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January 21, 1824

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Lesson 2: The Battles of the Civil War
Through the use of maps and original documents, this lesson will focus on the key battles of the Civil War, Gettysburg and Vicksburg and show how the battles contributed to its outcome. It will also examine the "total war" strategy of General Sherman, and the role of naval warfare in bringing about a Union victory.

Student Resource / History & Social Studies
Battles of the Civil War: campaigns map
A comprehensive animated map showing the locations and travel routes of the major Civil War military campaigns.

January 21, 1950

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Lesson 2: The House Un-American Activities Committee
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union had deteriorated to the point of "cold war," while domestically the revelation that Soviet spies had infiltrated the U.S. government created a general sense of uneasiness. This lesson will examine the operations of House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the late 1940s.

Student Resource / History & Social Studies
Anticommunism in Postwar America: Interactive Timeline of the early Cold War years
A timeline of the events of the early Cold War years. Can be used in conjunction with the EDSITEment We The People curriculum unit: Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace?

January 21, 2013

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Dr. King's Dream
Students will listen to a brief biography, view photographs of the March on Washington, hear a portion of King's I Have a Dream speech, and discuss what King's words mean to them.
Lesson Plan / Art & Culture
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence
Students learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence and the teachings of Mohandas K. Gandhi that influenced King's views.