Over the course of the class, you will be retrieving and evaluating current event articles (in the last 5 years); making connections between the units we are currently studying and today. You will be responsible for finding an online article from a reputable news source. For example Time.com, USA Today, The New York Times, etc.
See the attachment for specific details and grading criteria for the Current Events Journal Assignment for Units 7. Current Events Journal Assignment for Units 7. – Alternative Formats
Readings and Resources
eBooks:
Hamby, A.L., Neely, M.S., & Clack, G. (2009). Outline of U.S. History. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
- Chapter 12: Postwar America, pp. 193-198
- Read the following sections: The Postwar Economy: 1945-1960, The Fair Deal, Eisenhower’s Approach, The Culture of the 1950s, Origins of the Civil Rights Movement, and Desegregation
- Chapter 13: Decades of Change: 1960-1980, pp. 199-210
- Read the following sections: The Civil Rights Movement, The Women’s Movement, The Latino Movement, The Native American Movement, The Counterculture Movement, Environmentalism, Kennedy and the Resurgence of Big Government Liberalism, Kennedy and the Cold War, The Space Program, Death of a President, Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society, The War in Vietnam, and The Election of 1968
Klarman, M.J. (2004). From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chapter 7: Brown and the Civil Rights Movement
Articles, Websites, and Videos:
This article discusses several developments involving the civil rights movement in the U.S. during the 1960s.
Ware, L. (2013). Civil rights and the 1960s: A decade of unparalleled progress. Maryland Law Review, 72(4), 1087-1095.
The following resources contain links to documents from the civil rights era.
Our Documents – Brown v. Board of Education (1954). (2020).
American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy — Civil Rights Addess. (2020).
Our Documents – Civil Rights Act (1964). (2020).
Our Documents – Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964). (2020).
The following details the events leading up to and during the Cold War, and the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
- History.com Editors. (2019). Cold War History. History Channel.
The following video shows the famous “I Have a Dream” speech given at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
Watch VideoI have a dream speech full video – Martin Luther King, Jr
Duration: 17:28
User: EDM is LIFE – Added: 1/6/17
This is a video of JFK’s response to aggressive Soviet movement near Cuba.
Watch VideoJohn F. Kennedy Missile Crisis
Duration: 3:09
User: politicalhack28 – Added: 5/25/07
This video is live footage of an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. in 1971.
Watch VideoVietnam Anti-War Protest – Washington, DC – May 1971
Duration: 12:37
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