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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Texas: Lyndon Baines Johnson Boyhood Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Boyhood home of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

For Students 9th - 10th
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Joint Resolution for the Maintenance of Peace and Security in Southeast Asia, known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, on August 10, 1964, giving him a free hand to escalate the war in Vietnam.
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Other

Social Solutions to Poverty: War on Poverty: Office of Economic Opportunity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Lyndon B. Johnson's Office of Economic Opportunity Act (OEO) that attempted to give the poor an opportunity during the War on Poverty of 1964.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Lady Bird Johnson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a brief article on Lady Bird Johnson. Read about her life before she became the First Lady of the United States and her career following her husband's presidency.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: White House Statement on the Events in Panama

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a statement made by Lyndon B. Johnson on January 10, 1964 concerning the violence in Panama in the Canal Zone.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1964 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1964 won by Lyndon B. Johnson who successfully associated himself with President Kennedy's popularity.
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Curated OER

American Radio Works: The President Calling

For Students 9th - 10th
This website looks at Lyndon B. Johnson's use of secretly taped and tapped meetings and telephone conversations, and their role in how he worked as President. Audio of some of the conversations and meetings are included.
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University of Texas at Austin

Lbj for Kids! Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing photos, audio clips, primary texts, a timeline, and a glossary, this website is a good introduction to President Lyndon Johnson's efforts to reform education in the United States. Listen to (or read) Johnson's "Great Society...
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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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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about The Great Society that was the vision of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Lbj and Ho Chi Minh Letters

For Students 9th - 10th
Two letters: one written by Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973 CE) to Ho Chi Minh and the other Minh's response. Johnson is testing the waters for a peace settlement while Minh insists that the Vietname War was provoked by the US and can only be...
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Stanford University

Mlk and the Global Freedom Struggle: Civil Rights Act of 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about President John F. Kennedy's role in attempting to outlaw segregation, and, after Kennedy's assassination, President Johnson's role in making that happen with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Curated OER

Lyndon Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. With a year to go until the election of 1964, LBJ appropriated Kennedy's "New Frontier" and transformed this agenda into his "Great Society."
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The War in Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the war in Vietnam during the Johnson administration, touching on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and protest of the American public.
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AllRefer

All Refer Reference: Vietnam: Escalation of the War

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes decisions by the Johnson administration to escalate US involvement in Vietnam. Examines increased troop levels and increased military aid to South Vietnam.
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The Atlantic Monthly Group

Atlantic Wire: Newly Released Secret Tapes

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper article confirms that LBJ knew about Nixon's involvement in stalling the Vietnam peace talks and didn't bother to report it. Though the story has been around before, the new tapes describe how President Johnson knew all about...
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NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography:john Glenn

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information with personal data, education, special honors, aviation experience, NASA experience and space flight experience.
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US Forest Service

Usda Forest Service: National Grasslands

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains facts about the U.S. grasslands, including history, laws, and regulations. To learn more about specific grasslands, select a grassland by region or by state.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: A National Struggle: Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-page segment of a larger PBS site about Jim Crow discusses the role of Congress over close to 100 years in first entrenching Jim Crow laws in the law of the land, and eventually, through the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The War on Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Fordham University you can read Lyndon B. Johnson's "Proposal for A Nationwide War On The Sources of Poverty," which was originally relayed to Congress in March of 1964. Read about the "five basic opportunities" Johnson...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Jfk, Lbj, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Other

Washington Monthly: What Was Really Great About the Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an article from the "Washington Monthly" in which Joseph Califano, Jr. disputes the claims of conservative pundits that Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs constituted a failed social experiment that wasted the...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Voting Rights Act of 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to prevent discrimination and protect voting rights. It was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, to safeguard the right to vote of Black Americans and ban the use of...
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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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