Applying historical thinking
Learning Outcome 3.13: Debate the idea that the 1960s was an important decade in Europe and the wider world, referring to relevant personalities, issues and events.

overview
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thoughtco - JFK, MLK, LBJ, Vietnam and the 1960s

watch mojo - top 10 defining moments of 1960s america


CRASH COURSE HISTORY - THE 1960S IN AMERICA

the beatles
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watch mojo - the history of the beatles


​bbc world service - The Beatles and All You Need is Love
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biography.com - john lennon

john f. kennedy

history extra - The assassination of JFK: an eyewitness account

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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ADVANCES IN space
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bbc news - profile: yuri gagarin

nasa - President Kennedy's Speech at Rice University


Biography - valentina tereshkova 


​BBC - THE FIRST SPACE WALK, MARCH 1965
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SCIENCE CHANNEL - THE FIRST SPACEWALK


bbc world service - witness - apollo 8
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the irish times - Taken 50 years ago: A photo of Earth as it had never been seen before
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bbc radio 4 - in our time - The Moon
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bbc news - Apollo 11: 'The greatest single broadcast in television history'
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Moon landings: What was the 1969 Apollo 11 mission?

civil rights and martin luther king jr.
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biography.com - martin luther king jr.

youtube - 'i have a dream' speech


history extra - From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King: the boycott that inspired the dream


library of congress - rosa parks papers

the vietnam war
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PATTERNS OF CHANGE: health and medicine
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the first heart transplant
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sabc digital news - 50th anniversary of first human heart transplant


bbc world service - witness - the first heart transplant

the cultural revolution in china
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bbc news - What was China's Cultural Revolution? 


history extra - Reign of the red terror: Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution


bbc world service - witness - the cultural revolution in china


​bbc radio 4 - cold war: stories from the big freeze - the chinese cultural revolution

FOCUS TASK
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REVISION
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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