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| The U.S. Enters World War IIAboard a Liberty ship, George says that many Americans--the isolationists--once again wanted their country to stay out of the war. The United States did not join the Allies against the Axis until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands in 1941.Grades 6-8 History-Social Science |
| House Divided III: Spencer Repeating Rifle PatentedOn March 6, 1860, young Christopher M. Spencer was issued his first patent for a breech-loading repeating rifle. This weapon would become one of the most trusted, popular and perhaps decisive of the War Between the States.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Richard Byrd to North Pole IIFor decades Richard Evelyn Byrd was credited as being the first to fly over the North Pole. It was his lifetime dream but, in recent years, scholarly skepticism regarding his claim has begun to cast doubt on his achievement.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Richard Byrd to North Pole IIn the early twentieth century explorers, scientists, and aviators responded to the challenge to explore the ends of the earth. One brave and ambitious adventurer was Richard Evelyn Byrd.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: The Golden ThirteenBy the early twentieth century, despite its long history of racial accommodation, the U.S. Navy was aping the Jim Crow prejudice of American society. That began to change for good during World War II with the patriotic torrent of Negro recruits following Pearl Harbor -- and finally with the commissioning in June 1944 of the Golden Thirteen, the first black officers in Navy history.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
 | The Politics of DrinkHistorian James Morone explains what nativism, racism, and women’s suffrage had to do with the temperance movement of the early 20th century. And he argues that Prohibition was not the abysmal failure it’s often made out to be.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| William Howard Taft on Negro ProgressIn the middle of a horrific winter storm, in March 1909, William Howard Taft, took the oath of office and reflected on the future of race relations in America.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: Sarah EdmondsCivil War Union spy, Sarah Edmonds, spent a good part of her life disguised as a man. In the Army she often disguised her disguise.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| LFM: Armed Forces RadioDuring World War II Armed Forces Radio was a welcome reminder of home to the lonely GI. It is a legacy of the war that entertains and informs service men and women to this day.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Amelia Jenks BloomerLeadership in one field often emerges from convictions in another. Amelia Jenks Bloomer began by advocating temperance, but her vision came to include the wider rights denied women.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
