ElEd 445 - Module 2 Timeline

By maddograwle
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    World War I

    Before World War I there were several alliances that had been created between various countries. The main cause of the war was founded in power struggles.

  • NCSS Is Founded

    NCSS is the national counsel for social studies and was implemented to created more suggestions for social studies education in the schools.
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    Great Depression

    The great depression was a time when the economy in the United States drastically fell.
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    WWII

    World War II was the war in which Hitler and the Nazis were trying to eliminate people from the world that were not "the superior race."

  • Pearl Harbor

    part of WWII in which America became more involved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzKBEm9_zfM
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    Korean War

    I don't know much about the Korean war actually.
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    Civil Rights

    The civil rights was a time when the african american people of the united states were gaining equal rights as the white people... It caused terrible conflict between those living in the US and was a battle that is still being fought today.

  • First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

    This started the drive for science education and the space race in which the countries were in competition to get to space quickly and learn what they could.
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    Vietnam

  • First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

    This was part of the space race

  • First Man on the Moon (Niel Armstrong, USA)

    First Man on the Moon (Niel Armstrong, USA)
    The first man on the moon being from the US caused a large uproar of patriotism and US support.

  • Watergate

    Watergate
    Scandall of one of Nixon.
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    NCLB mandate in schools

    NO child left behind was made and has caused a lot of tension between the government and educational institutions... According to my limited knowledge, there has been a big push saying that NCLB has actually left children more behind than before.

  • World Trade Center Attacks

    I was in 3rd grade when this happened living in Washington State. In our classroom we immediately turned on the news and were sent home... I remember it being a really emotional and confusing day.