Shows the original document of the executive order that President Kennedy signed establishing the Peace Corps in 1961. Gives background information and the complete easy to read text.

Official site of the National Peace Corps Association with links to information about their mission, types of programs available, news, and resources.

Using the communicative means of cartooning, students examine essays from various Peace Corps volunteers and recount them by writing their own cartoons.

This site consists of testimonials from former Peace Corps volunteers about the impact of Peace Corps participation on their lives.

Presents information about the country of Senegal and its culture through the perspectives of Peace Corps volunteers and the work that they do there.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Assess Kennedy’s Cold War strategy
Describe Kennedy’s contribution to the civil rights movement