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Inform your students about the major health issue of the 80s: AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Use the…
Distribute this overview of the key events, people, and places from 1980 to 1989 to provide ideas for projects and…
Relate the story of the Berlin Wall to your students, and have them do the suggested activities as an extension.
Inform your students about Jesse Jackson, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about this…
Explore the details of the life and accomplishments of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.
Distribute this list to highlight world events during the 1970s.
Find out which noteworthy people were born or died during the 1970s.
Learn interesting facts and figures about the United States in the 1970s.
Assign writing prompts about the 1970s, and/or books that were written in the 1970s.
Share information about Earth Day, which began in 1970 and is celebrated on April 22, and assign the related activities…
Share the story of Marian Wright Edelman with your students, and assign the related activities as a way of learning more…
Teach your students about the first space missions that the United States undertook in the 1970s.
In this activity you can teach your students about significant discoveries of the 1970s. Your students can pick an…
Explore the different styles and accomplishments of three first ladies: Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter.
Distribute a chart that details the presidential elections of 1972 and 1976 in the United States.
Explore the chronology of the Watergate Affair in the 1970s, and assign the related activities to help students learn…
Explore the details of the life and accomplishments of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
Explore the details of the life and accomplishments of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States.
Explore the details of the life and accomplishments of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a…
Here's a list of notable inventions and firsts of the 1960s.
Assign writing prompts about the 1960s, and/or books that were written in the 1960s.
Distribute this overview of the key events, people, and places from 1970 to 1979 to provide ideas for projects and…
Read about the history of the Selective Service System, and assign students to explore the draft which occurred in the…
Share facts about Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi with your students, and have them complete a Venn diagram about their…
