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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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\nThe Automobile’s Influence on Post-WWII Suburbia\n

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\nEighth graders explore post World War II America.  In this American History lesson, 8th graders analyze primary and secondary sources to research how the automobile influenced the growth of suburbs, and how the growth of suburbs...\n
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\nPostwar Tension and Triumph\n

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\nGo get the American Dream lifestyle! The 19th lesson in a 22-part series exploring American history shows learners the post-WWII economic boom. Using primary sources, photographs, and cartoons, groups discuss their findings and present...\n
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\n1960 America: Foreign Policy\n

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\nThe 1960's marked shifts in American culture, politics, and policy. Your class groups up to research a series of primary source documents resulting in a timeline and a 15 minute oral presentation. Active learning all the way.\n
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\nThe Atomic Age: Living in the 1950s with the Threat of a Nuclear War\n

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\nThe threat of a Nuclear attack was very real for people in the 1950s. Share the hysteria, propaganda, and reasons behind this Cold War tactic gone overboard. A great presentation intended to build a context for understanding mid-century...\n
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\nJapanese-American Internment--Constitutional or Unconstitutional\n

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\nExplore what the home front during WWII was like for Japanese-Americans. Learners use a worksheet and the Internet to guide their research as they consider the constitutionality of Japanese Internment. They work in pairs to create an...\n
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\nThe Influence of Latin Music in Postwar New York City\n

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\nMusic has often been called the international language that transcends cultures and regions. Scholars analyze the impact of Latin American music on New York City culture in the years following World War II. They research music, video,...\n
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\nThe Cold War and Development of Post-War America\n

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\nYoung scholars view examples of political advertisements during the years of 1952 through 1964. After viewing, they discuss how the Cold War and the threat of Communism affected the development of the United States. They compare the Cold...\n
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\nPost- Modernism\n

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\nPupils participate in a lesson plan that investigates post-modernism in American literature. They conduct the lesson plan with the help of reading \"America\" by Ginsberg to create context. Then students define the genre and the culture...\n
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\nSocial Changes in America Caused by World War II\n

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\nStudents research and examine the social changes that occured in the United States during World War II. In pairs they conduct research using a variety of resources, and organize and compose a \"Guide to Life\" for veterans returning home...\n
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\nUS History Overview 2 - Reconstruction to the Great Depression\n

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\nAmbitiously spanning American history from 1865 to 1941, this video discusses and clarifies topics such as women's suffrage, the sinking of the Maine, and the development of America as a world empire. Maps and photographs will engage...\n
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\nPropaganda - 9/11 and the War on Terrorism\n

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\nPropaganda is an important topic that most high school social studies teachers address. Here, learners compare and contrast methods of public persuasion during WWII with those used in the contemporary War on Terror. Research, discussion,...\n
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\nUS History Overview 1: Jamestown to the Civil War\n

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\nComplete with territory maps, photos, and interesting anecdotes, this video covers the major events of American History, roughly from 1754 to 1865. Plymouth and Jamestown are mentioned at the beginning of the video, but the speaker...\n
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\nDear Miss Breed\n

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\nThis compelling plan based on the letters in the book Dear Miss Breed engages readers in learning what it was like for Japanese Americans following the attacks at Pearl Harbor. After reading the letters, young scholars will...\n
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\nDictator for the Day\n

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\nStudents experiment with being a dictator and sorting students into \"desirable\" and \"undesirable\" groups. They discuss freedoms and contrast U.S. government to dictatorships.\n
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\nThe Cold War at Home\n

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\nEleventh graders discover the perspective of Cold War on the American homefront. In this Cold War lesson, 11th graders watch Duck and Cover video segments that instruct citizens what to do in case of nuclear attack. Students discuss the...\n
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\nThe Marshall Plan And The Reconstruction Of Europe\n

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\nThird graders investigate various aspects that are associated with the history of Maryland. They look at the establishment of America as becoming a superpower. They conduct research using the text provided. The students gather the...\n
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\nThe blues highway: An integration of music with geography\n

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\nYoung scholars analyze the movement of the blues from rural Mississippi to urban Chicago and how place and the environment affected the development of the blues. They define the blues, where it originated and how and why it moved to...\n
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\nLead Up to World War II\n

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\nTwelfth graders examine Hitler's rise to power leading up to World War II. and how the Treaty of Versailles contributed to Hitler's rise to power in Germany. They identify the important countries involved in the beginning of World War II.\n
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\nThe AME Church in U.S. History\n

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\nNinth graders explore the history of the African Methodist Church in the United States. In this African American history lesson plan, 9th graders discover why the church was founded and research its history and noteworthy members....\n
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\nContaining Communism Abroad\n

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\nLearn more about the policy of the United States to contain communism during the Cold War. The fifth installment of an eight-part series looks at primary and secondary materials about a challenging time in history. After analyzing the...\n
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\nWorld War II: Causes and Consequences\n

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\nTenth graders examine Hitler's occupation of Europe and the Allies' efforts to fight it.  In this World War II lesson, 10th graders examine how World War II changed American society, especially for women.  Students analyze a...\n
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\nOn the Other Side of the Color Barrier: Segregation and the Negro Leagues\n

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\nStudents study segregation that occurred in the past and that is currently occurring. In this equal rights lesson plan, students use primary source documents to student segregation of the past. In a culminating activity, students find or...\n
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\nPennsylvania Boxing: Living the American Dream\n

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\nLearners reflect on fictional and real boxers from Pennsylvania.  In this history instructional activity, learners read, reflect and discuss the historical period following World War II and observe the boxers that were famous from...\n
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