Cold War, Civil Rights
Political Civility in the Age of Reagan
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 1:10pm--Janet Tran with Tony Pennay and Krista Kohlhausen
The centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth offers an opportunity to engage students in lessons about the importance of political civility.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7501/75011145.pdf
Teaching about Racial Segregation in Postwar America using [em]Black Like Me[/em]
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:54pm--Richard L. Hughes
The memoir of a white journalist who disguised himself as an African American in the pre-civil rights South provides students with greater insight into the evolution of segregation in American society.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7501/75011122.pdf
Cloture Motion to Cease Debate on 1964 Civil Rights Bill (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:19pm--Lee Ann Potter
Students will gain a deeper understanding of legislative tactics like the filibuster when they study the featured document—the Senate motion that broke a 55-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7406/740610288.pdf
A Bus Ride Across the Mason-Dixon Line in the Era of Jim Crow
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 12:14pm--John A. Stokes with Steven S. Lapham
Students gain a deeper understanding of the segregation period through this classroom simulation, in which randomly-assigned cards determine whether volunteers sit or stand during a long, interstate bus trip.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7405/7405266.pdf
The Bystander’s Dilemma: How Can We Turn our Students into Upstanders?
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:54am--Lauren Woglom and Kim Pennington
By studying moments in history where bystanders made a difference, teachers can motivate students to think critically in the face of social dilemmas.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7405/7405254.pdf
Memorandum about the First Nixon-Kennedy Debate (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:33am--David L. Rosenbaum
A memo from John Kennedy’s press secretary to Richard Nixon’s press secretary prior to the first televised presidential debate in history serves as a jumping off point for studying the major issues of the 1960 election.
The Greensboro Sit-In: When Students Took Charge
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 11:16am--Eric Groce, Tina Heafner, and Katie O’Connor
Three college students, who read about and discussed recent civil rights protests, decided to try a sit-in at a local lunch counter on February 1, 1960. The idea caught on with young people. Why did this nonviolent method work at this time and in this place? Five teaching activities are outlined; on-site photos included. --> read more »
Interdisciplinary Activities Using Census in Schools
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:44pm--Janice Jefferson --> read more »
Since You Asked: Remembering America’s Veterans
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:22pm--Barbara Hatch
Through the Arizona Heritage Project, students work to document their local history and preserve the stories of Arizona’s military veterans.
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack --> read more »
