Teaching American History Project

Cold War & Civil Rights Era

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

■ Analyzing Political Cartoons of the McCarthy Era
Grades 9-12 - Karen Diaz

■ Civil Rights
Grade 9-12 - Marisa Haralson

■ Civil Rights – Historical Perspectives
Grade 11 - Kevin Mariano

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

■ Cold War - Anti Communism
Grade 11 - Peter Joseph

■ The Cold War at Home
Grade 11 - Kailee Donovan
The Cold War at Home PowerPoint

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

■ The Cold War: Period of Prosperity or Danger?
Grade 11 - Peter Joseph

■ Connecticut Communists
Grade 11 - Karen Cook

■ Cuban Missile Crisis
Grade 11 - Joan Galenski

■ Cuban Missile Crisis
Grade 11 - Kevin Mariano
Cuban Missile Crisis Powerpoint

■ 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

■ Greensboro Sit-in
Grade 9 - Douglas Craig

■ Hollywood v. HUAC
Grade 11 - Jarrid Clifton

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

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

■ Korean War from a Soldier’s Point of View
Grade 11 - Cynthia Petrie

■ 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
Malcolm X - Black Revolution
MLK - I Have a Dream

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

■ Minorities in Mainstream American Society
Grade 11 - Cynthia Petrie

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

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

■ Naturalization Test
Grade 9-10 - Lisa Bastien

■ Opposing Views of the Dream
Grade 11 - Russell Hart
Martin Luther King Jr.: I Have a Dream Movie

■ A Report Card on Present Day America Using Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Grade 11- Cynthia Petrie

■ Senator McCarthy's Speech
Grade 9 - Craig Demars

■ Voting Rights, The 15th Amendment and Literacy Tests: Would You Pass?
Grades 9-12 - Spiro Mandes

■ Who Was Responsible for the Start of the Cold War
Grades 9-12 - Douglas Craig

KEY
■ 2006-2009 Teaching American History
■ 2009-2012 Teaching American History