Deschutes Public Library

Three Rivers Middle School: Mrs. Walker’s Project on the 1960s

Deschutes Public Library Online Resources

In the “Online Resources” section of the Deschutes Public Library website (www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources), check out the databases in the Homework category! Use your library card (including Library Linx cards) to log in, or use them at a public library. Do a keyword search or browse the categories in these databases for magazine and journal articles covering your topic.

Student Resources in Context
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources/gsrc.aspx
This database has than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts. Includes entries on all sorts of topics, including escapes from Alcatraz, Japan’s first bullet train, and more.

American Decades, vol. 7, 1960-1969
http://catalog.dpls.lib.or.us/record=b1434733~S16
This online reference book holds a wide array of information on the 1960s, including art, education, fashion, sports, and more! It’s available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Biography in Context
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources/bio.aspx
Includes Valentina Tereshkova (first woman in space), plus biographies on JFK, MLK, and Nelson Mandela.

US History in Context
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources/uhic.aspx
Browse through the 1960s in this great database.

Books

Browse the biographies at the library or search the online catalog for your subject.

Websites

Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall, from the Newseum

Berlin Wall 1961, photos from Time Life

Voices of US Diplomacy and the Berlin Wall, from the State Department

Cuban Missile Crisis, from the JFK Presidential Library and Museum

Cuban Missile Crisis, from History.com, includes pictures and video

Interactive Cuban Missile Crisis, Teaching American History puts you in the president’s seat, you make the decisions!

March on Washington, August 1963, from Life Magazine

The Story of the Movement, the March on Washington, from PBS

JFK Assassination, from the JFK Presidential Library and Museum

The Day MLK Died, a Photographer’s Story, from Life Magazine, images of the day of MLK’s assassination

The Martin Luther King Assassination, from the Mary Ferrell Foundation

Brief History of Chicago's 1968 Democratic Convention, from CNN

1968 Democratic Convention, from the Smithsonian, including pictures and video

First Moon Landing 1969, video from the landing and mission control

Apollo, Humankind’s First Step on the Lunar Surface, information on the first moon landing from NASA

The Moon Landing, from kidport.com

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, from Star Child, a NASA project

Valentina V. Tereshkova, biography and quotes from the International Space Hall of Fame

The Beatles—History, and The First Visit to the US, from the band’s official website

The Beatles, from Ed Sullivan, video from their first appearance, and a biography of the band

Shinkansen History, from Go Japan

Tokaido Shinkansen (1964), from the American Society for Mechanical Engineers

1964: Nelson Mandela jailed for life, from the BBC’s “On This Day”

Nelson Mandela Biography, from the Nobel Prize website

An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared to Die, Mandela’s speech from the Guardian’s Great Speeches website

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, from the National Archives

Civil Rights Act (1964), from Our Documents, including the original document and other information

1965: US Orders 50,000 Troops to Vietnam, from the BBC’s On This Day, including a timeline, pictures and context

Dec. 3, 1967: Patient Dies, But First Heart Transplant a Success, from Wired magazine

Dr Chris Barnard Performs the World's First Human Heart Transplant, from South African History Online

Super Bowl History, a recap of Super Bowl I from the NFL, also box scores, MPV and more

LIFE at the First Super Bowl: Rare Photos, from Life magazine

In History: The Six Day War, video from CBS News, original newscast from June 5^th, 1967

Six-Day War, from CAMERA, please note this group has a strong pro-Israel bias, but there are some valuable resources gathered on this website, including pictures, maps, and documents

Last modified on Tuesday, February 26, 2013