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Primary
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Address to Congress Following Kennedy's Assassination

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the speech given by President Johnson after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In his speech, he pledges to pursue Kennedy's legislative goals.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore programs and impact of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
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Article
PBS

Pbs: The Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and his war on poverty.
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Handout
US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: Eras of the New Frontier and the Great Society, 1961 1969

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Article
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: The Affluent Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto is a well-organized site that chronicles U.S. history. Good discussion of the effect of government spending on the economy during the Kennedy administration.
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Handout
Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help: How Do Jfk and Lbj Compare as Presidents?

For Students 9th - 10th
A comparison between Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
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Website
Other

"The Liberal Consensus and the Throwaway Society", Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the main thrust of this essay is about the legacy the Liberal Consensus View has had on the environmental movement of the present, the author gives and overview of the main issues of the liberal consensus for the period from...