Our Changing Nation

ON YOUR OWN

Watch this movie on the Apollo Project and take the quizzes.

Watch this movie about the International Space Station and take the quizzes.

Watch these videos about the U.S. experiences in space travel.

Here's more history of space travel.

Learn more about space travel here.

Learn more about space travel at the Animated History of The Space Program. Be sure to click on the lower left hand corner to see the words that are spoken, and use the menu on the upper right to explore all the great activities.

In video: Nasa's 50 years in space

Watch these videos.
WITH A PARTNER

America's Space Odyssey

 

From Gagarin to the space shuttle: A history of human spaceflight – interactive is from The Guardian.

Copy and paste this cloze about John Glenn on your Posterous blog and complete it.

Copy and paste this cloze about Sally Ride on your Posterous blog and complete it.

Complete this exercise on the first Moon Landing.

SPANISH LANGUAGE PREVIEW:

ON YOUR OWN

Complete this SAS on African-American writers

Watch these movies and take the quizzes:

Civil Rights

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Malcolm X

Learn about Rosa Parks.

Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Listen To Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech and find the mistakes.

Watch this video of King

Here's another video about King.

Watch this movie about the Civil Rights Movement.

If there's time, you can watch the short videos on this page.

Learn about the Freedom Rides.

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Read about King and answer the questions.

Read about the Civil Rights Movement and take Quiz 1 and Quiz 2.

Learn more about Martin Luther King here.

SPANISH LANGUAGE PREVIEW:

ON YOUR OWN

Learn about Technology in the 1950's. Be sure to click on the lower left hand corner so you can see the words that are being spoken.

Watch this slideshow about the 1950's.

Watch this movie about Elvis Presley and take the quizzes.

African-Americans won the right to a good education in 1954. Watch this movie about the court case and take the quizzes.

Learn about school segregation in 1952.

Watch these videos about the polio vaccine that was made in the 1950's.

Watch the videos on this page about issues in the 1950's.

Read about Senator Joseph McCarthy

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Read about President Harry Truman.

Read about President Dwight Eisenhower.