Unit 11: Cold War. Teacher Guide - George Washington: A National Treasure. This Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social studies curricula. It will introduce your students to some of the events and issues that shaped George Washington’s life. The activities should enhance your students’ knowledge of Washington and expand their horizons about this complex and interesting man.
Each activity includes suggested objectives, procedures, related standards in historical thinking, worksheets, and other supplemental materials. The lessons meet United States History Standards for either Era 2, Colonization and Settlement, or Era 3, Revolution and the New Nation. The complete United States History Standards can be found at www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards. Please note that in the primary source material, the spelling has been retained from the eighteenth century in most cases. The FREE education kit, which included the 19 1/4" x 31" full-color museum quality poster reproduction of the “Lansdowne” portrait is no longer available.
US Constitution PowerPoint. Pilgrim Separatists and the Founding of America - Drive Thru History. Unit 12: Cold War Culture/Civil Rights. 1968 King Assassination Report (CBS News) Salem Witchcraft: the Events and Causes of the Salem Witch Trials. By Tim Sutter © 2000-2003 What caused the Salem witch trials of 1692? This question has been asked for over 300 years.
Although it is a simple question, it does not have an easy answer. The answer is difficult because there are numerous factors and events that helped create and influence the trials. The main factors that started and fueled the trials were politics, religion, family feuds, economics, and the imaginations and fears of the people. The following essay on these causes and the events surrounding the Salem witch trials of 1692 is divided into four sections: 1) Salem Politics 2) Cold Winter Days 3) Salem Witchcraft 4) Aftermath. Salem Politics Salem Village had a very colorful history before the famous witch trials. Many of the Salem Village farming families believed that Salem Town’s thriving economy made it too individualistic. The Putnams were the leaders of the separatist group primarily because they owned the most farmland in Salem Village. Cold Winter Days The Rev.
Aftermath. The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Unit 10: New Deal and World War II. Civil Rights Movement - FREE American History Lesson Plans & Games for Kids. Remembering Pearl Harbor: The USS Arizona Memorial. Today the battle-scarred, submerged remains of the battleship USS Arizona rest on the silt of Pearl Harbor, just as they settled on December 7, 1941. The ship was one of many casualties from the deadly attack by the Japanese on a quiet Sunday that President Franklin Roosevelt called "a date which will live in infamy. " The Arizona's burning bridge and listing mast and superstructure were photographed in the aftermath of the Japanese attack, and news of her sinking was emblazoned on the front page of newspapers across the land. The photograph symbolized the destruction of the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and the start of a war that was to take many thousands of American lives.
Indelibly impressed into the national memory, the image could be recalled by most Americans when they heard the battle cry, "Remember Pearl Harbor. " More than a million people visit the USS Arizona Memorial each year. 1945 to 21st Century. Home | 6th-15th centuries | 16-17th centuries | 18-19th centuries | 1901 to World War II Victors, Independence Movements and Cold War The United Nations – the founding, Roosevelt's hopes denied and the veto Victors against the Defeated – retributions, expropriations, occupations The Media and Tokyo Rose – aroused passions against a fictitious enemy Empire headed for Extinction – colonialism in Asia and Africa Cold War: 1945-49 – Stalin, Europe, the U.S. and revolution in China The Korean War – occupation, China intervenes, negotiations Cold War: 1953-60 – communism and the Eisenhower years Cold War: the Kennedy Years – from the Bay of Pigs to assassination Vietnam, 1964-75 – to the war's end, participant opinions and lessons End of the Cold War and the Soviet Union – from Brezhnev to Yeltsin Latin America Latin America Economic Overview, to the 1960s – population growth and underdeveloped resources Brazil from 1945 to the Overthrow of Goulart in 1964 – another military coup but a thriving economy.
Voices of History - Old Time Radio Shows - OTR. Thε Scαrlεt Lεttεr~1/13~ Presidential Speech Archive - Miller Center of Public Affairs. 1968 - Martin Luther King's Prophetic Last speech - Remember. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream. NMAI Codetalkers. Benjamin Franklin. Bill of Rights Image. The Presidential Timeline. Salem Witch Museum - 1692 Tour Sites - Salem, Massachusetts. Thirteen Virtues of Benjamin Franklin by Aulida Valery. Colonial American History. Disney's Pocahontas : Execution - Farewell : 720p HDTV Rip. Spare His Life - The New World. Remembering Pearl Harbor @ nationalgeographic.com. Multimedia: Mayflower. Despite weather, King Philip's War event offers history and fun. The Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut - Home Page. Plymouth Rock - Drive Thru History.
Unit 9: World War I and the 1920s. Liberties_in_the_way.gif (GIF Image, 500x344 pixels) The 1920's - Roaring Twenties - The Nineteen Twenties in History. Bill of Rights Comic. The Mayflower Compact - Drive Thru History. Unit 2: Colonial. ONLINE: DEATH OF THE DREAM.
Revolutionary war. U.S. History. History of the United States of America - in Depth - WWI. American History. WWII.