Lesson Plan The Decision to Escalate in Vietnam 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
Spotlight on: Primary Source Breaking Diplomatic Ties with Iran during the Hostage Crisis, 1980 Government and Civics, World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On April 7, 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced the breaking of diplomatic ties with Iran as a result of the Iran hostage crisis of 1979–1981. The US had first become actively involved in Iran in 1953, when the CIA helped overthrow...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Address to the Nation Announcing Operation Desert Storm, 1991 Government and Civics, World History On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced the beginning of the military campaign to end an Iraqi occupation of neighboring Kuwait. The address was broadcast live on radio and television. It was the culmination of five...
Lesson Plan The Soldier's Experience: Letters from Four American Wars 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this four-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Free Speech in US History, 1917-1988 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download the middle school lesson unit. Click here to download the high school lesson unit.
Spotlight on: Primary Source Physicists predict a nuclear arms race, 1945 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ This declaration of concern, written after the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers insight into the Manhattan Project, an atomic development program led by the United States. The "Preliminary Statement of the...
Spotlight on: Primary Source President Truman’s Farewell Address, 1953 Government and Civics, World History 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 It has none of the catch phrases or warnings of other, more famous presidential inaugural or farewell addresses, no cautions against permanent alliances or military-industrial complexes, no appeals to better angels or declarations...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Robert Kennedy on civil rights, 1963 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ At the end of 1962, President John F. Kennedy asked his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to compile a report on the Civil Rights enforcement activities of the Justice Department over the previous year. In this report,...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Proclamation pardoning Richard Nixon, 1974 Government and Civics "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over." Speaking half an hour after Richard Nixon submitted his resignation letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on August 9, 1974, and minutes after taking the oath of...