Modern America

Looking for an effective guide to the Electoral College?   By the conclusion of this PowerPoint, students will understand the purpose behind and responsibilities of the Electoral College. Tracing the existence of the Electoral College...

Nixon's Motive to Obstruct presentation (#2 in the series) worksheet & answer key.

A PowerPoint presentation about Richard Nixon the Vice President and his role in directing covert CIA activities under the guise of fighting communism. Activities that were highly illegal and resulted in at least one out-of-control operation that could...

A PowerPoint presentation about the logistics of carrying out such a violently brazen murder of the duly-elected President of the United States, the mechanics of which nothing was left to chance. It concludes with an examination of the consequences this...

Conspirator 4 presentation (#8 in the series) worksheet & answer key.

A PowerPoint presentation about the anti-Castro Cubans and their involvement in the assassination of JFK. It begins with the overthrow of the American-friendly Cuban government by Fidel Castro and all of the subsequent ramifications. It continues with...

A PowerPoint presentation about LBJ's involvement in the plot to assassinate JFK and more specifically, the use of his new-found powers of the Presidency to cover it up. The presentation begins with LBJ's interesting (to say the least) political career,...

Conspirator 2 presentation (#6 in the series) worksheet & answer key.

Two Investigations presentation (#4 in the series) worksheet & answer key.

The product is a Google form and doc linked to an interactive gallery on the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab...

The product is a Google form and doc linked to an interactive gallery on fighting Al Qaeda.  The United States launched the global ‘War on Terror’ after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. A major part of this campaign focuses...

The product is a Google form and doc linked to an interactive map on the United States foreign policy toward the Middle East.  Since the attacks against the United States in 2001, U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East has stressed the need to...