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\nAfrican American Civil Rights Movement\n

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\nAn excellent resource defines the African-American Civil Rights Movement from the early 1900s through the legacy left in modern times. Every major date, event, and key player is described under clear overarching categories. The NAACP,...\n
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\nAmerican Pop Icons\n

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\nStudents analyze art and decide if the images are an attempt to celebrate or criticize American Popular Culture of the fifties and sixties and discuss how successful \"Pop Art\" mirrored society. Students also discuss the difference...\n
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\n1950's Popular Culture\n

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\nStudents gain a basic understanding of Capitalism and Communism, the ideologies that fueled the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.\n
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\nBaby Boom and the Culture of the 1950's\n

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\nEleventh graders explain the causes, course, and consequences of the United States' role in World War II.\n
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\nJazz In America - Lesson Plan 6\n

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\nFifth graders explore cool jazz and how it reflected American culture in the 1940's and 1950's.\n
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\nChapter 9: The Cold War Years\n

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\nStudents take a quiz on The Cold War Years of the 1950's and 1960's. This 20-slide presentation covers a variety of world-wide and domestic topics, and includes slides which give hints as to what the correct answers are.\n
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\nThe Brief American Pageant: The Cold War Begins\n

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\nWith the beginning of the Cold War came numerous social and political changes around the world - many of which are featured in this series of maps and graphs. This short but informative slideshow will help to bridge the gap between a...\n
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\nElsa the Lioness\n

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\nElsa is a lioness who was raised by humans in the 1950's. The Adamsons took her in after George Adamson reluctantly killed her mother. Elsa did return to the wild but maintained a very strong bond with the Adamsons until her death in...\n
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\nCold War Video\n

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\nWhat was the Cold War? Often dated from 1947-1991, it was a war between the Western world and the Communist world. Flashing their nuclear power, these sides fought for decades to establish power. This quirky resource provides commentary,...\n
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\nPoetry of Liberation\n

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\nHow do writers use words to protest injustice, challenge the status quo, and shape their own identities? Individuals watch and discuss a video, read author biographies, write poetry and journals, develop a slideshow, and complete a...\n
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\n\"The New Television Set\" a Gateway to the Post World War II Era\n

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\nEleventh graders demonstrate their knowledge of the effects of television on the political, economic, religious, social, intellectual and artistic life of the US nation from the 1950's. Research how television shaped public opinion with...\n
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\nWorld War II: Causes And Consequences\n

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\nStudents discuss the U.S. economy, society, and politics in the years following World War II. They explore the boom in advertising during this period by reviewing print advertisements from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Students view...\n
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\nSocial Activism in the United States\n

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\nSeventh graders explore the goals of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.  In this US History lesson, 7th graders read a newspaper article that reported a significant event during this era.  Students write a...\n
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\nBuilding Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America\n

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\nStudents determine how suburbs changed America. In this post World War II instructional activity, students complete research projects that require them to examine the growth of suburbs in the 1950's and 1960's. Students reveal how...\n
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\nWhat is the Risk?\n

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\nStudents investigate the 1950's pollution tragedy in Minamata, Japan. The elements of dose, response, individual susceptibility, potency, and threshold of toxicology are explored in this lesson.\n
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\nThe Struggle Against Segregation\n

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\nStudents use vocabulary related to the history of segregation in the United States. They study about the history of segregation in America and recognize the challenges and prejudice that many African Americans faced in the 1950s....\n
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\nSalem Witch Trials\n

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\nYoung scholars consider the implications of the Salem Witch Trials. In this literature lesson plan, students read Arthur Miller's The Crucible and compare the witch trials to McCarthyism of the 1950's. Young scholars rewrite scenes...\n
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\nEuropean Language Groups, 1850\n

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\nDocument the linguistic diversity and major language groups common to Europe in 1850. A map and a list of regions, countries, and water ways is provided.\n
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\nA Lesson on the Supply and Demand of Toy Fads\n

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\nLet's all Hula Hoop! Scholars research the supply and demand side of toy fads in the United States. They analyze video clips and news articles to complete graphs on how the supply curve slope works in concert with the demand for products...\n
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\nPost-WWII Boom: Transition to a Consumer Economy\n

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\nThe war is over! Scholars investigate an AP review video to uncover the post-WWII era in the United States. Viewers examine and analyze the consumerism that arose in post-war America. This is the eighth installment of a nine-part...\n
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\nAmerica's History in the Making: Classroom Applications Four\n

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\nThe final installment of a 22-part American history series examines the many faces that make up the country's story. From Henry Ford to Tulio Serrano, scholars use biographical evidence and Internet research to uncover the people behind...\n
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\nCuban Exodus\n

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\nA video spotlights former child refugees and their experience of leaving their home country, Cuba, to live in Florida for a safer life. While Fidel Castro reigned, many Cubans families and small children made the decision to leave,...\n
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\nAmerican Economics after WWII\n

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\nYoung scholars analyze the American culture after WWII.  Through a variety of activities, students gain an understanding of ecomonics and prosperity in the US following WWII.\n
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\nMaking More Places at the Table: The American Civil Rights Movement of the 50's and 60's\n

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\nEleventh graders examine the biography of Henry B. Gonzalez. They examine primary source documents from Congressman Gonzalez's personal papers related to his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.\n
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