Teaching American History Project Lessons
  The Twentieth Century, 1945-1990
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Students understand the shift of international relationships and power as well as the significant developments in American culture.
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A Sign of the Times Amanda Levin
Advertisements of Drive-In Grand Openings: Suburbanization - Primarily Teaching Thomas Hadlock
Am I My Brother's Keeper? Desiree Gray
An Introduction to the United States Involvement in the Vietnam War Using Primary Documents Nancy Mull
Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson Beyond the Playing Field Victor Sherbondy
Berlin Airlift Eric Damron
Brown V. Board of Education: Overturning Plessy Judy Sutherland
Cesar Chavez: "Viva La Causa" Tabitha Neufeld
Chicano Moratorium Denise Siri
Civil Rights in Reno: The Critical Years, 1957-1965 Norma Johnson
The Civil Rights Movement Sue Davis
Cold War Fears, Bomb Shelters, and Reality Desiree Gray
Cold War in America Richard Clark
Competition in Politics Daniel Bow
Creating an Image of the Forgotten War Konami Compton
Cuban Missile Crisis Shelley Williamson
Days of Decision Norma Johnson
Dead, Red, or in a Bomb Shelter? Desiree Gray
Defining Terms and Historical Review: What is a feminist? Shawn J. Lear
Defining Terms and Historical Review: Women’s Suffrage Shawn J. Lear
Did the Cleavers Ruin 20th Century Society? Nicolette Pollock
Early Observations on U.S. Involvement in Vietnam Kathryn Sewell
Educational Reform - School Walkouts Denise Siri
Establishing the President’s Commission on the Status of Women and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 Erin Damron
"First" Justices of the Supreme Court Shawn J. Lear
Five W’s of the ERA Campaign Shawn J. Lear
Founding of the National Organization for Women Erin Damron
From Blue Suede Shoes to Yellow Submarine: A Musical Journey Through History 1955-1973 Susan Davis
From Blue Suede Shoes to Yellow Submarine: Curriculum Unit Student Final Project Susan Davis
From the Marshall Plan to NATO (A Short Trip) Norma Johnson
Getting "Reno-Vated" Shawn J. Lear
I Have a Dream Stacey Chambers
Impact of Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Joseph D. Boulanger
Impact of the Draft during the Vietnam War Susan Davis
Introduction to the Cold War Mike Patterson
Iranian Hostage Crisis Desiree Gray
Letters Home from Vietnam - SPARK Sarah Bothun
Maine Street, Fallon America: Autombiles and Suburbanization "Primarily Teaching" Keith Lund
More Than a Name Desiree Gray
Motivation in the Vietnam War with Movie Clips - SPARK Thomas Hadlock
Moving on Out to the Suburbs "Primarily Teaching" Susan Petty
National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference Denise Siri
Perspectives of Vietnam Wendy Courtney
Presidential Impeachment: The Legacies of Richard M. Nixon and William J.Clinton Keith Lund &
Stephanie Fitch
Pros and Cons of Waging War in Vietnam - SPARK Marcia Motter
Putting Foreign Policy in Context Desiree Gray
Pyramid Lake Reservation and Self Government Michael Patterson
Pyramid Lake Reservation and the Dawes Act Michael Patterson
Race Prejudice in America (100 Years of Silence: 1860-1960) Pamela Miller
Relations with China during the 19th Century Shyle Irigoin
Reno Responds to the Threat of Nuclear Attack Diane Boone
Running, Rebellion, and Reform: A Journey of Five Hundred Years Craig Rock
Separate but Equal: Plessy vs Ferguson Shawn Lear
Signs of the Times: Trends in American Culture (1945-Present) Shawn Lear
Social Change in the Sixties: Creating a Found Poem Susan Henneberg
Social Change in the Sixties: El Teatro Campesino Susan Henneberg
Soldier's Music (Music that expressed the daily life of the GI) James Ballard
Streetcars over the Truckee "Primarily Teaching" Vallarie Larson
Suburbia: American Dream or Nightmare "Primarily Teaching" Stephanie Fitch
Symbolism, Remembrance and Memorials of the War Tabitha Neufeld
Testing in Our Own Backyard Leina' Santana
The 1950s: The Fearful , The Fabulous, and The Forgotten. America 1945-1960 Katie Menante
The 16th Street Church Bombing  
The Atomic Bomb and Hiroshima Julie Kinzie
The Berlin Airlift Joseph D. Boulanger
The Custer Myth in Vietnam Movies Keith Cole
The Day Separate but Equal Was Not Enough Desiree Gray
The First Vietnam Experience Nicolette Smith
The Forgotten War - Korea, 1950-1951 Marya Watson
The Historic Competition in Politics: The Road to Modern Politics Daniel Bow
The Manhattan Project Terri Weir
The Media and the Voices of Protest during the Vietnam War Kelly Klaich
The Nuclear Campaign Denise Siri
The Radicalization of the Civil Rights Movement Susan Davis
The Red Snare: America's Long Slide into The Vietnam War John Gilbertson
The Rise of the Chicanos Will Houk
The Spy's Dilemma Joseph D. Boulanger
The Suburbanization of America: Post WW II Housing "Primarily Teaching" Rebecca Cameron
Thurgood Marshall & Brown vs. Board of Education Shawn J. Lear
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 Erin Damron
The Vietnam War Sue Davis
Was Separate Really Equal? Stephanie Fitch
Wearing What We Wanna Wear Amanda Levin
What Happened at the Potsdam Conference? Careyn Hallstrom
What Was President Truman Thinking? Careyn Hallstrom
Where are They Today? Native Americans in the 19th Century Norma Johnson
Who is Martin Dies and what is the House Un-American Activities Commission? Joseph D. Boulanger
Why was there a Space Race? Tawna Albertson

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