The post–World War II period was dominated by a power conflict that pitted former allies against each other over economic and political differences. This Cold War affected all aspects of American life at home and abroad. To understand the impact...

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

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International Crisis Hyperdoc
International Crisis Hyperdoc

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Grades: 5 6 7

Students will use this self-paced hyperdoc to understand how international conflict created tensions between the US and the Soviet Union.
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Video Guide
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Video Guide

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students will use the first 7 questions to help follow the content discussed in the video. The last 2 questions are open-ended questions. Use questions 9 and 10 to start an open discussion on the...
Mahkia Green - Civil Rights Protests
Mahkia Green - Civil Rights Protests

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students will use the video "Rise Up" by Mahkia Green and other research to compare and contrast social justice protesters from the past and today.
Impact of Cold War on South Carolina
Impact of Cold War on South Carolina

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Grades: 5 8

Students will use the links provided to understand the three ways South Carolina was impacted by the Cold War. They will draw and label the map with notes they take accordingly. Students will label...
 Modjeska Monteith Simkins House
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...
Civil Rights Important Moments
Civil Rights Important Moments

Lesson

Grades: 5

Students will explore and learn about Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education, and Little Rock Nine. They will write an essay about what they learned.

Rhetoric & Space Race
Rhetoric & Space Race

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Grades: 5, 9, 10, 11

Students will engage in a debate over whether the United States should enter the Space Race using rhetoric and historical information.

 The Space Race, Part 2 2
The Space Race, Part 2
Episode 2

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Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Gemini is the not widely known bridge between Mercury, and the Apollo Program. Gemini would serve as the test-bed for Apollo; to prepare NASA for trips to the moon. After the successes with the Gemini...
 The Space Race, Part 1 1
The Space Race, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Part 1 briefly outlines the Cold War, and how the "Space Race" got started, with the Soviets' launching of Sputnik, in October, 1957. Next came the U.S. competing with the Soviets to launch a man into...
 Native Americans | Road Trip
Native Americans | Road Trip

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Grades: 5 8 11

John Trudell, a Native American activist, talks about an often overlooked group of people. Trudell shares how Native Americans fit into the fight for civil rights. Connections, P.A. Bennett, ETV, 2002
 Bloody Sunday | Road Trip
Bloody Sunday | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Civil Rights leaders try to desegregate the most racist capital in the nation, Birmingham, Alabama. On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S...
 Civil Rights Organizations | Road Trip
Civil Rights Organizations | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) was the major civil rights organization in South Carolina. Several other organizations such as Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
 Leading the Struggle | Road Trip
Leading the Struggle | Road Trip

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

There were several key leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Despite visible leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, young people played a major role in...
 Tony McLean  | Generations of Heroes
Tony McLean | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Meet Tony McLean. He served in Vietnam. Interview by Shani Alston from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
 Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes
Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Korean War Meet Tom Duncan. He served in the Korean War. Interview by Edens Littlejohn from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
 Richard Gimmi | Generations of Heroes
Richard Gimmi | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Meet Richard Gimmi. He served in the Vietnam War. Interview by Travis Styron from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
 Danny Brazzel | Generations of Heroes
Danny Brazzel | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Meet Danny Brazzel. He served in the Vietnam War. Interview by London Knight from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
 David Hill  | Generations of Heroes
David Hill | Generations of Heroes

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War David Hill was a Vietnam Medic. Hill describes his training and the conditions in Vietnam. Interview by Ryan Riordan. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
 Buddy Sturgis
Buddy Sturgis

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Ewell Gilbert "Buddy" Sturgis Jr. — During the Vietnam War, Buddy Sturgis volunteered and served with the Navy's elite River Patrol Force special warfare group, where he earned his "Black...
 Buddy Sturgis
Buddy Sturgis

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vietnam War Ewell Gilbert "Buddy" Sturgis Jr. — During the Vietnam War, Buddy Sturgis volunteered and served with the Navy's elite River Patrol Force special warfare group, where he earned his "Black...
 Minority Business | Road Trip
Minority Business | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

In 1974, Henry J. Clark received his Residential Building and Remodeling State License for South Carolina, one of the first for Native Americans in this state. He built and sold many houses and...