The Sixties
Essays
The Great Debate: Kennedy, Nixon, and Television in the 1960 Race for the Presidency
Author: Liette Gidlow Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
The Sixties and Protest Music
Author: Kerry Candaele Curriculum Subjects: Art, Government and Civics Grade Levels: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+Featured Primary Sources
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 1961
Creator: John F. Kennedy Curriculum Subjects: Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History Grade Levels:
Robert F. Kennedy on Vietnam, 1967
Creator: Robert F. Kennedy Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics, World History Grade Levels:
Ronald Reagan on the unrest on college campuses, 1967
Creator: Ronald Reagan Curriculum Subjects: Grade Levels:Teaching Resources
Guided Readings: Major Social Issues of the 1960s
Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics Grade Levels: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+JFK’s Inaugural Address: A Common Core Unit
Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6Multimedia
The Changing Face of the Supreme Court in American History
Speaker(s): A.E. Dick Howard Duration: 0 secondsRecommended Resources
Flamm, Michael W. and David Steigerwald. Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008.
Bloch, Avital H., and Lauri Umansky, eds. Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960’s. New York: New York University Press, 2005.
Parmet, Herbert S. Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy. New York: Dial Press, 1980.
