Teaching Social Studies

WW I

Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918

WW 1 was fought mostly using a war method called trench warfare.

NCSS is founded

Jan 1, 1921

The Great Depression

Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1932

WW II

Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Jan 1, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

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Korean War

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1953

Civil Rights

Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Jan 1, 1968

First Satellite Launched (Sputnik, Russia)

Jan 1, 1957

Vietnam

Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jan 1, 1973

First Man in Space (Yuri Gagarin, Russia)

Jan 1, 1961

First Man on Moon (Neil Armstrong, USA)

Jan 1, 1969

"One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."

Watergate

Jan 1, 1974

NCLB Mandate in Schools

Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Jan 16, 2013

World Trade Center Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

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