In these three lessons the students will analyze and assess Executive Order 10730, which was issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 23, 1957, in response to a crisis concerning the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Additionally, the students will compare and contrast reactions to President Eisenhower’s executive order by examining and evaluating letters that were written to the White House by American citizens in response to this policy. The students will use close textual analysis to draw conclusions and present arguments as directed in each lesson. They will compose a persuasive essay supported by textual evidence from the documents to express and defend their viewpoints.

Progressive Era reformers sought to harness the power of the federal government to eliminate unethical and unfair business practices, reduce corruption, and counteract the negative social effects of industrialization.

This video provides an overview of the history of and philosophy underlying the Progressive Era including Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair, the Women's Suffrage Movement, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

This resource is from the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service. This primary source set is designed to help students learn about prohibition. Utah became the 36th and last state to ratify the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th and made alcohol legal again throughout the country. The sources here show issues related to both the 18th and 21st amendments, including state congressional debates and criminal records.

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of immigration experiences in the United States. By investigating the compelling question—“Is America the ‘Promised Land’ for the world’s immigrants?”—students evaluate the motivating factors and deterrents for immigration to the United States both in the past and present. The formative performance tasks help students build on knowledge and skills through the course of the inquiry and allow students to recognize the push/pull factors for immigrants throughout our history. Students create an evidence-based argument about whether America remains the prime destination spot for many of the world’s immigrants today.

Students will examine, explain, and evaluate a variety of literary and visual primary sources that describe and depict the development and impact of railroads on sectional relationships, national unity, and economic growth during the nineteenth century; analyze and assess eyewitness accounts, a notable photograph, and two maps of railway routes; read, discuss, and draw conclusions about the text and major concepts; make a sound response to one of several possible "essential questions."

On July 16 1945, the nuclear age began with the world's first nuclear weapons test explosion in the New Mexico desert. In this annotated video essay from the Arms Control Association, they describe the events that transpired three weeks later with the atomic attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

As the U.S. drew up plans to drop the first atomic bomb in 1945, a group of scientists at the University of Chicago prepared a report arguing against the use of the bomb. Headed by James Franck and made up of notable scientists such as Leo Szilard and Glenn Seaborg, a Nobel laureate, the group released this report.

The 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties, was a time of many changes - sweeping economic, political, and social changes. There were many aspects to the economy of the 1920s that led to one of the most crucial causes of the Great Depression - the stock market crash of 1929.

A reading including the definition and history of Rock 'n Roll music.

Rosa Parks, interviewed in April 1956 by Pacifica radio station KPFA. The interview comes from the “”:In Pacifica Radio Archives. Interview of Rosa Parks in 1956 Interview about her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott (includes written transcript)

This video provides an overview of the reasons that the U.S. went to war with Spain in 1898.

Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union came to a head in 1948, when the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin and the United States led a year-long airlift to supply citizens stranded in the western zone of the city.

The rise of suburban living after World War II. Includes reading, primary photograhs, examples, and sub-categories.

Explore the history of U.S. voting rights, from its early influences to constitutional amendments and landmark Supreme Court cases using an interactive timeline and associated resources.

This video provides an overview of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Labor Unions; horizontal and vertical integrations including criticisms of their practices.

A video review of the causes of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the ensuing reprecussions of the tragedy.

A video review of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory with a first person testimony of a survivor of the fire.