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  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • STATE EXAM
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
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EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s

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?

We spent 21 days in quarantine after coming back from the Moon. @NASA needed to make sure that Earth was safe from possible lunar germs! Luckily, we didn't have any “Moon bugs” - We just had a case of boredom! □ #Apollo50th pic.twitter.com/xOuc6pD5AI

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) July 26, 2019

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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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • STATE EXAM
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • TEACHER MAILING LIST
  • MY CLASSROOM
  • CONTACT