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Handout
US Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration: Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this resource to read the full text of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act passed under the Johnson administration.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Three Presidencies: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon

For Students 11th
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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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Johnson and Reagan

For Teachers 11th
A comprehensive learning module on the different economic policies of Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance...
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Website
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site offered from the Constitutional Rights Foundation and dedicated to "educating tomorrow's citizens." Many great links and activities are available.
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Website
W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology: Restoration/british Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The period between 1660 and 1785 was a time of amazing expansion, when Britain became an empire and its society and literature had to adapt to circumstances for which there was no precedent. The topics in this Restoration and Eighteenth...
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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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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Middle Class

For Students 9th - 10th
Throughout the course of the 19th century, the middle classes expanded rapidly. Those moving up the social scale had to learn new modes of behavior and ways of life. These articles research how this sector of society was reflected in the...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: American Bison

For Students 9th - 10th
Get acquainted with the American bison in this animal guide from the Brookfield Zoo. Highlights includes quick facts and details on its appearance, eating habits, and history of this nearly extinct mammal.
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Bald Eagle

For Students 9th - 10th
Get acquainted with the bald eagle in this animal guide from the Brookfield Zoo. Highlights includes quick facts and details on its appearance, eating and mating habits, and why these birds of prey were once considered an endangered...
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Grizzly Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to quick facts, information on the social and eatings habits, appearance, habitat, and other characteristics of the grizzly bear from the Brookfield Zoo.
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Mexican Gray Wolf

For Students 9th - 10th
Get acquainted with the Mexican gray wolf by browsing this one-page article from the Brookfield Zoo. This animal guide includes quick facts and information on its classification, communication skills, and family traits.
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Handout
Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Polar Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about the polar bear by browsing this educational resource from the Brookfield Zoo. This animal guide includes quick facts and information on its eating habits, appearance, and habitat.
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Handout
Arizona State University

Epaa: Critical Evaluation for Education Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
Gisele Waters of Auburn University here discusses her view of how academic evaluation has only in the last four decades developed as a government function and academic discipline. She also examines the role that Lyndon Johnson's Great...
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Graphic
Curated OER

America in the 1930s: The Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-rounded and succinctly-worded site that focuses on how the Great Depression affected the more vulnerable segments of society, particularly working families, women, and minorities. A good site for giving students a quick overview of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

America in the 1930s: The Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-rounded and succinctly-worded site that focuses on how the Great Depression affected the more vulnerable segments of society, particularly working families, women, and minorities. A good site for giving students a quick overview of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Lost Poets of the Great War, Created by Harry Rusche, Emory University

For Students 9th - 10th
This marvelous site offers a chronology of WWI, an assessment of its cost to society, and links to such poets as Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. Has a plethora of information on the war.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Paterson Great Falls

For Students 9th - 10th
A National Natural Landmark and site of mills and mill races originally developed by the Society of Useful Manufacture in late 1700s that are a Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Other

Chicago Herpetological Society: Cottonmouth

For Students 9th - 10th
Great color photographs link to a regional map and additional information on the Cottonmouth snake.
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Activity
Other

American French Genealogical Society: Recipes

For Students 9th - 10th
Hungry? Three great variations on a classic Quebecois treat - the Tourtiere! Easy recipes for this delicious pie. Site has a couple of other interesting recipes of French-Canadian origin.
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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...
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US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts Activist Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: World Wonders

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about six famous landmarks: Mount Rushmore, Machu Picchu, the Great Sphinx, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, and the Sydney Opera House. A question sheet is...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Why Did the American Revolution Take Place?

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of several characteristics of American society and American people that led to the decision of overthrow the aristocratic rule of Great Britain.

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