Students will learn how driven by fears of the rise of Communism, the United States adopted a policy of containment, intervening in the politics of countries across the globe, including many countries in Latin America.
World History
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Lesson Plan: Holocaust Survivors Fleeing Ukraine Find a New Home in Germany
Students will examine the history of the Holocaust in Ukraine, and compare and contrast the current crisis in Ukraine.
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Lesson Plan: Cuban Missile Crisis
Students will analyze and evaluate the actions taken by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis.
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Lesson Plan: Advocating for Worker Rights
Students compare and contrast the rise of union membership in the 1930s with the union movement of the early 2020s
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Lesson Plan: Cabinet Simulation for Environmental Policy
United Nations member states are developing a resolution to end plastic pollution through an international agreement. This type of multilateral environmental agreement has been reached before, notably with the Montreal Protocol in 1987. That agreement, one of very few to achieve universal ratification, regulates the production and use of chemicals known to deplete the ozone layer.
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Lesson Plan: Operation Ajax and the C.I.A. in the Cold War
C.I.A. activity has cast a long shadow over relations between the United States and Iran. In 1953, the agency helped to orchestrate a coup that ousted Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, who was viewed as a threat to Western oil interests. The plot, known as Operation Ajax, restored Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a U.S. ally during the Cold War, to power.
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Lesson Plan: Regime Change in Iran – Oil and Operation Ajax
In 1953, after the Iranian government nationalized the Iranian oil industry under the control of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, the C.I.A. orchestrated a coup that resulted in a regime change in Iran. Operation Ajax restored Shah Reza Pahlavi, a U.S. ally during the Cold War, to power and paved the way for the Iran revolution in 1979, leading to a strained relationship between the two countries.
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Lesson Plan: Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality
Students will learn about the learn about the Double V campaign, which advocated for dual victories: over fascism abroad, and racial injustice in the United States.
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Lesson Plan: The Berlin Airlift: Toast, Boast and Roast
Students will learn how the Berlin Airlift helped protect Berlin from Soviet control, contributed to the rise of NATO and set the tone for the Cold War.
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Lesson Plan: Japan’s Hibakusha Voices
Students will learn about hibakusha — survivors of 1945 United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — who faced not only physical scars but emotional damage as well.
