Curated OER
First Black US Congresswoman Dies
For this English worksheet, learners discuss Shirley Chisholm. Students debate and discuss American politics, focusing on Shirley Chisholm. Learners discuss the differences compared to their own country of origin.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s
This collection uses primary sources to explore the rise of conservatism in the United States in the 1980s.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Conservatism and the Rise of Ronald Reagan
Article outlines the ushering in of an age of Conservatism with the election of Ronald Reagan.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s
This set of speeches, interviews, political cartoons, and artifacts allows you to explore the rise of conservatism in these areas, as well as the critiques that were posed by activists and politicians.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The New Right
Read about the backlash against the freewheeling '60s and '70s with the growth of the New Right, a coalition of big business leaders, Christian Right, and even radical hatred groups.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Conservative Resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s
Given information about social issues throughout U.S. history, students will describe the causes and effects of significant societal issues.
Other
Towards a New Social Order?
Although published in reference to the Stephen Harper era of Canadian Politics, this essay looks at right-wing social policy that was fundamentally rooted in Reform Policy politics of the 1990s. Porter's essay can give students a better...
OpenStax
Open Stax: New Century, Old Disputes
As the United States entered the twenty-first century, old disputes continued to rear their heads. Some revolved around what it meant to be American and the rights to full citizenship. Others arose from religious conservatism and the...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Conservatism and Ronald Reagan
This site is provided for by Country Studies. By 1980, many Americans were ready for a change. Within the Republican party, the New Right emerged which brought along with it a new conservatism and a winning presidential candidate in...
OpenStax
Open Stax: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980 2000: A New World Order
Page featuring information on a changing order both at home and abroad during the 1980s. Several links to primary source material, glossary and questions for student discussion.
Curated OER
Cbc: Who's Who in Harper's New Cabinet
2008 article presents the people in Prime Minister Harper's cabinet. This is a larger cabinet with more women and more Ontario ministers. Listed is their position, Riding and cabinet post.
New York Times
New York Times: Robert Nisbet, 82, Sociologist and Conservative Champion
[Free Registration/Login Required] A profile of Robert Nisbet, an American sociologist, published shortly after his death. He was seen by right-wing conservatives as one of their own but, in fact, he did not adhere to their political...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Presidency of George Bush
Outline of the presidency of George H.W. Bush as part of a section on Conservatism and a New World Order, offers a brief discussion of President Bush's election and administrative policy.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Foreign Affairs
Part of a chapter on U.S. Conservatism and a New World Order discusses foreign affairs of the Reagan years and beyond.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Clarence Thomas
Extensive biographical resource tool for gathering information on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who is the only African American member of the court. Includes suggestions for further reading.
New York Times
New York Times: A Battle Brews as Iran's Reformers Take Over Parliament
[Free Registration/Login Required] Susan Sachs discusses the implications of a Reformist dominated Parliament in Iran. (May 28, 2000)
Curated OER
Cbc: Liberals, Ndp, Bloc Sign Deal on Proposed Coalition
Follow the details of the accord, to form a coalition government,that was signed by the Liberals, New Democrats, and the Bloc Quebecois as they prepare to try and remove the Conservative Government of Canada through a confidence vote.
Other
Schs: Fdr and the Court Packing Controversy
A narrated slideshow detailing the problems Franklin Roosevelt ran up against with putting his New Deal plans into effect. The conservative justices on the Supreme Court determined that many of the reforms were unconstitutional. Find out...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Industry and Isms (1815 1850)
As the conservatives were establishing Conservativism, liberals were finding Liberalism, nationalists were creating Nationalism, and socialists were developing Socialism with their own ideas for a new order to establish on a continent...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: u.s. Soviet Relations
Article on U.S. relations with the Soviet Union during the Reagan years. Part of a chapter on Conservatism and New World Order.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Gulf War
Description of Bush administration foreign affairs and the Persian Gulf War. Part of a unit on New World Order and Conservatism.
Digital History
Digital History: The Second Red Scare
Senator Joseph McCarthy did not create the national obsession with communist subversion. It had arisen in the late 1930s, years before McCarthy had come to public notice. Angry that they had been barred from the corridors of power for 20...
Curated OER
Ronald Reagan
This site is provided for by Country Studies. By 1980, many Americans were ready for a change. Within the Republican party, the New Right emerged which brought along with it a new conservatism and a winning presidential candidate in...