Peace and Prosperity: 1953-1961

"Peace and Prosperity: 1953 1961" includes a booklet containing a teachers guide, a set of reproductions of original documents, and a CD-ROM containing exercise worksheets, digital images of original documents, and sound recordings. Each of nine exercises includes reproductions of documents from the National Archives, including official correspondence, telegrams, photographs, political cartoons, pamphlets, maps, and court decisions. Students practice the historian's skills as they complete exercises, using these documents to gather information, identify points of view, evaluate evidence, form hypotheses, and draw conclusions. Other units comprising the "Teaching With Documents" series are: "The Constitution: Evolution of a Government The Bill of Rights: Evolution of Personal Liberties The United States Expands West: 1785-1842 Westward Expansion: 1842-1912 The Civil War: Soldiers and Civilians The Progressive Years: 1898-1917 World War I: The Home Front The 1920's The Great Depression and The New Deal World War II: The Home Front The United States At War: 1944 The Truman Years: 1945-1953""

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157607790X
• ISBN13: 9781576077900
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher