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RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS AWARDED - Spring 2008
Dwight D. Eisenhower National Memorial Approved
The Eisenhower Memorial received final approval for a site on September 21, 2006. Now that we know where the memorial will be located, we need to figure out what the memorial will be.
Continue to the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Memorial Survey Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady
7:00 PM, October 11 in the Visitors Center Auditorium, Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene, Kansas. A reception and book signing The Eisenhower Library and St. Andrew’s Students Link Up with Mount Rushmore National Memorial
On April 26, the combined fourth- and fifth-grade class at St. Andrew’s School joined students from Custer Elementary School via video-conferencing technology to learn more about these two “presidential” sites and to share their original writings, based on interpretations of presidential quotations.
Kim Barbieri, education specialist at the Eisenhower Library, noted that the program far exceeded her expectations. “It was an exciting afternoon and a very successful collaboration with the National Park Service. The students from Abilene and from Custer wrote outstanding essays and their presentations were very polished. The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, in conjunction with the Eisenhower Foundation, looks forward to developing even more of these valuable educational connections that so effectively bridge time and space.” CURRICULUM UNIT: WORLD WAR II SPY KIT - THE GREAT NAZI INTELLIGENCE COUP KOREAN WAR PRIMARY SOURCESKorean War primary sources are now posted in the Education Section of the website! They include 30+ photos and approximately 70 documents. Click the Primary Sources button in the Education section. NATIONAL HISTORY DAY RESOURCES AVAILABLE
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
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"Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady"
Can you name the presidents enshrined on Mt. Rushmore? Do you know which modern-day presidents have actually visited this historic site? Students from Abilene, Kansas, and Custer, South Dakota, certainly do—and even more; they studied presidential quotations on the topic of freedom by these presidents.
St. Andrew’s students, broadcasting from the Education Center of the Eisenhower Library, introduced President Eisenhower and the Eisenhower Library to fellow students situated at the Sculptor’s Studio at the Mount Rushmore site. The Custer Elementary students returned the favor by reading from Who Carved the Mountain? The Story of Mount Rushmore, a new children’s book by author Jean L.S. Patrick. Students at both sites presented their original writings, based on quotes from Mount Rushmore Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. In addition, modern presidents including Franklin Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Bush, and Clinton provided inspiration for students’ own writings. Students at the Eisenhower Library were actually able to view Mount Rushmore and the original plaster model that the artist Gutzon Borglum used to design the sculpture.
Rhonda Schier, National Park Service Education Specialist and Park Ranger, observed that the students at Mount Rushmore were “wildly enthusiastic about the event, telling me it was ‘awesome’—a ‘blast!’ ” Students, teachers, and the principal from St. Andrew’s School, at the Eisenhower Library, were equally enthused with the program, especially with the opportunity for students to share their knowledge of these historic sites, as well as presidential wisdom, with each other, though separated by hundreds of miles.
The
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and The Eisenhower Foundation invite teachers
and students to download materials from World War II Spy Kit: The Great
Nazi Intelligence Coup. This engaging simulation/project is designed
to introduce students to primary source material by having them participate
in an exercise in historical "what might have been". Students
will engage in critical thinking and document analysis and through the
process, will learn more about Operation OVERLORD and World War II in
general. 
The
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library has been the site for the Kansas finals of
National History Day since 1983. The manuscript collections and
