Important Event #1

John F. Kennedy: Important Event #1

JFK and Cuban Missile Crisis

1. READ OR LISTEN https://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/Cuban-missile-crisis/628151  (username/password: ludlowems/bulldogs)

2. WEBSITE ARTICLE https://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/cuban_missile_crisis.php

3. VIDEO https://classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/d42e7886-9d53-4895-aa5d-6dbd75fd98ec (ludlowe/bulldogs)

Think:  How did this event enhance or inhibit the American Dream, and what (if any) is its lasting impact?

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Important Event #1

Montgomery Bus Boycott 

1. READ or LISTEN: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/PGFLSV135532211/MSIC?u=fai55757&sid=MSIC&xid=89aec1c7 (password: research)

2. VIDEO: https://classlink.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/5821f376-8541-4f85-83a5-bea0c833fb25  (ludlowe/bulldogs)

3. READ or LSITEN: https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Montgomery-bus-boycott/630403 (ludlowems/bulldogs)

4. Website - READ: https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/montgomery_bus_boycott.php 

Think:  How did this event enhance or inhibit the American Dream, and what (if any) is its lasting impact?

Billie Jean King: Important Event #1

Forming the WTA - Women’s Tennis Association and Equal Pay

1. READ: https://www.billiejeanking.com/equality/

https://www.billiejeanking.com/tennis/womens-tennis-association/

2. READ and VIDEO: https://www.wtatennis.com/news/1451222/looking-back-on-the-original-nine

3. READ and VIDEO: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/equal-pay-for-equal-play-what-the-sport-of-tennis-got-right 

Think:  How did this event enhance or inhibit the American Dream, and what (if any) is its lasting impact?