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The 60's Theme Unit

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Reading Comprehensions
Civil Rights
     Civil Rights - An Introduction (Grades 6-8)
     Introduction to Civil Rights - The 50's (Grades 6-8)
     Sit-Ins (Grades 6-8)
     The March on Washington (Grades 6-8)
     James Meredith (Grades 7-9)
     Selma to Montgomery (Grades 7-9)
     Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Grades 7-9)
     Malcolm X (Grades 7-9)
     Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Theme Unit

Politics
     Campaign Changes - 1960 (Grades 7-9)
     John F. Kennedy (Grades 7-9)
     Peace Corps (Grades 7-9)
     Vietnam (Grades 7-9)
     Bay of Pigs (Grades 7-9)
     The Cuban Missile Crisis (Grades 7-9)
     LBJ and the Great Society (Grades 7-9)
     Robert Kennedy (Grades 7-9)
     Richard Nixon - The End of a Decade (Grades 7-9)

The Space Race
     Ready, Set - The Space Race Begins (Grades 6-8)
     Yuri Gagarin - First Man in Space (Grades 6-8)
     Valentina Tereshkova - First Woman in Space (Grades 6-8)
     Alan Shepard - First American in Space (Grades 6-8)
     John Glenn (Grades 6-8)
     An Apollo Tragedy (Grades 6-8)
     Reaching for the Moon (Grades 6-8)

Music, Culture, and Entertainment
     Woodstock (Grades 6-8)
     The Beatles (Grades 6-8)
     Hippies (Grades 6-8)
     What Did You Say? (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)

Odds and Ends
     You Have the Right... (Grades 6-8)

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