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 | No VacanciesHistorian Susan Rugh describes the discrimination black families faced on America’s highways in the 1940s and 50s. Many of those travelers recounted their experiences in letters to the NAACP – letters that eventually helped convince U.S. Senators to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| (Not So) Personal DebtHistorian Louis Hyman talks about the structural changes that led to record levels of personal debt in the late 20th century. It’s not that Americans are more willing to go into debt than they used to be, he says, but rather that they are no longer able to pay that debt off.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968 Tet Offensive IAt the end of January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army regular forces attacked South Vietnam's cities. For the Allies it was at once a great victory and a great defeat.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Southern Strategy llFollowing his dismal failure in southern states in the election of 1960, Richard Nixon developed a cunning Southern Strategy for 1968 and for future years.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Baath Party Coup In IraqCarved out of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, Iraq struggled for stability and independence for nearly five decades until the emergence of the Baath Party.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Biafran Terror Famine lAlmost from the time of Nigerian independence in 1960, Biafra, an oil rich region in the eastern part of that West African nation, began agitating for its own independence. By 1968 the region was engulfed in a full-blown civil war.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Biafran Terror Famine llBy the middle of 1968, the Nigerian civil war had created a true international humanitarian crisis. The oil-rich eastern region of Biafra was surrounded by government troops, cut off and starving.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Democractic National Convention IAs the hot summer of 1968 ground to a close, the Democrats prepared to descend on Chicago for their quadrennial gathering. The year had taken its toll. Assassination, riot, an unpopular war and a divided leadership left the Democrats in disarray.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Democractic National Convention IIFrom August 26-29, 1968, the eyes of the political world were fixed on Chicago and the nominating convention of the Democratic Party. It was not a pretty sight. Inside the Chicago Amphitheater where the Convention met, the divisions within the Party were laid bare for all to see.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Democractic National Convention IIIJerry Rubin was a Yippie, the nickname for members of the Youth International Party of which he was a founder. He and his troops descended on Chicago determined to protest the Vietnam War and racism in America.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
