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American/U.S. History
 
Section 16: Decade of Change - 1960s
 
THE KENNEDY YEARS
THE NEW FRONTIER - FOREIGN POLICY AND COLD WAR CRISES - MOVEMENT FOR RIGHTS OF DISABLED CITIZENS - ASSASSINATION IN DALLAS
HANDOUTS
HANDOUT: Causes and Effects - "Cuban Missile Crisis" - Short-term and long-term causes and effects chart
Reading with Questions - "The Civil Rights Movement"
Reading with Questions - "The Women's Movement"
Reading with Questions - "The Latino Movement"
Reading with Questions - "The Native-American Movement"
Reading with Questions - "The Counterculture"
Reading with Questions - "Environmentalism"
Reading with Questions - "Kennedy and the Resurgence of Big Government Liberalism"
Reading with Questions - "Kennedy and the Cold War"
Reading with Questions - "The Space Program"
Reading with Questions - "Death of a President"
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MAPS and PICTURES
 
POWERPOINTS
 
VIDEO LINKS
 
WEBSITE LINKS
WEBSITE LINK: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

EXPANDING ON THE KENNEDY SOCIAL PROGRAMS - THE MOON LANDING - CONTINUED DEMANDS FOR EQUALITY: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - DEMANDS FOR EQUALITY: WOMEN - RISING CONSCIOUSNESS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS - DEMANDS FOR EQUALITY: NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS - RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED - GAY RIGHTS - LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT

HANDOUTS
HANDOUT: Causes and Effects - "Civil Rights" - Short-term and long-term causes and effects chart
HANDOUT: DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Voting Rights Speech before Congress, Lyndon B. Johnson, March 15, 1965"
HANDOUT: DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, Letter from Birmingham Jail"
HANDOUT: Essay Assignment - Five-paragraph Essay Question with Grading Rubric - "Using information learned over the course of this unit, primary source documents, and thoughtful analysis, describe and explain the impact of three of the following on the civil rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education; Montgomery bus boycott; lunch counter sit-ins; freedom rides; March on Washington; Black Power movement."
Reading with Questions - "Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society"
HANDOUT: T-Chart - "Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and Their Contributions"
HANDOUT: T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for African-American Rights"
HANDOUT: T-Chart - "Leaders of the Women’s Rights Movement and Their Contributions"
HANDOUT: T-Chart "Pivotal Events in the Movement for Women’s Rights"
HANDOUT: T-Chart "Leaders of the Latino Rights Movement and Their Contributions"
HANDOUT: T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for Latino Rights"
HANDOUT: T-Chart - "Leaders of the Native-American Rights Movement and Their Contributions"
HANDOUT: T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for Native-American Rights"
HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "Martin Luther King Day"
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MAPS and PICTURES
 
POWERPOINTS
POWERPOINT: "African-American Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint Presentation - 46 slides including 14 review questions - Version: PPT | PPTX | PDF | Student Notes
 
VIDEO LINKS
VIDEO LINK: "Not Just Stones and Bones" (Oregon) - 17 minutes - Archaeology Channel
 
WEBSITE LINKS
WEBSITE LINK: Nature Conservancy
WEBSITE LINK: Sierra Club
WEBSITE LINK: Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.)
WEBSITE LINK: N.A.S.A.
WEBSITE LINK: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.)
WEBSITE LINK: Congress on Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.)
WEBSITE LINK: Nation of Islam ("Black Muslims")
WEBSITE LINK: Southern Poverty Law Center
WEBSITE LINK: Teaching Tolerance
WEBSITE LINK: National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
WEBSITE LINK: United Farm Workers (Lots of information on Cesar Chavez, etc.)
WEBSITE LINK: American Indian Movement (A.I.M./AIM)
WEBSITE LINK: Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P.F.L.A.G.)
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
 
250x250 Cencus
 
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