President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society aimed to end poverty and racial injustice. The effectiveness of the program is the subject of ongoing debate. In this lesson, students consider the impact of Great Society programs by comparing a speech delivered by Johnson in 1964 with two recent commentaries.
[Lesson plan updated on 01/30/19.]
Image: Photo from President Johnson's poverty tour taken by Cecil Saughton in 1964. From the Wikimedia Commons.
