| 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" |
| Click here for a large library of American history-themed printable readings with questions. |
| MAPS and PICTURES |
| POWERPOINTS |
| VIDEO LINKS |
| WEBSITE LINKS |
| WEBSITE LINK: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY |
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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" |
| Click here for a large library of American history-themed printable readings with questions. |
| 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 |
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