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Research and photograph analysis of a primary source photograph from the Great Depression

Students will listen to the American radio broadcast of Germany's surrender and answer questions relating to the broadcast

Poster analysis and production focusing on George Marshall and The Marshall Plan

Students will research and analyze primary and secondary sources on the 1948 U.S. Presidential Campaign and produce a digital scrapbook.

Students analyze a collection of political cartoons and come up with questions find out more about the situations the cartoons depict

Students will describe and explain cartoons from the Berlin Airlift, putting them in historical context.

Analysis of Thomas Hart Benton mural

Document analysis activity focused on the press release from President Truman on August 6, 1945 following the dropping of the atomic bomb.

Ways to use Truman's State of the Union addresses in teaching

Primary source discovery and analysis