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Washington Monthly: What Was Really Great About the Great Society
This site offers an article from the "Washington Monthly" in which Joseph Califano, Jr. disputes the claims of conservative pundits that Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs constituted a failed social experiment that wasted the...
Digital History
Digital History: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting...
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The Great Society [Pdf]
There were many governmental programs that were part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Find a flow chart that showswhich different programs belonged to which major topics.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Eras of the New Frontier and the Great Society, 1961 1969
This chapter focused on the New Frontier and Great Society will give readers a framework for the numerous domestic, social, and economic labor reform programs instituted between 1961-1969.
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: The Great Society Holds Promise for America
President Lyndon B. Johnson was a truly progressive president at the beginning of his term of office. Read about all the programs started under his watch that attempted to better the lives of all Americans, especially those who lived in...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Great Depression and the 1990s
Students frequently echo sentiments such as, "The government is too big," or "The government should make welfare mothers pay for their own needs." It seems that many citizens, high schoolers included, have begun to believe in reduced...
University of Texas at Austin
Lbj for Kids! Education
Providing photos, audio clips, primary texts, a timeline, and a glossary, this website is a good introduction to President Lyndon Johnson's efforts to reform education in the United States. Listen to (or read) Johnson's "Great Society...
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Department of Health and Human Services: Head Start
Read and watch a video about the Head Start program at its homepage created by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Chicago Historical Society
A rich source of historical information on Chicago. Search through entries, historical sources, maps, and special features.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: State of Union 1965
Here one finds President Johnson's address to the nation in which he lays out his legislative priorities and his assessment of foreign affairs the early part of his administration.
Savvas Learning
Pearson Education: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Read about the many programs included in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, a centerpiece of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. See what happened to many of these programs under subsequent presidents.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Kennedy's New Frontier
Read about John Kennedy's vision for America upon his becoming president. Find out about the space race with the Soviet Union, and expanded social programs for the poor and elderly in America.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Long, Hot Summer
The "long, hot summer" in reality spread over several years of summers in the mid-1960s. Read about the Watts riots in 1965, and the reasons behind racial upheaval in hundreds of American cities over the next three years.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: A Brief Explanation of the Social Security Act
The Social Security Act was brought into law in 1935. This booklet was published by the government in 1935 to explain how the Act worked.
PBS
Pbs: The Greeks Crucible of Civilization
Contains a great deal of historical information about ancient Greece that supports the PBS program "The Greeks- Crucible of Civilization." Includes a timeline, a virtual tour of the acropolis, lesson plans to accompany the show, and more.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: A History of Us: War on Poverty
Brief discussion of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the early 1960s. Among other things, he passed a Civil Rights Act and started programs such as Headstart, Job Corps, and Upward Bound to help poverty in America.
US National Archives
Nara: A New Deal for the Arts Activist Arts
The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.
Oklahoma State University
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Farm Security Administration
An overview of the ambitious goals of the Farm Security Administration as part of the New Deal. Find out the many ways the FSA wanted to help farmers help themselves. Because this article is from the Oklahoma Historical Society, special...
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The Social and Public Art Resource Center (Sparc)
SPARC is an arts center in Los Angeles that produces, preserves and conducts educational programs about community based public art works. If you live nearby you can get involved. Otherwise, be inspired by their work. The murals are...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Lyndon Johnson as President
Learn more about the president who expanded both the war in Vietnam and social programs at home.