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Mises Institute: The Last Indian War [Pdf]
This passionate essay provides an informative history of the battles between Northwest Indians and the US in the 1960s over fishing rights and broken treaties.
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Teaching the Journal of American History: Flaunting the Freak Flag
This very complete lesson plan uses an article from the Journal of American History to teach about the student movement of the the 1960s and 1970s. Everything necessary for the lesson is provided including the exercises for teaching the...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: The Supreme Court in Action
This tutorial looks at eight famous cases that were heard in the Supreme Court in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. It examines each case, the results, and the ramifications of each decision. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Three Presidencies: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
The domestic policies of three Presidents from the 1960s are examined, including Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. The tutorial looks at their political initiatives, what worked and what didn't. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
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Media History Digital Library: Hollywood Studio System Collection (1913 1948)
A large collection of original periodicals that focused on the movie industry covering periods from 1905 to the 1960s.
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: China's Cultural Revolution
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan inspiring students to consider what it was like during the Cultural Revolution prompted by Mao Tse-Tung in the 1960's through primary source documents.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Students for a Democratic Society
Primary source documents and texts related to the Students For a Democratic Society movement, a student protest group in the 1960s. All materials can be downloaded.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Great Society
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs, i.e., Medicare and Medicaid, were created in the 1960's to curb poverty and racism. This lesson offers students the opportunity to read about the programs and...
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society: Conclusion: Did the Civil War End at Appomattox?
While the American Civil War officially ended at the Battle of Appomattox, Confederate sensibilities ran deep and it was not until the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s that blacks were able to fully assert their equality....
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National Park Service: Hubbell Trading Post National Historical Site
John Lorenzo Hubbell bought a trading post in Granado, Arizona in 1878. The family ran the trading post, trading with the Navajo until the 1960's. The business is still running, though the Hubbell family does not run it anymore. Find out...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: North Korea & American Radical Left
A collection of documents on North Korea's ties to groups associated with the American radical left, including the Black Panther Party, in the 1960s and 1970s. The documents were obtained from the personal papers of Eldridge Cleaver, a...
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Civil Rights Movement Veterans
Remembrances of Civil Rights Movement workers who were active in the 1960s and '70s. Excellent site to gauge the impact of the movement on the workers themselves. Information about the Movement with eyewitness stories, poetry,...
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New York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement
This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
Visit an example-rich exploration of poster art and learn how famous faces have been used to convey meanings and messages across the decades. An excellent resource for discovering how art can be a window into a particular time, Ballyhoo!...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Empowering the Black Power Movement
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Twin Oaks Intentional Community
Twin Oaks, an original commune that came together in the 1960s, is still thriving today. Learn about its philosophy and way of life.
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National Park Service: People of the Civil Rights Movement
A summary of the people and events that enacted the successful civil rights movement of the 1960s, well-organized and includes many photos.
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The University of Southern Mississippi: Aaec Editorial Cartoons Digital Collect
The Editorial Cartoon Digital Collection contains examples of the work of member artists of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). Created primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, the cartoons reflect changes in American...
Wessels Living History Farm
Living History Farm: Farming & Rural Life in the 1950s & 60s
During the 1950s and 1960s, farmers had serious challenges but those who stayed made pretty good money due to agricultural advancements.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008
An excellent essay from the National Humanities Center that explores the civil rights movement after the groundbreaking legislation in the 1960s. It looks at how the civil rights movement has transitioned in the last part of the 20th and...
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Freshman Academy: New Approaches to Civil Rights [Pdf]
This section from an American History book covers the extension of the application of civil rights that were legislated in the 1960s. Read about busing, affirmative action, disability rights movement, and the Native American protest...
Calisphere: University of California Libraries
University of California: Calisphere: 1950s 1970s: Struggles for Social Justice
The protests of the 1960s and 70s are highlighted in original photographs. The informational text and overview discuss what groups were fighting for social justice, what the issues were and how these groups made their voices heard.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Black List Project: Barbara Harris
Civil rights activist Reverend Barbara Harris is featured for her involvement in freedom rides and marches in the 1960's.
PBS
Pbs: Representation & Diversity on Stage/screen: Raul Julia: The World's a Stage
Despite Raul Julia's talents, opportunities for Latinx actors in the United States in the 1960's were scarce. In this series of two videos from the American Masters film Raul Julia: The World's a Stage, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos...
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