Mr. Durden's 5th Grade Archive
Mr. Durden's 5th Grade Archive
  • Mr. D.'s 5th Gr Archive
    • Mr. D.'s 4th Grade Archive
    • Creativity
    • Research
    • Teamwork
    • About Mr. Durden
  • 5th Reading & Writing
    • eReading Room
    • Narrative Writing Challenges
    • Paragraph of the Week
    • Poetry
    • Reading Counts!
    • Step Up to Writing! >
      • Expository and Informative Writing
      • Narrative and Storytelling Writing
      • Persuasive and Argument Writing
    • Vocabulary and Word Work >
      • Idioms
      • Latin Stems >
        • 2nd Quarter Latin Stems
        • 3rd Quarter Latin Stems
        • 4th Quarter Latin Stems
    • The Art of Cursive Handwriting
  • 5th Math Mayhem
    • Math Review Video Clips >
      • Decimals and Percents
      • Division Methods
      • Exponents and Scientific Notation
      • Fractions and Ratios
      • Multiplication Methods
      • Patterns and Formulas
      • Properties and Rules
      • Right Triangles and Pythagoras
      • Variables and Expressions
    • Numbers & Operations >
      • Decimals and Percents
    • Algebra
    • Geometry
    • Measurement
    • Data Analysis & Probability
  • 5th History Museum
    • Historian Tools >
      • WE the People
    • Reconstruction: 1865-1876 >
      • THE War in Review >
        • Abolition & Slavery
        • Civil War Read-Alouds
      • Economic & Social Reconstruction
      • Civil Rights Amendments
      • The Promise of Freedom
      • Black Codes to Jim Crow
    • A Century of Westward Expansion: 1800s >
      • Going West! >
        • The Old Northwest 1785
        • Lewis & Clark 1804-1806
        • Trail of Tears 1833
        • Oregon Country 1847
        • Mexican-American War 1846-1848
        • Gold Rush 1849
      • Pioneer Trails West
      • Transcontinental Railroad
      • Homesteaders, Ranchers, & Miners
      • Native American Voices >
        • Native Americans in Blue & Gray
    • American Colossus: 1870-1900 >
      • Industry & Technology
      • Rise of Cities
      • Immigration
      • Panama Canal
      • Presidents of the Industrial Age
    • A New Society and a New World Power: 1900-1920 >
      • Progressive Reform
      • Imperialists & Isolationists
      • The Great War >
        • The March to War
        • U.S. Neutrality >
          • U.S. and Mexico
        • Russian Revolution
        • Americans "Over There"
        • Trenches & Technology >
          • Submarine Warfare
          • Air Combat of WW I: Dogfighters
        • Armistice and Peace
      • Progressive Presidents
    • African-American History Month >
      • African American Lives >
        • Past the Middle Passage: Rediscovering African Roots
        • Finding Our Names: African-American Genealogy
        • Harriet Tubman: Moses
        • Underground Railroad & William Still
        • Langston Hughes
      • AA History Read-Alouds
    • Boom and Bust: 1920s-1930s >
      • Roaring Twenties
      • Harlem Renaissance
      • Depression: Social & Economic Bust
      • The New Deal
      • Roaring & Restoring Presidents
    • WW II: The Last "Good" War, 1940-1945 >
      • World War II Europe >
        • The March to War: Hitler's Germany
        • Battle of Britain 1940
        • Barbarossa 1941: Germany vs USSR
        • North Africa & Italy 1943
        • D-Day: June 6, 1944
      • World War II Pacific >
        • The March to War: Tojo's Japan
        • Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941
        • The Doolittle Raid: April 1942
        • Midway: June 1942
        • Island Hopping in the Pacific, 1942-1945
        • Pacific Theater: The Enterprise
        • Kamikaze
      • The Home Front >
        • Isolation and the War
        • Tuskegee Airmen
        • Japanese-Americans
        • Top Secret Rosies
      • Technological Advances
      • World Politics
    • The Cold War: Communism vs. Capitalism 1946-1989 >
      • The Red Scare: McCarthyism
      • Hot Spots in the Cold War >
        • Berlin Airlift 1948-1949
        • Korea, 1950-1953
        • The Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
        • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
        • Vietnam, 1963-1973
      • The Space Race: 1959-1969
      • Cold War & Civil Rights Presidents
    • Social & Economic Change: 1950s >
      • 1950s: The Land of Plenty
    • Civil Rights 1950s-Present >
      • 1960s: Years of Hope, Days of Rage >
        • Martin Luther King, Jr.
      • Late 20th Century Presidents
    • Living in the 21st Century >
      • Comparing Governments
      • World Connections & Conflicts
      • Technology in Daily Life
      • Going Green: Environmental Issues
      • Modern Culture
      • Contemporary Presidents
      • Government in Daily Life >
        • US Citizenship: Rights & Responsibilities
        • Branches of Government >
          • Executive (President) >
            • Founding Presidents
            • Presidents & The West
            • Sectional Strife Presidents
          • Legislative (Congress)
          • Judiciary (Courts)
        • Election 2012
