I would show students pictures of old room sized computer na then show a graphing calculator and explain to them how these pieces have nearly the same thing. Then talk about the personal computer and the phone

Beyond just the talk about the revolution. There can be a whole discussion about how this was one of the most powerful weapons at its time and can really help to discuss the 2nd Amendment

Even showing a propaganda poster from the time period and getting students to discuss what they see and why. Then going back and discussing the facts of World War II. then having them produce a progaganda poster for todays world and what it would show

I think to pick an item as well known as the nail then use it as a jumping off place to understanding housing differences, techology differences is a fantastic idea. Every kid would be able to pick out that it was a nail and then to show them how important such an item was to the growth of the country. To really show them the power of the mundane

I do this with a picture of the interstate being built. But this does a great job of brining together so many themes of the 1950s and later together. To talk about retooling after World War II to the influx of credit and then how the baby boom created a need for more home with conviences in them. I would have never thought to go to the next step of applying that to the Cold War but its obvious now that I see it

Who was the power and why. I think this is one of the most important questions in our country. There is always a dichatomy between the status quo and those who wan to expand the definition of who is an American. This Dress does a great job of not only showing women's rights but also other minority groups like African Americans and Native Americans

I would show a picture of the cotton gin and tie cotton into Westward Expansion and the spread of slavery and how Abolitionists tried to fight that. For what I teach that would have a more substantial benefit then the mail