World Economic Outlook (April 2024) - GDP based on PPP, share of world
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Bad decision, badly executed: America’s war of choice in Iraq | The Strategist
A Look Back at How Fear and False Beliefs Bolstered U.S. Public Support for War in Iraq
Still at War: The United States in Iraq
US & Allied Killed | Costs of War
In teaching about the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, teachers have to decide if they are going to tell students that the number of deaths by suicide among US service members afterward is four times greater than the deaths in the operations themselves
Remarks to the United Nations Security Council
Text of Colin Powell's speech to UN on Feb 5 2003
Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Dozens of primary source documents relating to Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction from the National Security Archive at George Washington University
Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election Chapter 9: Findings and Recommendations
Detailed report of the US Commission on Civil Rights of the undercount of vote in Florida during the 2000 president election
50 Years of Electoral College Maps: How the U.S. Turned Red and Blue (Published 2016)
Teaching September 11: Powerful Resources About Hope and Understanding
This background video will work for 4th and 5th grade students
The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching 9/11
The Face of American Insurrection
The data behind the Chicago Project on Security and Threats showing the demographics of the Jan 6 insurrectionists
The Yale Law Journal - Forum: The Distinctive Role of Justice Samuel Alito: From a Politics of Restoration to a Politics of Dissent
This Is a Religious War
We will use this article from The New York Times to complete a Diigo posting and forum exercise in which we will post comments, questions and responses directly into an article online. Make sure you have the Diigo toolbar installed and you are logged into Diigo account before you start. Directions are in Moodle
What High School Taught Millennials About the War on Terrorism - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
The "textbook effect" on history can be clearly seen and understood when people who lived through events read how they are depicted in the abstract, stilted language of textbooks.
What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right
More for teachers than students, yet necessary to understand the dangers of the current environment without the counter-agent of education
What Happened on 9/11?, Part I | National September 11 Memorial & Museum
This 6 though 12 lesson plan deal just with the details of the day itself, starting with a chart of what they know and what they want to know. This could serve as a means to a lesson that takes us from public memory - to what really happened. 3 minute video included and interactive timeline. As this is a lesson that focuses on the event itself, it is possible that some students will get be affected emotionally by the lesson, teacher should take care
What it was like to be next to George W. Bush on 9/11 - Vox
Interesting mix of primary and secondary sources in this 're-tweet" of 9/11 by the president's press secretary thirteen years later. Included in this collection is an image of legal pad notes written by the press secretary during the event itself.
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Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush - The New York Times
Bush v. Gore and equal protection - SCOTUSblog
This short article might help teachers explain the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore, though it ,may take a read or two
What Will Future Homes Look Like? Filmed in the 1960's - Narrated by Walter Cronkite - YouTube
Face The Nation: 2018 Jill Lepore explains roots of political polarization in the 1970s and 80s
In this segment of a roundtable discussion on 2018, Jill Lepore explains how the roots of the polarization of early 21st century American can be found in the 1970s and 80s and the Abortion/Guns debate. Great conversation starter or DBQ item for US History II students at the end of their course
New Jersey's Segregated Schools - Report of UCLA Civil Rights Project 2017
"This report shows that New Jersey has moved another substantial step toward a segregated future with no racial majority but severe racial stratification and division. " NJ high school students learning about the Civil Rights movement should be exposed in some degree to the segregation that continues in the schools of their own state
Racial make up of NJ School districts
Simple chart that provides district by district break down of enrollment by race. This is an easy-lesson starter for US History teacher to infuse in Civil Rights lessons or Brown v Board. Have students click through the districts and ask them what they can conclude about segregation in New Jersey
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Graphic: How Class Works - New York Times
Tools that allows students to manipulate factors to determine class descriptions. While this should be taken as definitive in any sense, it can launch a valuable discussion
David Simon on America as a Horror Show - YouTube
Throw a half hour at your listless class in early June and see if students can think a little more about the country they are living in. Start the lesson with a few charts showing wealth disparity - then watch this. Discuss.
Patrick J. Buchanan - 1992 Republican National Convention (Culture War) Speech
This 30 min speech is a significant moment in the history of modern conservatism. Buchanan rails against Democratic candidates Bill Clinton an Al Gore as the “the most pro-lesbian and pro-gay ticket in history.” He complains that Democrats support discrimination against religious schools, women in combat units and want "abortion on demand"