Clockwise from top left: Presidents Roosevelt, Reagan, Truman, and Kennedy

PBS: “The Presidents”: EDSITEment’s Related Lesson Plans and Websites

For Presidents' Day, EDSITEment has collected lesson plans and websites covering the history of the presidency and some of its most famous office holders.

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African American Union soldier, Civil War

EDSITEment's Guide to Black History Month Teaching Resources

In this special feature for Black History Month, teachers, parents, and students will find a collection of NEH-supported websites and EDSITEment-developed lessons that tell the four-hundred-year story of African Americans. They will also encounter some of the most influential voices and the most memorable images in American history and culture.

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Baseball player Jackie Robinson born

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January 31, 1919
Related Lesson Plans: 
What Makes a Hero?
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We The People
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Digitial History Reader: Jackie Robinson Civil Rights Leader?

Death of Sir Winston Churchill British statesman

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January 24, 1965
Related Lesson Plans: 
Lesson 2: How to Win a World War
Lesson 4: FDR and the Lend-Lease Act
Related Initiatives: 
We The People
Related Links: 
NEH Institute: Churchill and America
Churchill Institute

FDR introduces Lend-Lease Program

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January 10, 1941
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Lesson 4: FDR and the Lend-Lease Act
Related Student Resources: 
American War for Independence: Interactive Map
Launchpad: FDR and the Lend-Lease Act
Related Initiatives: 
We The People
Related Links: 
American Experience FDR

President Franklin Roosevelt delivers the Four Freedoms speech

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FDR's "Four Freedoms" Speech: Freedom by the Fireside
Related Initiatives: 
We The People
Related Links: 
Four Freedoms for the Fourth
Picturing America: Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech

Alaska becomes 49th State

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Alaska History & Cultural Studies

General George C. Marshall soldier and statesman born

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George C. Marshall Foundation
Annie Oakley, with rifle raised to aim and shoot

American Experience: "Annie Oakley"

As part of the Wild West collection on the American Experience, Annie Oakley returns on Jan. 31. She was the toast of Victorian London, New York, and Paris. She excelled in a man's world by doing what she loved, and won fame and fortune as the little lady from Ohio who never missed a shot.

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What So Proudly We Hail: The Meaning of America Curriculum

Through the use of stories, speeches, and songs, this site seeks to educate hearts and minds about American ideals, American identity and national character, and the virtues and aspirations of our civic life. A ten lesson curriculum is included which covers the following topics: National Identity and Why It Matters, Freedom and Individuality, Equality, Enterprise and Commerce, Freedom and Religion, Law Abidingness, Self Command, Courage and Self-Sacrifice, and Compassion.

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