1. To identify the events that led to the US decision to send a man to the Moon; 2. To examine some of the work necessary to make the Apollo project possible; 3. To describe how widely separated space centers cooperated on the Apollo project; 4. To evaluate arguments for preserving historic sites relating to the space program; 5. To discuss comparable debates about preserving places in their own communities that are associated with recent history.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. The Space Race and the Road to Apollo
2. Building Apollo: Cooperation Across Space Centers
3. Preserving Space History: Then and Now