        • Inauguration 2013
  • 5th Science Lab
    • Science Skills >
      • Data & Graphs
      • Measurement
      • Science & Pseudoscience
    • Inventors & Science in History >
      • Inventions in Architecture
      • Inventions in Exploration
      • Inventions in Communication
      • Inventors in Transportation
      • Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Rock Star
      • Alexander Graham Bell: The Telephone Man
      • Thomas Edison: The American Wizard
      • Henry Ford: Auto Industry
      • Benjamin Franklin: The First American
      • James Watt: Power and Perfectionism
      • Eli Whitney: Invention and Unintended Consquences
      • The Wright Brothers and Powered Flight
      • George Washington Carver: Science for All Americans
    • NASA Connections >
      • Water Cycle & Clouds
      • Astronomy Student Projects
      • Astronomy Video Clips
    • Biology: Life in Ecosystems >
      • Cell Life
      • Animal Video Clips >
        • Invertebrates
        • Fish
        • Amphibians
        • Reptiles
        • Birds
        • Mammals
      • Plant Video Clips
      • Bacteria, Protists, & Fungi
      • Biomes & Ecosystems >
        • Astrobiology
        • Deserts
        • Grasslands
        • Polar
        • Temperate Forests
        • Tropical Rain Forests
        • Freshwater Biomes
        • Saltwater Biomes
    • Earth Science: Landforms and Oceans >
      • Landforms Videos
      • Ocean Videos
    • Chemistry: Properties of Matter >
      • Chemistry Video Clips
    • Physics: Force and Motion >
      • Physics Video Clips
    • Health
    • Science Read-Alouds
  • Mr. D.'s 5th Gr Archive
    • Mr. D.'s 4th Grade Archive
    • Creativity
    • Research
    • Teamwork
    • About Mr. Durden
  • 5th Reading & Writing
    • eReading Room
    • Narrative Writing Challenges
    • Paragraph of the Week
    • Poetry
    • Reading Counts!
    • Step Up to Writing! >
      • Expository and Informative Writing
      • Narrative and Storytelling Writing
      • Persuasive and Argument Writing
    • Vocabulary and Word Work >
      • Idioms
      • Latin Stems >
        • 2nd Quarter Latin Stems
        • 3rd Quarter Latin Stems
        • 4th Quarter Latin Stems
    • The Art of Cursive Handwriting
  • 5th Math Mayhem
    • Math Review Video Clips >
      • Decimals and Percents
      • Division Methods
      • Exponents and Scientific Notation
      • Fractions and Ratios
      • Multiplication Methods
      • Patterns and Formulas
      • Properties and Rules
      • Right Triangles and Pythagoras
      • Variables and Expressions
    • Numbers & Operations >
      • Decimals and Percents
    • Algebra
    • Geometry
    • Measurement
    • Data Analysis & Probability
  • 5th History Museum
    • Historian Tools >
      • WE the People
    • Reconstruction: 1865-1876 >
      • THE War in Review >
        • Abolition & Slavery
        • Civil War Read-Alouds
      • Economic & Social Reconstruction
      • Civil Rights Amendments
      • The Promise of Freedom
      • Black Codes to Jim Crow
    • A Century of Westward Expansion: 1800s >
      • Going West! >
        • The Old Northwest 1785
        • Lewis & Clark 1804-1806
        • Trail of Tears 1833
        • Oregon Country 1847
        • Mexican-American War 1846-1848
        • Gold Rush 1849
      • Pioneer Trails West
      • Transcontinental Railroad
      • Homesteaders, Ranchers, & Miners
      • Native American Voices >
        • Native Americans in Blue & Gray
    • American Colossus: 1870-1900 >
      • Industry & Technology
      • Rise of Cities
      • Immigration
      • Panama Canal
      • Presidents of the Industrial Age
    • A New Society and a New World Power: 1900-1920 >
      • Progressive Reform
      • Imperialists & Isolationists
      • The Great War >
        • The March to War
        • U.S. Neutrality >
          • U.S. and Mexico
        • Russian Revolution
        • Americans "Over There"
        • Trenches & Technology >
          • Submarine Warfare
          • Air Combat of WW I: Dogfighters
        • Armistice and Peace
      • Progressive Presidents
    • African-American History Month >
      • African American Lives >
        • Past the Middle Passage: Rediscovering African Roots
        • Finding Our Names: African-American Genealogy
        • Harriet Tubman: Moses
        • Underground Railroad & William Still
        • Langston Hughes
      • AA History Read-Alouds
    • Boom and Bust: 1920s-1930s >
      • Roaring Twenties
      • Harlem Renaissance
      • Depression: Social & Economic Bust
      • The New Deal
      • Roaring & Restoring Presidents
    • WW II: The Last "Good" War, 1940-1945 >
      • World War II Europe >
        • The March to War: Hitler's Germany
        • Battle of Britain 1940
        • Barbarossa 1941: Germany vs USSR
        • North Africa & Italy 1943
        • D-Day: June 6, 1944
      • World War II Pacific >
        • The March to War: Tojo's Japan
        • Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941
        • The Doolittle Raid: April 1942
        • Midway: June 1942
