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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Great Debate: Internationalists vs. Isolationists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This great lesson plan from EDSITEment uses primary sources, an interactive timeline, and guiding questions to examine the debate in the United States over the merits of isolationism vs. internationalism after the passage of the...
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Handout
Other

New American Nation: Internationalism and Interwar Isolationism

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay by two foreign policy scholars gives background to the concept that the United States did not really become isolationist after World War I.
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Primary
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Soviets Renew Threats, Ben Gurion Responds

For Students 9th - 10th
Two letters showing the Soviet position towards Israel, after Israel attacked Egypt and Israel's reply to the Soviet's threats.
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Primary
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Eisenhower Publicly Threatens Israel With Sanctions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this speech to the American public on February 20, 1957, Eisenhower explains how the Suez War began and the diplomatic events which took place to try and end it. He also explains what the United States is prepared to do to Israel to...