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WWI
When I think WWI I think trench warfare. Honestly I don't know much else other than there were The Allies and The Central Powers.
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NCSS is Founded
NCSS stands for the National Council for the Social Studies! Symbol -
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Great Depression
I always think of the movie Cinderella Man. Other than the stock market crash on black tuesday, and stories of how scarce food and money was I don't know much else about the Great Depression. Jobless Men -
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WWII
Hitler /Germany, and Japan were MAJOR players in WW2. I think of the Holocaust and the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima, Japan. Atomic Bomb -
Pearl Harbor
Japan sneak attacked the U.S. bringing the U.S. into WWII - and because of this we completely destroyed, and then rebuilt Japan. Documentary Movie -
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Korean War
It's kind of pathetic, but I know it was between North and South Korea......Korean War -
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Civil Rights
I think of the African American struggle to become equal citizens -Martin Luther King & Rosa Parks- I also think it's good to remember women were fighting also to become equal citizens. Martin -
First Satellite Launched
This really was the beginning of space exploration and caused a boom in schools' focus on math and science. Sputnik1(Sputnik, Russia) -
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Vietnam
In essence this is a war against Communism; right? Children of Vietnam -
First Man in Space
It was not an American... and it was out of this world! Yuri(Yuri Gagarin, Russia) -
First Man on Moon
An American, Neil Armstrong, rode Apollo 11 to the moon! Man on the Moon(Neil Armstrong, USA) -
Watergate
President Nixon tried to take information that wasn't his and he got caught and was impeached. Newspaper -
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N.C.L.B Mandate in Schools
This tries to ensure that not only all students get educated but that they get a good education in key subjects like math and reading. Unfortunately it's kind of become a burden on teachers and decreasing the quality of education by teachers teaching to the test.NCLB -
World Trade Center Attacks
2 planes were crashed in to the World Trade Center by followers of Osama Bin Laden. 1 plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and another was a field. Twin Towers
