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First Ladies and their Causes

Students will learn about the First Ladies of the United States and the social causes they championed. Using primary and secondary sources, students will research a First Lady and then share their findings with others.
Author: Funk, Maureen
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First Ladies Interview

The students will be putting together a series of “interviews” they conducted about the first ladies. Their objective will be to answer a series of questions about a specific First Lady.
Author: Brought, Sarah
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First Ladies, Vice Presidents, and Presidential Advisors - The real Influence on the Presidency

The students are instructed that they will select a president of the United States and have to research who had a great deal of influence on the policy that was supported and put into place by that president.
Author: Easterday, Kurt
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First Lady Fashions

Students research and learn about the fashion of a certain time period and identify with the personal convictions and tastes of the famous First Ladies of the past.
Author: Foster , Tanya
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For the Love of the Game and Country

Students will research the impact of World War II on Major League Baseball and create a trading card using a draw program.
Author: Henke, Joe
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For Two Sticks of Gum: The Berlin Airlift

Students will study the Berlin Airlift and the role Gail Halverson played in shaping this famous Cold War event. The lesson includes a lecture on the Berlin Airlift, a video presentation by Gail Halvorsen, a critical thinking worksheet, and a PowerPoint.
Author: Hoduski, Mark
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Former Slaves Making America A Better Place for All

Students will work collaboratively (or individually) to produce a presentation that addresses the demographics of the slave population and contributions by a freed slave from students home region
Author: Smith, Pam
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Supreme Court Packing Plan

Students will study excerpts from FDR's fireside chat about changing the supreme court and study editorial cartoons about reactions to it. They will discuss and evaluate the plan and analyze editorial cartoons.
Author: Stewart, Marla
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From Paper Lanterns to Pop Up Ads: Evaluating the evolution and influence of media on presidential campaigns

Using the primary sources provided, students will work in groups to evaluate six different presidential campaigns from 1952 - 2008.
Author: Williams, Emily
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Gaines v. Canada Mock Trial

In a cooperative learning project, students will participate in a mock trial, arguing the facts and constitutional ramifications of the 1938 Supreme Court case Gaines v. Canada [Univ. of Missouri].
Author: Kaiman, Mike
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Gathering, Recording, and Presenting Data

Collect and use statistical data from news sources
Author: Buell, Gala
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Geographic Context for War

Given a map of Korea, student teams will label the map showing location of mountains, average high and low temperatures, names of neighboring countries, population centers, and location of cities.
Author: Schirmer, Sherry
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George Marshall

Poster analysis and production focusing on George Marshall and The Marshall Plan
Author: Adams, Mark
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George Orwell's Animal Farm

The student will be able to analyze and determine central themes in George Orwell’s Animal Farm as these themes relate to the novel’s role as an allegory of Communism in Russia during WWII.
Author: Orta, Lourdes
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George Washington's Farewell Address: Did the U.S. Take His Advice?

This activity incorporates the study of primary sources and cooperative learning.
Author: Bauer, Jon
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Gerald Ford and the Vietnam War

Students will evaluate primary sources such as documents and political cartoons related to decisions made by President Ford's administration during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Author: Young, Michael
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German Surrender: Radio address and teaching activity

Students will listen to the American radio broadcast of Germany's surrender and answer questions relating to the broadcast
Author: O'Neil, Judy
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Gettysburg Address Close Read

Close read of Gettysburg Address activity
Author: Harmon, Kevin
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Global Connections: Using US Involvement in the Middle East

Analysis of primary documents relating to US involvement in the Middle East.
Author: Haywood, Diane
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Go Fish - For First Ladies

Finding primary sources, students will work together as a class to create a master "deck of cards" for 13 first ladies. Students will work together in pairs (or alone - teacher choice) to research assigned first ladies(s)
Author: Boxley, Elizabeth
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Good Man in Hell: Rwanda and the Western Response

Students will explore the Rwandan Genocide and the Western response to the genocide
Author: Hadley, Robert
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Great War Press Conference

Students will work in groups and do research to identify the reasons for fighting in The Great War by the primary combatants in December of 1914.
Author: Denham, John
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Great War Round Table Simulation

Determine the role of a specific person affected by the Great War and describe how their life was altered as a result of the fighting
Author: Denham, John
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Guerrilla Season Book Study

To help students understand life on the Missouri/Kansas border during the "Bleeding Kansas" time period.
Author: Garvey, Erin
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and War Powers Act

An examination of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, its intent and impact, its ultimate repeal and its relationship to the War Powers Resolution.
Author: Kerr, John
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Harry (and Bess) Truman's Excellent Adventure

