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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Barbara Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
Civil rights activist Reverend Barbara Harris is featured for her involvement in freedom rides and marches in the 1960's.
Graphic
Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Space Exploration Resources: March to the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of images and movies from the original Project Mercury space missions, Gemini Project, and Apollo missions of the 1960s.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Apollo Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia encyclopedia provides an overview of the series of manned space missions that occurred during the 1960s and early 1970s. The article describes the objectives of each of the manned eleven flights, and discusses...
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Arsenic

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics from the 1960's featuring the element arsenic. Not the greatest source of information, but interesting with some very nice visuals.
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Brown University

The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968

For Students 9th - 10th
Memories of 1968 are collected via interviews conducted by high school students. Important issues during that time include civil rights, Vietnam, the politics of the time and women's rights. There are transcripts of interviews and key...
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: The Great Depression and the 1990s

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students frequently echo sentiments such as, "The government is too big," or "The government should make welfare mothers pay for their own needs." It seems that many citizens, high schoolers included, have begun to believe in reduced...