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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Counterculture

For Students 9th - 10th
Section overview on the Counterculture and anti-war movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s and its impact on a new social and political order.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Environmentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of the Environmental Movement and the growing concern about the environment spurred on by the mid 1960s push for civil rights in America.
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University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Arsenic

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics from the 1960's featuring the element arsenic. Not the greatest source of information, but interesting with some very nice visuals.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Eichmann Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann that took place in Israel in the early 1960s. He was indicted on 15 counts of 'crimes against humanity' and in 1962 was executed by hanging.
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Stanford University

Mlk and Global Freedom Struggle: Congress of Racial Equality

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry explores the involvement of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in America's civil rights struggle throughout the late 1950s and into the mid-1960s.
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Stanford University

King Institute Resources: Freedom Summer (1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of one of the last major interracial civil rights efforts of the 1960s to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Mid Canada Line

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise description of the Mid-Canada Line of radar stations. Covers history of this early-warning system that was in place in the 1950s and 1960s, a list of the locations and a list of the POL Supply Points that provided fuel to the...
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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Space Race: Nasa Space Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with multi-media resources, activities and videos on NASA, the Kennedy space program that dominated the 1960s.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 25: Vietnam Revisited

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using music, videos, and interviews are effective ways to study the Vietnam War era. The music from the late 1960s and early 1970s offers wonderful insights into how many Americans felt about the times. Through the use of personal...
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PBS

The Sixties: House Un American Activities Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
The House Un-American Activities Committee gained noteriety in the 1950s with Joseph McCarthy and his witch hunts. The committee was still in existence in the early 1960s. Read this brief article to see what it was investigating then.
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PBS

Pbs: This Far by Faith: The Black Arts Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
From PBS this is "The Black Arts Movement" as part of the series "This Far by Faith", which examines the role of faith in the civil rights cultural movement from the 1940s through 1960s in the U.S..
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Syracuse University

Draw Your Own Conclusions: Political Cartooning Then & ?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take a look at how wars and politics from the 1860s through the 1960s were drawn by some of the nation's most influential humorists and cartoonists.
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Other

Civil Rights Movement 1955 1965: Mississippi & Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at Mississippi in the early 1960s to understand why the focus of African American voter registration targeted that state. Read about the organization and implementation of the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964. See also the...
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Other

The Suburbanization of America: Patio Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a discussion on middle class suburban life in the 1950's and 1960's which has been dubbed the Patio Culture.
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Other

Crmvet: Mc Cree Harris, Albany Civil Rights Veteran

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of McCree Harris, upon her death, which describes her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in Albany.
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Other

Opec: History of Opec

For Students 9th - 10th
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its member countries. It works to stabilize oil markets around the world. Find out when and how OPEC was created in this look back...
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Other

Vintage Calculators: Web Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of calculators, from the 1960's to the present. Includes images.
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Other

History of Rock 'N' Roll: Roy Orbison

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life of Roy Orbison, a legend in popular music in the 1960s.
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Other

Teaching Tennessee History: Lesson Plans for the Classroom Volume Ix [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During these lessons, students will gain insight into segregation prior to the student sit-ins of the 1960s and explore how the Civil Rights Movement affected Tennessee.
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Other

H Net Online: The Media and the Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented is a review of a book by Patricia Bradley that looks at the feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and its relationship to the media. Read about how the media bolstered the ideas of the movement by way of the activism of its...
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University of California

The History Project: Ideology of the New Left

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The early 1960s saw a rising tide of criticism of American society, mainly by college learners. They criticized repression, corruption and racism as basic flaws in the entire structure of American government and society. This lesson plan...
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Other

Kodak: Powerful Days in White and Black

For Students 9th - 10th
Stunning black and white photos documenting the civil rights struggle in the 1960s.
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Cengage Learning

Gale: Hispanic Heritage Biographies: Carlos Santana

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 1960s, when the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and other rock genres were raging, Carlos Santana and his band Santana introduced the music scene to a new Latin-based rock sound featuring an Afro-Cuban beat. This...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
A bio on this important 1960's inventor who provided the world with the semiconductor injection laser, a purification of germanium and much more - most of which is still in use today.

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