Teaching Projects and Lesson Plans Developed by Participants in 
Teaching American History Grant - Developing Master Teachers - 2006-2007

20th Century - Theme: The United States as a World Power


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Name of Teacher Project or Lesson Plan
Chris Baker &
Kyleen Martell
Grade Level: 7  US: A World Power, Vermont: A Piece of the Puzzle
Tabbori Bruhl For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Mike Bruce Grade level: 10  The Unfinished Interstate, construction of the Interstate Highway System and how it led, in part, to America’s post WWII economic boom.
Beth Carini &
Marge Congdon
For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Brendan Coogan For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Ellie Davine Grade Level: 11th Grade Honors  Doom and Gloom or the Happy Days: America in the 1950’s
Francis Pell Dechame For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Lou DiAngelo Grade Level: 8  The Cold War (a study built around Billy Joel’s classic “We Didn’t Start the Fire”)
Jennefer Eaton Grade Level: 7-8 Current Event Unit
Ronald Eisenman Grade level: 11  American Dreams: From Suburbia to a Sustainable Future
Jacqueline Fleming Grade Level: 8  An Overview of 20th Century Wars Involving the United States
Jennie Gartner For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Mary Guggenberger Grade Level: 6  How the US uses its position as a world power to help humankind
Kraig Hannum For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Cory Herrington Grade Level: 10-12  Oil, A 20th Century Godsend, A 21st Century Problem
Billie Walsh Langlois Grade Level: 10   America: World Power During the Cold War
Charles Laramie Grade Level: 9-10  America's Relationship With Dictators Since 1945
Michael Luzader Grade Level: 5-6  Two Year Social Studies & History Curriculum
Rachel Mark Grade Level: 6 Perspectives on the Holocaust
David Marr Grade Level: 3+ Good Vs. Evil: Fairy Tales, War, World Relief
Jacqueline Martell Grade Level: 8  Ann Frank and the Holocaust
Linda Pacquette Grade Level: 9-12  What and Who is a Superpower?
Peter Patterson Grade Level 8:  The United States of America as a World Power A Knight in Shining Armor?
Stacey Pearsons Grade Level: 8  U.S. as a ‘World Power” in the news. “Enemies” of the United States according to presidential inaugural speeches.
John Peterson Grade Level:  High School Advanced Placement History Curriculum  Signs of the Times, Twentieth Century American Foreign Policy in Political Cartoons
Lynn Pecor For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Adam Rosenberg Grade Level: 12  "The Horror" - Using Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to study patterns of US Imperialism
Kyle Ruby Grade Level: 10th Grade Honors   How the Post WWII position of the US relates to students' lives
Ron Savageau For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu
Madeline Sherman Grade Level: 11-12  How Media Influences Public Opinion In War
Craig Wiley For this project, contact Mary.Giordano@castleton.edu

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