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August 2, 1834

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
The Statue of Liberty: Bringing the 'New Colossus' to America
While the French had kept their end of the bargain by completing the statue itself, the Americans had still not fulfilled their commitment to erect a pedestal. In this lesson, students learn about the effort to convince a skeptical American public to contribute to the effort to erect a pedestal and to bring the Statue of Liberty to New York.
Lesson Plan / Art & Culture
The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol
Help clarify the nature of symbols for your students as they study the Statue of Liberty, complete research on a national symbol, and use their research to communicate a message of their own.

August 2, 1776

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
Help your students see the development of the Declaration as both an historical process and a writing process through the use of role play and creative writing.
Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
The Declaration of Independence: "An Expression of the American Mind"
This lesson plan looks at the major ideas in the Declaration of Independence, their origins, the Americans’ key grievances against the King and Parliament, their assertion of sovereignty, and the Declaration’s process of revision. Upon completion of the lesson, students will be familiar with the document’s origins, and the influences that produced Jefferson’s “expression of the American mind.”

August 2, 1869

Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts
Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine
Through their interpretation of primary documents that reflect Victorian ideals, students can learn the cultural expectations for and limitations placed on Victorian women and then contemplate the writer Charlotte Brontë's position in that context. Then, through an examination of the opening chapters of Jane Eyre, students will evaluate Jane's status as an unconventional Victorian heroine.

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