Harmon, Kevin

Based on the group work, each student will write a 2-3 paragraphs (4-6 sentences) defending or disagreeing with the President's decision to send the 101st Airborne to Little Rock citing evidence from the readings.

Students will compare and contrast First Ladies

Close read of Gettysburg Address activity

Students will close read Truman's statement on the dropping of the atomic bomb

Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka

Through a close reading of historic documents from the Truman Library each class will be divided into teams and "translate" and summarize the meaning of their document

Students will examine the Marshall Plan through political cartoons of the era.

In this lesson students will work in teams to create a time line of raids during the Border War before watching the movie Ride with the Devil to learn information about the Missouri-Kansas Border War.

Each student will complete concept maps on the sections on Vietnam, LBJ's Administration, and Civil Rights Movement.

Students will research and construct timeline of American involvement in the Korean War as well as use historical maps to identify communist and non communist countries