The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History



Students at the Notre Dame School, New York, N.Y.



The Tumultuous 1960s


Learning Tools


Interpreting Primary Sources:

Issues


Interpreting Statistics:

The Civil Rights Revolution

America in Our Time


Study Aid:

Great Society Legislation


Recommended lesson plan:

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
http://hti.osu.edu/content/lessonplans/sncclesson.cfm


Fact Check:

Quiz on the 1960s

Primary source documents with classroom questions:

Robert Kennedy's Speech on Martin Luther King's Death
The Promise of Democracy
First Day of Integration at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
Lyndon Johnson's Commencement Address at Howard University
Evaluating Lyndon B. Johnson's Character and Efforts During the Civil Rights Era
Comparing the Speech of President Kennedy in 1963 with the Speech of President Reagan in 1987
Silent Spring and DDT

Timelines:

Timeline of the 20th Century









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