Martha Owen on Historical Background to El Salvador’s Civil War

The following clips can be aligned to the following Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Standards: American History #24: The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism. American History #25: The Second Red Scare and McCarthyism reflected Cold War fears in American society. Modern World History […]

Martha Owen on Communist Threats Against Catholic Catechists

The following clip can be aligned to the following Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Standards: American History #24: The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism. American History #25 The Second Red Scare and McCarthyism reflected Cold War fears in American society. Modern World History […]

Sheila Marie Tobbe on Current Migration Crisis in Latin America

This story clip can be aligned to the following Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Standards: American History #4: Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. American History #24: The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response […]

Sheila Marie Tobbe on Meeting Oscar Romero

This story clip can be aligned to the following Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Standards: Contemporary World Issues #5: Individuals can identify, assess and evaluate world events, engage in deliberative civil debate and influence public processes to address global issues. Contemporary World Issues #18: Individuals and organizations work within, or outside of, established systems of power, […]

Martha Owen on Women in El Salvador

This story clip can be aligned to the following Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Standards: Contemporary World Issues Content Statement 8: Beliefs about civil and human rights vary among social and governmental systems. Modern World History Content Statement 2: The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility […]

Ivan L. Otto on Emigration to the U.S.

This clip relates to numerous content standards from the Ohio Department of Education curriculum for Social Studies education, including: Modern World History Content Statement #9: Industrialization had social, political and economic effects on Western Europe and the world. World Geography Content Statement #8: Physical, cultural, economic and political factors contribute to human migrations (e.g., drought, […]

Abstract of Patricia Kilpatrick on Activism During WWII

This clip relates to numerous content standards from the Ohio Department of Education curriculum for Social Studies education, including: American History Content Statement #13 – Following Reconstruction, old political and social structures reemerged and racial discrimination was institutionalized. American History Content Statement #28 – Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for […]

Len Calabrese on the KKK Coming to Cleveland

This clip relates to numerous content standards from the Ohio Department of Education curriculum for Social Studies education, including: American History Content Statement #28 – Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil rights. Contemporary World Issues Content Statement #5 – Individuals can […]

Bill Leshinetsky on Immigration and the Korean War

The following clip relates to the Ohio Department of Education curriculum for Social Studies education through: Modern World History Content Statement #4 – Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Modern World History Content Statement #19 – Treaties and agreements at the end […]

Hedvika Sfiligoj on Slavic Animosity

The following clip relates to the Ohio Department of Education curriculum for Social Studies education through: Modern World History Content Statement #15 – The consequences of World War I and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn […]

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