Category: Civics

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Civil Rights Movements

If you find a really good resource, please let me know to add it here for future classes. Terminology: Please use Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Indigenous peoples, or First Nations to describe our indigenous peoples. Useful Websites for Every topic National Museum of Australia‘s Defining Moments exhibition has information about most of these…

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be found here (that is, the list of rights): https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ The picture book version of the UDHR can be found here: https://www.un.org/en/udhrbook/pdf/udhr_booklet_en_web.pdf Timeline of the development of the UDHR: https://www.facinghistory.org/for-educators/educator-resources/universal-declaration-human-rights-timeline Glossary of Human Rights Terms: http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/hreduseries/hereandnow/Part-5/6_glossary.htm How was the UDHR developed? Low Literacy https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/what-universal-declaration-human-rights https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/australia-and-universal-declaration-human-rights Medium Literacy https://www.facinghistory.org/universal-declaration-human-rights/introduction-universal-declaration-human-rights…

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Cold War Resources

Overview Cold War overview: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history Crash Course Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI Mapping the Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0bpyPE3hY and a much shorter one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWALXrWeDQA Ideologies Communism/ Socialism, Capitalism, Fascism etc Understand Socialism, Communism, Fascism, & Nazism in 15 Minutes (Part I): https://youtu.be/6OqKbv5khms Legacy Space Race Space Race Timeline: https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/space-race-timeline Photographing Earth: https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/history-of-earth-photographed-from-space-pale-blue-dot Age of Terror September 11 Overview…

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