Space Race
Mr. Kelly
Resources
White
How the space race affected education
Search Terms:
National Defense Education Act
Sputnik and Education
American Education 1950s
STEM and Cold War
Cold War and Education
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
Mott
Alan Shepard being the first American Man in Space
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Mercury Red Stone
Alan Shepard
Sources to Use:
Smithsonian Air and Space Alan Shepard
Riordan
how the space race started
Search Terms:
Space Race
Cold War
Sputnik
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
Discovery Education Streaming Video
Sell
How the space race affected reproduction
Search Terms:
Baby Boom
Baby Boom and Women
Fertility Rates
Sources:
Infobase American History Online
ABC-CLIO Daily Life through History (use nhhslions as the user name and password)
DiMeo
Hidden Figures
Search Terms:
Margaret Heafield Hamiliton
Mercury 13
Hidden Figures and Space Program
Women and NASA
NASA and Women
Irene D. Long
Lovelace's Woman in Space Program
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
EBSCO Academic Search Premier (search all EBSCO databases by clicking search and select all databases)
ABC-CLIO Daily Life through History (user name and password is nhhslions)
McDonald
"The War of The Worlds" and the inspiration it eventually had on the cold war
Reflection of the fears and anxieties around the Cold War and America losing it dominence.
Search Terms:
War of the Worlds Novel
War of the Worlds Film (1953)
War of the Worlds Radio (1938)
Fear and Anxiety
Invasion Literature
Sources:
Infobase American History Online
Rhinesmith
Pop Culture Effects of the Space Race
Search Terms:
The Jetsons
2001: A Space Odyessey
Disneyland/World (TomorrowLand)
Googie Architecture
Car Fins–rocket inspired
I Dream of Jeannie
My Favorite Martian
Appliances and Gadgets
Age of Anxiety
Star Trek
Lava Lamp, Boomerang Coffee Table
Astroland
Walt Disney and Space Travel (use science online below)
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
Deeney
Chess and Space
Search Terms:
Chess and Cold War
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
EBSCO Academic Search Premier (search all EBSCO databases by clicking search and select all databases)
Perez
How Science Fiction influenced the Space Race which Influenced Science Fiction which Influenced Science which…
Search Terms:
Science Fiction Movies
Cold War Science Fiction
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Blob
Dune
Pop Art
Space Art
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
How the Space Race Built Today’s Technology
Can Science Fiction Predict the Future of Technology?
Espinal
The effect on women
Search Terms:
Effects on Space Travel and Women
Space and Women’s Health
Sources:
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions.
Nature: The effect of space travel on human reproductive health: a systematic review
Gove
what have we learned from sending various animals to space and how does it help us understand how space alters life and development.
Search Terms
Animal travel to space
Animal Experimentation & NASA
Animal Research & Space
Sources:
Space: Why Do We Send Animals to Space?
Riordan
propaganda of the space race
Search Terms:
Space Race and Propaganda
Soviet Space Propaganda
Space Age and Propaganda
Space Age Films
cold war reporting and space
moon landing
Sources:
BBC How the Space Race Changed Soviet Art
Brock
space shuttle
Search Terms:
Space Shuttle
Space Transportation System
Space Shuttle Columbia
Challenger Disaster
Columbia
International Space Station and Cold War (Smithsonian)
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
Innis
Apollo 11
Search Terms:
Apollo 11
Apollo XI
Buzz Aldrin
Moon Landing
Race for the Moon
John F. Kennedy
Saturn Rocket
Russian Space Agency
Vostok
Soviet Response to Moon Landing–Google search bring several good interviews from reputable sources
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
Heffernan
The influence the space race has on interior design
Search Terms:
Googie Architecture
Garden Egg Chair
Gateway Arch
Lava Lamp
Kidney Bean Table
Sources to Use:
ABC-CLIO Daily Life through History (use nhhslions as the user name and password)
Effect Magazine: Icons of the mid-century Space Age design movement
The Space Age Aesthetic: Influencing Architecture and Interiors
Dornbusch
The profound effect of sputnik's launch on the American Education system.
Search Terms:
National Defense Education Act
Sputnik and Education
American Education 1950s
Sources to Use:
Infobase American History Online
Hammermueller
How astronauts are affected by space travel.
Search Terms
Space Radiation
Isolation and Confinement
Gravity Fields
Hostile/Closed Environments
Distance from Earth
NASA Twin Study (Scott and Mark Kelly)
Sources to Use:
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions.
Nature: The effect of space travel on human reproductive health: a systematic review
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