Click on the links below
to access webpages
created by Mr. Foley for use in the classroom:
- Strike
to be
more human!
An on-line
exploration of
the anti-Vietnam
War protests at the University of Illinois at
Urbana/Champaign in May,
1970. These pages are designed to guide
students into a deeper
understanding of the nature of anti-war protest by
using a case study
from U of I. This is also a growing archive
of documents relating
to the protests, including student-created oral
histories.
- The Case of the Curfew
During the Vietnam War era many
communities
responded to protests by instituting curfew
laws. Some of these
laws were found to be illegal, for various
reasons. In this
lesson students will use primary sources to
explore the actions of
their local government in creating a curfew law,
and the response of
the protest community resulting in the law being
overturned.
Finally, students will examine current curfew laws
in their community
and reflect of the meaning of these laws.
- The
Potawatomi Trail
of Death
A website built in
conjunction with the Early
American Museum in Mahomet, IL. This site
uses primary sources to
tell
the tragic tale of the Potawatomi Trail of
Death, which passed through
Champaign County in the late summer of 1838.
- The
Plantation Books On-Line
A website built on James
Henry
Hammond's Plantation Manual,
this site is designed to expose the realities of
slavery on plantations
in South Carolina during the 19th century.
- Say
it Plain
Teacher
Resources
A
unit of study based around the radio
program Say it Plain, which examines
African-American leaders and their
famous speeches.
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