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Tag: Cold War
We Didn’t Start the Fire history lesson
Over two decades ago I was subbing in a high school history class. Because the way it works for subs in high school, pretty much all I had to do was hit play on the movie and that was it. This left me lots of time to look around the room and see all the…
Vietnam Wall Field Trip
This past Veteran’s Day we visited the Vietnam Wall. It was an amazing field trip and a great history lesson. A chance to discuss how people reacted to the Vietnam War and the Cold War in general. Only we never left Texas. War. The girls all listened carefully and respectfully, but part of the way…
Korean War lesson plan for elementary kids
Once you get past World War 2 all of the wars the United States are involved in become much less clear cut (I’d also say that about the wars we were involved in prior to World War 2, cough Spanish-American War, cough cough, World War 1)……….. If you ask most people about the Korean…
Neil Armstrong lesson
I have a distinct memory of an ad from when I was around 11 years old. The Mom talks about her great love for the Disney Channel and all about how her kids are arguing about who stepped on the moon first, Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin. Times have changed and I’m pretty sure I…