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| Battle of the Bulge IDetermined to take back the initiative, Adolf Hitler and his generals launched a surprise counterattack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in the winter of 1944. The Bulge had appeared once again.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Battle of the Bulge IIWell, it was not as if they had not done it before. Each time, 1914, 1940 and 1944 the Allies were unprepared for an attack through the Ardennes Forest. This time the Bulge almost burst.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Molotov-Ribbentrop TreatyOn the 23rd of August 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression treaty defining their mutual spheres of influence in eastern Europe. Not surprisingly, within 10 days, the world was at war.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Fall of William DurantWhatever might be said of him, William Durant was an incredible salesman.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Graf Spee IIIn the early months of World War II the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, on a spree of destruction in the south Atlantic, was bottled up by units of the British Navy in the neutral harbor of Montevideo, Uruguay.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Wit of Franklin RooseveltPoliticians can survive all sorts of attacks--but suffer seriously when people make fun of them. Among the frequent targets of Franklin Roosevelt's wit were his political opponents, particularly hapless Republicans.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| FDR and the Supreme Court Packing Plan IIWith the New Deal set at peril, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced a U. S. Supreme Court that was decimating his legislative agenda through the process of judicial review.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| FDR and the Supreme Court Packing Plan IVEmboldened by the most powerful election victory in memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to invalidate a hostile majority on the Supreme Court by packing it with new judges.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| FDR and the Supreme Court Packing Plan IIIWith a hostile Supreme Court majority, Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced the real possibility that the New Deal would be destroyed.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| FDR and the Supreme Court Packing Plan IIn 1935 and 1936 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down important pieces of President Franklin Roosevelt's legislative agenda. The New Deal was in peril and FDR decided to take on the court.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
