The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

ISSUE TWENTY THREE, MARCH 2010
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL

From the Teacher's Desk
Lesson Plan 1: High School


Title IX:  Striving for Gender Equity in Athletics
By Roberta McCutcheon

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:

Era 9 Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties


Lesson Plan 2: Middle School


Baseball and Race in the United States
By Sean O'Mara

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:

Era 9 Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

Standard 1: The economic boom and social transformation of postwar United States



Lesson Plan 3: Middle School


Bruised Egos, Battles, and Boycott: The 1980 Moscow Olympics
 By Elise Stevens Wilson

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:

Era 10 Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Standard 1: Recent developments in foreign policy and domestic politics.




Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School


Sports and Politics: Making Statements
By Elizabeth Berlin Taylor

This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards:


Era 9 Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties

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