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After World War II: The Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Trials

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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The Long Civil Rights Movement: Violent v. Nonviolent Protest, 1843–1966

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Women Win the Right to Vote

11, 12

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The Decision to Escalate in Vietnam

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Expansion and Exile: Indigenous and Euro-American Perspectives on Westward Migration

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Immigration: History through Art and Documents

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5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Dashes and Dots: A Product of the Nineteenth Century

Economics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Overview Students will examine primary sources including letters, a patent, photos, and diagrams to identify and describe the technological invention and development of the telegraph that evolved during the nineteenth century. Background Prior to 1830, communication across the country was limited to overland mail, which took approximately a month to reach its destination, or by the pony express, which took about two weeks. In 1837, Samuel F. B. Morse invented a faster way to communicate. His invention, the telegraph, sent messages from one machine to another along a wire. A telegraph operator…

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Americans All: Foreign-born Soldiers and World War I

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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American Women and World War I

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Murder on the Frontier: The Paxton Massacre

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The Soldier's Experience: Letters from Four American Wars

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Black Women in the Revolutionary War

9, 10, 11, 12

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America's Unseen Soldiers

9, 10, 11, 12, 7, 8

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"The Spirit of Empire": America Debates Imperialism

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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America's Role in the World: World War I to World War II

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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The Cold War as a Culture War: Visualizing Values and the Role of Pop Culture

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Dawes to Burke to McGirt: Tribal Sovereignty, 1887–2020

Geography

9, 10, 11, 12

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Native American Cultures and the Impact of the Boarding Schools

3, 4, 5

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Explorers and Exploration in Early American History: Shifting the Narrative

3, 4, 5

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Juneteenth and Emancipation

9, 10, 11, 12

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What Does Liberty Look Like?

Government and Civics

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, 1776 Background The concept of "Liberty" is one that many hold dear. However, what liberty means to each individual may vary depending on his or her situation. During the American Revolutionary War period, many saw opportunity to speak out and test the waters of liberty. With the issuance of the Declaration of Independence and its…

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World War I, African American Soldiers, and America’s War for Democracy

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Japanese Internment Camps of WWII

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview Since Japanese people began migrating to America in the mid-nineteenth century, there has been resentment and tension between Americans and Asian immigrants. In California at the turn of the century laws were passed making it difficult for Japanese to own land in America, become naturalized, or to even migrate to America. By the 1920s California had banned almost all immigration from Japan, and laws made interracial marriage illegal. After World War I and the failed attempts of America to create and join the League of Nations, there were strong national feelings of isolationism and…

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Analyzing Protest Songs of the 1960s

Background In January 1969, America’s recently elected conservative president Richard Nixon took office, young Americans were engaged in a radical and vivacious counterculture, and a devastating war in Vietnam continued amidst a diminishing degree of popular support. While President Lyndon Johnson had largely inherited the Vietnam crisis, his Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 allowed for his complete control as the commander in chief over Congress. While Johnson relied on his advisors for support and success in Vietnam, his original hopes for a brief conflict ending in 1966 with a divided and…

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