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Marshall Plan Promotions

Students will design a campaign to promote the Marshall Plan. This ad campaign can be done in the form of posters, speeches, websites, or other multi-media outlets.
Author: Sutter, Kate
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Marshall Plan: Convince the American People

This lesson plan requires the classroom to be divided into proponents and opponents to the Marshall Plan.
Author: Basinger, Matt
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Martha Washington and the Colonial Era

Spending time with Martha Washington to learn about the colonial era.
Author: Eastman, Lisa
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McCarthyism

The lesson will be a traditional lecture based lesson using primary source documents from President Truman and Joseph McCarthy. I will also incorporate a documentary movie on the HUAC trials and McCarthy. My main focus will be on the Red Scare.
Author: Scott, Joshua
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McCarthyism and the Cold War

Through a brief lecture, document analysis, and creation of museum exhibit on McCarthyism students will evaluate the political, social and cultural impact of McCarthyism in America.
Author: Satterfield, Cara
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Missouri Vacation Learning Unit

Vacation planning as a fourth-grade introduction to a host of ideas including, map reading, state history, recreation in Missouri, scarcity, and opportunity cost
Author: Hays, Ruth
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Missouri's role in WWI

Students will conduct a local history project for WWI. They will create a presentation about Missouri’s role in WWI.
Author: Rich, Brooke
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Mr. Postman Deliver the Letter

Students will read and assess letters of former President Harry Truman to understand what was transpiring in his life during the time he spent in the army during World War One.
Author: Winer, Linda
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Mr. Truman as a Senator

Using primary sources from the Harry Truman Library, the students will develop an understanding of some of the requests made of a United States Senator and how the senator and his staff handle these requests.
Author: Quigley, Mike
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Music in a Wartime Culture: Comparing the Music of WWI and the Current War on Terrorism

Students will identify several underlying themes of war inspired music and analyze the effect the author is trying to create.
Author: Benes, Jeff
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Narrative of the Great War Experience

Students will research through the use of primary source documents the lives of different segments of societies in WWI, and create a fictional narrative based on this study, to illustrate their understanding of the material.
Author: Benes, Jeff
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News Bias Then and Now

Students will discover and turn in examples of bias in the news media.
Author: King, Mike
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News From the Camps: Journals/Diaries from Japanese Internees

Journals/diaries written by the students from the viewpoint of Japanese Americans sent to the internment camps during WWII that include multimedia and social media aspects. This is an individual activity that is researched based with technology aspects that uses primary and secondary resources.
Author: Pelton, Catrina
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Nixon and Limits of Executive Power

For students to investigate the expansion of executive powers by President Richard Nixon and the debate about the scope of executive power.
Author: Homan, Carrie
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Northern and Southern Civil War Strategies and Missouri's Legacy: 1861-1865

This is a technology based, two-day project that requires a direct instructional approach with a lecture and about a day and a half of using artifacts and primary sources to look at Missouri's involvement in the Civil War.
Author: Werner, Kurtis D.
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NSC 68 and the Patriot Act

Students will use a historical document (NSC-68) and compare it with the Patriot Act to find similarities and differences. The purpose is to help students understand that in times of crisis, the government often infringes on civil liberties.
Author: Barcroft, Mary
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Nuremberg Trials

This lesson will fit into my post war unit right before we get into the Cold War. The purpose of teaching about Nuremberg is two fold, first to talk about how the World was changing in relationship to dealing with this type of crime...
Author: Hadley, Robert
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Nuremberg Trials

This lesson was designed to provide the students who learn in the visual mode a means to successfully interpret and experience the Nuremberg Trials on a unique nonstandard plane and to express their thoughts through writing.
Author: McClain, Jesse
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Only the President Lands on the South Lawn

This activity asks the essential question “What leadership qualities do modern Vice Presidents need to fulfill their many roles?”  The focus is on Vice President George H.W. Bush during the assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan. 
Author: Norwood, Kyle
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Only Yesterday: Morals, Manners & Mayhem in the 1920s

Students will read chapter five from Fredrick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday, "The revolution of Manners & Morals" as a guide to the seismic shifts in American popular culture during the 1920s.
Author: Kaiman, Mike
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Opposing Views Over the New Deal Expansion of the Federal Government

At the end of the lesson on the New Deal, the students will be assigned one of the following individuals (Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alf Landon, Huey P. Long, and Father Charles Coughlin) to research views on the New Deal.
Author: McFall, Glenn
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Order Number 11: Which Side are You On?

Students will examine primary sources, both written and visual aids, in class to evaluate and create an opinion on General Thomas Ewing's Order No. 11 and determine the overall purpose of the order and create an argument as to whether or not it was justified, fair, and successful.
Author: Ebel, Kimberly
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Ordinary Citizens Create History

The students will receive a copy of Margaret Hays’ letter Number 35, and will read, interpret and answer questions.  The class will discuss individual interpretations.
Author: Haywood, Diane
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Ordinary Citizens Create History

This lesson will allow students to participate in history within the context of an ordinary person (Margaret Hays) and then create history with the student becoming the primary source for events they are witnessing. Hopefully, the lesson will help build a connection to the past and encourage more participation in civic policy and interest in current events.
Author: Haywood, Diane
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Orson Welles and the Story of Isaac Woodard: The Influence of the Media on Presidential Awareness and Decisions

