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Refugees and War: The Effect
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Psychology, History-Social Science, Geography, ElectivesThis web page includes an article titled Cry War, which discusses wars, and how and why they are fought. Students can also acc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Refugees and War: The Effect - Image Gallery
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Psychology, World History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This image gallery includes photos and images of the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. It is found in National Geographi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Kazan, Miller, and the McCarthy Era
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis and 4 additional..In this lesson plan, from the PBS American Masters Web site, students use the story of Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan story as a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Korean War FAQ
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science, United States History, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from Centurychina.com, offers an FAQ about the Korean War. It addresses topics including China s and the United State...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from the Library of Congress, introduces a collection of wartime stories and memories. This page arranges the sto...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Atomic Age Begins
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, History-Social Science, United States History, ScienceThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0U.S. Trade Embargo on Cuba
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, American Democracy, World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this PBS lesson, students investigate current U.S. policy toward Cuba and examine the question of whether the economic embarg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Recurring Nightmares: Exploring How Historical Events Repeat Themselves
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students compare and contrast the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 to the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Harry S. Truman
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of Harry S. Truman. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Truman Acts to Save Nations From Red Rule
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how President Truman established what became known ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Atom Spy Couple Sentenced to Die; Aide Gets 30 Years
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to de...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Anti-Castro Units Land in Cuba; Report Fighting at Beachhead; Rusk Says U.S. Won't Intervene
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, details the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. About 1,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Experiments for Hydrogen Bomb Held Successfully at Eniwetok; Leaks About Blast Under Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how the United States exploded the first hydrogen b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Films Focusing on the Vietnam War
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Film & Video, English-Language Arts, World History and 4 additional..This page, from the Department of Political Science at Wellesley College, provides an annotated list of films about the Vietnam ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Vietnam Veterans WWW Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, World History, History-Social Science, United States History, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from Vietnam War veteran Theodore D. Nellen, offers links to Vietnam Veterans resources on the Internet. Links inclu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0East German Troops Seal Border with West Berlin to Block Refugee Escape
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0President Grave
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, reports that President Kennedy announced an air and naval blo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0J. Robert Oppenheimer
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Physics, World History, History-Social Science, ScienceThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. His work as director of the atomic bomb pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Korea: The Right War? At What Price?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis essay, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Digital History, considers whether the Korean War was necessary. One of ten es...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Why Was the United States in Vietnam?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis essay, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Digital History, considers the positive and negative aspects of American invol...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0