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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1955

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union address where he focused on the anti-communist initiative on behalf of the United States.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: State of the Union Address, 1956

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of President Eisenhower's State of the Union on 1956 where he urges the nation to not judge people on their "color, race or religion" during a turbulent time in the United States.
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US National Archives

Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site provides information about his life and presidency, research, education, and upcoming events. This library commemorates the spirit of the Allied Expeditionary Forces of World War II, as well as the administration of the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Exp: Primary Resources: Nixon's Checkers Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President, Richard Nixon, came under fire for misusing political contributions for personal expenses. These are transcripts of Nixon's speech delivered in 1952.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Dwight David Eisenhower: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive explanation of Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Statement on the Eisenhower Doctrine

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University discusses the address given by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Congress on the policy of the United States in the Middle East countries.
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Other

Texas Historical Commission: Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthplace, in Denison, Texas gives visitors a look at the premises. With useful backgrounders on his life and career: a brief bio, an image gallery, a guide to the site, and a brief...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eisenhower Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS American Experience site summarizes the foreign policies set in place and carried out by the Eisenhower Administration.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Domino Theory Principle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954

For Students 9th - 10th
President Eisenhower's news conference of April 7, 1954, with questions and answers. Includes the complete interview.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site: Presidency

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the ways in which Eisenhower's presidency and personality mirrored the country as a whole during the years he was president (1952-1960). Includes many artifacts of the era, such as campaign paraphernalia and articles of...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Military Industrial Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning with George Washington, presidents have used their farewell address to look back on their experience in office and to offer the public practical advice. In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said that a high...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: 1945 1960: African American Struggle for Civil Rights

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower dealt with the civil rights movement, the steps taken by African Americans to combat discrimination and segregation, and the reaction of white people in the South to the civil rights...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, on this site.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: American Commands of Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio offers details of President Eisenhower's assignments as general during WWII.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Post War Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 1960: The American Dream

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the policies of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, both at home and abroad. Also examines changing gender roles in the 1950s, and the impact of suburbanization on America.
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: In Case the D Day Invasion Failed

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides background information for a lesson that correlates the National Standards for Civics and Government to the study of D-Day.Site also provides documents and photo's. Many teaching resources can be found at this site.
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Digital History

Digital History: 'Sink or Swim, With Ngo Dinh Diem' [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
After the French left Vietnam, there was a void that was filled by anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem. Read about the excesses his government carried out against suspected communists, and the excesses carried out by North Vietnamese leader, Ho...
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Eisenhower's Approach

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief overview of the goals and accomplishments of President Eisenhower's domesitic policies.
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Digital History

Digital History: Eisenhower and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Like other U.S. presidents before and after him, Dwight D. Eisenhower was only proactive in instituting civil rights in a very limited way, such as ending segregation in the District of Columbia, including the federal government, and any...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Interstate Highway System

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower authorized the largest public works project in the history of the world. The president had been impressed by Hitler's autobahns and believed that a national system of highways was necessary to move...
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Other

Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center for the Study of the Presidency is a non-partisan and non-profit corporation. Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's 1969 call for programs on the American Presidency for 'students old and young.'
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Dwight D. Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical sketch of America's thirty-fourth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.

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