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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: In Case the D Day Invasion Failed

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides background information for a lesson that correlates the National Standards for Civics and Government to the study of D-Day.Site also provides documents and photo's. Many teaching resources can be found at this site.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Sample Persuasive Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson asks young scholars to identify the strengths of Eisenhower's persuasive speech about military spending. A link to the audio version of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech "Chance for Peace" on April 16, 1953.
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Digital History

Digital History: 'Sink or Swim, With Ngo Dinh Diem' [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
After the French left Vietnam, there was a void that was filled by anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem. Read about the excesses his government carried out against suspected communists, and the excesses carried out by North Vietnamese leader, Ho...
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Foster Dulles (1888 1959)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of John Foster Dulles provides details of his life and rise to prominence in the U.S. Government.
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US National Archives

Nara: Letter From Jackie Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), while focusing on his contributions to the Civil Rights, features a letter written by Jackie Robinson to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The letter responded to Presidential Civil...
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270 To Win

270towin: 1956 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1956 won by Dwight D. Eisenhower, a rematch of the 1952 election.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1952 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1952 won by Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide, ending 20 consecutive years of Democratic control of the White House.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Interstate Highway Act of 1956

For Students 9th - 10th
Ohio History Central gives brief discussion about the purpose of the Interstate Highway Act and its ramifications in American commerce.
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Curated OER

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Aboard the Hms Apollo, French Coast, June 7, 1944

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.
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NSTATE

Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an overview of the life of Earl Warren. Includes a picture and information on his term as chief justice.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Interstate Highway System

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower authorized the largest public works project in the history of the world. The president had been impressed by Hitler's autobahns and believed that a national system of highways was necessary to move...
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Other

Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center for the Study of the Presidency is a non-partisan and non-profit corporation. Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's 1969 call for programs on the American Presidency for 'students old and young.'
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US National Archives

Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Centennial: Omar Nelson Bradley

For Students 9th - 10th
This lengthy biography of General Omar Bradley was written on the centennial of his birth. It traces his life as a military man through World War I, World War II, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Included is a map that shows...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Ohrdruf

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the concentration camp at Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald. Ohrdruf was the first camp to be liberated by the Allied forces, in April 1945.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Race for the Superbomb

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the Cold War race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world. Content details all the people who were involved in the race for the H-Bomb, as well as notable events during this time period....
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Flow of History

Flow of History: Nuclear Arms Race

For Students 9th - 10th
The events and countries involved in the nuclear arms race are profiled. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart make the topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.
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White House Historical Association

The White House Historical Association: The Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete biographies and photos of all past presidents.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Apollo to the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers an in-depth exploration of the U.S. space program and the role President John F. Kennedy took in setting the agenda for manned space flight to the moon.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Battle on the Ballot: Political Outsiders in Us Presidential Elections

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the rich history of select individuals, parties, events, and movements that have influenced US presidential elections from the outside-outside Washington politics, outside the two-party system, and outside the...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Supreme Court: Biographies of the Robes: William Brennan, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr. appointed by Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. He was considered to be one of the most influential liberal justices to ever serve on the Supreme Court.
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Curated OER

Dwight Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to 17 August for links to information about the Allies and German attack on Southern Italy during WWII.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection from the Library of Congress of formal and informal portraits of the US presidents and their first ladies.

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