Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor, born

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  The Massachusetts 54th Regiment: Honoring the Heroes

  The focus of this lesson is the Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Students will put themselves in the shoes of the men of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment as they read, write, pose, and then create a comic strip about these American heroes.

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Emily Dickinson's “Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers” is published

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  Lesson 2: Responding to Emily Dickinson: Poetic Analysis

  In this lesson, students will explore Dickinson’s poem “Safe in their Alabaster Chambers” both as it was published as well as how it developed through Dickinson’s correspondence with her sister-in-law Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson.

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The Articles of Confederation is formally ratified

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  Lesson 1: The President Under the Articles of Confederation

  At the time the Founders were shaping the future of a new country, John Adams suggested the President should be addressed as “His Excellency.” Happily, others recognized that such a title was inappropriate. Though the proper form of address represents only a small detail, defining everything about the Presidency was central to the idea of America that was a work-in-progress when the nation was young.

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Ralph Ellison, African-American writer, is born