Period 9: 1980-Present (AP US History) | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
21: Nineties / Beginning of Now
When Pat Buchanan Tried To Make America Great Again
Famous Sounds
Download :: The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It
Disability Lesson Plans for US History I and II
Series of lesson from the disability museum. Teachers should consider the populations that never seem to appear in the taught narrative canon. More and more states are mandating their inclusion though teachers concerned about authenticity of their courses have been making these effort for some time
disability history museum--Education: Essay: Disability History Museum
COAST TO COAST AM
11 Sounds Today's Kids Have Probably Never Heard | Mental Floss
11 Sounds Today’s Kids Have Probably Never Heard
Famous People with disabilities
From the Anti-Defamation League
The 1990s | C-SPAN.org
American University professor Joseph Campbell explored a decade of political, foreign policy, cultural and social events to define the zeitgeist of the American 1990s. American University is located in Washington, D.C.
Clifford Stoll: Why Web Won't Be Nirvana - Newsweek
1990s Newsweek article that completely misunderstands the direction of the internet. When students try to predict this future, they should look at this recent example to see how wrong you can be
USA: Clinton Denies Having An Affair With Monica Lewinsky - 1998 - YouTube
2 minute video of Bill Clinton's first public comments after the Lewinsky story broke
New York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape - YouTube
gopac - Language, a mechanism of Control
"This document, a working paper from GOPAC, Newt Gingrich's political action committee, was circulated to freshman Republican members of the 104th Congress in 1995. It functions as a rudimentary rhetorical handbook, providing inexperienced political speakers with a lexicon of terms that drive a wedge of distinctions between themselves and members of the opposing party.
League of The South
White nationalist secessionist organization formed in 1994
Opinion | Sidewalk Surfing With My Disabled Parents - The New York Times
Good writing, but more importantly, this unveils a population entirely absent from the taught narrative canon. These people live in our country, have always lived in our country, and we never, ever talk about them.
Chapter 6: Toilet Rooms (ADA Standards)
This site provides detailed guidance for compliance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities act. For example, is shows the height that toilets should be off the floor in a handicapped bathroom stall, and how many and how the grab bars are on the wall.
Episode 5, Lesson 3: Building Community Consciousness and Coalitions | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA
"This lesson plan helps students understand the context of the 1992 L.A. civil unrest (L.A. riots). Korean Americans in solidarity with Black Americans and others, formed coalitions to call for racial justice, community healing and rebuilding. Various police reforms, community programs and rebuilding efforts came about after. It covers the importance of building community consciousness and coalitions to fight systemic racism. By using the transcripts from the segment this lesson plan will ask the students to analyze the movement by using guiding questions to identify the issue, research the problem, respond to the problem and reflect on why learning about this topic is important to their lives and current social movements."
LA 92 (Full Documentary) | National Geographic - YouTube
This two hour documentary is filled with segments that can be used for lessons regarding the case, the riot, and the impact of black and Korean neighborhoods
James Carville Pep Talk - YouTube
3 1/3 minutes of James Carville talking to Clinton Campaign workers in 1992, preceded by a short clip of a press conference with Jennifer Flowers. This can help students understand politics in the 1990s
8 ways in which the Americans with Disabilities Act changed everyone's lives | National Museum of American History
Quick article includes a list of items that can be presented to students as a "true or false" exercise to prompt discussion in an introduction to a lesson
Elon University / Imagining the Internet / 1960s – 1990s: Internet
Brief summary of the development of the internet with names, dates, events and quotes
The Path From Waco, Texas to Oklahoma City
Buchanan, "Culture War Speech," Speech Text - 1992 Republican Convention
Pat Buchanan was invited to speak at the 92 convention, he expressed view about women in the military that might surprise students of the 2020s. The phrase "This war is for the soul of America" was used by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential campaign
Technology Over Time - Interactive feature
An image of household technology with a timeline below that shows how the technology changes over time
The 1990s: When Technology Upended Our World | HISTORY
Some of the words used in this essay would have to be edited out if it were to be shared with students, but teachers embarking on the seldom-trod turf of teaching the history of the 1900s, should read this essay to get a sense of the wide spectrum of change between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11.
Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War: The Debate Continues |
London School of Economic professor's essay on the ways in which the end of the Cold War are explained. Teachers would be well served to spend five minutes reading this before teaching any lessons about it - at the very least to appreciate the complexity underneath simplistic explanations that are so often shared with students
The price of shame | Monica Lewinsky - YouTube
Teachers looking for a way to handle the Clinton presidency, Monica Lewinsky's accounting the personal price she paid as part of a public story provides insight into the changes by the internet
Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition' - March 9, 1999
This was the interview in which just one sixteen-word sentence condemned Al Gore to ridicule for claiming he "invented the internet"