        • Island Hopping in the Pacific, 1942-1945
        • Pacific Theater: The Enterprise
        • Kamikaze
      • The Home Front >
        • Isolation and the War
        • Tuskegee Airmen
        • Japanese-Americans
        • Top Secret Rosies
      • Technological Advances
      • World Politics
    • The Cold War: Communism vs. Capitalism 1946-1989 >
      • The Red Scare: McCarthyism
      • Hot Spots in the Cold War >
        • Berlin Airlift 1948-1949
        • Korea, 1950-1953
        • The Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
        • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
        • Vietnam, 1963-1973
      • The Space Race: 1959-1969
      • Cold War & Civil Rights Presidents
    • Social & Economic Change: 1950s >
      • 1950s: The Land of Plenty
    • Civil Rights 1950s-Present >
      • 1960s: Years of Hope, Days of Rage >
        • Martin Luther King, Jr.
      • Late 20th Century Presidents
    • Living in the 21st Century >
      • Comparing Governments
      • World Connections & Conflicts
      • Technology in Daily Life
      • Going Green: Environmental Issues
      • Modern Culture
      • Contemporary Presidents
      • Government in Daily Life >
        • US Citizenship: Rights & Responsibilities
        • Branches of Government >
          • Executive (President) >
            • Founding Presidents
            • Presidents & The West
            • Sectional Strife Presidents
          • Legislative (Congress)
          • Judiciary (Courts)
        • Election 2012
        • Inauguration 2013
  • 5th Science Lab
    • Science Skills >
      • Data & Graphs
      • Measurement
      • Science & Pseudoscience
    • Inventors & Science in History >
      • Inventions in Architecture
      • Inventions in Exploration
      • Inventions in Communication
      • Inventors in Transportation
      • Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Rock Star
      • Alexander Graham Bell: The Telephone Man
      • Thomas Edison: The American Wizard
      • Henry Ford: Auto Industry
      • Benjamin Franklin: The First American
      • James Watt: Power and Perfectionism
      • Eli Whitney: Invention and Unintended Consquences
      • The Wright Brothers and Powered Flight
      • George Washington Carver: Science for All Americans
    • NASA Connections >
      • Water Cycle & Clouds
      • Astronomy Student Projects
      • Astronomy Video Clips
    • Biology: Life in Ecosystems >
      • Cell Life
      • Animal Video Clips >
        • Invertebrates
        • Fish
        • Amphibians
        • Reptiles
        • Birds
        • Mammals
      • Plant Video Clips
      • Bacteria, Protists, & Fungi
      • Biomes & Ecosystems >
        • Astrobiology
        • Deserts
        • Grasslands
        • Polar
        • Temperate Forests
        • Tropical Rain Forests
        • Freshwater Biomes
        • Saltwater Biomes
    • Earth Science: Landforms and Oceans >
      • Landforms Videos
      • Ocean Videos
    • Chemistry: Properties of Matter >
      • Chemistry Video Clips
    • Physics: Force and Motion >
      • Physics Video Clips
    • Health
    • Science Read-Alouds

Cold War: The Space Race

       Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States continued into a quest to reach outer space. The space race was started when the Soviet Union successfully launched an unmanned satellite, Sputnik. This event highlighted the need for an excellent education system and was a unifying force for American industry. It also promoted the development of computer technologies that would affect other segments of American life. 
          President Kennedy established the goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Although the Soviet Union was first to put a man into outer space, the United States was first to put a man (Neil Armstrong) on 
the moon. 


The Space Race by Project ED

We Choose to Go to The Moon

Sputnik Commemorative Matchbox

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Laika the Space Dog
 Commemorative Matchbox

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Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space. From the Soviet Union.

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Heroes of the Soviet Union

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Active Learning Experiences in Resourceful Thinking: Our  Mission

​The Richland School District Two ALERT program for academically gifted students, in association with families, the district and global community, affords each learner unique challenges to inspire the pursuit of highest academic standards by providing rigorous, differentiated curricula that cultivates excellence in leadership and life-long learning.


This site is an archive of resources for 5th grade students and teachers collected by Mr. Kevin Durden. It is no longer actively edited, so some links may be inactive or broken.

Webpage maintained for students in the ALERT and SPARK programs 
in Richland School District Two, Columbia, South Carolina

Website Updated: 6 September 2017