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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The United Nations Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A broad overview of the history, structure, and accomplishments of the United Nations. Students review an overview of the institution and develop brief presentations in a group activity following a set of discussion questions.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Saul Bellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Jewish American author Saul Bellow is featured in this biography identifying his literary contributions and his manner of drawing on the weaknesses of humanity. See "Saul Bellow Activities" for related materials.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Grace Paley

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Grace Paley is presented in this brief biography highlighting her contributions to literature for her vivid expressions of American local-color through her writings. See "Grace Paley Activities" for related materials.
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Read Works

Read Works: Excerpt From "The Fifties": The Affluent Society

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Abridged from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, this passage provides information about economic wealth of Americans living during the 1950's. Paired texts are...
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Brown University

Brown University: Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter"

For Students 9th - 10th
Norman Rockwell illustration of Rosie that appeared on the front of the "Saturday Evening Post," May 29, 1943.
Handout
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Tito

For Students 9th - 10th
Details of the life and times of post-World War II dictator of Yugoslavia, Tito.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Gospel Music Meets a Wide Audience (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that identifies some of the leading figures in post-World War II gospel music. Young scholars compare the differences in style and approach of several gospel musicians and analyze how music has different meanings in different...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Jimmy Reed

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Jimmy Reed, an American singer, harmonica player, and guitarist who was one of the most popular blues musicians of the post-World War II era.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Milt Hinton

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Milt Hinton, an African American jazz musician, a highly versatile bassist who came of age in the swing era and became one of the favorite bassists of post-World War II jazz.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Willie Dixon

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Willie Dixon, an American blues musician who, as record producer, bassist, and prolific songwriter, exerted a major influence on the post-World War II Chicago style.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Muddy Waters

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Muddy Waters, American blues guitarist and singer who became famous in the post-World War II era.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This map is of Africa after World War I. The scramble by Italy, Belgium, and Germany to create colonies in order to keep up with the British, French, and Spanish Empires was played out in Africa, the last remaining continent yet to be...
Website
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The Graphite Reactor

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the world's first nuclear reactor and the role which it played in the Manhattan Project. Also discussed are topics such as the goal of plutonium development for nuclear weapons, the goals of the top-secret,...
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PBS

Pbs: Commanding Heights: German Hyperinflation, 1923

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides great discussion of the causes and effects of the German Hyperinflation of 1923.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Postwar Occupation and Division

For Students 9th - 10th
The division of political views following World War II was both social and physical. Four Occupation Zones were located throughout Germany. The Allies worked diligently to ensure Germany would not destroy peace in the world again. This...
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Frg and Gdr

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise account of the birth of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in the years following World War II.
Article
BBC

Bbc: Atlantic Charter

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source article discusses the development of the Atlantic Charter and its provisions for self-determination in Europe.
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Heinrich Boll

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography on the life of Heinrich Boll discusses many of his famous writings. Boll's works portrayed Germany after World War II with a deep moral vision and attacked the materialistic values of the post-war society. Also contains a...
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Wessels Living History Farm

Living History Farm: Farming in the 1940s: The Gi Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a summary of the benefits offered to veterans of World War II through the GI Bill. See how college attendance was affected by the return of veterans and their enrollment in post-secondary education.
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Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: How America Contained the Threat of Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses America's post-World War II foreign policy in outline form.
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Other

Organization for Economic Co Operation and Development: Marshall Plan Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the text of George C. Marshall's speech on the Marshall Plan as delivered at Harvard University on June 5th, 1947.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Slaughterhouse Five [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This four page .pdf offers post-reading suggestions, chapter summaries, background information and a brief bio, among other features.
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PBS

Pbs: First Successful Kidney Transplant Performed

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the first successful kidney transplant performed in 1954.
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Other

Lebendiges Museum Online: Kriegszerstorung

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Lebendiges Museum Online describes the extent of damage caused to Germany by allied bombings. There is also a video. Written in German.

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