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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWitch Hunt or Red Menace? Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of three lessons, from EDSITEment, students learn about the Communist witch hunts led in the 1950s by Senator Josep...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Was the United States in Vietnam?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis essay, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Digital History, considers the positive and negative aspects of American invol...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVietnam War Resources
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis collection of links, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, provides students with access to various Web sites related to the Vietna...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVietnam Veterans WWW Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis page, from Vietnam War veteran Theodore D. Nellen, offers links to Vietnam Veterans resources on the Internet. Links inclu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkU.S. Trade Embargo on Cuba
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, American Democracy, Economics, History-Social ScienceIn this PBS lesson, students investigate current U.S. policy toward Cuba and examine the question of whether the economic embarg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTruman Acts to Save Nations From Red Rule
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how President Truman established what became known ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe War in Vietnam: A Story in Photographs
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Types of Media, United States History and 4 additional..This lesson relates to Article I, Section 8 , which grants Congress powers to raise and support armies and make rules for the go...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe War in Vietnam: A Story in Photographs
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Types of Media, United States History and 4 additional..This lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to Article I, Section 8, which grants Congre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Strategy of Containment, 1947-1948
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine the origins of the Cold War between the United States...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentThe Soldier’s Experience- Vietnam versus World War I
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceAnalyze museum artifacts and first-person accounts of World War I and the Vietnam War, then take on the role of soldiers and a n...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students learn about Senator Joseph McCarthy's crusade against communi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1949
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of three lessons, from EDSITEment, students explore the origins of the Cold War between the United States and the S...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"The Missiles of October": The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this EDSITEment lesson, students examine the development of the Cuban Missile Crisis. They consider the Kennedy administratio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Berlin Airlift
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: World History, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceOne of President Truman s most important decisions came in 1948. The decision involved what was then called West Berlin, German...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Atomic Age Begins
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, United States History, Science, History-Social ScienceThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTelegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the interaction between the executive and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTelegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis lesson relates to the interaction between the executive and legislative branches dealing with the security of our nation an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSoviet Espionage in America
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students use recently declassified FBI documents to learn about the tr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSources of Discord, 1945-1946
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine the origins of the Cold War between the United States...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRefugees and War: The Effect - Image Gallery
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, American Democracy, World History, Psychology 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: 0