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The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century

The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century
History teachers and students can explore 20th century American history by reviewing photographs, documents, audio recordings, and video related to the events of the presidents’ lives. Each president's early years, presidency and post-presidency is covered. Classroom ready resources are on the site. Examples include: • President Hoover’s Response to the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929 • Pearl Harbor: "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” • The Atomic Bomb - August 6, 1945 • Crisis at Little Rock, 1957 • JFK and The Peace Corps • LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin • Nixon in China • President Ford and the Fall of Saigon, 1975 • Understanding the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis • The Great Communicator Files: The Challenger Speech File • The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall • President Clinton and Little Rock Central High School The site was created by the Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education using materials drawn from the Presidential Libraries.
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byEdmond, January 25, 2009
The site's well done, but the educator section is the best part of it. There's some really great presidential audio recordings here, but what I like most is the candid telephone conversation between JFK and a guy at the CIA. Remarkable insights into JFK's personality here... I always like to teach my students to be critical of what they hear... Very interesting stuff here...