TERMINALE OIB HISTORY
AMERICAN OPTION
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OIB American Option HG grading criteria for the written exam.doc
United States History since 1945
COMPARE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PRINCIPLES IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.doc
OVERVIEW OF PRESIDENTS.ppt
2012 Elections Seminar.ppt
These two sites provide a good overview of the period 1945 - 1975
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog23/index.html
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog24/index.html
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty and Great Society
Johnson's Message to Congress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znQKueSDpvI
University of Michigan commencement speech by LBJ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2l2rdMiL-4
Johnson's Great Society Notes.pdf
Johnson Documents.doc
A recent article about Michael Harrington - author of a 1962 book about poverty - 'The Other America'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/post_3167_b_1378516.html
Great Society assessment.doc
Reagan Revolution
Reagan's First Inaugural speech
Speech to National Association of Evangelicals (includes reference to USSR as the 'evil empire')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcSm-KAEFFA
Reagan Notes.doc
Reagan Documents.doc
1987 magazine article about the 'Reagan Revolution:'
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1987/01/the-new-shape-of-american-politics/303363/
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT:
Analyze the evolution of the ideologies and policies of the two major political parties
in the United States - the Democratic and Republican - from 1945 through the 1980's.
Civil Rights Movement:
Class Notes
civil rights.doc
1960s Black Civil Rights Struggle.ppt
Document-Based Question:
LBJ Howard speech 1965 & Carmichael Black Power 1966.doc
Selma to Montgomery March 1965 Videos
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/10_march.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JERxreFsfP8
Malcolm X speaks "By any means necessary" Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhg6LxyTnY8
Black Panther Party Platform Document
http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/ps/10127.html
Secondary source: Analysis of two leaders - King and Malcolm X
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/Souls.The_Unfinished_Dialogue.pdf
Women's Liberation Movement :
Women's Liberation Movement.odp
Women's Liberation Movement.odt
Jimmy Carter's 'Crisis of Confidence' or 'Mal;aise' speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCOd-qWZB_g
Other Course Notes
Truman domestic policy.pdf
The Influence of Religion on American Society
CHICAGO
Notes: Chicago notes.doc
Link to website below for information relating to the Chicago video:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago
JFK and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
Al Capone 1960 Presidential campaign


Emergence of the United States as a world power in the 20th century
For a review of some Key questions about the Cold War:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/coldwar/
Link to an excellent website about the history of the atomic bomb
http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/index.shtml
Link to website below contains excellent Cold War videos (including Vietnam War):
Website link to an enormous selection of Cold War documentation
Reading Assignment - an overview of the Reagan Revolution and the end of the Cold War
Global Economic Governance
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