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| Huey Long IIAt the height of his political power, Louisiana Senator Huey Pierce Long, while making inroads on the national political scene, was struck down by an assassin’s bullet.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| It's a Wonderful Life: Frank Capra IOne of the most beloved film classics of all time was a box office failure when it was released in 1946. "It’s a Wonderful Life" was a quintessential Frank Capra.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| It's a Wonderful Life: Frank Capra IIFollowing World War II, film director and producer Frank Capra resumed his career with a film that was a box office disappointment but is now considered his masterpiece – "It’s a Wonderful Life."Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Science Matters: Polio ISummertime in the 1930s and 1940s was exciting for children out of school, but a time of fear as well. Parents were worried their children might contract polio.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Science Matters: Bennett and Soil ConservationOn an overcast afternoon in the spring of 1935, Hugh Hammond, a rumpled bureaucrat, was testifying before Congress. Suddenly the sky turned the color of copper.Grades 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| Science Matters: Polio IIThe year 1916 marked the beginning of a polio epidemic in the United States that would not end until 1955. It did so as one of the major medical success stories of the 20th century.Grades 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| Patsy Cline IPatsy Cline became a cultural legend at a time when country music was ghettoized, when only rarely did a country song cross over to the pop charts, and when female country singers were second-class citizens. She broke down all the walls.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| McKinley Assassination IIAt the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinated the president of the United States, William McKinley.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| McKinley Assassination IOn September 4, 1901, Leon Czolgosz (chol-gosh) queued up to shake hands with the president of the United States, William McKinley. In his hand was a gun.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: Eddie RickenbackerHis auto racing exploits earned him the name "Fast Eddie." He participated in the 1912, 1914, 1915 and 1916 Indianapolis 500 and ended up, years later, buying the racetrack and running it until 1945. Yet, it was in the air that Edward Vernon Rickenbacker revealed true genius, courage and skill.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
