Conflicts and Foreign Policy
Duel of Eagles: Conflicts in the Southwest, 1820-1848
This unit traces events from the opening of Spanish Texas to Anglo-American colonization in the early nineteenth-century through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Lesson strategies and documents provide students with the opportunity to study in-depth the Texas War for Independence, the removal of the Cherokee from Texas, and the causes of the Mexican-American War of 1846, presenting a variety of views on the often neglected history of the American Southwest.
96 p. Grades 8–12
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The Philippine-American War
Co-Published with the Organization of American Historians
This unit examines the bloody conflict that broke out on the Philippine Islands between Filipino forces battling for independence and American troops sent there to quell what they and many other American citizens viewed as a rebellion. This war lasted far longer than the Spanish-American conflict, and resulted in many more deaths. This unit will examine the causes of the conflict between the American government and the Filipino independence fighters, the arguments for and against annexation of the Philippines, and the nature and impact of the resulting military conflict. Primary source materials include letters, speeches, advertisements and magazine articles. The lessons include individual assignments, cooperative activities and a U.S. Senate simulation.
71 p. Grades 9–12
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The Origins of the Cold War
Students analyze the cultural, political, historical, military, and economic factors contributing to the Cold War, as well as its effects. Documents include U.S. Senate Committee findings, Henry L. Stimson's appeal for atomic talks with Russia, George F. Kennan's "Long Telegram," Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, Henry Wallace's questioning of the "Get Tough" policies, the Soviet Union's UN delegate's attack on U.S. policy, and the "Truman Doctrine" of 1947.
66 p. Grades 9–12
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Communism, Espionage, and the Cold War
This unit makes use of documents available for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The lessons shed light on aspects of the Cold War that up to now have been based on a limited documentary record. Lessons in the unit examine testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, an appraisal of textbook accounts of McCarthyism, and the Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg espionage cases. The unit includes readings from the recently declassified Venona Project files and documents from the archives of the former Soviet Union.
110 p. Grades 9–12
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The Vietnam War: A National Dilemma
Co-Published with the Organization of American Historians
Primary source documents introduce students to the key individuals and events that played a role in America's entry into, escalation of, and final withdrawal from the war in Vietnam. The history of American involvement in Vietnam is traced through five lesson plans, each of which not only examines the individuals and events germane to the presidencies involved in the conflict (from Harry S. Truman through Gerald R. Ford), but also illustrate one of five different lesson plan frameworks representing both brain-based and sequential curricular models. 154 p. Grades 10–12
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Infinite Patience, Indomitable Will:
Ralph Bunche and His Struggle for Peace and Justice
This unit encourages students to explore the life, accomplishments, and legacy of Ralph Bunche, an African American who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951 for his work at the United Nations in brokering an Arab-Israeli armistice in 1949. Five lessons treat the young Bunche acquiring an education at the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard; his work on Gunnar Myrdal's study of race relations in America; his United Nations work in ending the first Arab-Israeli War; his U.N. work in the 1960 Congo crisis; and his involvement in the Civil Rights movement. 191 p. Grades 9 –12
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