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Bookmarks for Links Lindbergh Kidnapping The Cold War Movement of the People Kennedy Years
Vietnam War H2OG8 Jimmy Carter Reagan Years Democracy in China
Gulf War Clinton Presidency We Didn't Start the Fire! Government Websites Brainteasers
World War 2        
        Handball Links

               

                        The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

 

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/THE_GREAT_DEPRESSION.htm

 

 

 

The Day that would live in infamy:

 http://www.msnbc.com/modules/pearlharbor/experience/

 

Attack Map - Remembering Pearl Harbor @ nationalgeographic.com

 

 

Interesting World War Two Site:

http://nebraskastudies.org/0800/frameset.html

 

 

 

Want to learn more about the Lindbergh kidnapping?

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/Hauptmann.htm

 

 

 

                                      The Cold War heats up:  

 

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/spies/

 

Try this Korean War interactive map:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/05/maps/

 

Was Alger Hiss really a communist spy? 

  http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/

 

 

The incessant beeping sound that fascinated and disturbed a nation:

http://www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/special/sputnik

 

 

How can you kill 150,000 people with a banana?

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/arbenz.htm

 

 

 

Movement of the People:  The Montgomery Bus Boycott

http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/rights/rights1.html

 

"Until justice rolls down like waters . . ."

Check out the civil rights memorial website here!

http://www.tolerance.org/pt/index.html

 

 

 

Find out more about the Cuban Missile Crisis:  http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/index.html

 

Read fascinating background information about the Kennedy Assassination:  

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/dealey.htm

 

 

A thought provoking "academic" approach to the JFK Assassination:

 

http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/JFK.html

 

 

Who was Lancer?

www.jfklancer.com

 

 

 

From the Delta to the DMZ:   Far out information about life in the Nam.

http://www.vietnampix.com/index.html

 

 Should a soldier always obey orders?  

Fascinating details about the My Lai Incident from the Vietnam war:  

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm

 

 PBS Video to watch on line:

My Lai:  One of the Vietnam War's Darkest Chapters

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/mylai/

 

 

Uncover the scandal that brought down a president at this site:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbn/amex/china/

 

 

The Grin will win!  Great site for the Carter Administration:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/timeline/index.html

 

There you go again!  Great Reagan website:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/reagan/

 

 

 

 Protests @ Tiananmen Square:

http://www.thebeijingguide.com/

http://www.tsquare.tv/tour/

 

 

 

Does history repeat itself?  Everything you have always wanted to know about the Gulf War:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

 

 

 

It's the economy stupid!  Learn about the Clinton Administration here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/

 

 

Can you actually learn history by singing a song?  

http://www.teacheroz.com/fire.htm

 

http://home.uchicago.edu/~yli5/Flash/fire.html

 

 

These links are entered to help government students:

 

 

Electoral College Calculator:

http://www.grayraven.com/ec/

 

              This is an outstanding government site:

  http://www.c-span.org  

 

How much do you know about the American Presidency?  Check out:  http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5a_frame.html

 

Political humor:

http://www.markfiore.com/animation.html

 

 

 

Do you need help with the Brainteaser?

 

Brainteaser directions:  

1.  Identify the person(s) pictured.  

2.  Use first and last names and be sure they are spelled correctly.  

3.  Write one sentence explaining their significance in history.  

4.  Submit answers to Mr. Rieg.  You can only submit one entry per month!

5.  Pictures are posted in the classroom on the bulletin board in the 

     back of the room.  There are pictures up right now!

 

 

http://www.teamclehandball.net/#/Home

 

http://www.extremehandball.org/

 

http://ushandball.org/

 

http://www.pacificsports.com/