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Standards Index: D2.His.3.9-12.
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Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
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The 1968 L.A. School Walkouts
Students will learn about and analyze the events surrounding the 1968 East Los Angeles student walkouts.
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How the Military Response to 9/11 Led to Two Decades of War in Afghanistan
Students will learn how the U.S. military response to the 9/11 attacks led to decades of war and a chaotic ending."
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Students will analyze and evaluate the actions taken by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis.
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How a Folk Singer’s Murder Forced Chile to Confront Its Past – Mini Lesson
Students will connect the events of the 1973 U.S.-backed Chilean military coup to the Cold War by focusing on the killing of folk singer and activist Victor Jara.
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American Reckoning
Students will learn about a little-known story of the civil rights movement told using excerpts from “American Reckoning," a Retro Report and PBS Frontline collaboration.
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Vincent Chin and Asian American Civil Rights
Students will learn about the case that set the precedent for racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans being prosecuted as hate crimes.
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Facing Eviction
Students will learn about housing insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic and how eviction outcomes often came down to what county, or even city, a tenant lived in.