Students will complete a geography book report/project based on the book.
Author: Williams, Lynette
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Harry S. Truman and Civil Rights

Author: Seim, Stephanie
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Harry S. Truman and the Road To the Presidency

Students, working in teams, will analyze the rapid rise in automobiles and the growing need for a stable road system in the United States/Missouri
Author: Henke, Joe
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Harry S. Truman Week

A series of activities to help students gain understanding and appreciation for Truman.
Author: Piatchek, Heidi Waddock
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Harry S. Truman: Presidential Decision Making

Students will take a position on one of the many topics listed and create an argument that is supported with the use of primary sources found on the Truman Presidential Library website.
Author: Denham, John
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Harry Shows Us How

Students develop problem solving skills learning about Harry Truman
Author: Davenport, Jerry
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Harry Truman - 1920s Road Building

Students will work in pairs, using primary documents and readings from secondary sources to discover how Harry Truman was a forward thinking individual as shown in road building for Jackson County.
Author: Engel, Sheila
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Harry Truman and the Potsdam Conference

President Truman recalls many of the successes and problems of the Potsdam Conference and the postwar world in his diary entries and letters to his wife, Bess Wallace Truman. Students are given the opportunity to examine these unique documents and argue about their validity as primary sources while learning about the Potsdam Conference.
Author: Adams, Mark
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Harry Truman and the Truman Doctrine

Students will learn about the conditions in Greece and Turkey during the Cold War and learn about Truman's response through the Truman Doctrine
Author: Adams, Mark
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Hello, Mr. President

Analyze and compare the presidency of Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson.
Author: Kriz, Mera
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Herbert Hoover’s Response to the Great Depression

Author: Puckett, Deborah
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Historical Photographs of Independence: Harry S. Truman and the "Road" to the Presidency

This will be an introductory paired learning activity. The students, working in teams, analyze the rapid rise in automobiles and the growing need for a stable road system in the United States/Missouri.
Author: Henke, Joe
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Holocaust Studies

The student will examine the choices of the Einsatzgruppen leadership from the Holocaust, and that of General Romeo Dallaire, from the Rwandan genocide, and compare and contrast the moral and ethical consequences.
Author: Wilson, Mary Ann
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Home Was a Horse Stall

Students will be researching and analyzing the internment of Japanese Americans on the west coast of the US during WWII.
Author: Haywood, Diane
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Hoover and Truman Working Together to Bring Post War Aid to Europe

Cooperative learning through document analysis and discussion
Author: Rovenstine, Janet
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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Students will read through the Bill of Rghts and put into their own words what those rights mean today. They will then prioritize those rights as they apply to students.
Author: Turner, Amy
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How did the Flu Epidemic of 1918 change the World?

To gain a wider understanding of the Flu Epidemic and how it affected America.
Author: Peuster, Brad
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How does music impact culture?

Students will be developing a CD with a compilation of jazz songs that best exemplifies the Jazz Era (1920s-1930s). They will create a CD cover, an insert with each song title, its lyrics, and justification for why the song was included in the album.
Author: Wilbanks, Rachel
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How Images Can Affect Perspectives of the Lincoln Conspirators

To assist students in developing analytical skills that will enable them to evaluate primary sources and images such as documents, photographs, political cartoons and posters related to the Lincoln conspirators.
Author: Young, Michael
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How Important Is What Happened In Kansas and Missouri to the Coming Civil War?

To show students that the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the effects of John Brown's raid and other raids along the border.
Author: Witt, Nancy
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How the Candidates for President Use Propaganda to Win Election

This lesson will allow students to evaluate the use of propaganda during presidential election years.
Author: Gallagher, Tim
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Identity Politics in the 1960s and 1970s: Women & Native Americans

In this lesson, the students will apply their knowledge of the tactics and strategies used during the Civil Rights Movement to the movements for women's rights and Native American rights. The students will use both primary and secondary sources.
Author: Schrag, Valerie
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Impact of Air Raids on Tokyo

Students will analyze eyewitness descriptions of the firebombing of Tokyo and respond to it in a method of (mostly) their choosing.
Author: Sutter, Kate
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Impact of Atomic Bomb Test on New Mexico

Students will review primary source documents, secondary resources and related news articles and current events relating to the events and impact of the test of the atomic bomb at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
Author: Armijo, Juan
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Impact of New Deal programs on WWII

Technology based, individual or partner analysis of a primary source, or use as a station on an Interactive board if students are doing several different activities at the same time.
Author: Sutter, Kate
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