Students will examine primary and secondary source material to draw connections while working individually, cooperatively with a partner, and during whole-group discussion.
Author: Lefeber, Josh
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Perspective is Everything: Using Primary Sources to Learn about History

During the lesson students will learn how to analyze primary sources, search for and find bias, decide which sources are most reliable, and create a blog post with their findings. This lesson is about the Border War in Kansas and Missouri.
Author: Hassig, Ronda
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Persuading the Public: The Presidential Elections of 1976, 1980, and 1984

Using both primary and secondary sources, students will research and analyze the candidates and issues of the 1976, 1980, and 1984 campaigns.
Author: Burnett, Crista
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Pete: Truman's White House Squirrel

This lesson provides information to students about the White House, and the residents of the White House. Second grade students can identify with animals and pets and it makes the topic of learning about the White House a more personal connection.
Author: Nelson, Diane
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Political Cartoons: Introduction to Symbols

Reflection and analysis of symbols and their use in political cartoons
Author: Adams, Mark
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Political Independence and Territorial Integrity For All

This classroom activity has the purpose of explaining to students the geographic difficulty of finding a two-state solution in the Middle East that would have the support of both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Author: Rotbart, Maxwell
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Political Platforms

This will be a paired learning activity. The students will work in pairs analyzing party platforms from 1948 and 2004 or 2008.
Author: Barcroft, Mary
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Political Propaganda: Icons, Slogans, and Imagery in Presidential Elections

The goal of this lesson is for students to take a look into past presidential propaganda and determine its similarities and differences.
Author: Lefeber, Josh
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Popular Sovereignty or Shall Kansas Be A Free or Slave State?

To illustrate the two differing/opposite points of view on the expansion of slavery into the territory of Kansas and later the issue of slavery in the entire country.
Author: King, Mike
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Predicting the 2016 Presidential Election Results

Students will individually aim to use socio-economic and political data to determine and predict how each swing state will vote in the upcoming 2016 Presidential Election.
Author: McGaughey, Jordan
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President Harry Truman and Civil Rights In America

What is the difference between what Truman said and what he did on the subject of race
Author: Winer, Linda
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President Truman's Acceptance Speech

Students will listen to a speech by President Truman and will fill out a work sheet based on the speech that they heard.
Author: O'Neil, Judy
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President Truman's Civil Rights Policies Leading to Desegregation of the Military

After a review of African American military history, students will analyze three primary documents associated with President Truman's decision to desegregate the military.
Author: West, Steve
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President Truman's Desk

Students use document and artifacts, including Truman's desk, to analyze Harry S. Truman
Author: Davenport, Jerry
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Presidential Bracketology

Students will debate the achievements of the Presidents.
Author: Frieling, Derek
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Presidential Campaign of 1948: Using Political Cartoons

The Truman administration was no stranger to the sneers and jeers of political cartoonists. Facing such controversial issues as the desegregation of the armed forces, dropping of the atomic bomb, the cold war, the fair deal, the Republican takeover of Congress, and the 1948 presidential campaign, political and editorial cartoons were commonplace. President Truman, no matter how scathing, always professed a fondness for the cartoons and became an avid collector of them in his post-presidential years.
Author: Adams, Mark
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Presidential Decision Making: Truman's Recognition of Israel

Students will examine documents from opposite sides from advisors close to Truman on the issue of the Recognition of Israel.
Author: Kerr, John
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Presidential Decisions for War

I want to find a way for students to objectively analyze Presidential decisions for war in a way that will allow them to move away from political arguments and personal leanings.
Author: Cinquini, Janell
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Presidential Decisions: The Iran Hostage Crisis

After studying articles and timelines on the Iran Hostage Crisis in groups, students will participate in a class discussion of the circumstances and causes of the crisis. Groups will study primary documents with the goal of providing a recommendation.
Author: Werges, Jared
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Presidential Election Politics: Presidential elections of 1796, 1948 and 2016

This lesson will allow students to gain insights into the political customs and traditions associated with presidential elections.
Author: Gallagher, Tim
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Presidential Elections Project

Students in Advanced Placement US History will study the major elections and events of each American presidency.
Author: Schmidt, Janeal
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Presidential Opinions on Civil Rights

This will be a cooperative learning assignment, where students will work in small groups between five to seven. Students will be broken into four groups and will be assigned a Former United States President, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. Students will be assigned one of the following Presidents to research through their Presidential Libraries. Students will only be able to use primary sources for this assignment.
Author: Woosley, Justice
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Presidential Power

Student will rank the Presidential powers from most important to least important.
Author: Frieling, Derek
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Presidential Power and Action Through Words

Students will use online resources from presidential libraries, Library of Congress, other websites that have presidential executive orders and other policies. Students will understand how a president (or multiple presidents) used presidential power of speech and words to enact legislation
Author: Easterday, Kurt
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Presidential Powers

This lesson would be in a Junior level U.S. Government course, once they have a complete idea of the Articles of the Constitution and have had a chance to explore Article 1 and Legislative Branch. It will require the student to apply their growing base of knowledge on the Power/Role of the President to their knowledge of life in American(Present, Past and Future).
Author: Peuster, Brad
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Presidential Powers, Executive Orders, and Civil Rights

As part of a unit on the United States Government, students will examine the powers of the President. They will examine Executive Order 9981 and Executive Order 8802 in relation to implicit powers and civil rights.
Author: Mischler, Ann
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