| Decades of Change: 1960-1980 |
| PRINTABLE HANDOUTS |
| Causes and Effects |
| Causes and Effects - "Vietnam War" - Short- and long-term causes and effects chart |
| Causes and Effects - "Civil Rights" - Short- and long-term causes and effects chart |
| DBQs: Document-Based Questions |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Voting Rights Speech before Congress, Lyndon B. Johnson, March 15, 1965" |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, Letter from Birmingham Jail" |
| Quizzes and Tests |
| Vietnam War Quiz - Printable quiz with 10 multiple-choice questions and one essay DBQ (document-based question) |
| Readings with Questions |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Civil Rights Movement, 1960-1980" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Women's Movement" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Latino Movement" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Native-American Movement" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Counterculture" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Environmentalism" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Kennedy and the Resurgence of Big Government Liberalism" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Kennedy and the Cold War" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Space Program" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Death of a President" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The War in Vietnam" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Election of 1968" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Nixon, Vietnam, and the Cold War" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Nixon's Accomplishments and Defeats" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Ford Interlude" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Carter Years" |
| T-Charts - Blank Charts to Be Completed by Students |
| T-Chart - "Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and Their Contributions" |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for African-American Rights" |
| T-Chart - "Leaders of the Women's Rights Movement and Their Contributions" |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for Women's Rights" |
| T-Chart - "Leaders of the Latino Rights Movement and Their Contributions" |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for Latino Rights" |
| T-Chart - "Leaders of the Native-American Rights Movement and Their Contributions" |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Movement for Native-American Rights" |
| Word Search Puzzles |
| Word Search Puzzle - "The Limits of Power" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Most Popular Baby Names of 1960" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Most Popular Baby Names of 1970" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Martin Luther King Day" |
| Writing Exercises |
| John F. Kennedy's Presidency - Essay Questions Printable |
| The Civil Rights Movement - Essay Questions Printable |
| The Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States - Essay Questions Printable |
| Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society - Essay Questions Printable |
| The Vietnam War - Essay Questions Printable |
| Legal Issues Concerning Schools - Essay Questions Printable |
| Legal Issues of the 1960s - Essay Questions Printable |
| The Women's Movement - Essay Questions Printable |
| 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." |
| Click here for a large library of American history-themed printable readings with questions. |
| GAMES & TEST PREP |
| Click here for our large inventory of American History test-prep review games and practice tests. |
| MAPS & PICTURES |
| Click here to view our History galleries. |
| Click here to see our Geography materials. |
| POWERPOINTS, NOTES, OUTLINES |
| "African-American Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint Presentation - 46 slides including 14 review questions - Version: PPT | PPTX | PDF | Student Notes |
| Vietnam War Outline - Includes a printable handout version for student note-taking |
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| WEBSITE LINKS |
| Cuban Missile Crisis - This is a simulation game courtesy of Thinkquest |
| Cuban Missile Crisis - Lesson plans from Spartacus International |
| PBS American Experience: Vietnam Online |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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