The 1960s: A Decade of Change

VP Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as President at 2:38 Central Time aboard Air Force One following President Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

The 1960s was a crazy decade full of challenges to the "establishment." Here are some resources to explore this era a little deeper.


Slide show of major 1960s events here

Black History Timeline from 1619 to the Present here

Video about the Freedom Summer in 1964 where students learned how to fight the segregation.

Vietnam Memorial "Wall of Faces"

Vietnam: The Early Years Pictorial here

World War II Photos and nuclear weapons

This 20 part series comes a magazine called The Atlantic; here they cover the massive topic of WWII not through words, but simply through pictures.

Click here to see the different sections.

In addition, I found a website that tries to approximate the force and scope of various nuclear weapons. Check it out by finding a location and choosing a "size" of weapon.

Mapping the London Blitz & Cartoons

Above is a great picture of the London Blitz of 1940-41. The Germans tried to break the will of British people but were unable to do so thanks in large part to Winston Churchill's speech. He implored the Britons to "Keep Calm and Carry On."

Here is a link for a bomb mapping site that shows the destruction of the air forces.

Also, as the US began to mobilize for the war they also used propaganda to influence Americans. The follow two were produced by Walt Disney to show the "true" Nazi Germany.

Education for Death

Der Fuehrer's Face


Enjoy!

World War II

Make sure you finish the vocab on the study guide for WWII so we can make our way through the war next week. 

You have the link to the PPTs and an online textbook to help you (first and second red tabs). Work a little each day or do it all on the first days (not the last!) but make sure you're ready to hit the ground running. 

Enjoy your break and I'll see you all in a week.