Labor Day 2012

Stars and Stripes flies for the first time

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  Oh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means?

  Using archival material, students will associate Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner with historic events and recognize the sentiments those words inspired. Students will explore the symbolic nature of the American flag.

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Wilson embarks on tour to promote League of Nations

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  Lesson 2. The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: Disagreement Over the League

  American foreign policy debate over U.S. entry into the League of Nations-collective security versus national sovereignty, idealism versus pragmatism, the responsibilities of powerful nations, the use of force to accomplish idealistic goals, the idea of America. Understanding the debate over the League and the consequences of its failure provides insight into international affairs in the years since Great War. In this lesson, students read the words and listen to the voices of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations.

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  Lesson 3: The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: Five Camps: From Voices of Consent to Voices of Dissent

  American foreign resonates with the debate over U.S. entry into the League of Nations-collective security versus national sovereignty, idealism versus pragmatism, the responsibilities of powerful nations, the use of force to accomplish idealistic goals, the idea of America. Understanding the debate over the League and the consequences of its failure provides insight into international affairs in the years since the Great War and beyond. In this lesson, students read the words and listen to the voices of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations.

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  Lesson 1: The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: League of Nations Basics

  American foreign policy resonates with the same issues as the debate over U.S. entry into the League of Nations-collective security versus national sovereignty, idealism versus pragmatism, the responsibilities of powerful nations, the use of force to accomplish idealistic goals, the idea of America. Understanding the debate over the League and the consequences of its ultimate failure provides insight into international affairs in the years since the end of the Great War and beyond. In this lesson, students read the words and listen to the voices of some central participants in the debate over the League of Nations.

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American novelist and short story writer Sarah Orne Jewett born

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  Launchpad: Wharton's Ethan Frome

  Students practice strategies of "close reading" in order to understand Edith Wharton's gripping tragedy about an unhappy marriage set against the stark backdrop of rural New England

Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the American Revolutionary War

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  Lesson 3: Ending the War, 1783

  During the Revolutionary War there were several attempts made to end the fighting. In this lesson students will consider the various peace attempts made by both sides during the Revolutionary War.

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  Voices of the American Revolution

  This lesson helps students "hear" some of the diverse colonial voices that, in the course of time and under the pressure of novel ideas and events, contributed to the American Revolution.  Students analyze a variety of primary documents illustrating the diversity of religious, political, social, and economic motives behind competing perspectives on questions of independence and rebellion.

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Frederick Douglass makes his dramatic escape from slavery in Maryland

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  Lesson 1: From Courage to Freedom: The Reality behind the Song

  One myth that Southern slave owners and proponents were happy to perpetuate was that of the slave happily singing from dawn to dusk as he worked in the fields, prepared meals in the kitchen, or maintained the upkeep of the plantation.

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  Launchpad: Frederick Douglass “What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

  Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became the greatest abolitionist orator of the antebellum period. During the Civil War he worked tirelessly for the emancipation of the four million enslaved African Americans. In the decades after the war, he was the most influential African American leader in the nation.

  He delivered this speech on July 5, 1852. It is generally considered his greatest and one of the greatest speeches of the 19^th century. Before you read the speech you can follow these links to learn more about Douglass’s life and the evolution of his thought in this period.