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RED UNIT
ONE STATE, TWO STATE, RED STATE, BLUE STATE
THE UNITED STATES FROM 1953-2008

UNIT DOCUMENTS

REAL TIME RED SYLLABUS

Chronology Worksheet

Henretta Study Guides:

Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31

Pertinent YouTube Videos

Duck and Cover
Are You Popular? (Dating in 50s)
What to Do on a Date?
1950- What Makes a Good Party?

POWERPOINTS (2006-2007)
Living in the Ike Age
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War
Richard Nixon
The 1980's
Clinton Years
9/11 & its Aftermath


Related Web Links of Interest

We Didn't Start the Fire - A Hyperlinked document with the lyrics to Billy Joel's hit 1989 "We Didn't Start the Fire" fully explained.

50's & 60's SOCIETY
Fifties Web - A site dedicated to the music, movies, television, slang, fads and fashions of the 1950's. Play some cool 50's games!!

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Television News of the Civil Rights Era
We Shall Overcome - Historic Sites of the US Civil Rights Movement. Sponsored by the National Park Service.
KODAK: Powerful Days in Black & White - Traces the importance of the camera in building support for the Civil Rights Movement.
The Civil Rights Movement: An Introduction - The Civil Rights Movement was at a peak from 1955-1965. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, guaranteeing basic civil rights for all Americans, regardless of race, after nearly a decade of nonviolent protests and marches, ranging from the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott to the student-led sit-ins of the 1960s to the huge March on Washington in 1963.

VIETNAM
The History Place presents the Vietnam War - Comprehensive timeline with quotes and analysis

Vietnam Glossary - From PBS.com, a glossary of Vietnam weapons, acronyms, people, places, and other terms.

THE 1970'S
Super 70's.com - A site dedicated to the music, movies, news, and personalities of the 1970's.

THE 1980's
inthe80's.com - A site dedicated the music, movies, news, and personalities of the 1980's.
Awesome 80's.com - Where the 1980's never ended!!!

12 Viewpoints on Ronald Reagan

 

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