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Bbc: World Wars in Depth: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the events which occurred and attitudes which prevailed during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.
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Bbc: World Wars in Depth: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the events which occurred and attitudes which prevailed during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.
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Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help: How Do Jfk and Lbj Compare as Presidents?

For Students 9th - 10th
A comparison between Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
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Marquett University: Lee Harvey Oswald

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of Oswald's adult life in an interactive timeline format. Extensive collection of photos from childhood and adulthood.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 including the background and work by leaders such as President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon Johnson, and Martin Luther King, Jr on this site.
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Dallas Motorcade

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NPR provides oral histories of witnesses to the Kennedy assassination saga.
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American Radio Works: The President Calling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from American RadioWorks explains how John F. Kennedy was the first president to make the secret recording of phone calls and meetings a regular tool of his presidency. An audio file of one of these conversations with...
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US Mint

U.s. Mint: Circulating Coins: Fifty Cent Coin (Half Dollar)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the complete history of the current circulating half-dollar. Find out about the symbols, size, and the metal composition of this coin.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio.org provides a brief background of the crisis and links to letters (originals and translations) exchanged between JFK and Khrushchev.
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Library of Congress

Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear" Presidential Inauguration

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive site looks at presidential inaugurations from the first, George Washington to the present. Primary documents are included.
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American Public Media

American Radio Works: White House Tapes

For Students 9th - 10th
American RadioWorks does an overview of the 19th and 20th century Presidents and their use of taping conversations in the Oval Office and on their phones. Copies of some of these tapes are available as well as the audio of an hour long...
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Library of Congress

Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear"

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of historically pertinent items dealing with the inauguration of a number of US Presidents.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Soviet missile bases in Cuba that were caught by aerial photographs. The site also allows you to view a close-up of one of the photographs.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Vietnam Online

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site offers a concise explanation of the major figures involved in the Vietnam conflict.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an interactive collection of the top 100 speeches in order of their popularity; most include the text and audio of the speech and several also offer the video. RI.9-10.9 US Documents
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Period 8: 1945 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 8: 1945-1980.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Influential Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 47 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic Influential Speeches. What makes a great speech, and what makes a great speech memorable? Study some of the most influential speeches in history and learn how they...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 16 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic The Cold War. After America and the Soviet Union fought as allies in World War II, a new "cold" war emerged between the two superpowers characterized not by direct...
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Evangelicals and the American Presidency

For Students 9th - 10th
Billy Graham's unprecedented access to U.S. presidents ushered in a new era of evangelical influence in American politics.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: March on Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963, with the purpose of making demands for civil rights legislation and the elimination of racial segregation in public schools and jobs.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource discusses the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Freedom Riders

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides numerous detailed facts and a summary of the Freedom Riders who boarded their buses in May 1961 to test segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals in the South.
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Kerry and Wife Teresa Heinz

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News profiles the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry, touching on some of the similarities to John F. Kennedy that he and the press read into him.
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American Radio Works: The President Calling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from American RadioWorks explains how John F. Kennedy was the first president to make the secret recording of phone calls and meetings a regular tool of his presidency. An audio file of one of these conversations with...

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