Irish essayist and satirist Jonathan Swift born

Author Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) born

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  Critical Ways of Seeing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Context

  By studying Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, and its critics with a focus on cultural context, students will develop essential analytical tools for navigating this text and for exploring controversies that surround this quintessential American novel.

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Winston Churchill born

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  Lesson 4: FDR and the Lend-Lease Act

  This lesson shows students how broadly the Lend-Lease Act of March 1941 empowered the federal government—particularly the President—and asks students to investigate how FDR promoted the program in speeches and then in photographs.

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