Origins of the Cold War
Students will analyze postwar geopolitics by reconstructing key documents of the Cold War through role-playing.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Students will use Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate understanding of this milestone document in the civil rights movement.
The Role of the President in the Civil Rights Movement
The student will use Web 2.0 tools and primary sources to understand the role of the executive in the civil rights movement.
Freedom and Democracy in the Post-World War II Era
Students will use 21st century skills to discover and reflect on the meaning of freedom and democracy in the context of U.S. foreign policy since 1945.
- Spotlight on George Kennan
- Spotlight on Hugo Black
- Spotlight on John F. Kennedy
- Spotlight on Lyndon Johnson
- Spotlight on Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Excerpt of Eldridge Cleaver's "Education and Revolution"
- Civil Rights: Executive Order 8802
- Civil Rights: Executive Order 9981
- Civil Rights: Executive Order 10730
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KWL Executive Orders and Civil Rights -
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Excerpt of King's Letter from Birmingham Jail
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The Postwar United States -
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The Cold War - Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
- Voting Rights Act
- Truman Doctrine
- Southern Manifesto
- Taft-Hartley Act
- Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Joseph McCarthy
- Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
- Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel
- Miranda v. Arizona
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s I Have a Dream Speech
- Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s Letter from Birmingham Jail
- John Glenn’s Official Communication with Command Center
- Marshall Plan
- John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Executive Order 10924
- John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
- Executive Order 10730
- Executive Order 9981
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
- Voting Rights Act
- Taft-Hartley Act
- Truman Doctrine
- Southern Manifesto
- Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
- Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Joseph McCarthy
- Miranda v. Arizona
- Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel
- Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Marshall Plan
- John Glenn’s Official Communication with Command Center
- John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address
- Executive Order 10730
- Executive Order 10924
- Executive Order 9981
- Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Interstate Highway Act
