Teaching American History Project

Cold War & Civil Rights Era

■ 1950s Television, Fashion and Culture
Grade 6 - Max Echevarria
Lesson
PowerPoint
Lyrics for 1950's Music

■ Civil Rights Methodology: MLK vs. Carmichael
Grades 9-12 - Bobby Skarvelas

■ Cold War Battle Grounds
Grades 9-12 - Ryan Broderick, Bobby Skarvelas

■ Cuban Missile Crisis
Grade 11 - Joan Galenski

■ Dealing with Discrimination
Grades 9-12 - Ryan Broderick, Bobby Skarvelas

■ Eminent Domain
Grade 7 - Jeanne Benoit

■ Evolving Views of Minority Rights in the U.S.
Grade 10 - Stephanie Loughran

■ Introductory Lesson on Prejudice
Grades 7-12 - Jeanne Benoit

■ Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights Movement
Grades 9-12 - Ryan Broderick, Bobby Skarvelas

■ Levittown, Automobiles, and Culture of the 1950s
Grades 9-12 - Tina Conetta

■ Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis - Speeches at the March on Washington, August 1963
Grade 9

■ Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X
Grade 11 - Matthew Warner
Lesson
Malcolm X - Black Revolution
MLK - I Have a Dream

■ McCarthyism The Political Cartoons of Herb Block
Grades 9-12

■ Montgomery Bus Boycott
Grades 7-12 - Morgan Perry
Lesson
Materials

■ Music: The Nation's Voice (1960s)
Grades 9-12 - Morgan Perry