introduce foreign policy milestones during Reagan's presidency. This lesson can be used with The Iran-Contra Affair Narrative; the "Tear Down This Wall" Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War Decision Point; and the Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down this Wall" Speech, June 12, 1987 Primary Source.
Has Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” Thesis Been Proven Correct?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Since the end of the Cold War, has the world shifted towards democratic governments similar to the United States? Rebeccah Heinrichs and Chester Pachdebate this question.
Has Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” Thesis Been Proven Correct Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Does the Threat of Terrorism Justify Increased Surveillance?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
After September 11th, 2001, is there justification for the increase in surveillance or does it an unnecessary violate individual liberties? Rebeccah Heinrichs and Artemus Ward debate this question.
Does the Threat of Terrorism Justify Increased Surveillance Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Was the Invasion of Iraq Justified?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Was the Iraq War a necessary military conflict to protect the United States or a mistake driven by unwarranted fear? Artemus Ward and Robert McMahon debate the question.
Was the Invasion of Iraq Justified Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Is Affirmative Action Justified?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Does affirmative action violate the principle of equality or is it the correct course of action to make up for past racial discrimination? Erwin Chemerinsky and Artemus Wards debate this question.
Is Affirmative Action Justified Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Is it in the Interest of the United States to Maintain Its International Obligations?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Has the United States built itself into a global leader for freedom and protecting allies at the expensive of its own best interests? Jason Pierce and Rebeccah Heinrichs debate this question.
Is it in the Interest of the United States to Maintain Its International Obligations Graphic Organizer
Activity
Activity
40 Min
A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, January 28, 1986
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Ronald Reagan, “Tear Down this Wall” Speech, June 12, 1987
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Herblock, Cartoons of Ronald Reagan, 1984–1987
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
AIDS Memorial Quilt, 1987
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Francis Fukuyama, “The End of History?”, 1989
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
George H. W. Bush, Address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 1991
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Maya Angelou, “On the Pulse of Morning,” January 20, 1993
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Republican House Representatives, “Republican Contract with America,” 1994
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Barack Obama, Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention, July 27, 2004
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
New Yorker Covers, 2001–2011 (Reflections on 9/11)
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 16 Introductory Essay: 1980-Present
Essay - 8086 Words
Essay
8086 Words
How did the end of the Cold War impact U.S. global influence?
Ronald Reagan and Supply-Side Economics
Essay - 2170 Words
Essay
2170 Words
Did supply-side economics end stagflation?
The Iran-Contra Affair
Essay - 2301 Words
Essay
2301 Words
Explores the Iran-Contra scandal of Reagan's presidency.
The Space Shuttle Program and the Challenger Disaster
Essay - 2187 Words
Essay
2187 Words
Explores the tragic Challenger space shuttle disaster.
Rodney King and the Los Angeles Race Riots
Essay - 2548 Words
Essay
2548 Words
What events led to the Watts riots?
The 1992 Presidential Election and the Rise of Democratic Populism
Essay - 2592 Words
Essay
2592 Words
Who ran for president in 1992?
Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing
Essay - 2278 Words
Essay
2278 Words
What led to the OKC bombing of 1995?
The USA PATRIOT Act
Essay - 2643 Words
Essay
2643 Words
What constitutional debates emerged around the PATRIOT Act?
Fossil Fuels, Foreign Policy, and Climate Change
Essay - 2491 Words
Essay
2491 Words
What has the impact of fossil fuels been on the U.S.?
Tech Giants: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Essay - 2097 Words
Essay
2097 Words
What caused the digital technology boom of the 20th century?
“Tear Down This Wall”: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War
Essay - 2586 Words
Essay
2586 Words
How did President Reagan help win the Cold War?
U.S. Foreign Policy in Somalia and Rwanda
Essay - 2697 Words
Essay
2697 Words
How did U.S. foreign policy change after the Cold War?
U.S. Military Intervention in Afghanistan
Essay - 2320 Words
Essay
2320 Words
Explores the war on terror in Afghanistan.