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1940s

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The 20th Century Series: The Forties
28,800 words, approx. 96 pages
A complete lesson plan by Teacher Created Resources. For Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.


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Timeline of American Events 1940-1949 Summary
1,060 words, approx. 4 pages
One of the first antibiotics developed in the United States — actinomycin, created by Selman Waksman of Rutgers University — proves too poisonous for use in humans. The first color television broadcast in America by RCA is accomplished,...
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America 1940-1949: Law and Justice Summary
20,837 words, approx. 70 pages
With the advent of the 1940s came an increased prosperity as well as the higher risk of conflict with other nations. Both possibilities had effects on the law. The efforts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first elected in 1932, to fight the Great...
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America 1940-1949: Media Summary
20,625 words, approx. 69 pages
The 1940s were dominated by World War II. This was as true for the media as it was for other areas of American life. From 1941 until the majority of the troops returned home in 1946, newspapers and radio concentrated their coverage on the war. From...
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America 1940-1949: Religion Summary
20,431 words, approx. 68 pages
After a long period of decline during the Depression, American churches experienced a revival — unique among the belligerents — following World War II. Church membership skyrocketed, and thousands of new congregations were formed. About 43...
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1940s Information
1,665 words, approx. 6 pages
The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } Events and trends For Wikipedia Article.jpg World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets:...
 


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News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
1940
06/15/1994: 856 words, approx. 3 pages
MARK J. CZERWINSKI, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-15-1994 1940 -- RANGERS' BREAKTHROUGH WIN ENDS 54 YEARS OF FUTILITY By MARK J. CZERWINSKI, Staff Writer Date: 06-15-1994, Wednesday Section: SPORTS Edition: 3 Star, Also in 2 Star P, 2 Star B,...
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The Nation
1940s.
01/10/2000: 2,736 words, approx. 9 pages
Why Roosevelt Won Despite the sly distortions that streamed over the air from the Lindberghs and the Lewises; despite the conversion of certain shaken liberals to the Willkie cause-despite these things, a great majority of the American people went quietly to the...
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The New York Observer
Mean Girls, 1940
6/19/2007: 466 words, approx. 2 pages
Frenemies, those acquaintances who exchange pleasantries to your face then spit insults behind your back, can be quite vicious. Especially when they’re writers. Old Acquaintance, written by John Van Druten in 1940 and in revival at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre, is an...
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AP News
Poles promote officers murdered in 1940
11/9/2007: 358 words, approx. 1 pages
Poland began a two-day ceremony Friday to mark a bitter moment in its past, giving posthumous promotions to 14,000 Polish officers who were captured early in World War II and then murdered by the Soviet secret police.President Lech Kaczynski honored slain members of the army...
 


1940s Study Pack

Get the complete 1940s Study Pack, which includes everything but the lesson plans listed on this page. Approximately 556 pages (at 300 words per page) in 13 products.

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1940s

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