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The Middle-Class Squeeze - Center for American Progress
US History teachers looking for an end-of-the-year lesson that will act as a gateway for students out of the past and into the present/future of the United States could easily farm some charts from this report, and condense them into a wealth disparity lesson - how will the country accommodate these inequities?
Peek Inside Sears's 1990 Holiday Wish Book - (Shopping Catalog)
Material culture reveal much about people's lives. This primary source document shows the world on the advent of the technology revolution.
March 14, 2020 - Letters from an American
This is an essay written by a college professor at the start of the Covid-19 shutdowns in the United States in March 2020. There's no question that it takes a definitive position so many teachers might be uneasy assigning it to students to read. But that is exactly the reason to assign it. Students should read this article to get a sense of late 20th century America and the ideology that defined modern conservatism. Go ahead and have them fact this article - see if they can see what's incorrect. They might not find anything - but that is the point
2019 National Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA): Overview and Methodology
Mitigating-the-Impact-of-Pandemic-Influenza-through-Vaccine-Innovation.pdf
Black Lives Matter at School Resource Toolkit - Google Docs
The History of Hip-Hop : NPR
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N.J. schools among 'most segregated' in nation, suit says
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Judge orders school districts be notified in ‘momentous’ N.J. desegregation case
Pessimists Archive on Twitter / X
It is safe to safe that there are less than ten high school teachers in the entire United States that teach or even mention the bicycle fad and proliferation of bicycles in the 1890s. This 22 except shows how assertions made in documentaries won't stand up to the documents themselves.
Age-Sex Pyramids of U.S. Immigrant and Native-Born Populations, 1970-Present | migrationpolicy.org
These side-by-side population pyramids show both "immigrants" and "native born population" in pop pyramids for years from 1970 through 2018. Clicking through the various years provides information on changing population characteristics with regard to US immigration over time
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
9/11 Pop Culture Reaction: Political Cartoons
Collection of editorial cartoons in reaction to the 9/11 attacks
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s Response to Sexual Abuse Allegations and an Audit of the Procedures and Actions of the Credentials Committee
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Releases Report on Racial Inequity in Kentucky | Kentucky Chamber
Statements or inferences that the United States is past racism and equal opportunity prevails do not stand up against the data. In Kentucky, 8.5% of the general population is black, but 21% of the prison population in black. Other stats can be here. It is important to note that this is not a think tank, not a news service - it's the chamber of commerce
09/11/2001 - George W Bush Presidential Diary
This is not his personal diary, but a minute by minute record of the president's actions on 9/11/01. Skimming through the entries and events shows the turmoil of that day - not how many calls were not completed. Notice also that he spoke with Senator Joseph Biden
8 Things You May Not Know About Our Air Defense on 9/11 U.S. Department of Defense Defense Department News
Losing candidates complimenting the winner, pledging their support
Clips of dozens of losing candidates in presidential elections, congratulating their opponents and pledging their support. This is a standard foundation of a democratic system
ILW.COM - immigration news: Time To Rethink Immigration (II): Freeing America From The Immigration Gulag
History teachers who spend time with students exploring anti-immigration sentiment in the 1840s, 1890s, and 1920s do their students a great disservice if they don't also touch on anti-immigration in the early 1990s, This could be mined for DBQ material - Peter Brimlow's "Alien Nation" sold 37,000 hardcover copies in 1992
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Hey, Texplainer: Is the United Nations going to take over the Alamo? No, it isn’t. | The Texas Tribune
Evidence that 1990s paranoia -fueled fears that "World Heritage Site" designation was evidence of a UN plot to take over the United States persists 30 years later is this article and the proposed legislation it describes
National Security Report - White House Oct 2022
Opinion | Elon Musk Is Buying Twitter. Shudder. - The New York Times
This editorial author has a long list of Bona Fides to clearly establish his institutional authority as a "reliable source". Yet despite the clear connections me makes between the past and present, most teachers would avoid assigning this to students because wouldn't want to risk using such strongly worded materials in class. But that's what makes it an excellent teaching vehicle. Assign this, read and discuss - then fact check. Perfect exercise for a Gilded Age lesson
Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich countries? - Our World in Data
Publisher Information – Understanding Media and Culture
History of media and culture - excellent reousrce 900+ page book
Life Before the Internet… You had to do WHAT! - YouTube
Eight minute video might be useful in a lesson showing students the changes brought by digital technology over the last 30 years
Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election - Executive Summary
This executive summary of an investigation of the 2000 presidential election in Florida concludes that evidence of violation s of the Voting Rights act should be investigated by the US Dept of Justice. The entire report can be found here https://www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/vote2000/report/main.htm
TITLE IX: Striving for Gender Equity in Athletics | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Chads! - 2000 Presidential Election in Turmoil - ABC News - Nov. 12, 2000 - YouTube
5 Minutes ABC news segment on the recount in Palm Beach County Florida, explaining the ballot and the way in which the hand recount was being conducted. Teachers and students may be surprised by the lack of technology in 2000, when Florida ballots had "chads" in punch-hole ballots